My.Games invests in Espresso Publishing to boost hypercasual games
My.Games has invested in Espresso Publishing to boost its hypercasual games business. The Amsterdam-based Espresso Publishing creates hypercasual mobile games, which are short but...
Playstudios launches free-to-play MyVegas Bingo with real-world rewards
Playstudios, a social casino game maker which is poised to go public, has launched MyVegas Bingo as the latest part of a suite of...
Indie darling Undertale lands on Xbox Game Pass on March 16
Microsoft announced today that Undertale is coming to Xbox Game Pass on March 16, making it available to download on Xbox Series X/S and...
The DeanBeat: How Roblox overshadowed Microsoft’s Bethesda event this week
The big events came in a pair this week as Microsoft completed its $7.5 billion acquisition of Bethesda. And user-generating game platform Roblox went...
Nintendo Switch tops huge February for hardware sales
In the United States, Sony and Microsoft are selling every new-generation console that they produce. Those sales combined with Nintendo Switch’s historic momentum pushed...
February 2021 NPD: Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury tops the charts
Video game sales continued expanding rapidly in February, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. This was due to ongoing excitement for the latest...
GamesBeat Decides: The best (and worst) Pokémon starters
I imagine for a lot of fans, their first Pokémon will always be one of their favorites. There’s just something special about those starters,...
Illuvium raises $5 million for NFT-based fantasy battle game
Illuvium has raised $5 million to build a platform that combines non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, with a fantasy battle game. As such, it’s the...
Roblox goes public at $41.9 billion valuation in direct listing
Roblox, the platform for Lego-like user-generated games, went public today in a direct listing, where employees and investors finally get a chance to sell...
Rogue Games raises $2.5M to publish ‘batsh*t insane’ indie games
Rogue Games has raised $2.5 million to publish “batsh*t insane” indie games for PC, consoles, and mobile devices. The company will use the money from...