Roblox virtual pet adoption creators start their own studio, Uplift Games
Adopt Me is the most popular game inside the user-generated content platform Roblox. Now the creators of Adopt Me are starting their own studio....
Roblox hits Q1 bookings of $652.3 million, up 161%, in first report as public company
Roblox, the platform for Lego-like user-generated games, reported its earnings for the first time as a publicly traded company. This met analysts’ expectations. Bookings...
Wilder World raises $3 million for a metaverse built around NFT art
Wilder World has raised $3 million to create a “metaverse” around art that is monetized by nonfungible tokens, or NFTs. Wilder World is working...
World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Classic prepares for June 1 launch
Blizzard Entertainment announced today that World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Classic will launch for PC on June 1. Burning Crusade was the first expansion...
Dean Takahashi’s GamesBeat Summit 2021 speech: Growing the next generation
I hope that you are well and that a weight is lifting from your shoulders. I feel like I’m ready for some long overdue...
The D20 Beat: Fans recreate Star Wars Galaxies, from a more civilized age
The twin suns of Tatooine set on Star Wars Galaxies back on December 15, 2011, just five days before the release of Star Wars:...
RuneScape is coming to iOS and Android this summer
Twenty of years of one of the most long-lived MMORPGs is coming to your pocket. Today, publisher Jagex announced that RuneScape is coming to...
Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan is leaving Blizzard
Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan announced today that he is leaving Blizzard Entertainment after 19 years with the company. Aaron Keller will become the new...
How Playable Worlds is building a cloud-native sandbox MMO
Playable Worlds, an online game company that Raph Koster and Eric Goldberg founded, is making a “cloud-native” massively multiplayer online game. But what that...
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang interview: From the Grace CPU to engineer’s metaverse
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivered a keynote speech this week to 180,000 attendees registered for the GTC 21 online-only conference. And Huang dropped a...