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Hypersonic Laboratories is making Helix, a world for modders to make their own.

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Hypersonic Laboratories raises $7M for sandbox UGC gaming platform

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 30, 2024
6 min

Hypersonic Laboratories has raised $7 million in funding for a multiplayer role-playing sandbox platform for user-generated content (UGC). Unlock premium content and VIP community...

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Inside Typical Gamer’s $2M bet on Jogo, his own UEFN studio

Posted byby Jordan Fragen
May 16, 2024
5 min

For the last year, Fortnite creator Andre “Typical Gamer” Rebelo has worked behind the scenes diligently for a different kind of gaming achievement. Instead...

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5 min

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Jamango raises $2.5M to launch browser-based game maker this year

Posted byby Rachel Kaser
May 9, 2024
2 min

Browser-based game creation platform Jamango announced today that it has raised $2.5 million in funding. It plans to use this funding to accelerate the...

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Overwolf acquires NitroPay (now known as Nitro) in an 8-figure deal

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Overwolf acquires NitroPay in 8-figure deal to boost ad tech offering

Posted byby Jordan Fragen
May 8, 2024
2 min

Gaming add-on management platform and UGC content marketplace Overwolf has acquired gaming ad tech provider NitroPay in an 8-figure deal. Unlock premium content and...

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Tales of Fortunata is like a template for user-created games.

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Endless Adventures demos Adventure Forge tool to enable non-programmers to create narrative games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 10, 2024
11 min

Endless Adventures CEO Jordan Weisman came out of stealth at our GamesBeat Summit 2023 event last year, and talked about the intersection of gaming, AI...

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11 min

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Voldex acquires Roblox sports game Ultimate Football

Posted byby Rachel Kaser
April 3, 2024
1 min

Voldex, the game studio behind user-generated content-based games in Roblox, Fortnite Creative and Minecraft, announced today that it has acquired Roblox’s Ultimate Football. The...

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Build a Rocket Boy raises $110M to launch Everywhere and UGC tools

Posted byby Rachel Kaser
January 17, 2024
2 min

Build a Rocket Boy announced today that it has closed its Series D fundraising round, in which it raised over $110 million. According to...

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Gamefam reports record year for branded games on Roblox and Fortnite

Posted byby Rachel Kaser
December 14, 2023
2 min

Gamefam, the developer known for creating games within platforms like Roblox and Fortnite, today released a new “State of Brands in Metaverse Gaming” report....