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Playco acquires Goodboy for HTML5 game engine PixiJS

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
September 28, 2021
2 min

Playco raised $100 million last year for instant games, and now it’s putting some of that money to use with the acquisition of Goodboy...

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How Genvid and Intel turned a Times Square billboard into an interactive game

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
September 28, 2021
3 min

Genvid Technologies, Intel, Outfront Media, and Streamline Media Group turned a Times Square billboard into an interactive game. Dubbed Project Monarch, the game was...

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Activision settles equal-employment civil suit with $18 million wrist slap

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
September 27, 2021
2 min

Activision Blizzard doesn’t want to fight the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in court, so it is settling a claim that it violated its...

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Welcome Rachel Kaser to the GamesBeat team

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
September 27, 2021
1 min

GamesBeat, the gaming site where business meets passion, is getting an upgrade today. The team is happy to announce that Rachel Kaser is joining...

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Roblox settles NMPA lawsuit, paving path to music in the metaverse

Posted byby Rachel Kaser
September 27, 2021
2 min

Roblox announced today that it has settled a lawsuit filed by the National Music Publishers Association (NMPA). The lawsuit from the NMPA has been...

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Fall Guys gets a timely Super Monkey Ball costume

Posted byby Mike Minotti
September 27, 2021
1 min

Sega and Mediatonic have once again teamed up to bring a special costume to Fall Guys, this time celebrating the 20th anniversary of the...

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G4 appoints Russell Arons as its president

Posted byby Mike Minotti
September 27, 2021
1 min

Entertainment company Comcast Spectacor announced today that Russell Arons will serve as the rebooted G4’s president. Arons has previously worked at Warner Bros., Electronic...