Categories Posted inin Business The DeanBeat: Women in Gaming breakfast kicks off diverse lineup at GamesBeat Summit 2022 Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 15, 2022 6 min I’m glad that we’re done with recruiting our 124 speakers for our 55 sessions at the GamesBeat Summit 2022 event on April 26-28. And... Continue Reading 6 min
Categories Posted inin Gaming Culture Making the Rebuild Ukraine mobile game in the middle of a war zone Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 15, 2022 6 min When I was interviewing Pavel Izotov, the maker of the Rebuild Ukraine mobile game, he paused multiple times to wipe tears from his eyes.... Continue Reading 6 min
Categories Posted inin Business House of Fun Impact on running charity promotions within a mobile game Posted byby Rachel Kaser April 14, 2022 3 min Online casino apps are not necessarily the first one would think of as the site of a charity campaign. But Playtika and House of... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Coda Payments raises $690M for cross-border payments and alternative app stores Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 14, 2022 4 min Coda Payments has raised $690 million in funding to enable cross-border payments for games and other digital products, as well as alternative app stores.... Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Niantic announces Peridot, a new AR pet sim game Posted byby Rachel Kaser April 13, 2022 2 min Niantic announced its latest game in development, a new IP called Peridot. This new AR title is a pet simulation game, in which players... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Sonic the Hedgehog is coming to Roblox Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 13, 2022 1 min Roblox game developer Gamefam has teamed up with Sega to bring Sonic the Hedgehog to the Roblox platform for the first time. Gamefam, an... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Development Data.ai: How the app world has changed during the pandemic Posted byby GamesBeat April 13, 2022 3 min The last few years have been … something. Since the early 2020 Covid shutdown, much of the world has changed how it operates. Supply... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Ugami gamer debit card and app launch closed beta Posted byby GamesBeat April 12, 2022 2 min Ugami has raised $4.8M in seed funding alongside the closed beta for their inaugural Ugami Debit Card and linked app. The seed round was... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business VersusGame will share revenue with players who get friends to wager on event outcomes Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 11, 2022 4 min We all like to predict what will happen next in a game or other event. VersusGame was created to enable fans to place wagers... Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business The DeanBeat: Our packed agenda for GamesBeat Summit 2022 Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 8, 2022 21 min I’m very excited about our upcoming GamesBeat Summit 2022 event taking place April 26 to April 28. We’ve booked more than 120 speakers across... Continue Reading 21 min