The DeanBeat: A Big Bang week for the metaverse
The metaverse had a couple of Big Bangs this week that should put it on everyone’s radar. First, Epic Games raised $1 billion at...
GamesBeat Summit 2021: Growing the next generation — Our leader-packed agenda
GamesBeat Summit 2021 is a digital online-only event taking place on April 28 and April 29 as our third virtual conference in a year....
The Sandbox’s NFTs gain momentum with marketplace, new partners, and investors
Animoca Brands and its subsidiary, TSB Gaming, said that The Sandbox blockchain-based gaming world is gaining momentum with its marketplace where players can buy...
Roblox is so lucrative that it has attracted professional studios like Gamefam
Roblox is one of gaming’s many quiet giants. Or, if you have teenagers or children, perhaps it is not so quiet. The long-running user-generated...
The metaverse needs responsible stewardship
Like many, I spent more and more time in the metaverse this past year. I built a drag racer, (hyper) casually explored city management,...
Manticore Games raises $100M for user-generated games in the ‘multiverse’
Manticore Games has raised $100 million for user-generated games in the “multiverse,” which is the company’s preferred term for what a lot o of...
Epic Games teams up with Cesium to bring 3D geospatial data to Unreal
Epic Games has teamed up with Cesium to enable 3D geospatial technology in games that use the Unreal Engine. Cesium will be available for...
5G will inspire new kinds of games, not just better ones
Presented by Verizon It’s no surprise that the latest generation of video game consoles is more popular than the average collectible sneaker launch. The...
Riot website confirms details about its League of Legends MMO
Riot Games is making a League of Legends MMORPG. We know that because one of its developers said so on Twitter back in December....
HiDef rounds up game leaders with $9M to make metaverse game
A team of industry veterans has united to create HiDef, a new game studio in San Diego, California, with $9 million in funding to...