Playdemic cofounders raise $10M for ForthStar game studio
Playdemic founders Paul Gouge and Alex Rigby have unveiled their latest venture, ForthStar, a new mobile free-to-play game studio. The Manchester, United Kingdom-based studio...
Convai takes AI-driven NPCs to next level with Nvidia Avatar Cloud Engine
Convai and Nvidia are planning to take AI-driven non-player characters (NPCs) to the next level with more generative AI advances. They already created an...
Game industry predictions for 2024 | The DeanBeat
Predictions are foolish to make and yet the temptation to rush back into the breach is always a pull for me. The future is...
Why the ESA couldn’t save E3 | Stanley Pierre-Louis interview
The Entertainment Software Association finally pulled the plug on the Electronic Entertainment Expo yesterday after years of trying to hold the center of gaming...
Emerging developers on Roblox are gaming’s rising stars | The DeanBeat
Amid the sea of bad news about layoffs and too many games coming out in the game industry, there are some bright spots. And...
Why Owen Mahoney stepped down after a decade of success as Nexon’s CEO
Owen Mahoney joined Nexon in 2010 as CFO, and he oversaw its initial public offering in 2011. He has led the company as president...
Layoffs, gaming at the Web Summit and Project Flagpole — The DeanBeat
The game world has been beset by layoffs in the past couple of months, as companies reset their expectations after a year of consumer...
The contradictions of the modern game industry with huge hits and simultaneous layoffs | The DeanBeat
We have some monster hits in video games this season as a lot of titles have been released as companies finally recover from the...
Finding game jobs and other emotional sessions from GamesBeat Next | The DeanBeat
We had 31 sessions and 96 speakers at our GamesBeat Next event this week in San Francisco. We had 555 people come out for...
Meet the Game Changers 2024 winners
We’re pleased to disclose the inaugural list of Game Changers from the partnership of Lightspeed and GamesBeat. Together with 15 industry judges, we selected...