Meta’s Reality Labs loses $2.96B on $695M in revenues in Q1 VR results
Meta’s first-quarter results showed us that Mark Zuckerberg’s vision of the metaverse is very expensive. And its losses are widening even as its VR...
Robert Antokol: Mobile gaming sees more changes in 6 months than other industries see in years
Every few months, I’ve stayed in touch with Robert Antokol, CEO of Playtika, a mobile game firm with projects like Slotomania and a $7.3...
Playmint raises $4M for web 3 MMOs
The siren song of blockchain gaming has lured some more veterans. Playmint, a game studio focused on web 3 massively multiplayer online games, has...
GamesBeat Summit 2022 opening speech: How to make a real golden age of gaming
Here’s Dean Takahashi’s opening speech for GamesBeat Summit 2022: Welcome back to our first in-person day for a GamesBeat Summit conference since the pandemic...
Mattel launches He-Man game on Roblox
Mattel launched today a new Masters of the Universe game on Roblox. He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: You have the Power is...
Hello Kitty makes its debut on Roblox with a restaurant game
Hello Kitty is the latest brand to make a debut on Roblox with a game designed for the platform’s 55 million daily active users....
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 still coming in the fall
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is evidently on track to debut in 2022, according to Activision Blizzard’s first-quarter earnings report today. In its...
Meta unveils its first physical retail store near its headquarters
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled his company’s first physical retail space, the Meta Store, near the company’s headquarters in Burlingame, California. The store will...
Craig Donato interview: How Roblox navigates brands, UGC, and the metaverse
It’s a pivotal time for brands as they figure out how to navigate the metaverse. And one of the first places where they’re trying...
The DeanBeat: Is it a golden age of gaming when everything gets funding?
This week was a microcosm of the game industry’s continuous expansion. And it makes me think of the dream of a golden age of...