GamesBeat Summit Next 2022: Zynga cofounder Mark Pincus joins speaker roster
We’re excited that our speakers for GamesBeat Summit Next 2022 will include Mark Pincus, the cofounder and former CEO of Zynga (acquired by Take...
A Plague Tale: Requiem upgrades brother Hugo for the sequel
A Plague Tale: Requiem, the sequel to 2019’s A Plague Tale: Innocence, is one of the bigger games launching this fall. GamesBeat got to...
Librarium launches VR memory palace platform for test preparation
Librarium has launched virtual reality memory palace platform on the Oculus Quest 2 VR headset that will enable people to memorize things for test...
Sky Mavis launches new features and products for Axie Infinity fans
Axie Infinity maker Sky Mavis announced a series of new features and products at its first-ever conference AxieCon in Barcelona, Spain. Among the announcements...
Scopely acquires Stumble Guys battle royale game from Kitka Games
Scopely has acquired the Stumble Guys battle royale game from Kitka Games as the game industry continues to consolidate. Culver City, California-based Scopely, best...
Spectrum Labs teams with IMVU to use AI to identify healthy online behavior
Spectrum Labs has created natural language AI that can parse online text for toxic behavior. And now it has figured out how to identify...
Dropp acquires metaverse platform Phly for $25M
Dropp Group has acquired metaverse platform Phly for $25 million to build “digital twins” of the major cities in the world. Dropp said it...
KPMG: 78% of U.S. adults will socialize with friends in the metaverse
People may not know what the metaverse holds for them beyond games, but the vast majority of U.S. adults are ready to plunge into...
Azra Games unveils NFTs for Legions & Legends sci-fi game
Azra Games revealed plans to launch its first NFT (non-fungible token) collection, The Hopeful, on Magic Eden on September 28. The NFTs are part...
LF.Group raises $1M to help gamers find multiplayer friends
LF.Group has raised a $1 million round to help gamers worldwide find teammates for multiplayer games. San Francisco-based Grishin Robotics provided the funding to...