EA’s calendar Q4 bookings grow 7% to $2.577B
Electronic Arts met expected earnings today for the third fiscal quarter ended December 31, as the game publisher saw big engagement with its existing...
Azarus raises $4M for League of Legends trivia game overlay
Azarus has raised $4 million in funding to add its overlay for trivia games to titles such as League of Legends. The San Francisco...
Midnite raises $16M for Gen Z-focused esports betting apps
Midnite has raised $16 million to create a licensed esports betting platform in markets that allow it. The Raine Group, a global merchant bank...
Epic Games joins Spire Animation’s $20M round for animated metaverse films
Spire Animation Studios has raised $20 million from Epic Games and others as it aims to produce animated films for the metaverse. Los Angeles-based...
Meta updates avatars for cross-platform and inclusivity
Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, is serious about the metaverse and you can see that in its more expressive cross-platform avatars. The...
PlayVS adds Hearthstone to high school esports platform
PlayVS announced an exclusive partnership with Activision Blizzard to add Hearthstone alongside Overwatch (an existing PlayVS regional league title) to the PlayVS high school...
U.S. states and Justice Department pile in on Epic’s side in Apple lawsuit
A total of 35 U.S. states joined in an antitrust lawsuit to back up Epic Games’ lawsuit against Apple over alleged monopolistic practices. Those...
The DeanBeat: Great moments at our metaverse event
Thank you all for coming to our second annual GamesBeat and Facebook Gaming Summit and our GamesBeat Summit: Into the Metaverse 2 online event...
Emerge brings physical touch to the metaverse
Emerge, a social virtual connection company focusing on building within the metaverse, today announced the launch of the Emerge Home system, which lets you...
Raph Koster’s real talk about a real metaverse
Not many people can say “been there, done that” on the metaverse. But Raph Koster, CEO of Playable Worlds, has been making online worlds...