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...
Transcend Fund raises $50 million to invest in games
Transcend Fund has raised $50 million to invest in early-stage game companies. The firm is headed by Shanti Bergel, a veteran game investor and...
Cloud gaming, interactive streaming and the vanguard of the Metaverse
Presented by Genvid Settling into a second month of widespread quarantine has given us all an opportunity to reflect and examine a new set...
GamesBeat Summit Digital speakers: The Metaverse is coming
We’re taking GamesBeat Summit 2020 into a digital online-only format. And now we’re happy to welcome our next round of speakers. Register now for...
Final Fantasy XIV director: COVID-19 pandemic will cause delays
Final Fantasy XIV is going to face development delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Director Naoki Yoshida confirmed this in a note to fans...
Blizzard explains the challenge of creating Hearthstone’s first new class
Hearthstone‘s latest expansion, Ashes of Outland, released this week for PC and mobile. With it comes one of the most exciting additions to Blizzard...
Hearthstone: Year of the Phoenix — Diving into economics and monetization
Hearthstone is now six years old, and we’re seeing more experimentation and innovation with how Blizzard Entertainment’s development team are approaching how they design,...
Linden Lab sells off Sansar to ‘streamline its focus’ on Second Life
Linden Lab has announced that it’s sold Sansar to San Francisco-based tech company, Wookey Project Corp., which has assumed all operations without service interruption...
The Sandbox blockchain-based world will feature virtual Atari theme park
Animoca Brands and its subsidiary TSB Gaming said that The Sandbox blockchain-based gaming world will feature a virtual Atari theme park. It’s one more...
How Eve Online is adapting to higher demand and complicated game development during the pandemic
Hilmar Veigar Petursson, CEO of Iceland’s CCP Games, sees both hardship and opportunity in the coronavirus. Demand for the company’s flagship game, Eve Online,...