The DeanBeat: Metaverses that aren’t really metaverses
Another week, another round of crazy acquisitions and metaverse hype in the game industry. While I’m very proud of the 30 or so sessions...
Rockstar announces Grand Theft Auto 6 … in a tweet
Rockstar Games is making a new Grand Theft Auto game. That was true even before the company admitted it, but it has now publicly...
Ghostwire: Tokyo has a yokai cat that runs a bodega
Bethesda and developer Tango Gameworks started publicly showing off gameplay for Ghostwire: Tokyo this week. This gave gamers a first look at the open-word...
Drake Star Partners: Game deals could nearly double to $150B in 2022
Game deals are expected to nearly double to $150 billion in 2022, according to a forecast by investment bank Drake Star Partners. The report...
Ghostwire: Tokyo isn’t a horror game, it’s Japanese ‘Ghostbusters’
Ghostwire: Tokyo is launching on March 25 for PlayStation 5 and PC. Publisher Bethesda confirmed that date as part of its gameplay reveal video...
Phil Spencer to receive lifetime achievement award at DICE Awards
Phil Spencer, CEO of Microsoft Gaming, is getting into gaming’s hall of fame. Spencer will be the latest recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award...
Amber opens new studio in Ukraine, headed by former Ubisoft manager
Amber, a full-service game development agency, has announced it is opening a new location in Kyiv, Ukraine. The new location will support the AAA...
GameStop launches NFT marketplace on Immutable X, creates $100M dev fund
GameStop has teamed up with Immutable X to launch a marketplace for nonfungible tokens (NFTs) later this year. Immutable and GameStop are also creating...
Ubisoft supports gaming on decentralized Hedera network
Ubisoft announced it has partnered with the HBAR Foundation to support gaming on the Hedera decentralized network. Ubisoft got its head handed to it...
Meta’s VR division lost $3.3B on $877M in revenue in Q4
Meta (the company formerly known as Facebook) reported that its virtual reality game, app, and hardware business generated $877 million in revenue in the...