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☆ Exclusive: Sentry, recently valued at over $3 billion, has acquired Codecov, a maker of software development tools
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( Darius Rafieyan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Application monitoring service Sentry has acquired development tool maker Codecov. Sentry recently raised $90 million in Series E funding, which valued the company at more than $3 billion. Sentry, a startup that makes an application performance monitoring platform, said it has acquired Codecov, a startup that makes software development tools. The company, which has raised over $200 million to date from Accel, NEA, Bond and others, was recently valued at more than $3 billion. Combining the two services will allow Sentry to monitor for errors at every stage of the development process, Sentry CEO Milin Desai tells Insider.

Why do so many industries treat voice actors poorly?!?" Rather than having a set salary, Hayhurst said, video game voice actors often have an hourly rate that’s agreed upon before they begin recording. Video game voice actors are eligible to be represented by the Screen Actors Guild‐American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. In 2017, SAG-AFTRA reached an agreement with video game companies, after a nearly yearlong strike by the union against video game producers, developers and publishers, Variety reported. In some cases, video game voice acting is more than delivering lines of dialogue in a booth.

☆ Laid-off Snap employees are fielding dozens of messages from TikTok, Facebook, and Netflix recruiters
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Jordan Parker Erb | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Well now, some of those laid-off employees are having trouble keeping up with demand from recruiters — and some say they've received reachouts from more than 70 companies. Laid-off Snap employees describe "overwhelming" recruiter outreach. After the company laid off a staggering 20% of its staff, some former workers' inboxes are filled with messages from Facebook, Netflix, and TikTok recruiters. As former employees found themselves without jobs, some told Insider they've fielded dozens of messages from recruiters. What laid-off Snap employees told us.

☆ Take-Two Says Hackers Downloaded ‘Grand Theft Auto’ Footage
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Sabela Ojea | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Take-Two Interactive Software said hackers broke into the networks of its Rockstar Games Inc. unit and illegally accessed early development footage of the company’s next “Grand Theft Auto” videogame. Take-Two disclosed the hack in a securities filing Monday, saying that an unauthorized third party downloaded confidential information from its systems. The New York-based company said that Rockstar Games doesn’t expect any long-term disruptions from the incident and that work on the widely known game will continue as planned.

☆ Take-Two confirms GTA VI leak, says game development unaffected
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Nivedita Balu | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File PhotoSept 19 (Reuters) - Take-Two Interactive Software Inc (TTWO.O) on Monday confirmed that a hacker had leaked the early footage of Grand Theft Auto VI, the next installment of the best-selling videogame. The company, however, said it did not expect the incident to affect the game's development, helping its shares pare some of their losses from a 6% drop in premarket trading. We have already taken steps to isolate and contain this incident," Take-Two said in a statement. "The leaked footage simply confirms existing market rumors on the game's development that have been circulating for years," Benchmark analyst Mike Hickey said. "We are incrementally more confident the game can release in FY25 and provide a significant catalyst for revenue and profit growth."

Rockstar Games, one of the largest video game publishers in the world, was hacked over the weekend, the company announced Monday. The hacker gained access to videos and other files from Grand Theft Auto VI, Rockstar’s upcoming major title. Screen grabs and footage from the upcoming game circulated on Telegram and Twitter over the weekend, and were viewed by NBC News. The previous game in the series, Grand Theft Auto V, is one of the best-selling video games of all time. “We recently suffered a network intrusion in which an unauthorized third party illegally accessed and downloaded confidential information from our systems, including early development footage for the next Grand Theft Auto.

☆ Hackers Leaked ‘Grand Theft Auto’ Footage, Rockstar Games Says
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Sabela Ojea | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Shares in Take-Two fell after hackers accessed early-development footage of the next ‘Grand Theft Auto’ videogame. Take-Two Interactive Software said hackers broke into the networks of its Rockstar Games Inc. unit and illegally accessed early-development footage of the company’s next “Grand Theft Auto” videogame. Take-Two disclosed the hack in a securities filing Monday, saying that an unauthorized third party downloaded confidential information from its systems. The New York-based company said that Rockstar Games doesn’t expect any long-term disruptions from the incident and that work on the widely known game will continue as planned.

☆ ‘Grand Theft Auto’ Hack Hopefully Only Steals Take-Two’s Thunder
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Dan Gallagher | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Take-Two Interactive has yet to commit to a release date for the next videogame in the ‘Grand Theft Auto’ series, but many analysts have believed it would arrive in the fiscal year ending March 2024. Some secrets of the next “Grand Theft Auto” have been spilled. If Take-Two Interactive is lucky, that will be the extent of the fallout. That followed the release of at least some of that footage over the weekend, which went viral quickly given the high anticipation for the long-awaited game. The purported hacker also suggested in postings to an online forum that he had source code for the game and was looking to negotiate a deal with the company.

