Games One: Here’s the top 15 venture capital funds that invest in games
The top 15 venture capital firms investing in games have more than $1.5 billion under management, according to a report from game industry advisory...
Hour One wants synthetic AI characters to be your digital avatars
If you ever wondered how we’ll populate the metaverse, look no further than Hour One, an Israeli startup that is making replicas of people...
Playable Worlds: First comes the game, then comes the Metaverse
Raph Koster has been a guru of online games for decades, and he would love to build Metaverse, the universe of virtual worlds that are...
The DeanBeat: Can you trust someone that you’ve never met in person?
Here’s one of the things that surprised me about the GamesBeat Summit 2020 online-only event that we held last week: Our audience loved messaging...
Just how close are we to achieving the Metaverse?
Presented by Galaxy Interactive Pioneers in virtual worlds Philip Rosedale of High Fidelity; Matthew Ball of Epyllion Industries; Raph Koster of Playable Worlds; Frederic...
Dazzle Rocks raises $6.8 million for Minecraft-like mobile MMO
Dazzle Rocks has raised $6.8 million in funding to bankroll its massively multiplayer online mobile game that is a sandbox world (think similar to...
GamesBeat Summit Digital speakers: The Metaverse is coming
We’re taking GamesBeat Summit 2020 into a digital online-only format. And now we’re happy to welcome our next round of speakers. Register now for...
Lightheart Entertainment raises $1.4 million for ‘hyper core’ mobile gaming
Lightheart Entertainment has raised $1.4 million in seed funding for what it calls “hyper core” mobile games, which it says are deep enough to...
Big Run Studios raises $1.4 million for casual mobile games
Big Run Studios has raised $1.4 million in seed round funding, led by game and tech investor Galaxy Interactive via its Galaxy EOS VC...
Genvid Technologies raises $27 million for interactive streaming engine
Genvid Technologies has raised $27 million in funding for its interactive streaming engine. Galaxy Interactive, the division of merchant bank Galaxy Digital, led the...