SphereOne teams with Rarible for Web3 gaming
SphereOne and Rarible have teamed up to collaborate with each other on Web3 gaming and crypto payments. Austin, Texas-based SphereOne is a provider of...
Forge launches first season to reward gamers for game achievements
Forge, a gaming platform designed to connect and reward gamers for their gaming achievements, kicks off Season 1 today. That’s right. Forge will reward...
Why Gaming for Good is a cause to get behind | interview
I’ve caught up with Mathias Gredal Nørvig, CEO of Sybo, and Jude Ower, CEO of Playmob, to hear them talk about their book Gaming...
Midnight plans to aggregate games inside Web3 Evergreen MMORPG
In a white paper, Midnight announced that it plans to aggregate a bunch of games inside its Evergreen massively multiplayer online role-playing game. Evergreen...
Infinite Reality acquires Ethereal Engine for $75M in share deal
Infinite Reality, a maker of immersive virtual experiences, bought Ethereal Engine for $75 million in a share swap. Los Angeles-based Ethereal Engine is a...
Knuckles Super Bowl trailer spins off Sonic movies into streaming
The trailer for the upcoming Knuckles series aired during the Super Bowl. The upcoming Paramount+ show — debuting April 26, 2024 — marks the...
Voices in the Dubai gaming and esports ecosystem
On a recent trip to the United Arab Emirates, I absorbed some of the environment for the growing industry of video games and esports...
Jury awards Skillz $42.9M in patent infringement trial
A jury has awarded Skillz a $42.9 million judgment in its patent infringement lawsuit against rival AviaGames. The jury found that Skillz provided a...
Skybound hires ex-EA biz dev exec as it ponders acquisitions
Skybound Entertainment, the multi-platform entertainment company behind mega hit franchises like The Walking Dead, has hired an acquisitions specialist to consider acquiring other companies....
The metaverse is back. But let’s not call it the metaverse | The DeanBeat
When Disney shut down its metaverse division on March 28, 2023, the end of the 50-person division was interpreted as doom for the metaverse,...