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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
PuK Gaming Welcomes Ali-A as Co-Owner and Investor to Propel PuK Gaming's Mobile Innovation
World-Famous Fortnite and Call of Duty Icon Ali-A Joins the PuK Gaming Team Helping Promote Accessories That Bridge The Gap Between Console and Mobile Gaming Ali-A With PuK Gaming Mobile Hardware London, July 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PuK Gaming, a leading mobile accessory company revolutionizing the way gamers interact with their mobile devices, announced today that Alastair 'Ali-A' Aiken, the renowned UK-based content creator, famous for creating content around Fortnite and Call of Duty, enjoyed by millions of gamers worldwide, has joined their team as a co-owner and strategic partner. Along with the development of its groundbreaking modular ecosystem of hardware that transforms mobile phones into precision controllers, the partnership further reinforces Puk Gaming's dedication to pushing forward the evolution of mobile gaming, allowing players to achieve control parity on par with dedicated home gaming controllers. Press Assets Are Here Ali-A commands an audience of over twenty million followers across his social media platforms, and is championed as an experienced and authentic voice of expertise in the gaming field. His hands-on role as co-owner will utilize his years of gaming experience, and channel that into the development of new products that will deliver exactly what mobile gamers want and need. He will also contribute his skills to PuK's strategic and marketing efforts, using his unique content and community skills to push forward PuK's mission to position mobile gaming on the same championed podium as its console and PC investment of both capital and time (as well as his name) reflects his genuine dedication to PuK's mission and his belief in what the PuK team both aim to, and are already delivering to the mobile gaming market. Ali-A joins content creator iFerg, who announced his involvement with PuK in June 2025, in helping to push the PuK Gaming brand to the forefront of every mobile gamer's Burgess, Co-founder of PuK Gaming and creator of the SCUF® controller said 'Ali-A joining our growing team of mobile gaming innovators is exciting news for our team. As a strategic partner and co-owner, his long-term experience within the gaming sphere is exactly what we need to push PuK to the next level and beyond. We can't wait to show the world exactly what kind of unique content he delivers when working with the PuK brand' 'I'm hyped to join PuK Gaming as a co-owner and investor,' said Ali-A. 'Their modular accessories are next-level, and I'm eager to collaborate on products that give players a real edge. This partnership is about shaping the future of mobile gaming, and I'm all in.'Fans can keep ahead of the news and be the first to know about exclusive content, exciting updates and new products by following both Puk Gaming and Ali-A's social media channels, listed below. Follow Ali-A on Social: Follow PuK Gaming on Social: For more information on the PuK Gaming Mobile Hardware range, or to purchase any of the products in the range, please visit: Press Contact:Overload PR on behalf of PuK GamingEmail: team@ Scotty Tidwell, Chief Marketing OfficerEmail: scotty@ Ali-A Contact:Email: alia@ copyrights, trademarks, logos, and brands are the property of their respective PuK GamingFounded by the innovator behind the SCUF® Controller alongside a team of passionate gamers and engineers, PuK Gaming turns smartphones into powerful gaming platforms with its modular ecosystem of accessories, including the PuK Thumbstick, Grips, and Triggers. Designed for precision and comfort, PuK Gaming empowers players worldwide and proudly supports Elevate PuK, the reigning Call of Duty: Mobile World Champions. Learn more at Ali-AAlastair 'Ali-A' Aiken is a leading gaming content creator recognized for his high-energy gameplay, in-depth tutorials, and engaging content in titles such as Call of Duty and Fortnite. With millions of followers, Ali-A continues to inspire and shape the gaming community with his creativity and competitive expertise. Contact Info Alex 7957 204660 Attachment Ali-A With PuK Gaming Mobile HardwareError in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Metro
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Metro
Battlefield 6 name confirmed as official reveal date leaked ahead of time
