Blacktop Hoops debuts as VR basketball game
Vinci Games has launched its virtual reality basketball game Blacktop Hoops on the Meta Quest Store, Pico and Steam. The game is built for...
Twitch cofounder Kevin Lin’s Metatheory raises $24M for blockchain games
Twitch cofounder Kevin Lin has created a blockchain game company Metatheory and has raised $24 million for it. San Francisco-based Metatheory will focus on...
Karat Financial raises $26M for corporate cards for creators
Karat Financial has raised $26 million to create corporate cards that extend credit for the creator economy. The San Francisco company wants to extend...
Wave raises $30 million for superstars to stage virtual concerts
Wave, the virtual concert company that facilitates live music in virtual settings, has raised $30 million in funding. Wave uses broadcast and gaming technology...
Rally Cry raises $1.2 million to bring competitive multiplayer games to everyone
Rally Cry has raised $1.2 million to bring organized competitive multiplayer gaming programs to players of all ages and skill levels across the nation....
How Twitch became huge … but still misses Ninja
Twitch, the Amazon-owned livestreaming service, has made livestreaming and content creators into worldwide phenomena. Fortnite broke out as one of the top battle royale...
Watching games may soon be more popular than playing them thanks to esports
SAN FRANCISCO — More people watch football on TV than play it. The same may be true for video games one day. That may...
Twitch to livestream an e-sports Game-a-thon at Coca-Cola’s headquarters
Twitch will livestream Coke's competitive event, where five players will compete for charity.
MLG, Twitch, and Blizzard execs talk the business, growth, and popularity of e-sports
Twitch has over 29 million unique viewers a month, and it's only getting bigger.
Twitch.tv hits 8M viewers, partners with Blizzard’s largest Starcraft 2 tournament
Online game broadcasting network Twitch.tv has passed 8 million unique visitors and 1 billion of minutes viewed in July. It has also partnered with the...