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The Last Gameboard will demo in 10 cities at GameStop stores

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 13, 2022
3 min

The Last Gameboard, creator of Gameboard, a tabletop gaming console that blends physical objects with digital gameplay, has teamed up with GameStop in a...

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The DeanBeat: Wandering the game industry with Reggie Fils-Aimé

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 13, 2022
15 min

Years ago, I used to speak with Reggie Fils-Aimé on a regular basis. He obliterated me once while playing Wii Sports Tennis during a...

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StartPlaying raises $6.5M so tabletop players can rent Dungeon Masters

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 13, 2022
4 min

StartPlaying has raised $6.5 million so tabletop players can rent professional Dungeon Masters. The San Francisco company has created an online platform to help...

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Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga is the new Elden Ring

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
May 13, 2022
1 min

Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga had one of the best debuts of the year. In fact, it is already the second best-selling game...

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Lifetime Nintendo Switch sales surpass PlayStation 4 in the U.S.

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
May 13, 2022
2 min

Nintendo Switch’s sales momentum in the United States has pushed it past its most significant rival. The hybrid home/handheld’s lifetime sales have now surpassed...

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April 2022 NPD: Hardware bounces back and Lego Star Wars tops sales chart

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
May 13, 2022
4 min

It was a big month for console hardware sales in the United States due to increasing supply, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group....

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Gaming’s mergers and acquisitions boom is thanks to industry growth

Posted byby Rachel Kaser
May 12, 2022
2 min

At GamesBeat Summit, one of the topics was the recent boom in mergers and acquisitions in the games industry. Whether it’s the Microsoft-Activision acquisition...