The Chainsmokers’ Festival Tycoon on Roblox is number one
The number one branded music experience in Roblox is Gamefam’s latest release, Festival Tycoon. The Festival Tycoon experience is an official release on behalf...
Gillette Gaming Alliance goes all-in on Fortnite for fifth year
The Gillette Gaming Alliance (GGA) streaming team has been renewed for a fifth consecutive year. This program is the longest-standing gaming brand activation for...
Geforce Now bringing Fortnite to mobile with improved controls
You may not know this, but Fortnite is pretty popular. It’s all over the place except iOS… until now. Get ready Fortnite fans, Geforce...
Coca-Cola launches its latest weird soda flavor in the metaverse
Coca-Cola announced another new flavor from its Coca-Cola Creations department, apparently inspired by gaming. I say that because it’s called “Zero Sugar Byte,” and...
Epic Games has raised $144M for Ukrainian relief
Epic Games announced today that, with help from Xbox and the Fortnite community, it has raised over $144 million to help those in Ukraine...
The DeanBeat: Joe Russo and Donald Mustard interview — Hollywood’s new game-centric focus
Gaming is the new Hollywood. Or so that is the latest interpretation now that games like Uncharted are supplying the themes and plots for...
Fortnite officially not coming to Steam Deck
Epic Games boss Tim Sweeney announced on social media that Fortnite won’t officially come to Steam Deck. A Twitter user asked Sweeney if Epic...
Ader, NRG Esports, and Levi’s are teaming up for the NRG Winter Games
Ader, NRG Esports, and Levi’s are teaming up to deliver an event called the NRG Levi’s Winter Games featuring Fortnite. It’s a competitive event...
The DeanBeat: The problem of the sniper and the metaverse
I’ve been talking with our speakers for our upcoming metaverse event to get a preview of their views on challenges in building the metaverse....
The line between online gaming and gambling is fading
Historically, gaming and gambling were considered completely separate activities. Gaming was a mostly free, skill-based activity while gambling was a chance-determined activity for which...