The Game Awards 2021 hits a record 85M livestream views
The Game Awards 2021 hit a new record of 85 million livestream views for its December 9 broadcast of awards and game announcements. The...
Rec Room social gaming platform raises $145M at $3.5B valuation
Social gaming platform Rec Room has raised $145 million at a $3.5 billion valuation. The funding round comes just nine months after the company...
Tencent acquires Back 4 Blood and Left 4 Dead dev Turtle Rock Studios
Tencent today announced it has acquired Slamfire Inc., the parent company of game developer Turtle Rock Studios. Turtle Rock is best known as the...
Call of Duty League is bringing back in-person events for 2022
Call of Duty League has announced the schedule for its 2022 season, and it’s transitioning back into a hybrid event line-up. For the first...
Afterverse’s holiday update aims to double its monthly users again
Afterverse, the virtual world platform for social games for all ages, is launching its fourth annual holiday season update. That’s no big deal by...
Shinichi Okamoto interview — Former PlayStation CTO weighs in on NFT games
Many years ago, before the launch of the PlayStation 3, I went to a dinner event and sat next Shinichi Okamoto, who was then...
VR tabletop RPG Demeo releases roadmap, announces non-VR version
Whether you are in the same room or on another continent, multiplayer games can function as a means to bring people together. That said,...
Blockchain Game Alliance: NFT games generated $2.32B in Q3
Nonfungible token (NFT) games generated $2.32 billion in revenue in the third quarter, according to data compiled in the annual report by the Blockchain...
Republic launches Fig Portfolio Shares for video game investment
Republic and Fig today announced a video game investment opportunity called Fig Portfolio Shares — Series 2021. The portfolio, which is open to everyone,...
Forever 21 lets players customize virtual fashion stores in Roblox
Forever 21 will let players operate their own custom virtual fashion stores inside Roblox, the metaverse platform that has 49.4 million daily active users....