Chris Heatherly’s Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow casual party games studio lands $3M
Gaming veteran Chris Heatherly has raised $3 million for his new casual party game studio Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow. Heatherly is the former head...
NBC Universal’s Peacock will stream on Meta Quest 2 and Meta Quest Pro
NBC Universal‘s Peacock streaming service is going live today on the Meta Quest 2 and Meta Quest Pro virtual reality headsets. Peacock will be...
Anzu closes its latest funding round with $20M raised
It’s been a bit of a banger month for Anzu.io, the world’s most advanced in-game advertising platform. The very end of February had Anzu...
NBCUniversal and Anzu form in-game ad partnership
NBCUniversal and Anzu.io have partnered up to explore new in-game advertising opportunities. This team-up is a step back into the games industry for NBCUniversal,...
AI startups stand out at Comcast Lift Labs Accelerator 2019
This evening in Philadelphia, Comcast NBCUniversal’s Lift Labs Accelerator showcased the 11 companies in its second-ever class during a demo day in front of...
The DeanBeat: After all these years, Hollywood still doesn’t get games
NBCUniversal made a big mistake this week by deciding to shut down the game publishing business that Chris Heatherly spent almost three years building....
NBCUniversal will shut down its game publishing business
Comcast’s NBCUniversal has decided to shut down its game publishing business, a little more than 2.5 years after expanded it. The Hollywood company will...
NBCUniversal’s Chris Heatherly — The future of interactive storytelling
Chris Heatherly, executive vice president of games and digital platforms at NBCUniversal, has seen storytelling evolve in mobile, console, and PC games in the...
Series: Your Story Universe is NBCUniversal’s big push into interactive storytelling
NBCUniversal and Endless Entertainment launched a new interactive storytelling mobile game today: Series: Your Story Universe. Universal Games and Digital Platforms is tapping NBCUniversal’s...
Is there a new future for storytelling in interactive media?
Presented by NBCUniversal Every gamer has their “gateway game” — the one that got them into gaming in the first place. For me, it...