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Non-electronic sports viewership grows on Twitch

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
May 11, 2021
2 min

The world has a lot more sports-related content than it can fit onto ESPN, Fox Sports, and AM Radio. And Twitch is helping to...

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Roblox hits Q1 bookings of $652.3 million, up 161%, in first report as public company

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 10, 2021
3 min

Roblox, the platform for Lego-like user-generated games, reported its earnings for the first time as a publicly traded company. This met analysts’ expectations. Bookings...

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IronSource’s Supersonic launches LiveGames publishing service for indies

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 10, 2021
3 min

Mobile monetization firm IronSource said its Supersonic Studios division has launched LiveGames, a self-service way for indie game developers to manage mobile games and...

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Wilder World raises $3 million for a metaverse built around NFT art

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 10, 2021
5 min

Wilder World has raised $3 million to create a “metaverse” around art that is monetized by nonfungible tokens, or NFTs. Wilder World is working...

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Ubisoft launches 6th season for Entrepreneur Lab with 11 startups

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 10, 2021
4 min

Ubisoft launched the sixth season for its Entrepreneurs Lab, with 11 startups taking part in the program for innovation in games and tech. Led...

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How Corey Rosemond aims to grow digital tabletop gaming firm Roll20

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 8, 2021
12 min

Tabletop games are going through a renaissance now, and many of them are going digital. That’s why veteran gaming executive Corey Rosemond has joined...

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Naraka: Bladepoint’s sword-fighting battle royale makes every encounter feel exciting

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
May 8, 2021
2 min

Battle royale has taken many forms in video games since PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds in 2017. And as we get last-player-standing versions of Tetris, Bomberman, and...

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Nintendo earnings, a new Switch game, and E3 2021 expands | GB Decides 195

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
May 7, 2021
1 min

On this week’s episode of the GamesBeat Decides podcast, the crew discusses Nintendo’s record earnings report. Reviews editor Mike Minotti talks about his Resident...