Ready Player Me, a metaverse avatar platform, raises $13M in funding
Wolf3D today announced it’s closed a round of funding for its metaverse avatar platform, Ready Player Me. It raised $13 million, with the round...
Resident Evil Village wins the Not Perfect But Most Memorable Award for 2021
Every single game award ceremony worth its salt has a “Game of the Year” category. It’s intended for the game that is the closest...
Bayonetta 3 wins the ‘Oh My Jubileus’ award for best game trailer in 2021
We got several new game reveals this year. With a Saints Row title and a Splinter Cell remake, the games industry was ready to...
Newzoo: Mobile gaming accounts for the largest part of the 2021 market
Mobile gaming remains one of the largest, most important parts of the games industry, according to data released today by Newzoo. Not only is...
Mystic Moose raises $5M to build game metaverse Planet Mojo
Mystic Moose, a newly minted indie studio, today announced it’d raised $5 million towards its latest project, a gaming metaverse called Planet Mojo. The...
Sensor Tower: Mobile game publishers continue to reach $1M at high rates
New data from Sensor Tower suggests that app publishers are not making as much money in 2021 as they were in 2020, though they...
Tencent acquires Back 4 Blood and Left 4 Dead dev Turtle Rock Studios
Tencent today announced it has acquired Slamfire Inc., the parent company of game developer Turtle Rock Studios. Turtle Rock is best known as the...
Call of Duty League is bringing back in-person events for 2022
Call of Duty League has announced the schedule for its 2022 season, and it’s transitioning back into a hybrid event line-up. For the first...
Republic launches Fig Portfolio Shares for video game investment
Republic and Fig today announced a video game investment opportunity called Fig Portfolio Shares — Series 2021. The portfolio, which is open to everyone,...
Turnt Gaming announces partnerships to build NFT fighting game sim
Turnt Gaming today announced partnerships with Polygon Studios and Esports Technologies to develop Taunt Battleworld, an upcoming fighting game simulator built around NFT combatants....