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Travis Scott's concert in Fortnite drew 27.7 million viewers.

The DeanBeat: It’s time to hurry up and build the Metaverse

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 22, 2020
6 min

During this pandemic, I can’t think of anything more exciting for us to do from the comfort of our own homes than to explore...

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Apex Legends leads leave Respawn to form triple-A Gravity Well studio

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
May 11, 2020
2 min

Apex Legends executive producer Drew McCoy and lead programmer Jon “Slothy” Shiring have a new studio. The pair have left Respawn Entertainment after 10...

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100+ women execs join the first virtual Women in Gaming Breakfast at GamesBeat 2020

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 6, 2020
2 min

Presented by Niantic Women still only see about 2.7% of total investment funding, but the number of women developers are on the rise. At...

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Blizzard games see huge boosts of players during pandemic

Posted byby Mike Minotti
May 5, 2020
2 min

Activision Blizzard released its Q1 2020 financial results today, revealing that Blizzard Entertainment’s games have seen gains in player activity while many people are...

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Just how close are we to achieving the Metaverse?

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 5, 2020
4 min

Presented by Galaxy Interactive Pioneers in virtual worlds Philip Rosedale of High Fidelity; Matthew Ball of Epyllion Industries; Raph Koster of Playable Worlds; Frederic...

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4 min

Dazzle Rocks is working on a mobile-first sandbox MMO.

Dazzle Rocks raises $6.8 million for Minecraft-like mobile MMO

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 5, 2020
3 min

Dazzle Rocks has raised $6.8 million in funding to bankroll its massively multiplayer online mobile game that is a sandbox world (think similar to...

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Matt Curtis is vice president of developer relations at Roblox.

Roblox believes user-generated content will bring us the Metaverse

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 2, 2020
4 min

Roblox vice president of developer relations Matt Curtis believes that the future of gaming is user-generated content (UGC), and he delved into the gaming...