Live action might have a greater part of the future of video game stories
As video game stories become deeper, more engaging, and more cinematic, some game developers think they’ve found a way to immerse players further into...
Creating $Meta — How the Metaverse ETF thinkers picked stocks so you can invest in the metaverse
The metaverse feels like it could be years away from reaching its full fruition, but a group of visionaries think of it as the...
GamesBeat Summit Next: The revenge of the nerds
We’re kicking off our GamesBeat Summit Next event today with a speech from yours truly. This extended version of the talk introduces the ideas...
Niantic opens Lightship augmented reality platform to all developers
Niantic today announced it’s opening its Lightship AR platform to all developers. More specifically, it’s offering the Lightship Augmented Reality Developer Kit (ARDK) to...
Nexon boss wants to move past the vague promises of the ‘metaverse’
Nexon chief executive officer Owen Mahoney wants to put a sanity check on all the buzz around the metaverse. In particular, he wants to...
Majority of EA’s growth comes from live-service games
Electronic Arts held its second quarter earnings call for fiscal year 2022 earlier today. The publisher proclaimed the reporting period its strongest second quarter...
Splash raises $20M to expand Roblox music-making tools
Splash, the developer of the Roblox-based music-making creation kit of the same name, has announced it raised $20 million to expand its offerings. The...
Beamable raises $5M for live operations platform for game devs
Beamable has raised over $5 million in a new round of funding to expand its platform for live operations. The Boston-based company has more...
Upland raises $18M at $300M valuation for NFT-based virtual real estate game
Upland has raised $18 million at a $300 million valuation for its nonfungible token (NFT) virtual real estate game, which is kind of like...
SoftBank invests $93M in The Sandbox’s ‘metaverse’ game
The Sandbox has raised $93 million in a funding round led by SoftBank to help grow its virtual world based on nonfungible tokens. It’s...