EA's next instalment in the Battlefield series is set to be revealed later this month, as details leak via a surprise care package. The next Battlefield game looks set to be a pivotal title for EA, as it aims to rejuvenate the series and put it back on the map as a serious rival to Call Of Duty. While we've seen snippets of gameplay, thanks to leaked videos from player tests, EA still hasn't properly revealed the upcoming sequel – or even confirmed whether it's actually called Battlefield 6 or not. It seems we now have a definitive answer on the latter thanks to a trigger happy content creator, who has posted an image of a promotional package sent to them from EA. In a post on X, streamer DooM49 shared a picture of a briefcase from EA emblazoned with the title 'Battlefield 6' – confirming the game's title. While the post has since been deleted, presumably because they posted it earlier than they should have, screengrabs have been circulated by others online. The briefcase has several straps tied around it with mentions of 'Conquest', 'Breakthrough', and 'Rush', which are gameplay modes featured in previous titles. If this package didn't already imply an announcement from EA was around the corner, a report on Insider Gaming has seemingly outed the game's official reveal date. Sign up to the GameCentral newsletter for a unique take on the week in gaming, alongside the latest reviews and more. Delivered to your inbox every Saturday morning. Content creators are receiving packages from 6 will be the title name and the preview to the world will probably be by the end of the month. — rivaLxfactor – Battlefield 6 waiting room (@rivaLxfactor) July 19, 2025 According to the report, Battlefield 6 will be revealed on Thursday, July 31 with gameplay and developer interviews, after a two-day hands-on event for content creators and media starting on Tuesday, July 29. Content creators who have been sent a care package will apparently be able to open them up from Thursday, July 24, which will confirm the aforementioned reveal date. While it's being billed as the sixth entry, Battlefield 6 is technically the 13th mainline entry in the series following 2021's Battlefield 2042, which was a financial flop for EA. Battlefield 6 is being co-developed under a new 'Battlefield Studios' umbrella consisting of four studios. DICE, the main developer of previous games in the series, is working on the multiplayer; Criterion is developing the single-player campaign; while Motive is helping to create multiplayer maps and 'single-player mission content'. More Trending The last studio, Ripple Effect, is working on another project designed to 'open Battlefield up to a whole group of new players' – which is expected to be a free-to-player battle royale spin-off to rival Call Of Duty: Warzone. EA previously confirmed Battlefield 6 will launch sometime before March 2026, so it's likely we'll get a release date during the reveal later this month. There's potentially more gaming announcements happening in the coming weeks too, with a Nintendo Direct rumoured for some time in July. Email gamecentral@ leave a comment below, follow us on Twitter. To submit Inbox letters and Reader's Features more easily, without the need to send an email, just use our Submit Stuff page here. For more stories like this, check our Gaming page. MORE: PS6 and next gen Xbox could cost over £1,000 based on AMD chip leak MORE: Here's how you can play Nintendo's secret online Switch game this month MORE: Elden Ring creators FromSoftware will have two new games next year claims report
The Star
2 days ago
- The Star
Lawyer argues Call Of Duty maker can't be held responsible for actions of Uvalde, Texas, shooter
LOS ANGELES: A lawyer for the maker of the video game Call Of Duty argued on July 18 that a judge should dismiss a lawsuit brought by families of the victims of the Robb Elementary School attack in Uvalde, Texas, saying the contents of the war game are protected by the First Amendment. The families sued Call Of Duty maker Activision and Meta Platforms, which owns Instagram, saying that the companies bear responsibility for promoting products used by the teen gunman. Three sets of parents who lost children in the shooting were in the audience at the Los Angeles hearing. Activision lawyer Bethany Kristovich told Superior Court Judge William Highberger that the "First Amendment bars their claims, period full stop'. "The issues of gun violence are incredibly difficult,' Kristovich said. "The evidence in this case is not.' She argued that the case has little chance of prevailing if it continues, because courts have repeatedly held that "creators of artistic works, whether they be books, music, movies, TV or video games, cannot be held legally liable for the acts of their audience'. The lawsuit, one of many involving Uvalde families, was filed last year on the second anniversary of one of the deadliest school shootings in US history. The gunman killed 19 students and two teachers. Officers finally confronted and shot him after waiting more than an hour to enter the fourth-grade classroom. Kimberly Rubio, whose 10-year-old daughter Lexi was killed in the shooting, was among the parents who came from Texas to Southern California, where Activision is based, for the hearing. "We travelled all this way, so we need answers,' Rubio said outside the courthouse. "It's our hope that the case will move forward so we can get those answers." An attorney for the families argued during the hearing that Call Of Duty exceeds its First Amendment protections by moving into marketing. "The basis of our complaint is not the existence of Call Of Duty," Katie Mesner-Hage told the judge. "It is using Call Of Duty as a platform to market weapons to minors.' The plaintiffs' lawyers showed contracts and correspondence between executives at Activison and gunmakers whose