DreamPark raises $1.1M to transform real-world spaces into mixed-reality theme parks
DreamPark, the creator of what it calls “the world’s largest downloadable mixed reality (XR) theme park,” said it has raised $1.1 million in seed...
Two Bit Circus launches Remote virtual game show as pandemic keeps it from reopening
Two Bit Circus hasn’t been able to entertain guests in its modern virtual reality arcade during the pandemic. So the company has launched an...
The DeanBeat: Digital gaming events aren’t easy, but they may be the future
Next week marks our first-ever digital game conference, GamesBeat Summit Digital. We pivoted about eight weeks ago from our physical event in Los Angeles...
Two Bit Circus adds social gaming and esports events for fall season
Two Bit Circus is doubling down on its social gaming community with the addition of new events and esports gatherings for its fall season....
The DeanBeat: The Bushnell family — growing up with gaming in your blood
Nolan Bushnell is often called the father of the video game industry, but he’s also the father of eight children, and we recently got...
Two Bit Circus unveils developer program for location-based entertainment
Two Bit Circus has opened a “Park as a Platform” program to enable game developers to create location-based entertainment more quickly and easily. During...
The DeanBeat: Telling stories at GamesBeat Summit 2019
We’ve got 97 luminaries speaking at our GamesBeat Summit 2019 event on April 23-24 in Los Angeles. I’ve spent the better part of six...
The 7 habits of highly effective AR/VR startups
There are multiple AR/VR startups thriving in 2019, despite sentiment to the contrary. Surmounting the early stage challenges that every new tech platform faces,...
The DeanBeat: Our dream event with Atari father Nolan Bushnell, Respawn’s Vince Zampella and Spider-Man dude Ted Price
I’ve been dreaming about putting on a great game industry event for a long time. We’ve been doing our GamesBeat conferences for a decade...
Two Bit Circus to open micro-amusement park in LA in September
Experimental entertainment company Two Bit Circus plans to open its first “micro-amusement park” in Los Angeles in September. The 40,000-square-foot modern playground for digital...