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Former Netflix exec starts Midwest game publisher

Posted byby Mike Minotti
May 23, 2023
1 min

Ben Kvalo has left Netflix and his position there as lead project manager of games to start a new publisher based in the Midwest....

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Xsolla will let you acquire users with Drops.

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Xsolla announces Drops for campaign-based community engagement

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 23, 2023
2 min

Xsolla, a global video game commerce company, announced Xsolla Drops, a new tool to augment and scale influencer and affiliate programs. The expansion to...

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NetEase announced Bad Brain Game Studios is opening in Canada.

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NetEase Games unveils Bad Brain Game Studios in Canada

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 23, 2023
2 min

NetEase Games announced it has opened a new studio called Bad Brain Game Studios with offices across Canada. Bad Brain Game Studios has offices...

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GamesBeat Summit 2025 takes place May 19-20 in Los Angeles.

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GamesBeat Summit 2023 opening speech: The Next Level

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 22, 2023
6 min

Here’s the speech that I gave at the opening of GamesBeat Summit 2023. Thank you to our attendees as your energy makes me feel...

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Openfort raises $3M for wallet-as-a-service infrastructure for Web3 gaming

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 22, 2023
3 min

Openfort has raised $3 million in a seed funding to expand development for its Web3 gaming wallet-as-a-service infrastructure for Web3 gaming. Gumi Cryptos Capital...

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Sharon Tal Yguado and Randy Pitchford talk about the right way to do transmedia.

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GamesBeat Summit 2023 online day features a transmedia debate and other fiery topics

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 20, 2023
4 min

One of the most interesting moments of our GamesBeat Summit 2023 conference will come in a conversation, or debate — on our online day...

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A preview of things to come. Strauss Zelnick shows Mike Vorhaus his NFT art work.

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The resilience of games and entrepeneurs in 2023 | The DeanBeat

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 19, 2023
8 min

As GamesBeat Summit 2023, our biggest gaming event of the year, arrives on Monday, I’ve been thinking a lot about the state of gaming....

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Cross-Chain Ecosystem Fund raises $50M for Wormhole protocol

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 18, 2023
2 min

Twenty blockchain teams and venture funds have teamed up to launch a $50 million Cross-Chain Ecosystem Fund focused on new startups that leverage the...