Entertainment
Tencent Games Returns to Gamescom 2024 with its Latest Gaming Solutions and Technologies
Tencent Games to showcase innovative game development offerings to power enhanced, high quality gaming experiences
COLOGNE, Germany /PRNewswire/ — Tencent Games, the world’s leading platform for game development, publishing and operations, is excited to announce its presence at Gamescom 2024, which will take place in Cologne, Germany from 21-25 August. This year, Tencent Games, along with its studios and solution teams, will showcase the latest game titles with cutting-edge technologies such as AI to deliver the best-ever gaming experience.
MoreFun Studios will showcase its new FPS PC game, Arena Breakout: Infinite, at Gamescom 2024. Players will have the opportunity to experience the game onsite at the event, with additional details about the game set to be unveiled. Arena Breakout: Infinite is an immersive tactical extraction shooter on PC. The game is scheduled to launch into Early Access soon on its official website, www.arenabreakoutinfinite.com.
In addition to those mentioned, more studios are excited to unveil their exhibitions on the scene, eagerly anticipating your participation.
Tencent Games has always been supportive of the game development community with its technologies. As the industry is currently facing rising challenges in cyber-security, data leaks and game cheating that might impact future game development. Tencent Games provides a diverse portfolio of online gaming solutions to empower R&D and game developers to build next-generation gaming products with efficiency, affordability, and unparalleled innovation.
Tencent Games will showcase its Anti-cheat Expert (ACE) at Gamescom that offers a comprehensive suite of game security solutions for mobile and PC games, such as anti-cheat measures for DMA Cheating threats using AI and big data analytics. Additionally, ACE can provide content detection capabilities in over 18 languages and identify black market activities in gaming, such as gold farming studios, globally. It is crucial in assisting game developers looking to address diverse security challenges and ensuring a fair and competitive gaming environment for players.
WeTest has over a decade of expertise in game quality assurance, having supported more than 1,000 game companies globally. Its comprehensive testing services encompass the entire lifecycle of mobile, PC, and console games, including automated testing, compatibility testing, security testing, functionality testing, performance testing, live testing, and localization testing. WeTest is dedicated to developing cutting-edge testing tools, including PerfDog, CrashSight, and UDT.
Meanwhile, Cloud-enabled Studios from Overseas IT Management (OIT) Cloud Center is partnering with Perforce Software, an enterprise-scale development tool at Gamescom to share best practices of game development and global asset collaboration across the development cycle.
Tencent Cloud will also be showcasing its world-class gaming ecosystem hosting with high availability, robust security and cost-effectiveness solutions. EdgeOne, all-in-one edge service platform, enhances game speed while reducing costs. Game Media Services deliver high-quality, immersive video and audio through the Game Multimedia Engine (GME), offering real-time voice chat, messaging, translation, and voice modulation.
Additionally, Tencent Games is teaming up with Nimo, a globally renowned game streaming and pan-entertainment platform at Gamescom. The two companies formed a strategic partnership in game distribution, joint operations, and marketing for Tencent’s premium games, providing professional and comprehensive marketing support for game studios targeting to global gaming audience.
As the industry comes together at Gamescom, Tencent Games invites game developers and enthusiasts around the world to join us onsite at the booth to discover our latest sharing for online gaming solutions and technologies.
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New hybrid event aims to give grieving audiences meaningful holiday viewing, with films from more than 25 countries and a mission centered on love, loss, and emotional truth.
A new film festival debuting in late 2026 is taking a different approach to holiday entertainment. Grief Fest™: The Grief Film Festival, created by My Grief Angels Inc., is being introduced as what organizers believe is the world’s first film festival dedicated entirely to grief, remembrance, resilience, and healing.
The hybrid festival will run in two segments: November 25–29, 2026, during Thanksgiving week, and December 24, 2026, through January 3, 2027, during Christmas and New Year’s. Top Honors films will be announced on December 31, 2026.
Organizers say the timing is intentional. Research cited in the announcement shows that grief and loneliness are major holiday stressors for many Americans, making the season especially difficult for people coping with loss. In that context, Grief Fest™ is positioning itself as an alternative to the flood of traditional feel-good holiday programming.
