Obsess: 70% of consumers who visit virtual stores have made purchases
A study showed that 70% of consumers who have visited a virtual store have made a purchase, according to a survey by Obsess. The...
The DeanBeat: Interpreting Microsoft’s $68.7B Activision Blizzard deal as a metaverse play
Microsoft‘s $68.7 billion pending acquisition of Activision Blizzard will shake up the game industry to its core. It has upset the status quo and...
Are you ready and registered for this year’s GamesBeat & Facebook Gaming Summit?
We’re so close to The 2nd Annual GamesBeat & Facebook Gaming Summit, the event so nice we’re throwing it twice. On Tuesday, January 25,...
GDC: Game devs focus on unionization, fighting toxicity, and adopting blockchain/metaverse
The Game Developers Conference has released its annual developer survey and found growing support for unionization, the fight against toxicity, and the adoption of...
Improbable: Poll says gamers and game devs expect metaverse to arrive in one to five years
American and British consumers believe that the metaverse will likely come to fruition in one to five years. But while gamers and developers are...
Newzoo predicts what gaming trends to watch in 2022
Newzoo today released its report on game trends to watch this year. Among others, we can likely anticipate a stacked calendar, more hype for...
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....
Philip Rosedale’s High Fidelity cuts deal with Second Life maker Linden Lab
Maybe there is something behind the idea of the second coming of Second Life. High Fidelity has cut a deal with Linden Lab, the...
Yahaha Studios raises $50M for a no-code game creation metaverse
Yahaha Studios today announced it has raised $50 million in investments. It’ll put this money towards building its metaverse game creation platform of the...
GamesBeat and Subspace team up on metaverse forum
Today, we stand at the edge of a technological revolution bigger than the internet. How do we counter the dire predictions of dystopian futures...