GDC Festival of Gaming announces Hideo Kojima keynote
Hideo Kojima, the acclaimed creator and studio founder, will present a keynote address at the upcoming GDC Festival of Gaming. The keynote address, titled...
BAFTA announces a dozen ‘must watch’ creatives in U.S. film, games and TV
BAFTA North America announced its 2025 BAFTA Breakthrough U.S. cohort, featuring 12 “must-watch” creatives working in film, games and television, from across the US....
Women-Led Games and Latin American Games tease Game Awards showcases
Women-Led Games and the Latin American Games Showcase have announced their return to the end-of-year games industry event. The two organizations will hold their...
Scopely unveils Monopoly Go collab with Harry Potter
Scopely unveiled a new collaboration between the chart-topping mobile game Monopoly Go and Harry Potter. Players (aka “Tycoons”) are invited to roll the dice and discover the...
Vertigo Games scores 175% boost in Critical Strike revenues after switching web shops
Vertigo Games, the studio behind the hit mobile shooter game Critical Strike, saw a 175% boost in revenues for its game one month after...
How Valve’s Portal became a pinball game
Eighteen years after Portal took the gaming world by storm and 14 years after its hit sequel Portal 2, gamers can play Portal as a pinball machine. Thanks...
Fortnite Chapter 7: Pacific Break kicks off new season for battle royale
Epic Games announced that Chapter Seven: Pacific Break hsa kicked off a new era for Fortnite Battle Royale on the Golden Coast. New POIs...
Black Friday online sales finals: $11.8B spent, up 9.1% | Adobe
Consumers spent a record $11.8 billion online on Black Friday, up 9.1% year-over-year (YoY) and above Adobe’s initial forecast ($11.7 billion, up 8.3% YoY)....
Why ‘transformational games’ could be the industry’s next big expansion | GamesBeat Next
At a time when many developers feel squeezed by a saturated entertainment market, longtime game makers Sam Glassenberg (CEO and founder of Level Ex)...
Happy Thanksgiving. And here’s some Black Friday gaming recommendations | The DeanBeat
I’ve got some Black Friday recommendations for gamers. Thank you But before I get into that, Happy Thanksgiving. It was a big year for...