Meta’s VR division lost $3.3B on $877M in revenue in Q4
Meta (the company formerly known as Facebook) reported that its virtual reality game, app, and hardware business generated $877 million in revenue in the...
Meta updates avatars for cross-platform and inclusivity
Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, is serious about the metaverse and you can see that in its more expressive cross-platform avatars. The...
Jason Rubin on Meta’s strategy for the metaverse
When Jason Rubin joined Oculus VR in 2014, he was handed a copy of Ready Player One, one of the books that helped define...
Audience-driven games are evolving entertainment
Games are being watched as much as they’re being played in the modern industry. Between the rise of the streaming industry and audience-participation titles,...
GamesBeat Summit: Why “gametainment” and brand is the future of game marketing
What do ice cream and games have in common? Not enough. In the consumer packaged goods world, brand is life. But in the game...
Meta’s Rick Kelley on what to expect for gaming in 2022
Rick Kelley has a unique window on gaming trends as vice president of global gaming at Meta/Facebook. And so we asked him what to...
Are you ready and registered for this year’s GamesBeat & Facebook Gaming Summit?
We’re so close to The 2nd Annual GamesBeat & Facebook Gaming Summit, the event so nice we’re throwing it twice. On Tuesday, January 25,...
The tectonic shifts in player behavior and more, at the GamesBeat & Facebook Gaming Summit
The absolute bonkers boom in the gaming industry is old news at this point, though the numbers are still stunning. The industry was worth...
GamesBeat and Facebook Gaming Summit: Keynote speakers announced
In 2020, the gaming industry hit unprecedented highs. Revenues surged for gaming-related businesses, and are now on track to surpass $200 billion by 2024....
The DeanBeat: Predictions for gaming in 2022
Predictions are a dicey business. The year 2020 was one of the most unpredictable in all of human history. And now I think about...