The DeanBeat: How fun finds a way around friction
In an old Saturday Night Live skit, actor Garrett Morris rubbed two balloons on his sweater, and they stuck to his chest. It was...
Drake Star Partners: Game deals surpassed $60B in first half of 2021
Game deals surpassed an unparalleled $60 billion in the first half of 2021, according to investment bank Drake Star Partners. Spurred by pandemic lockdowns...
Talewind raises $800K to make Roblox games
Talewind has raised $800,000 in a round of funding to create games for the Roblox user-generated content platform. It is joining a host of...
Toya’s Miraculous Ladybug gets 100M plays on Roblox
Toya Studio and Zag Games said that their Roblox game Miraculous RP: Quests of Ladybug & Cat Noir has exceeded 100 million plays in just...
Roblox launches In the Heights experience with Warner Bros. Pictures
Roblox and Warner Bros. Pictures are bringing a big party to Roblox to celebrate In the Heights, the new musical film from Hamilton creator...
The DeanBeat: Do game company valuations make sense?
We’re getting a good picture of what games are worth because so many transactions are happening in the game industry. I thought it would...
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....
Roblox hits Q1 bookings of $652.3 million, up 161%, in first report as public company
Roblox, the platform for Lego-like user-generated games, reported its earnings for the first time as a publicly traded company. This met analysts’ expectations. Bookings...
The gaming industry’s ‘duty of care’ in keeping players safe
On the last day of GamesBeat Summit last week, leaders from Roblox, Fair Play Alliance, and Accenture discussed the issue of digital civility, and...
Roblox is so lucrative that it has attracted professional studios like Gamefam
Roblox is one of gaming’s many quiet giants. Or, if you have teenagers or children, perhaps it is not so quiet. The long-running user-generated...