Thankmas 2023 with World Central Kitchen will include a live stage show
As 2023 draws to a close, it’s time once again for the Thankmas charity event, this year once again benefiting World Central Kitchen. Originally...
Bungie becomes the latest studio to lay off employees
One of 2023’s most depressing trends is major games studios laying off employees in an increasingly crowded job market. Now Bungie has become the...
Saga launches Pegasus incentivized testnet for Web3 gaming
Saga, a Layer-1 blockchain protocol and developer ecosystem for Web3 games, has officially launched its incentivized testnet Pegasus. This marks the first step in...
Playbite raises $1M to bring back the magic of arcades for mobile games
Playbite has raised $1 million to bring back the magic of arcades on mobile gaming devices. The company is making casual games that are...
Animoca Brands acquires Azarus to bring streaming to Web3 games
In a quest to expand metaverse gaming, Animoca Brands has announced the acquisition of Web3 streaming platform Azarus. Azarus is pioneering blockchain-based game streaming....
Finding game jobs and other emotional sessions from GamesBeat Next | The DeanBeat
We had 31 sessions and 96 speakers at our GamesBeat Next event this week in San Francisco. We had 555 people come out for...
Moonveil Entertainment raises $5.4M for Web3 multiplayer mobile games
Moonveil Entertainment has raised $5.4 million for multiplayer mobile games using blockchain technology. The vision of the studio is to craft top-notch gaming experiences...
How Elena Grigorian plans to guide European game publisher My.Games
Elena Grigorian recently took over as CEO of My.Games, the former Russian game company that moved to Amsterdam after a buyout in the wake...
Ubisoft pushes Skull & Bones back (again) alongside another game
Ubisoft today released its financial information for the first half of the 2023-24 fiscal year. Among the financial results it sneakily revealed that it...
Gaming M&A deal count down 60% YoY per Drake Star report
In Q3 2023, gaming companies announced 33 M&A transactions worth roughly $5 billion according to Drake Star’s latest report. While announced deal value is...