products, they said, are clearly and exactly depicted in the game despite brand names not appearing. Mesner-Hage said the documents show that they actually prefer being unlabeled because "it helps shield them from the implication that they are marketing guns to minors,' while knowing that players will still identify and seek out the weapons. Kristovich said there is no evidence that the kind of product placement and marketing the plaintiffs are talking about happened in any of the editions of the game the shooter played. The families have also filed a lawsuit against Daniel Defense, which manufactured the AR-style rifle used in the May 24, 2022, shooting. Koskoff argued that a replica of the rifle clearly appears on a splash page for Call Of Duty. Josh Koskoff, the families' Connecticut-based lead attorney, also represented families of nine Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims in a lawsuit against gunmaker Remington and got a US$73mil (RM309.48mil) lawsuit settlement. He invoked Sandy Hook several times in his arguments, saying the shooters there and in Uvalde shared the same gaming obsession. Koskoff said the Uvalde shooter experienced "the absorption and the loss of self in Call Of Duty'. He said that immersion was so deep that the shooter searched online for how to obtain an armored suit that he didn't know only exists in the game. Koskoff played a clip from Call Of Duty Modern Warfare, the game the shooter played, with a first-person shooter gunning down opponents. The shots echoed loudly in the courtroom, and several people in the audience slowly shook their heads. "Call Of Duty is in a class of its own," Koskoff said. Kristovich argued for Activision that the game, despite its vast numbers of players, can be tied to only a few of the many US mass shootings. "The game is incredibly common. It appears in a scene on The Office," she said. She added that it is ridiculous to assert that "this is such a horrible scourge that your honor has to essentially ban it through this lawsuit'. Highberger told the lawyers he was not leaning in either direction before the hearing. He gave no time frame for when he will rule, but a quick decision is not expected. The judge did tell the plaintiffs' lawyers that their description of Activision's actions seemed like deliberate malfeasance, where their lawsuit alleges negligence. He said that was the biggest hurdle they needed to clear. "Their conduct created a risk of exactly what happened,' Mesner-Hage told him. "And we represent the people who are exactly the foreseeable victims of that conduct.' Meta's attorneys will make arguments on a similar motion next month. – AP
The Guardian
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Lawyer argues Call of Duty maker can't be held responsible for actions of Texas school shooter
A lawyer for the maker of the video game Call of Duty argued Friday that a judge should dismiss a lawsuit brought by families of the victims of the Robb elementary school attack in Uvalde, Texas, saying the contents of the war game are protected by the first amendment. The families sued Call of Duty maker Activision and Meta Platforms, which owns Instagram, saying that the companies bear responsibility for products used by the teenage gunman. Three sets of parents who lost children in the shooting were in the audience at the Los Angeles hearing. Activision lawyer Bethany Kristovich told superior court Judge William Highberger that the 'first amendment bars their claims, period full stop'. 'The issues of gun violence are incredibly difficult,' Kristovich said. 'The evidence in this case is not.' She argued that the case has little chance of prevailing if it continues, because courts have repeatedly held that 'creators of artistic works, whether they be books, music, movies, TV or video games, cannot be held legally liable for the acts of their audience'. The lawsuit, one of many involving Uvalde families, was filed last year on the second anniversary of one of the deadliest school shootings in US history. The gunman killed 19 students and two teachers. Officers finally confronted and shot him after waiting more than an hour to enter the fourth-grade classroom. At the hearing, the families' attorney, Josh Koskoff, showed contracts and correspondence between executives at Activision and gun-makers whose products, he said, are clearly and exactly depicted in the game despite brand names not appearing. He said the shooter experienced 'the absorption and the loss of self in Call of Duty'. Koskoff said that immersion was so deep that the shooter searched online for how to obtain an armored suit that he didn't know only exists in the game. Koskoff played a Call of Duty clip, with a first-person shooter gunning down opponents. The shots echoed loudly in the courtroom, and several people in the audience slowly shook their heads. Family lawyers are expected to argue the first amendment issues of the Activision case later Friday. Highberger told the lawyers he wasn't leaning in either direction before the hearing, and it is unlikely he will issue a ruling immediately. Meta was not involved in this hearing or the motion being argued.
