Kongregate announces $10 million console and PC game publishing fund
Kongregate, an indie game publisher that GameStop recently sold to MTG, is doubling-down on PC and console games from indie developers by setting up...
Ubisoft opens Stockholm office to plug into its studio-collaboration dev model
A new Ubisoft office is opening in Stockholm, and its lead is Patrick Bach, the former general manager of Electronic Arts’ DICE studio that...
Virtual blocks, virtual cons: Minecraft’s Minecon will now be just a streamed event
Is Minecon still a con without the actual convention part? Minecon Earth is going to put that question to the test on November 18,...
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Blizzard’s rolling in players, and Grand Theft Auto Online revs up
Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, Zynga makes money thanks to CSR Racing 2, Nintendo finally tells us when we can preorder...
Social casino game king GSN rolls dice on a new CEO: Mark Feldman
Social casino gamemaker Game Show Network (GSN) announced it has appointed Mark Feldman as its president and CEO. In picking Feldman, the developer of...
Star Wars VR attraction coming to Disneyland and Walt Disney World in 2017
We’ve seen Star Wars experiment with VR, but the sci-fi brand is going to become a full virtual experience at Disneyland and Walt Disney...
Who’s on gaming’s Mount Rushmore? GamesBeat Decides
Regular host Jeff Grubb is on vacation and is getting ready to take a road trip up to Mount Rushmore, but he came in...
Nintendo Switch gets Minecraft: Story Mode’s first season on August 22
Telltale Games announced today that the first season of Minecraft: Story Mode is coming to the Nintendo Switch on August 22. Meanwhile, the second...
Nexon’s Battlejack adds an RPG twist to blackjack
Nexon is continuing to seek out developers in the West, and it’s latest partnership is with Finnish indie studio Grand Cru. The two are teaming...
Smash.gg raises $11 million for esports tournament platform
Smash.gg has raised $11 million to help local esports fans create their own tournaments. The idea is to enable organized esports competitions at a...