Bunch 2.0 will be more like a metaverse.
Bunch 2.0 will be more like a metaverse.
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Bunch 2.0 pivots to a social gaming metaverse

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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  • 7 min

Bunch has pivoted from a social layer for games to a more expansive metaverse that aims to keep players coming back for longer times and to engage in commerce and more activities.

Bunch will still do the basic functions of enabling players to play games with each other and stay connected as they jump from one game to another. In this way, Bunch is a kind of lightweight metaverse, one where you can now interact with people using animated avatars as opposed to only talking to people in video chat.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.