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NBCUniversal, Sony Pictures and Lil Snack launch Jeopardy! Today on Peacock mobile app

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 1, 2026
3 min

NBCUniversal, Sony Pictures Television (SPT) and Lil Snack today announced the launch of Jeopardy! Today on the Peacock mobile app, a new daily interactive game exclusively on to Peacock...

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3 min

The Mystery Society is a social murder mystery game from Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow.

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Chris Heatherly’s Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow casual party games studio lands $3M

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 9, 2024
5 min

Gaming veteran Chris Heatherly has raised $3 million for his new casual party game studio Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow. Heatherly is the former head...

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5 min

NBC Universal's Peacock streaming service will be available on Meta's VR headsets.

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NBC Universal’s Peacock will stream on Meta Quest 2 and Meta Quest Pro

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 12, 2023
2 min

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...

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2 min

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Anzu closes its latest funding round with $20M raised

Posted byby GamesBeat
March 30, 2022
2 min

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...

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2 min

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NBCUniversal and Anzu form in-game ad partnership

Posted byby GamesBeat
February 28, 2022
1 min

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,...

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1 min

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AI startups stand out at Comcast Lift Labs Accelerator 2019

Posted byby GamesBeat
October 10, 2019
2 min

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...

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2 min

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The DeanBeat: After all these years, Hollywood still doesn’t get games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
September 20, 2019
8 min

NBCUniversal made a big mistake this week by deciding to shut down the game publishing business that Chris Heatherly spent almost three years building....

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8 min

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NBCUniversal will shut down its game publishing business

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
September 19, 2019
3 min

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...

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3 min

Left to right: Chris Heatherly of NBC Universal, Michael Fox of Endless Entertainment, and Sean Krankel of Night School Studio.

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NBCUniversal’s Chris Heatherly — The future of interactive storytelling

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 26, 2019
2 min

Chris Heatherly, executive vice president of games and digital platforms at NBCUniversal, has seen storytelling evolve in mobile, console, and PC games in the...

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2 min

Xena: Warrior Princess is one of many narratives in Series: Your Story Universe.

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Series: Your Story Universe is NBCUniversal’s big push into interactive storytelling

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 25, 2019
2 min

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...

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2 min

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