Categories Posted inin Business Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon 888 Plus 5G Mobile platform Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 28, 2021 3 min Qualcomm unveiled a number of 5G semiconductor products today for the virtual Mobile World Congress event, including an upgrade to the chipmaker’s flagship Snapdragon...
Categories Posted inin Business Loco raises $9M for esports and game livestreaming in India Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 28, 2021 4 min Loco has raised $9 million in seed funding to enable esports and game livestreaming in India. The new investment will fuel the Mumbai company’s...
Categories Posted inin Business Toya’s Miraculous Ladybug gets 100M plays on Roblox Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 27, 2021 4 min Toya Studio and Zag Games said that their Roblox game Miraculous RP: Quests of Ladybug & Cat Noir has exceeded 100 million plays in just...
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Peggy Johnson interview: How Magic Leap is getting traction with its enterprise pivot Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 26, 2021 10 min Magic Leap has gone through a whirlwind in the past year. Founded in 2010 by Rony Abovitz, the company set out to be a pioneer...
Categories Posted inin Business The RetroBeat: Now is a good time to play the first Metroid Posted byby Mike Minotti June 25, 2021 2 min If you’re a Metroid fan like me, then you’re probably pumped for Metroid: Dread. But you can play an older game from the series...
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Metroid: Dread hype is building, and Sonic had a great concert | GB Decides 202 Posted byby Jeff Grubb June 25, 2021 1 min On the GamesBeat Decides podcast this week, editors Jeff Grubb and Mike Minotti woke up early so Jeff could go to the zoo. That...
Categories Posted inin Business The DeanBeat: Social numbers show who won the virtual E3 2021 Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 25, 2021 5 min I always like to pick my favorites from the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), and I listed what I liked best at the all-digital E3...
Categories Posted inin Business Nexon CEO Owen Mahoney: Game companies say they love innovation but resist creators at every turn Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 25, 2021 16 min Owen Mahoney has grown skeptical of people who say they love innovation but fail to support creative people. The Nexon CEO brought this up...
Categories Posted inin Business Boom Corp. raises $1.8M to make social games like Boom Slingers Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 25, 2021 3 min Boom Corp. has raised $1.8 million in seed funding to develop social games that bring people together, much like the company’s first title, Boom...
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Overwolf will pay out $29M to mod and app creators in 2021 Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 25, 2021 4 min Overwolf rebranded itself this week as a guild of in-game creators. And it is announcing today that it expects to pay out $29 million...