Categories Posted inin Business Ugami gamer debit card and app launch closed beta Posted byby GamesBeat April 12, 2022 2 min Ugami has raised $4.8M in seed funding alongside the closed beta for their inaugural Ugami Debit Card and linked app. The seed round was... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Bugsnax will launch for Switch and Xbox Game Pass on April 28 with free DLC Posted byby Mike Minotti April 12, 2022 1 min Indie studio Young Horses announced today that its hit game Bugsnax will come out for Xbox Series X/S, Switch, Xbox One, and PC on... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Predicting Kingdom Hearts IV’s new Disney worlds Posted byby Mike Minotti April 11, 2022 5 min Kingdom Hearts IV is coming. I know that sounds like a threat to some of you, but it’s great news for fans of Square... Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Business Epic Games raises $2B in funding from Sony and Kirkbi Posted byby Rachel Kaser April 11, 2022 1 min Epic Games announced a $2 billion round of funding, which it would put towards its growth and that of the metaverse. The round included... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Cocos raises $50M to fuel open source game engine growth Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 11, 2022 2 min Cocos Technology said it has raised $50 million to fuel the growth of its open source Cocos Creator game engine. Cocos has been around... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business VersusGame will share revenue with players who get friends to wager on event outcomes Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 11, 2022 4 min We all like to predict what will happen next in a game or other event. VersusGame was created to enable fans to place wagers... Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business Hands-on: Nintendo Switch Sports runs with the joyful play of Wii Sports Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 11, 2022 6 min Nintendo Switch Sports is the successor to the most mainstream sports video game of all time, Wii Sports. And Nintendo hopes this version will... Continue Reading 6 min
Categories Posted inin Business John Osvald interview: How Gala Games fuels blockchain game hits with fewer players Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 9, 2022 16 min Gala Games has been greenlighting bigger and bigger blockchain games with increasingly interesting game developers. Gala Games has built a platform that combines play-to-earn... Continue Reading 16 min
Categories Posted inin Business The DeanBeat: Our packed agenda for GamesBeat Summit 2022 Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 8, 2022 21 min I’m very excited about our upcoming GamesBeat Summit 2022 event taking place April 26 to April 28. We’ve booked more than 120 speakers across... Continue Reading 21 min
Categories Posted inin Business QuestoWorld lets players follow quests while walking outdoors Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 8, 2022 5 min QuestoWorld is a kind of metaverse in the real world that where players complete quests by walking outdoors. And it will soon reward players... Continue Reading 5 min