GamesBeat

Posted inin Business

Scopely acquires GSN Games from Sony Pictures for $1B

Posted byby Rachel Kaser
October 18, 2021
1 min

Scopely announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire GSN Games from Sony Pictures Entertainment for $1 billion. Scopely is best...

Posted inin Business

Apple unveils M1 Pro and M1 Max chips for latest MacBook Pro laptops

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 18, 2021
2 min

Apple has unveiled its M1 Pro and M1 Max chips with up to 57 billion transistors for the new MacBook Pro laptops. In an...

Posted inin Business

September 2021 NPD: PlayStation 5 outsells Xbox, Switch

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
October 18, 2021
1 min

Console hardware is flying off manufacturing lines directly to consumers in the United States. Sony and Microsoft continue to sell every PlayStation 5 and...

Posted inin Gameplay

September 2021 NPD: Tales of Arise, Deathloop help set industry sales records

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
October 18, 2021
5 min

Consumers in the United States continue to spend a lot of money on video games. While many of the people who invested in the...

Posted inin Gameplay

Elden Ring delayed to February 25, 2022

Posted byby Mike Minotti
October 18, 2021
1 min

Elden Ring‘s official Twitter account revealed today that FromSoftware’s latest action RPG is now coming out on February 25, 2022. This delay’s Elden Ring’s...

Posted inin Business

Murka Games expands in casual mobile games with acquisition of Mobile Deluxe

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 18, 2021
2 min

Social casino game maker Murka Games has expanded its reach with the acquisition today of Mobile Deluxe, a maker of Solitaire games. The terms were not...

Posted inin Gameplay

Team Spirit takes home $18.2M as winner of The International Dota 2 Championship

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 17, 2021
2 min

Team Spirit won The International Dota 2 Championship tournament, taking home $18.2 million of the record prize pool of more than $40 million. Held...

Posted inin Business

Jens Hilgers interview — Why Bitkraft created its $75M token fund for blockchain/crypto games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 17, 2021
21 min

Bitkraft Ventures raised a $75 million token fund last week to invest in blockchain gaming and digital entertainment investments. The company did so even...