Nerd Street Gamers raises $11.5 million for digital esports platform
Nerd Street Gamers has raised $11.5 million to expand its digital esports platform even while its esports training centers have been closed. The new...
Anzu.io raises $9 million for in-game ad platform
Anzu.io has raised $9 million in new funding for its platform for a new generation of in-game advertising. In-game advertising isn’t new, but the Tel...
Game+ launches mobile app for skill-based gaming competitions
Game+ has launched a mobile app that enables people to play in skill-based gaming competitions for real money. The app is available on iOS...
With burning-hot Switch sales, does Nintendo need a Super Switch?
Nintendo has shipped 80 million Switch systems. That pushes the console past the 3DS in terms of total sales. At its current pace, the...
Playstudios will go public via SPAC at $1.1 billion valuation
Playstudios will be the next social casino game company to go public. In this deal, the company will raise money via a special purpose...
Google stops Stadia game development and closes its studios
Just a bit over a year after launching its Stadia platform, Google is starting to scale back its gaming ventures. The company is closing...
Community, connection, and vulnerability in the metaverse
Community — central to the success of games, whether they’re online, console, or mobile — is going to be a major factor in how...
GamesBeat Decides: The best (and worst) Hitman trilogy levels
Since Hitman 3‘s release last month, Jeff Grubb and I have been having a great time murdering our way through IO Interactive’s world-spanning levels....
Busting the constraints of the metaverse economy with on- and off-platform currencies
“I believe the economy of the metaverse has been constrained by the companies, the players, the users of this environment,” said John Burris, chief...
Detecting 10 times more bots and stopping fraud with behavioral biometrics
Bots and fraud occur in every app, and in every vertical, said Alon Dayan, Founder and CEO, Unbotify. “In games online, this is a...