Sky Mavis raises $152M at nearly $3B valuation for Axie Infinity play-to-earn NFT game
Sky Mavis has raised $152 million at a nearly $3 billion valuation to help grow its Axie Infinity “play-to-earn” game that monetized via nonfungible...
Yield Guild Games will let players earn income from NFT games
The time has come to make money from playing games, according to Yield Guild Games, which has raised $1.325 million to enable this to...
Lootcakes raises $2 million to reward VIP gamers who share their data
Lootcakes has raised $2 million in venture funding to reward VIP gamers who share their data about their playing habits in a privacy-safe way....
The Leisure Economy: How to make money playing games in 2020
The Leisure Economy is the embodiment of the hope that someday we could all get paid to play games. It has been a common...
The DeanBeat: When Prince Harry raises the specter of Fortnite addiction
Prince Harry in the United Kingdom came out swinging as an enemy of Fortnite, saying that it was created to addict people and keep...
The DeanBeat: 12 predictable predictions on gaming in 2019
I’m making my annual predictions for the game industry again, not because I’m good at it, but because it has become one of the...
Playgroundz: The Leisure Economy rises with mobile esports, female gamers, and influencers
Most gamers dream about being Ninja, a video gamer who became the No. 1 social “influencer” in sports — beating out Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar,...
The DeanBeat: The joys and perils of gaming in 2018
The game industry is booming, with global revenues expected to hit $125.4 billion in 2018, according to market researcher Newzoo. But if you look...
The DeanBeat: 10 wildly inaccurate and predictable predictions for gaming in 2018
The ritual has arrived again. It’s time for me to make wildly inaccurate predictions about the future of games. This is always embarrassing for...
GamesBeat conference moved to April 9 and April 10 in Berkeley
After careful conversation with our sponsors and other supporters, we’ve decided to reschedule the GamesBeat Conference on October 5 and October 6, 2017 to...