Big Time Studios is raising $21M to bring NFTs to game economies
Big Time Studios is going big this week with a funding round of $21 million to bring nonfungible tokens (NFTs) to the biggest game...
FIFA 21 has attracted over 25 million players, Ultimate Team up 16%
During today’s earnings report, Electronic Arts said that FIFA 21 has now reached over 25 million players. FIFA 21 launched on October 9 for...
Blizzard will show off Overwatch 2’s PVP changes and additions on May 20
Blizzard Entertainment announced today that it is hosting an Overwatch 2 livestream at noon Pacific on May 20 that will discuss the game’s PVP...
EA Play digital event set for July 22
Electronic Arts announced today that it will broadcast EA Play event on July 22. This is essentially EA’s E3-without-E3 show. The publisher has been...
Ubisoft posts a record year thanks to Assassin’s Creed and its strong back catalog
Ubisoft has released its financial report for 2020-21 — the period ending on March 31, 2021 — posting net bookings of $2.27 billion (€2.24...
New World hopes action will make it an MMO standout
Amazon is looking to have an MMORPG hit with New World, which comes out for PC on August 31. For years, the usual names...
Roblox virtual pet adoption creators start their own studio, Uplift Games
Adopt Me is the most popular game inside the user-generated content platform Roblox. Now the creators of Adopt Me are starting their own studio....
How Corey Rosemond aims to grow digital tabletop gaming firm Roll20
Tabletop games are going through a renaissance now, and many of them are going digital. That’s why veteran gaming executive Corey Rosemond has joined...
Naraka: Bladepoint’s sword-fighting battle royale makes every encounter feel exciting
Battle royale has taken many forms in video games since PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds in 2017. And as we get last-player-standing versions of Tetris, Bomberman, and...
Nintendo earnings, a new Switch game, and E3 2021 expands | GB Decides 195
On this week’s episode of the GamesBeat Decides podcast, the crew discusses Nintendo’s record earnings report. Reviews editor Mike Minotti talks about his Resident...