The festival is open to short films, features, documentaries, experimental work, AI-generated projects, and VR experiences. It is described as inclusive, non-religious, and LGBTQ+ friendly, with submissions already received from more than 25 countries. All films will be presented in English, either spoken or subtitled.
Grief Fest™ will be available both in person and virtually through Film Festival Plus, making it accessible to audiences worldwide. The launch of GriefFest.com also includes Lumen, a multilingual AI guide designed to help filmmakers and attendees navigate the festival in their preferred language.
Rather than focusing on industry prestige, organizers say the festival is centered on community and emotionally honest storytelling. For audiences who feel unseen during the holidays, Grief Fest™ is aiming to offer something rare on the seasonal screen: recognition.
Source: PR Newswire
Related Reading
- Grief Fest: Official festival site
- My Grief Angels Inc.: About the nonprofit behind the festival
- Film Festival Plus: Virtual access platform
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Entertainment
Bring History to Life with Experiences That Feel Real
Bring History to Life: Reading books and watching documentaries can be good ways to learn about history, but there’s something particularly meaningful about immersive experiences that allow you to step inside the stories that shaped the world.
Bring History to Life with Experiences That Feel Real
(Feature Impact) Reading books and watching documentaries can be good ways to learn about history, but there’s something particularly meaningful about immersive experiences that allow you to step inside the stories that shaped the world.
During a visit to the U-505 Submarine exhibit at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry (Griffin MSI), guests can literally step inside a historic German U-boat captured during World War II. In 1944, the U.S. Navy underwent a top-secret mission to disarm and take over one of the German submarines that wreaked havoc on the high seas, attacking not just military vessels but merchant ships and supply ships as well.
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“The mission was a dangerous one, as U-boat captains were under strict orders to sink their own subs if they were in danger of capture,” said Dr. Voula Saridakis, head curator at Griffin MSI, “but the U.S. Navy managed to take over the vessel and keep it afloat long enough to reach American shores. There, they studied it to gather German military secrets and other intelligence items, like the codebreaking Enigma Machine now on display at Griffin MSI.”
As you tour the submarine, you’ll experience firsthand what life was really like on board. Climb through the hatch, picture yourself bunking for the night in the cramped sleeping quarters, take a turn trying to maneuver the submarine while dodging torpedoes and imagine the bravery of the American soldiers who risked themselves on a perilous mission to capture the vessel and help turn the tide of the war.
There are many important lessons to glean from history, and they’re often easier to understand when presented in a tangible way. Planning visits to museum exhibits and historical sites allows you to stand where others have stood, see what they’ve seen and connect your human experience with theirs. Parents, children, educators, students and people of all ages can find something to inspire them in these stories.
Learn more about bringing history and science to life at GriffinMSI.org.
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Griffin Museum of Science and Industry
Entertainment
Patrick Stewart, Beloved Star of Star Trek and X-Men, Dies at 86
Sir Patrick Stewart, beloved for his performances as Captain Jean-Luc Picard and Professor Charles Xavier, has died at 86, leaving a lasting legacy across television, film and theater.
Entertainment News Brief
Sir Patrick Stewart, the acclaimed actor best known as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek and Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men films, has died at 86.
Stewart died October 28 at his home in Los Angeles, according to a statement from his spokesperson reported by Reuters. The announcement said he had been living with Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body dementia and was with his wife, Sunny Ozell.
Stewart brought a commanding presence and a thoughtful approach to leadership to Star Trek: The Next Generation, which aired from 1987 to 1994. He later continued Picard’s story in feature films and returned for Star Trek: Picard.
His career also encompassed Shakespearean theater, including work with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He was knighted in 2010 for his contributions to drama.
For generations of viewers, Stewart helped make science fiction a place to explore questions of responsibility, compassion and humanity.
Sources
● Reuters: Patrick Stewart, Shakespearean actor turned Star Trek and X-Men star, dies at 86
● ABC News: Patrick Stewart dies at 86
