Rec Room’s Nick Fajt interview — Building a cross-platform metaverse
Rec Room is one of the companies that has a shot at leading the tech and games industries into the metaverse, the universe of...
Eve Online emphasizes new player accessibility with latest update
CCP Games announced that it’s focusing on accessible onboarding for new players with the launch of its newest Eve Online update, dubbed Quadrant 3:...
New World interview — How Amazon Games brought an MMO (close) to the finish line
Amazon Games hasn’t had the best track record with shipping games, as the tech giant tries to move beyond being a seller to a...
Toya raises $4M after Miraculous Ladybug crosses 200M plays on Roblox
Toya has raised $4 million in funding for the female-founded gaming studio that has a hit Roblox game based on the Miraculous Ladybug brand....
Roblox will launch Twenty One Pilots virtual concert
Roblox and Warner Music Group announced that the popular band Twenty One Pilots will hold a virtual concert inside Roblox. The game platform, best...
To succeed in the metaverse, brands must embrace empathetic CX and humanized AI
Presented by Soul Machines The metaverse is front and center — a buzzword that companies across the technology sector are building brands and new...
DNABlock raises $1.2M to make metaverse avatars more inclusive
DNABlock has raised $1.2 million from SoftBank and others to make metaverse avatars more inclusive. The Los Angeles-based company makes it easier for creators...
Brendan ‘PlayerUnknown’ Greene interview — Prologue is huge, but here’s the vision for Artemis
Brendan “PlayerUnknown” Greene made news this week as he left Krafton, the company that published his tremendously successful PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) battle royale game,...
The DeanBeat: Will the metaverse bring the second coming of Second Life?
The idea of the metaverse is getting more buzz than ever. I gave a speech on it yesterday to Sharad Devarajan’s class of MBA...
HiDef collaborates with Unity on social impact metaverse games
Startup HiDef said it has teamed up with Unity to create a metaverse games with social impact at its heart. On top of that,...