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Riot Games lays off 530 people as it focuses on high-impact projects

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 23, 2024
5 min

Riot Games cofounder/chief product officer Marc Merrill and CEO Dylan Jadeja announced in a post they have laid off 530 people at the company,...

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Paris Hilton’s 11:11 Media launches Hilton partnership on Roblox

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 23, 2024
2 min

Paris Hilton’s 11:11 Media company has teamed up with Hilton to launch a loyalty campaign in Paris Hilton’s Slivingland metaverse on Roblox. Unlock premium...

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Crunchyroll announces two exclusive new games for its Game Vault

Posted byby Rachel Kaser
January 22, 2024
1 min

Crunchyroll announced today that it is launching two exclusive games to its Game Vault, available to its Mega and Ultimate Fan-tier subscribers. The two...

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Paper Ventures launches $25M blockchain VC fund

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 22, 2024
3 min

Paper Ventures has launched a $25 million venture capital fund for blockchain startups. Unlock premium content and VIP community perks with GB M A...

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Unstoppable Domains and The Sandbox create Unstoppable metaverse experience

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 22, 2024
3 min

Unstoppable Domains, Tuschay Studio and The Sandbox have partnered to create a metaverse gaming project dubbed Unstoppable Experience. Unlock premium content and VIP community...

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Metaplay launches Unity-based SDK to scale mobile games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 22, 2024
3 min

Metaplay has launched a Unity software development kit (SDK) that enables mobile games to scale with their growth. Unlock premium content and VIP community...

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Playdemic cofounders raise $10M for ForthStar game studio

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 22, 2024
5 min

Playdemic founders Paul Gouge and Alex Rigby have unveiled their latest venture, ForthStar, a new mobile free-to-play game studio. Unlock premium content and VIP...

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Palworld sells 5M copies in 3 days

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 22, 2024
1 min

Palworld is an online game described as Pokémon with guns. And it has sold more than five million copies in three days. Unlock premium...

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Darewise teams with Honda on Web3 vehicular gameplay

Posted byby Rachel Kaser
January 22, 2024
1 min

Darewise Entertainment and Animoca Brands Japan today announced they have partnered with Honda on a new project. It plans to bring transportation and vehicle-based...

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Asgard’s Wrath 2 mini-review: My favorite VR game of 2023 | Kaser Focus

Posted byby Rachel Kaser
January 20, 2024
3 min

I’ll be honest, when I play VR games, it’s not for the breadth of the experience. I put on my Meta Quest headset for...