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By: James Hale
“As the first creator to reach 500 million YouTube subscribers, Jimmy Donaldson, better known as MrBeast, is always pushing the boundaries of what's possible,” Google said in an official company blog post . “Now, he's tapping into Gemini to help him execute wilder concepts, showing his fans how they can use AI to help turn impossibly big ideas into reality. Along the way, he'll also show how Google Health can support their daily fitness and wellness goals.”
Roblox says U.S.-based creators making games and purchasable items on its platform had a GDP impact of $752 million in 2025 –a 69% jump from what they generated in 2024.
By: James Hale
Rockstar doesn't put out games very often. Grand Theft Auto VI is about to debut a full thirteen years after GTA V arrived on scene. Red Dead Redemption
Its data showed that “feed surfaces” like homepage hovering, “up next” autoplay, and recommended shelves produce a whopping 38% of all public views across YouTube
After last week's full stock of newcomers, MrBeast is back at #1--with a very MrBeast-y video.
As Roblox reaches its 20th anniversary, it's launching a new social video series that profiles the developers behind its "most exciting, recently released What kind of games is Roblox hoping to boost? How does it pick the titles and devs it spotlights? Justin Sousa, the platform's Global Head of Developer Community, says the best games "are built by creators with passion--creators who build their dream project and refuse to settle for good enough."
By: James Hale
YouTube has come up with another way to pump viewcounts. Just a few weeks after announcing it would start counting a "view" from the very first frame of a "Viewers watch an average of over 1 billion hours of YouTube on TV screens every day, and they're often watching in groups, with friends and family," Rene Ritchie, YouTube's Creator Liaison, explained in a new Creator Insider video. "Until now, every TV device playback was viewed as a single view. But Views (Co-Viewed) estimates the total number of people watching on TVs."
Australia's latest proposed social media legislation takes aim at recommendation algorithms. If passed, it will give users the freedom to choose whether Following news of Australia's plans, Instagram chief Adam Mosseri told journalists that only a "very vocal minority" of people want social media to go back to reverse-chronological feeds.
In 2025, Roblox paid out more than $1.5 billion to creators of games and UGC items on its platform. And Night wants a slice of that pie. Night, the Called KUZU, the studio plans to roll out over a dozen titles in the next 18 months. Its debut game, KILLSTREAK!, is already available, and offers a Fortnite-esque drop-and-loot battle royale where an ever-closing zone and rival players are constant threats that must be weighed against limited resources.
By: James Hale
By James Hale • • A new brand touches the beacon. That's right: IKEA is officially in Skyrim