CBS News
4 days ago
- CBS News
Call of Duty maker can't be held responsible for actions of Uvalde school shooter, lawyer argues
A lawyer for the maker of the video game Call of Duty argued Friday that a judge should dismiss a lawsuit brought by families of the victims of the Robb Elementary School attack in Uvalde, Texas, saying the contents of the war game are protected by the First Amendment. The families sued Call of Duty maker Activision and Meta Platforms, which owns Instagram, saying that the companies bear responsibility for promoting products used by the teen gunman. Three sets of parents who lost children in the shooting were in the audience at the Los Angeles hearing. Activision lawyer Bethany Kristovich told Superior Court Judge William Highberger that the "First Amendment bars their claims, period full stop." "The issues of gun violence are incredibly difficult," Kristovich said. "The evidence in this case is not." She argued that the case has little chance of prevailing if it continues, because courts have repeatedly held that "creators of artistic works, whether they be books, music, movies, TV or video games, cannot be held legally liable for the acts of their audience." The lawsuit, one of many involving Uvalde families, was filed last year on the second anniversary of one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history. The gunman killed 19 students and two teachers. Officers finally confronted and shot him after waiting more than an hour to enter the fourth-grade classroom. Kimberly Rubio, whose 10-year-old daughter Lexi was killed in the shooting, was among the parents who came from Texas to Southern California, where Activision is based, for the hearing. "We traveled all this way, so we need answers," Rubio said outside the courthouse. "It's our hope that the case will move forward so we can get those answers." An attorney for the families argued during the hearing that Call of Duty exceeds its First Amendment protections by moving into marketing. "The basis of our complaint is not the existence of Call of Duty," Katie Mesner-Hage told the judge. "It is using Call of Duty as a platform to market weapons to minors." The plaintiffs' lawyers showed contracts and correspondence between executives at Activison and gunmakers whose products, they said, are clearly and exactly depicted in the game despite brand names not appearing. Mesner-Hage said the documents show that they actually prefer being unlabeled because "it helps shield them from the implication that they are marketing guns to minors," while knowing that players will still identify and seek out the weapons. Kristovich said there is no evidence that the kind of product placement and marketing the plaintiffs are talking about happened in any of the editions of the game the shooter played. The families have also filed a lawsuit against Daniel Defense, which manufactured the AR-style rifle used in the May 24, 2022, shooting. Koskoff argued that a replica of the rifle clearly appears on a splash page for Call of Duty. Josh Koskoff, the families' Connecticut-based lead attorney, also represented families of nine Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims in a lawsuit against gunmaker Remington and got a $73 million lawsuit settlement. He invoked Sandy Hook several times in his arguments, saying the shooters there and in Uvalde shared the same gaming obsession. Koskoff said the Uvalde shooter experienced "the absorption and the loss of self in Call of Duty." He said that immersion was so deep that the shooter searched online for how to obtain an armored suit that he didn't know only exists in the game. Koskoff played a clip from Call of Duty Modern Warfare, the game the shooter played, with a first-person shooter gunning down opponents. The shots echoed loudly in the courtroom, and several people in the audience slowly shook their heads. "Call of Duty is in a class of its own," Koskoff said. Kristovich argued for Activision that the game, despite its vast number of players, can be tied to only a few of the many U.S. mass shootings. "The game is incredibly common. It appears in a scene on 'The Office,'" she said. She added that it is ridiculous to assert that "this is such a horrible scourge that your honor has to essentially ban it through this lawsuit." Highberger told the lawyers he was not leaning in either direction before the hearing. He gave no time frame for when he will rule, but a quick decision is not expected. The judge did tell the plaintiffs' lawyers that their description of Activision's actions seemed like deliberate malfeasance, where their lawsuit alleges negligence. He said that was the biggest hurdle they needed to clear. "Their conduct created a risk of exactly what happened," Mesner-Hage told him. "And we represent the people who are exactly the foreseeable victims of that conduct." Meta's attorneys will make arguments on a similar motion next month.
