Categories Posted inin Gaming Culture Summer Games Done Quick raises $2.4M for Doctors Without Borders Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 13, 2025 2 min Summer Games Done Quick 2025 (SGDQ), the week-long, 24-hour video game speedrunning marathon, raised $2,436,614 for Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières. Held... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin BusinessDevelopment Hands-on with the newly resupplied ModRetro’s Chromatic | The DeanBeat Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 11, 2025 11 min ModRetro announced yesterday that its Chromatic handheld game system is back in stock and ready to ship starting at $200. It’s a labor of... Continue Reading 11 min
Categories Posted inin BusinessGameplay Supercell unveils presence for Brawl Stars at San Diego Comic Con Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 11, 2025 2 min Supercell announced it will show off Brawl Stars with its Starr Park activation at San Diego Comic Con. Coming off the heels of its partnership... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin BusinessEntertainment Alok releases anthem for Cristiano Ronaldo character in Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 11, 2025 2 min Cristiano Ronaldo will be a character in the Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves fighting game and Brazilian DJ and producer Alok has created... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Gaming Culture Gayming Awards 2025: Dragon Age: The Veilguard wins Game of the Year Posted byby Rachel Kaser July 9, 2025 2 min Gayming Magazine has revealed the winners of the 2025 Gayming Awards, with Bioware’s Dragon Age: The Veilguard taking home the trophy for Game of... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin BusinessEntertainment Hololive Night returns to Dodgers Stadium with VTuber livestream for Shohei Ohtani Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 6, 2025 3 min Saturday was the birthday for Shohei Ohtani, the star player for the Los Angeles Dodgers, and Cover Corp. returned with its second annual “Hololive... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin BusinessDevelopment Upin & Ipin universe launches on consoles and PC on July 17 Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 6, 2025 3 min Les’ Copaque Production, Streamline Studios, and Streamline Media Group announced that Upin & Ipin Universe will debut on July 17 on the PC and... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin BusinessGaming Culture Asi Burak gets political in his Games for Change award speech | The DeanBeat Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 4, 2025 3 min Politics is always a difficult area for game industry leaders to navigate. It is fraught with so many no-win risks that most leaders don’t... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Gaming Culture Sky: Children of the Light holds in-game awards honoring creators Posted byby Rachel Kaser July 1, 2025 1 min Thatgamecompany announced today that it is holding a special in-game event to honor the players and creators within its MMO, Sky: Children of the... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin BusinessEntertainment How Koto created a new brand for League of Legends tournaments in Asia Pacific Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 30, 2025 8 min Riot Games has always had a strong identity for League of Legends in China, the U.S. and Europe. But as the game grew, it... Continue Reading 8 min