Genies nabs former Netflix Games creative director to run games
Genies, a maker of social avatars, has hired former Netflix Games creative director Andrew Chambers the head of its games studio. Genies has been...
Play AI raises $4.3M to use AI for ‘hyper-personalized gaming’
Play AI has raised $4.3 million in seed funding round to build the middleware for AI models and agents in gaming. The platform, which...
Amazon Games to publish Maverick’s new story-driven driving title
Amazon Games has signed a new agreement with Maverick Games to publish the studio’s debut triple-A title. The new multi-platform, open-world, narrative-driven driving game...
Kinetix and Overdare put generative AI in gamers’ hands
Kinetix, the generative AI startup creating user-generated emotes (UGE) for video games, has teamed up with Overdare to put generative AI in the hands...
Activision wins $14.4M judgment against Call of Duty cheat vendor
A federal court awarded a $14.4 million judgment to Activision Publishing in its lawsuit against EngineOwning UG, Garnatz Enterprise Ltd, and 11 individuals. U.S....
Gamecity Hamburg funds five digital game prototypes
Gamecity Hamburg announced it is supporting five game projects in its 2024 funding round with up to 80,000 euros ($86,600) in non-repayable funds. As...
Supervillain Labs raises funds from Aptos Labs and Neowiz’s Intella X
Supervillain Labs has raised new funding from Aptos Labs and Neowiz’s Intella X. Both Aptos Labs and Neowiz’s Intella X, a Web3 gaming initiative,...
Esports tournament platform Gamerji expands to Southeast Asia
After securing market share in India and MENA, Esports tournament platform Gamerji is expanding its operations into Southeast Asia. Now, Filipino and Indonesian players...
Microsoft confirms Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 will debut day one on Xbox Game Pass
Microsoft confirmed today that the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 will debut on day one Xbox Game Pass when the title debuts...
GamesBeat Summit 2024: The power of unions
Unions have become more common in the games industry over the last five years, forming at places like Activision, ZeniMax, Sega, and more as...