Roblox says 70 user-created games have crossed a billion plays
Roblox announced that 70 player-created games have crossed a billion plays on the Roblox platform, which has grown to 58.8 million daily users. Back...
Linux Foundation launches Open Metaverse Foundation to move the metaverse to reality
The nonprofit Linux Foundation has established the Open Metaverse Foundation (OMF) to create the open-source software and standards for an open metaverse. The goal...
Lightspeed picks up Moritz Baier-Lentz to lead game investments
Lightspeed, a venture firm with $18 billion under management, has hired Moritz Baier-Lentz as its latest partner to lead the firm’s gaming practice. Baier-Lentz...
Gaming sees record year for deals with $127B in value | Drake Star
Gaming saw 1,320 announced and/or closed deals for mergers and acquisitions as well as investments, with deal values hitting $127 billion, according to a...
Anzu gets patent for tracking ad viewability in 3D environments
Anzu.io, an in-game ad company, said it has been granted a patent for its ad tracking technology which measures viewability in 3D environments. The...
Zebedee and Viker launch Bitcoin Chess and Bitcoin Scratch with crypto rewards
Gaming payment processor Zebedee and mobile game studio Viker have launched two rewarded games, Bitcoin Chess and Bitcoin Scratch. These new releases continue Viker’s...
ElectricNoir debuts Dark Mode as an AI-generated horror game
ElectricNoir is launching Dark Mode, an AI-generated horror anthology that is a kind of visual novel or game. The game uses generative AI technology...
Random Games unveils new set of NFTs for Unioverse game
Random Games, a game studio focused on its community-owned franchise Unioverse, unveiled Reyu Genesis, its first collection of Hero non-fungible tokens. Based on the...
Neowiz’s Intella X raises $12M for Web3 gaming platform
Intella X, a Web3 gaming platform developed by South Korea’s gaming giant Neowiz, has raised $12 million in funding. Intella X is planning to...
U.S. video game spending hit $56.6B in 2022, down 5% | ESA
Overall total consumer spending on video games in the United States totaled $56.6 billion in 2022, down 5%, according to the Entertainment Software Association...