Report: Activision Blizzard shed 37 employees during misconduct scandal
The Wall Street Journal released today a new report on the situation at Activision Blizzard. According to this report, the company has either fired...
United Esports and Dfinity Foundation create $10M blockchain game dev contest
Esports media and marketing firm United Esports and the Dfinity Foundation, the developers of the Internet Computer blockchain protocol, have created a blockchain game...
Turkey’s Spyke Games raises $55M for casual mobile games
Spyke Games has raised $55 million in a seed round to make casual and social mobile games. It’s the biggest seed round raised by...
Ubisoft partners with Gamestream on game streaming tech
French video game giant Ubisoft has partnered with Gamestream on game streaming technology. Gamestream specializes in white-label cloud gaming solutions, meaning it makes its...
CES 2022 attendance fell 73% to 45K from 2020 numbers. Was it worth it?
CES 2022‘s attendance numbers were battered by the Omicron variant of COVID, with numbers hitting 45,000 attendees and 2,300 exhibitors. The numbers are down...
Hating and never creating | GB Decides 231
GamesBeat Decides discusses where the hole should go on this week’s episode. But first, editors Rachel Kaser, Jeff Grubb, and Mike Minotti dive into...
Newzoo predicts what gaming trends to watch in 2022
Newzoo today released its report on game trends to watch this year. Among others, we can likely anticipate a stacked calendar, more hype for...
The DeanBeat: The problem of the sniper and the metaverse
I’ve been talking with our speakers for our upcoming metaverse event to get a preview of their views on challenges in building the metaverse....
Shiro Games shares details on Dune Spice Wars
Dune Spice Wars is a real-time strategy game with 4X elements based on Frank Herbert’s Dune universe. Shiro Games disclosed some more features about...
You can buy Final Fantasy XIV again starting January 25
Since the launch of its Endwalker expansion in December, Final Fantasy XIV has been popular. In fact, it’s been too popular. So many players...