The metaverse is too important to get wrong, so it needs to be open
Presented by Crucible Open vs Closed has always been a key defining battle ahead of us when it comes to the next chapter of...
DFC Intelligence: Cloud gaming could hit $13.5B in annual revenues in 5 years
Cloud gaming is less than 1% of the game business today, but game analyst firm DFC Intelligence estimates it will grow to over 5%...
Why Unity scooped up Weta Digital’s 3D tools for $1.6B
Peter Jackson’s Weta Digital has made some of the most amazing movie special effects, like Gollum in The Lord of the Rings films. And...
Roblox is building a metaverse around its players
Roblox is trying to build a virtual world that rivals our own. During the GamesBeat Summit Next event today, Roblox chief of technology Dan...
Vindex and MLG co-founder Mike Sepso believes the games industry still needs esports
Major League Gaming cofounder Mike Sepso believes the games industry needs esports due to rapidly changing business models. The boon of free-to-play games and...
Roblox offers a path for non-traditional developers to find an audience
Roblox is one of the biggest games in the world. It attracts a huge audience of young people. And that makes it an ideal...
From pro to amateur, three new paths to game monetization
Monetization in gaming is growing beyond the professional, full-time gamers and streamers who can cash in on their fast-twitch muscles and being shared with...
WN Seattle’21: celebrating inclusivity, developers, and random meetings at coffee-break stations
Presented by WN Media The in-person event for games industry professionals, WN Seattle’21, takes place on November 16-17 at the Washington Seattle Convention Center....
Metaverse thought leaders tout visions at Nvidia GTC event
The metaverse has been the talk among science fiction fans for years, but it’s becoming more real as a point of discussion among the...
Overcoming the resistance to blockchain games
Valve stirred the hornet’s nest around blockchain games when it announced a ban on games with nonfungible tokens (NFTs). We discussed the controversy around...