NPD: DualSense was the best-selling gaming accessory in the U.S. last year
The Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2 was the best selling accessory of December 2021, according to NPD analyst Mat Piscatella. The controller, which...
Mythical Games buys Polystream for real-time 3D streaming for the metaverse
Mythical Games, the maker of the Blankos Block Party game, has acquired Polystream for real-time 3D streaming for the metaverse. The purchase price wasn’t...
Animoca Brands raises $358.8M at $5B valuation for NFT games and open metaverse
Animoca Brands has raised a new round of funding — the fourth time since May — and this time the company has scooped up...
Take-Two stock down in wake of Zynga purchase, Zelnick not bothered
Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick appeared on CNBC to talk about his company’s stock following the $12.7 billion Zynga acquisition. Take-Two purchased Zynga at a...
Turkey’s Spyke Games raises $55M for casual mobile games
Spyke Games has raised $55 million in a seed round to make casual and social mobile games. It’s the biggest seed round raised by...
CES 2022 attendance fell 73% to 45K from 2020 numbers. Was it worth it?
CES 2022‘s attendance numbers were battered by the Omicron variant of COVID, with numbers hitting 45,000 attendees and 2,300 exhibitors. The numbers are down...
Hating and never creating | GB Decides 231
GamesBeat Decides discusses where the hole should go on this week’s episode. But first, editors Rachel Kaser, Jeff Grubb, and Mike Minotti dive into...
Newzoo predicts what gaming trends to watch in 2022
Newzoo today released its report on game trends to watch this year. Among others, we can likely anticipate a stacked calendar, more hype for...
NVCA: U.S venture capital deals soar past $300B in 2021
Venture capital dealmaking, exit and fundraising values all broke records in 2021 by stunning amounts, according to the PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor report. The U.S....
Avatar: Reckoning turns the hit film world into a mobile MMORPG shooter
Archosaur Games, Tencent, Lightstorm Entertainment, and Disney announced today Avatar: Reckoning, a new mobile game based on the hit sci-fi film. Reckoning is an...