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Sony Santa Monica vet David Hewitt becomes Monolith’s new studio head

Posted byby Mike Minotti
September 16, 2021
1 min

Warner Bros. Games announced today that David Hewitt is the new studio head and vice president at Monolith Productions. Hewitt last served as director...

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Elodie Games raises $32.5M to build crossplay co-op games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
September 16, 2021
5 min

Elodie Games has raised $32.5 million to build crossplay co-op games that run across the PC, consoles, and mobile devices. The Venice, California-based company...

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Byju’s acquires Tynker edtech firm as part of U.S. expansion

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
September 16, 2021
2 min

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....

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Mobile Premier League raises $150M at $2.3B valuation for mobile esports

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
September 15, 2021
2 min

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...

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Bluetooth on Switch, WarioWare is fun, and so is Cruis’n Blast | Last of the Nintendogs

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
September 15, 2021
1 min

[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...

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Ubisoft vet Alexandre Parizeau joins Amazon Games’ Montreal studio

Posted byby Mike Minotti
September 15, 2021
1 min

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...