CyBall raises $1.8M for NFT-based soccer game
CyBall has raised $1.8 million in seed funding to build a soccer-themed, nonfungible-token (NFT)-based game with a player rewards model. Bitkraft Ventures led the...
November 2021 NPD: Elusive new-gen consoles drag down industry sales
A dearth of hardware in the supply chain led to a dip in sales for the video game business in November the United States,...
Discord hires former Xbox exec Elizabeth Hamren as COO
Discord has hired former Xbox executive Elizabeth Hamren as its new chief operating officer. She will work with CEO Jason Citron and oversee teams...
Spiritfarer has sold 1M copies with launch of the Farewell Edition
Thunder Lotus, the developers of Spiritfarer, announced today the game has surpassed 1 million in sales since it launched just over a year ago....
Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla’s Year 2 plans include Ragnarök expansion and Odyssey crossover
Ubisoft detailed plans today for Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla’s second year of new content, which will see the release of the Dawn of Ragnarök expansion...
Twitch cofounder Justin Kan is back with NFT gaming marketplace Fractal
Twitch cofounder Justin Kan has a new startup called Fractal that will create a marketplace for gaming nonfungible tokens (NFTs). Kan said in an...
The Game Awards wrap-up special | GamesBeat Decides 226
[iframe src=”https://anchor.fm/gamesbeat-decides/embed” height=”102px” width=”100%” frameborder=”0″ scrolling=”no”] On this week’s GamesBeat Decides, editors Mike Minotti and Jeff Grubb determine the biggest news to come out...
The DeanBeat: The Game Awards and the game industry are back
It was nice to be back in the culture of gaming last night at The Game Awards. I went there in person with my...
It Takes Two wins Game of the Year
Well f*ck the Oscars indeed. It Takes Two from Josef Fares‘ Hazelight Studios won Game of the Year at The Game Awards. The nominees...
Epic Games shows off Unreal Engine 5 with stunning simulated city in The Matrix Awakens demo
Epic Games showed off the realism of Unreal Engine 5 with The Matrix Awakens demo amid a huge computer-generated city. It looked phenomenal, with...