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Three Friends is a new indie game publisher in Sweden that is thinking small

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 10, 2025
7 min

A team of industry veterans behind Minecraft, Valheim and Deep Rock Galactic have launched the indie publisher Three Friends. Unlock premium content and VIP community perks with GB M A X!...

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7 min

Leo Olebe of Microsoft is the new chair of Games for Change.

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Leo Olebe assumes role as chair of Games for Change

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 10, 2025
7 min

Games for Change said Leo Olebe will be the new chair of the board of directors for the nonprofit dedicated to social impact games...

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7 min

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Nintendo sells 4.82M Switch consoles in holiday quarter, down 30.1%

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 4, 2025
3 min

Nintendo announced its financial results for its third fiscal quarter ended December 31, with hardware sales of the Switch hitting 4.82 million units, down...

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3 min

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Türkiye’s Laton Ventures raises $50M to invest in global game and app startups

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 3, 2025
2 min

Laton Ventures, a gaming and apps focused venture capital firm founded by Görkem Türk, has closed its first fund with $50 million. Unlock premium...

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2 min

An artifact of the Video Game History Foundation.

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Video Game History Museum launches VGHF Digital Library

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 30, 2025
3 min

The Video Game History Foundation (VGHF), nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and celebration of the history of video games, has officially launched the VGHF Digital Library. Unlock premium content and VIP community perks...

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3 min

The Met is launching its first Web3 game, ArtLinks.

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art launches Art Links blockchain game

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 23, 2025
4 min

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has launched a short-session Web3 game, Art Links, that invites players to identify common threads among works of art....

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4 min

Abubakar Salim is CEO of Surgent Studios.

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Surgent Studios partners with Pocketpair for 2025 horror game

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 23, 2025
2 min

Surgent Studios, the maker of Tales of Kenzera: Zau, is partnering with Pocketpair Publishing, the newly founded publishing wing of Pocketpair (Palworld, Craftopia) to...