☆ Rockstar Games confirms massive trove of leaked 'Grand Theft Auto VI' videos is real after it was hacked: 'We are extremely disappointed'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Travis Clark | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Rockstar Games confirmed a massive hack led to footage of the next "GTA" game to be leaked online. "We are extremely disappointed to have any details of our next game shared with you all in this way," it said. "Our work on the next Grand Theft Auto game will continue as planned ..."On Saturday, over 90 gameplay videos from "Grand Theft Auto VI" were leaked online to GTAForums, a "Grand Theft Auto fan site, by a user with the screen name "teapotuberhacker." "Grand Theft Auto" is one of the best-selling game franchises of all time. "Grand Theft Auto V" is the second-best selling game ever, Rockstar's parent company Take-Two said earlier this year, with 160 million copies sold.

☆ ‘Grand Theft Auto’ leaks emerge online after publisher hit by ‘network intrusion’
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Catherine Thorbecke | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN Business —Rockstar Games confirmed on Monday that hackers had leaked some unreleased footage from its next iteration of the wildly popular “Grand Theft Auto” franchise. The video gaming community was rocked by the emergence online of some screenshots and game-play videos purportedly from the highly-anticipated next installment of “Grand Theft Auto,” an action-adventure game. On Monday morning, the video game publisher confirmed the footage was real and had been leaked as the result of a “network intrusion.”“We recently suffered a network intrusion in which an unauthorized third party illegally accessed and downloaded confidential information from our systems, including early development footage for the next Grand Theft Auto,” Rockstar Games announced in a statement posted to Twitter. In a blog post Monday, Uber (UBER) reported that its hacker was believed to be affiliated with the group Lapsus$, which has targeted a number of large businesses over the past year. “There are also reports over the weekend that this same actor breached video game maker Rockstar Games,” Uber’s statement on Monday added.

☆ Take-Two sinks after a hacker leaks hours of highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto 6 footage
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Matthew Fox | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Take-Two Interactive stock tumbled 3% on Monday following a weekend leak of Grand Theft Auto 6 footage. A hacker released hours of early development footage of the highly anticipated open world game. More than 90 gameplay videos of the game were posted to an online Grand Theft Auto forum on Saturday night by a hacker that used the screen name "teapotuberhacker." Grand Theft Auto 6 is a a follow up to Grand Theft Auto 5, which was released nearly a decade ago in 2013. Grand Theft Auto 5 has sold more than 160 million copies and has seen renewed life via its online gaming mode.

☆ 'Grand Theft Auto' leaks emerge online after publisher hit by 'network intrusion'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Catherine Thorbecke | Cnn Business | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

(CNN Business) Rockstar Games confirmed on Monday that hackers had leaked some unreleased footage from its next iteration of the wildly popular "Grand Theft Auto" franchise. The video gaming community was rocked by the emergence online of some screenshots and game-play videos purportedly from the highly-anticipated next installment of "Grand Theft Auto," an action-adventure game. On Monday morning, the video game publisher confirmed the footage was real and had been leaked as the result of a "network intrusion." "We recently suffered a network intrusion in which an unauthorized third party illegally accessed and downloaded confidential information from our systems, including early development footage for the next Grand Theft Auto," Rockstar Games announced in a statement posted to Twitter. The next "Grand Theft Auto" game does not yet have an official release date.

☆ Take-Two's Grand Theft Auto VI gameplay leaked online, Bloomberg reports
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Grand Theft Auto The Trilogy by Take-Two Interactive Software Inc is seen for sale in a store in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., February 7, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File PhotoRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterSept 18 (Reuters) - A hacker released gameplay from Take-Two Interactive Software Inc's (TTWO.O) Grand Theft Auto VI in one of the biggest leaks in gaming history, Bloomberg News reported on Sunday. https://bloom.bg/3R1OKAURegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterRockstar Games, a video game studio owned by Take-Two, is the developer of Grand Theft Auto, one of the best-selling videogame franchises of all time. Take-Two Interactive did not respond to a Reuters request for comment outside regular business hours. read moreRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Abinaya Vijayaraghavan in Bengaluru; Editing by Devika SyamnathOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Take-Two shares slide after GTA VI game footage leaks
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Ashley Capoot | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Take-Two Interactive shares fell more than 2% early Monday after the company suffered a network intrusion where a third party illegally accessed footage of the new Grand Theft Auto videogame. A user called "teapotuberhacker," who is also claiming responsibility for the recent hack at the rideshare company Uber, posted more than 90 videos of GTA VI in its early development stage to an online forum. The videos reveal details like the location, the main characters and other central features of the game. Take-Two Interactive owns Rockstar Games, the studio behind the best-selling GTA series. "However, based on what we see, the game is further along than many believe and won't impact game reception/sales."

☆ What Cramer is watching Monday — bond yields up, stocks down again as Wall Street on Fed watch
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Morgan Stanley talks about the need to show why Club holding Salesforce (CRM) should stabilize out of Dreamforce conference. I think that's wrong: it's Club holding TJX Companies (TJX), off-price retailer behind T.J. Maxx, Marshall's and HomeGoods. Bank of America says do not sell Club holding Amazon (AMZN) on FedEx (FDX) warning. How about Club holding Disney (DIS)? As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade.

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