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Esports World Cup spells out the path to Riyadh for 200 game tournaments

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 9, 2025
2 min

The Esports World Cup Foundation (EWCF) has unveiled the full scope of the qualification system for the Esports World Cup 2025. The Esports World Cup...

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Game layoffs continue to slow down through early May | Amir Satvat

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 9, 2025
2 min

Game layoffs haven’t disappeared, but they have slowed down in 2025, according to data from game job champion Amir Satvat. It prompted him to...

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Henk Rogers’ real story behind Tetris, the Perfect Game | The DeanBeat

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 9, 2025
11 min

Henk Rogers, one of the grandfathers of gaming, has a new book out, The Perfect Game, and we talked about it in an interview...

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Scopely appoints Shlomi Aizenberg as chief business officer

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 9, 2025
3 min

Scopely announced that Shlomi Aizenberg has been appointed chief business officer of the mobile gaming company. Scopely, which is owned by Savvy Games Group,...

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Square Enix’s Symbiogenesis onchain game debuts on Sony’s Soneium blockchain

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 9, 2025
2 min

Square Enix’s Symbiogenesis Web3 game was slated to be discontinued in July 2025, but Sony said the game will now expand to Sony’s Soneium...

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IGDA adds three new board members

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 8, 2025
2 min

International Game Developers Association (IGDA) welcomes three new directors to its board: Tiziano Giardini, Jennifer Estaris, and Pedro Zambon. They replace several directors who are...

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GB Summit 2025’s Women in Gaming Breakfast discusses post-growth strategy

Posted byby Rachel Kaser
May 8, 2025
2 min

GamesBeat Summit is back once again, and once again we’re holding the Women in Gaming Breakfast — our 10th, to be exact. At GB...

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Resurgens Gaming raises funds to launch Ghost Launchpad game accelerator

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 8, 2025
2 min

Resurgens Gaming, a gaming and creator-driven entertainment company, said it raised a seven-figure investment to launch Ghost Launchpad, a new game accelerator and publishing...