Xsolla is launching Unconventional, which uses the Game Carnival tech for virtual events.

Xsolla launches Unconventional for game-like virtual events

Game payments firm Xsolla is launching Unconventional, a platform for holding virtual events with 3D avatars inside 3D worlds for the game industry.

Xsolla provides more than 1,500 game companies with access to more than 700 payment systems around the world. And it has been expanding its services by providing a “game business engine” for developers so they can just concentrate on making games. The company is expanding into events because it sees this as a way for it to continue meeting the world’s developers.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.