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Halo’s Joseph Staten joins Netflix Games as creative director

Posted byby Rachel Kaser
April 17, 2023
1 min

Bungie veteran Joseph Staten announced today that he has joined Netflix Games as its creative director, making him the latest of the games industry...

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Crypto Unicorns will shift more governance control to active players

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 17, 2023
8 min

Crypto Unicorns announced a plan to give more governance control in its Web3 gaming ecosystem to the games most active players. Created by Laguna...

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Xsolla invests in ‘phygital’ fashion startup Pillz

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 17, 2023
3 min

Gaming payment platform Xsolla has invested in “phygital” fashion startup Pillz. Pillz is the latest to combine physical and digital when it comes to...

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LandVault teams up with Super League for metaverse gaming

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 17, 2023
2 min

LandVault, which views itself as a construction company in the metaverse, has teamed up with Super League to create metaverse gaming platforms in the...

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Sega agrees to acquire Angry Birds maker Rovio Entertainment for $776.2M

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 17, 2023
3 min

Sega has agreed to acquire Angry Birds maker Rovio Entertainment for $776.2 million (706 million euros) as the consolidation in gaming continues. Sega, a...

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Young generations consume a ‘tapestry’ of games and other media | Deloitte

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 17, 2023
6 min

The way younger generations are consuming media is changing, as evidenced by the rise of user-generated content in games, watching shows on the run,...

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An interview with The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman on games and Hollywood | The DeanBeat

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 14, 2023
14 min

Robert Kirkman, chief creative officer and cofounder of Skybound Entertainment and the creator of The Walking Dead, has been crossing media borders for decades. I’m very...

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Inside DreamHack’s ambitious strategy to double its audience

Posted byby Jordan Fragen
April 14, 2023
4 min

DreamHack has always been an outlier compared to other gaming conventions and esports tournaments. At its core, DreamHack is a grassroots convention that scaled....