Xbox Game Pass adds CrossfireX and Edge of Eternity for February
Xbox revealed today the first group of games coming to Game Pass in February. It will add the eight new titles in batches on...
Team17 ends controversial MetaWorms NFT project after pushback
Team17 has walked back plans to create NFTs based on its Worms series, only a day after unveiling the project. The publishing company announced...
Lost Lake Studio raises $5M in funding for game development team
Lost Lake Studios, a crossplatform game development studio, announced today that it has closed a round of funding and raised $5 million. Bitkraft Ventures...
New York Times Games buys Wordle for a seven-figure sum
New York Times Games today announced it has acquired the popular new word game, Wordle. It did not disclose the sum, but it’s reportedly...
Discord begins rollout of PlayStation Network integration
Discord today announced its partnership with PlayStation is bearing fruit. It has started rolling out the ability for players to link their Discord and...
Sony has acquired Bungie, makers of Destiny, for $3.6B
Sony Interactive Entertainment today announced it will acquired Bungie, the creators of Destiny and the original studio behind Microsoft exclusive Halo. It reportedly shelled...
GamesBeat news writer Rachel Kaser’s favorite games of 2021
If you listened to the 231st episode of GamesBeat Decides, you’ll already know what my picks are. I explained my thought process somewhat on...
The metaverse will bring new forms of toxicity and will require new tools
As the adoption of the metaverse approaches, one factor that seems like an inevitability is toxic behavior. Such behavior is unfortunately prolific in online...
Epic Games Store has 194M users, readies new features for 2022
Epic Games today published its Year in Review for 2021, in which it gathered details about how the Store has grown in the last...
Nexters acquires three gaming companies as part of mobile investment
Nexters today announced a series of acquisition deals as part of its investment into mobile gaming. It will acquire Cubic Games, RJ Games, and...