Byju’s acquires Tynker edtech firm as part of U.S. expansion
India’s Byju’s has agreed to acquire creative coding platform Tynker as it continues its expansion into edtech and educational games in the United States....
Mobile Premier League raises $150M at $2.3B valuation for mobile esports
Mobile Premier League became a new unicorn in mobile esports as it raised a funding round at a $2.3 billion valuation. The Bengaluru, India-based...
Bluetooth on Switch, WarioWare is fun, and so is Cruis’n Blast | Last of the Nintendogs
[iframe src=”https://anchor.fm/last-of-the-nintendogs/embed/episodes/011-MIKEY-AINT-HAPPY-e17dmtt” height=”102px” width=”100%” frameborder=”0″ scrolling=”no”] On this episode of Last of the Nintendogs, GamesBeat editor Mike Minotti is upset about how irresponsible Jeff...
Ubisoft vet Alexandre Parizeau joins Amazon Games’ Montreal studio
Amazon Games announced today that Alexandre Parizeau will lead development at the company’s new Montreal studio. He’ll be overseeing the creation of a new...
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang named one of Time’s most influential people
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has built Nvidia into the most valuable chip company in the U.S. It’s a pioneer in both graphics and artificial...
Battlefield 2042 gets delayed to November 19
One of the biggest games of the fall is getting a delay. Publisher Electronic Arts and developer DICE announced today that they are pushing...
Stardust raises $5M to provide secure U.S. dollar payments for NFTs in games
Stardust has raised $5 million in funding for its platform to enable players to buy nonfungible tokens (NFTs) in games using U.S. dollars. The...
Shawn Layden interview — How diversity can save gaming as it faces labor shortages
Shawn Layden had a long career at Sony, and now he gets to offer advice to companies like Streamline Media Group as they navigate...
Playco launches the first third-party game on TikTok: Sway Stories
Playco, a maker of instantly playable games for social platforms, announced Sway Stories for TikTok. The game is a first in terms of third-party...
Aim Lab maker Statespace raises $50M for game and health performance training
Statespace scored big with its game aiming and health training programs, and that has enabled it to raise $50 million in funding. The company...