GamesBeat Summit Next 2022: Announcing speakers Will Wright, Matthew Ball and more
We’re excited that our first batch of speakers for GamesBeat Summit Next 2022 will include Sim City creator Will Wright, now cofounder of Gallium;...
Will Wright’s Gallium Studios raises $6M to build memory game Proxi
Gallium Studios, an independent game studio founded by legendary video game designers Will Wright (The Sims, Sim City, Spore) and Lauren Elliott (Where in...
The DeanBeat: New Zealand levels up game industry amid a world of giants
New Zealand is a small country in a remote part of the world, but that doesn’t mean it can’t make its mark on the...
Spire Animation Studios raises round from Temasek for animated films
Spire Animation Studios announced it raised a round of funding from Singapore-based global investment company Temasek and investment firm Ericsenz. Spire said the round...
Boom Beach: Frontlines hits 1.3M players in first 10 days of soft launch
Mobile game developer and publisher Space Ape Games said its tests for Boom Beach: Frontlines are going well as it has been downloaded by...
Embracer Group agrees to buy Tripwire Interactive
Embracer Group, through its Saber Interactive division, has entered into an agreement to acquire U.S. developer and publisher Tripwire Interactive. Tripwire Interactive is well...
Embracer Group acquires rights to The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit via Middle-earth Enterprises
Video game conglomerate Embracer Group has agreed to acquire the intellectual property rights to The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit literary works...
Wisdom Gaming launches Wisdom Labs to expand Web3 services for game devs
Wisdom Gaming is launching a new development division Wisdom Labs to expand its Web3 offerings for other game companies. The Bloomington, Minnesota-based Wisdom Gaming...
Modulate gets $30M to detox game voice chat with AI
Modulate has raised $30 million to build out its AI product, ToxMod, which scans voice chat using machine learning to find toxic players in...
Trailer Park Group buys Dark Burn to make triple-A game trailers
Trailer Park Group is buying Dark Burn Creative, which has more than 110 gamers making triple-A game trailers. Started in 2014 by three brothers,...