GamesBeat

Posted inin Business

BackerKit’s The Creative Fund will give $1 to every Kickstarter campaign

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 11, 2018
3 min

BackerKit developed software that helps manage the logistics of a crowdfunding campaign. And now its founders have announced The Creative Fund, which has the...

Posted inin Gaming Culture

Overwatch League is coming to ESPN, ABC, and other Disney channels

Posted byby Mike Minotti
July 11, 2018
1 min

Disney and Blizzard Entertainment are partnering to bring Overwatch League to Disney-owned channels, such as ABC, ESPN, ESPN 2, and Disney XD. Overwatch League...

Posted inin Development

Intel Buzz Workshop returns to Seattle on July 20

Posted byby Giancarlo Valdes
July 11, 2018
2 min

Intel is partnering with Microsoft and the Seattle Indies Group to bring the Intel Buzz Workshop back to the Emerald City on July 20. The one-day event provides an affordable networking opportunity for young and veteran developers alike. (Sponsored post)

Posted inin Business

Kik commits $3 million to developer program for its Kin cryptocurrency

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 11, 2018
2 min

Kik, through the Kin Ecosystem Foundation, wants to foster more usage of and innovation around its cryptocurrency, and so the foundation will give up to 25 developers a total of about $3 million in the currency to develop new apps or games.

Posted inin Gameplay

Penrose Studios raises $10 million for AR/VR entertainment

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 11, 2018
3 min

Penrose Studios has raised $10 million in a new round of funding for its augmented reality and virtual reality entertainment. That’s a beefy round,...

Posted inin Business

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker review — a peak Nintendo puzzler for Switch

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 11, 2018
6 min

If Breath of the Wild was “peak Zelda” and Super Mario Odyssey was “peak Mario,” Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker is “peak Nintendo” — a...

Posted inin Gameplay

Inca Games will publish Latin American indie games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 11, 2018
3 min

Inca Games, a new incubator and publisher of independent video games, has the mission to bring games developed in Latin America to the world. The Buenos...

Posted inin Gameplay

GamesBeat Decides 87: Your feedback on who to fire is valuable to us

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
July 11, 2018
2 min

We’re back after taking a week off for Independence Day, and everyone is talking about ArenaNet. Well, the GamesBeat Decides podcast is not going to...