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Halo release date, Horizon delay, Metroid Dread hype, and more | GB Decides 211

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
August 27, 2021
1 min

[iframe src=”https://anchor.fm/gamesbeat-decides/embed/episodes/211-APRIL-ONAL-e16ibf7″ height=”102px” width=”100%” frameborder=”0″ scrolling=”no”] On this week’s episode of GamesBeat Decides, the crew talks about playing Psychonauts 2. GamesBeat editors Jeff Grubb...

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The DeanBeat: A delicious fall season is coming for gamers

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 27, 2021
4 min

With Geoff Keighley’s Gamescom Opening Night Live wrapped up on Wednesday, we now have a good rundown of all of the big game launches...

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Hero Wars maker Nexters goes public in SPAC at $1.9B valuation

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 27, 2021
4 min

Mobile game maker Nexters is going public today through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in a deal that values the company at an...

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Zynga plans to launch Merge Dragons mobile game in China

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 27, 2021
1 min

Zynga said that it plans to launch Merge Dragons in China, and it has received some important approvals for doing so. China’s regulators will...

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Townscaper — the chill city-design game — is out now on Switch

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
August 26, 2021
1 min

One of my favorite little games from the last few years is Townscaper. It’s a Steam Early Access sandbox where players can quickly and...

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Rally hires Patreon exec as CEO and raises $50M in token sale

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 26, 2021
3 min

Rally, a crypto platform for creators, has named former Patreon exec Bremner Morris as CEO, and the project has raised $50 million in a...

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How Riot Games is training 60 girls to be game developers with Girls Who Code

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 26, 2021
5 min

About 45% of video game players in the U.S. are women, but only about 30% of game developers identify as female. This is why...

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Newzoo: Cloud gaming will reach 23.7M paying users and generate $1.6B in 2021

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 26, 2021
4 min

The global market for cloud gaming will hit 23.7 million paying users and $1.6 billion n revenues in 2021, according to a report by...

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Park Beyond interview: ‘Impossifying’ the amusement park management sim

Posted byby Jason Wilson
August 26, 2021
12 min

Park Beyond is a different sort of project for Bandai Namco, a company known better for its arcade classics, licensed kids games, and anime-style...

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State agency accuses Activision Blizzard of shredding HR records

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 26, 2021
2 min

The California agency investigating Activision Blizzard for sex discrimination has accused the big game publisher of shredding human resources records. Axios reported this week...

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