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Posted inin Development

The DeanBeat: Predictions for gaming in 2022

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
December 31, 2021
28 min

Predictions are a dicey business. The year 2020 was one of the most unpredictable in all of human history. And now I think about...

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28 min

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Ready Player Me, a metaverse avatar platform, raises $13M in funding

Posted byby Rachel Kaser
December 28, 2021
1 min

Wolf3D today announced it’s closed a round of funding for its metaverse avatar platform, Ready Player Me. It raised $13 million, with the round...

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1 min

Posted inin Gameplay

SPACE secures $7M in funding for arts and commerce virtual projects

Posted byby GamesBeat
December 22, 2021
2 min

SPACE has raised $7 million from multiple venture funds. The funding was provided in part by investors such as CoinFund, Dapper Labs, Digital Currency...

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2 min

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Mystic Moose raises $5M to build game metaverse Planet Mojo

Posted byby Rachel Kaser
December 22, 2021
2 min

Mystic Moose, a newly minted indie studio, today announced it’d raised $5 million towards its latest project, a gaming metaverse called Planet Mojo. The...

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2 min

Posted inin Gaming Culture

The metaverse: Who will be securing it — and how?

Posted byby GamesBeat
December 20, 2021
4 min

Presented by Denuvo by Irdeto With the metaverse being talked up everywhere — even though the concept still seems to be a bit vague...

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4 min

There are 7,000 simulated buildings in the Unreal Engine 5 demo.

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The DeanBeat: Get ready for an awesome GamesBeat Summit: Into the Metaverse 2 event

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
December 17, 2021
6 min

I’m getting very excited about our awesome GamesBeat Summit: Into the Metaverse 2 event coming in just six weeks. And it feels like the...

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6 min

PK XD has more than 50 million monthly active users.

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Afterverse’s holiday update aims to double its monthly users again

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
December 17, 2021
3 min

Afterverse, the virtual world platform for social games for all ages, is launching its fourth annual holiday season update. That’s no big deal by...

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3 min

Jadu has sold $4.4 million worth of virtual hoverboard NFTs.

Posted inin Entertainment

Jadu raises $7M to make hoverboards for the metaverse

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
December 15, 2021
2 min

Jadu has raised $7 million to make hoverboards for the metaverse and develop an augmented reality world that it calls the Mirrorverse. Los Angeles-based...