SoftBank invests $93M in The Sandbox’s ‘metaverse’ game
The Sandbox has raised $93 million in a funding round led by SoftBank to help grow its virtual world based on nonfungible tokens. It’s...
Fortnite is shutting down in China
After more than two years of testing, Fortnite is shutting down in China on November 15. The game never officially launched in that territory...
Metaverse social app Flickplay raises $5M
Metaverse-ready wallet app Flickplay announced that it raised $5 million from investors to fund a social platform that will allow metaverse users to flex...
Kek Entertainment raises $3 million to make mobile action games
Kek Entertainment has raised $3 million in pre-seed funding to make mobile action games. Former executives at Pixonic and My.Games founded the Cyprus and...
Tencent keeps investing in PUBG Mobile esports in the Americas
PUBG Mobile is a huge gaming property with more than $6 billion in lifetime player spending. And while much of that success has been...
Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp launches April 8, according to eShop
Nintendo has added a new release date for Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp on the Nintendo Switch’s eShop store. When you look the game...
The RetroBeat: My Arcade1Up experience
After covering Arcade1Up for a few years, I had a chance to try out one of their arcade replicas myself. The company was kind...
Activision acquires Digital Legends for its future Call of Duty mobile games
Activision Blizzard today announced it has bought mobile game studio Digital Legends. The publisher’s new team will work on an unannounced Call of Duty...
Ubisoft meets earnings goal thanks to Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry
Ubisoft today released its earnings report for the first half of the 2021-2022 fiscal year. The publisher met its targets for the period, for...
EA and Velan Studios announce Knockout City for next-gen consoles
Electronic Arts and Velan Studios today announced that their multiplayer action title, Knockout City, will be coming to next-gen consoles in November. The next-gen...