Odyssey Interactive raises $6 million to make mobile games for competitive fans
Odyssey Interactive has raised $6 million for a Canadian game studio founded by former Riot Games developers. They plan to make mobile games for...
How Nexon is expanding its PC online games to mobile
Nexon is a lucky online-only video game company with five major franchises that have generated billions of dollars in revenues over the years. That’s...
Hour One wants synthetic AI characters to be your digital avatars
If you ever wondered how we’ll populate the metaverse, look no further than Hour One, an Israeli startup that is making replicas of people...
GamesBeat Decides 159: Epic vs. Apple, Halo delay, and NPD
GamesBeat Decides is here once again to shout that you’ve activated Tim Sweeney’s trap card. That’s right, Epic pulled some Yu-Gi-Oh moves on Apple...
Tera: Battle Arena brings team-based action to the MMO’s universe
En Masse Entertainment has announced Tera: Battle Arena, a team-based brawler that will be available for PC later this year as a new mode...
Shadowlands looks to move World of Warcraft forward by learning from its past
World of Warcraft is gearing up for its next expansion, Shadowlands. After a lukewarm response from many players toward Battle for Azeroth, Shadowlands is...
Roblox expects to pay $250 million to its mostly young-adult developers this year
The blocky and cartoon-style virtual world Roblox expects to pay $250 million to its mostly young-adult developers this year. The company made the announcement...
In World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, new game tech and old code are at war
Game director Ion Hazzikostas faces a rough challenge for this fall’s World of Warcraft: Shadowlands expansion. Blizzard Entertainment must make a (sometimes poorly) aging...
Eve Online gets Zenith Quadrant update
CCP Games has launched Zenith, the third Quadrant of 2020 for the Eve Online massively multiplayer online science fiction game. Eve Online is in...
Virtual Beings Summit: Artificial people startups have raised more than $320 million so far
Virtual beings are artificial people powered by AI, and startups making them have raised more than $320 million to date. That’s one of the...