Why Smash Ventures bet part of its $75 million fund on Epic Games
Two years after it put some money into Epic Games in 2018, Smash Ventures finally came out of hiding with its $75 million fund...
The RetroBeat — E.V.O.: Search for Eden is an SNES curiosity worth your time
With the relative lull in new releases gaming has been experiencing, I’ve been able to spend a lot of time playing older games. And...
The DeanBeat: Roblox public offering is a vote about the metaverse
Roblox, the platform for user-generated games, will go public through a direct listing of its shares on March 10. I see its pending success...
What a new Nintendo Switch actually needs
Bloomberg reported yesterday that a new version of the Nintendo Switch is on its way later this year. It will come with a 7-inch,...
Roblox throws launch party for Why Don’t We band with Atlantic Records
Roblox will host a launch party for Why Don’t We, which is releasing its second album The Good Times and the Bad Ones. The...
Why Peter Tamte still wants to make Six Days in Fallujah
Six Days in Fallujah is a video game that many people don’t want anyone to make. The depiction of the darkest days of the...
How PopCap ported the first Frostbite game to Nintendo Switch | How Games Make Money
The team at PopCap ported its latest game, Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville, to the Nintendo Switch. And producer Melvin Teo talked with...
Sonantic uses AI to infuse emotion in automated speech for game prototypes
Sonantic has figured out how to use AI to turn written words into spoken dialogue in a script, and it can infuse those words...
State of Play, Pokémon’s Breath of the Wild, and an Elden Ring update | GB Decides 185
Last week, Nintendo delivered its first general Direct in more than a year, and now Sony and The Pokémon Company followed up this week...
Balan Wonderworld understands America’s infatuation with corn
Corn! We love the darn stuff here in the United States. Now, of course the crop is important because it enabled humans to grow...