Are you looking to showcase your brand in front of the gaming industry’s top leaders? Learn more about GamesBeat Summit sponsorship opportunities here. Space Nation plans to launch its Space Nation Online massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) in 2024, and it has laid out a roadmap to do so. Los Angeles-based Space Nation is […]
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Stability AI launches SVD 1.1, a diffusion model for more consistent AI videos
Stability AI, the company known for its growing array of open source AI models for content creation and coding, today announced an upgrade for its image-to-video latent diffusion model, Stable Video Diffusion (SVD). Dubbed SVD 1.1, the updated model is a fine-tuned version of SVD 1.0, optimized to generate short AI videos with better motion […]
Read MorePixelmon raises $8M as it seeks redemption for its ambitious Web3 games
Pixelmon has raised $8 million in seed investment for a series of Web3 games. In doing so, the company says it is on the path to redemption in games. Pixelmon is a Web3 project that got off the ground in February 2022. Pixelmon sold 10,000 non-fungible tokens (NFTs), raising a huge amount of cryptocurrency (valued […]
Read MoreOrder of Meta raises $3.3M to launch mobile-first extraction shooter
Do you want to get the latest gaming industry news straight to your inbox? Sign up for our daily and weekly newsletters here. Helsinki-based game developer Order of Meta officially unveiled its new mobile game, a PvPvE extraction shooter called Cargo Hunters. Alongside the game announcement, the studio also announced it has raised $3.3 million […]
Read MoreRoblox opens new Creator Store to speed game creation
Do you want to get the latest gaming industry news straight to your inbox? Sign up for our daily and weekly newsletters here. Roblox launched its Creator Store, a new digital store for creators that replaces the previous Creator Marketplace. The user-generated content platform said the goal of the Creator Store is to foster an […]
Read MoreESL Faceit, Blizzard ally for the next chapter of Overwatch esports
Do you want to get the latest gaming industry news straight to your inbox? Sign up for our daily and weekly newsletters here. Blizzard Entertainment and ESL Faceit Group are joining forces to operate the next chapter of Overwatch 2 esports: the Overwatch Champions Series. In this multi-year agreement, the OWCS will overhaul Blizzard’s Overwatch […]
Read MoreEndless Clouds will launch Web3 titles on Immutable zkEVM blockchain
Do you want to get the latest gaming industry news straight to your inbox? Sign up for our daily and weekly newsletters here. Immutable and Endless Clouds have forged an alliance to launch blockchain-powered games in 2024. Sydney, Australia-based Immutable has been making many such announcements lately. It makes its own games such as Gods […]
Read MoreCrunchyroll announces two exclusive new games for its Game Vault
Do you want to get the latest gaming industry news straight to your inbox? Sign up for our daily and weekly newsletters here. Crunchyroll announced today that it is launching two exclusive games to its Game Vault, available to its Mega and Ultimate Fan-tier subscribers. The two new titles, Yuppie Psycho and Ponpu, join the […]
Read MoreUnstoppable Domains and The Sandbox create Unstoppable metaverse experience
Do you want to get the latest gaming industry news straight to your inbox? Sign up for our daily and weekly newsletters here. Unstoppable Domains, Tuschay Studio and The Sandbox have partnered to create a metaverse gaming project dubbed Unstoppable Experience. Unstoppable Domains is a Web3 domain player focused on user-owned digital identity, while Animoca […]
Read MorePalworld sells 4M copies in 3 days
Do you want to get the latest gaming industry news straight to your inbox? Sign up for our daily and weekly newsletters here. Palworld is an online game described as Pokemon with guns. And it has sold more than four million copies in three days. Palworld said on Twitter that the game’s momentum has increased […]
Read MoreTalofa Games raises $6.3M to build fitness games for good
Do you want to get the latest gaming industry news straight to your inbox? Sign up for our daily and weekly newsletters here. Talofa Games has secured $6.3 million in seed funding to build fitness games for good. Focused on the idea of “healthy gaming,” the San Francisco company is the brainchild of Jenny Xu, […]
Read MoreTwitch ends 2023 with small gains as creators test other platforms
Do you want to get the latest gaming industry news straight to your inbox? Sign up for our daily and weekly newsletters here. Twitch viewership ended 2023 on a positive note with marginal gains according to StreamElements’ latest State of the Stream report. Rainmaker.gg’s data shows that December set 2023 records for total monthly viewership […]
Read MorePine Games raises $2.25M to make mobile games in Istanbul
Do you want to get the latest gaming industry news straight to your inbox? Sign up for our daily and weekly newsletters here. Pine Games has raised $2.25 million at a valuation of $10 million to make mobile games in Istanbul, Turkiye. Pine Games will focus on the casual mobile gaming sector, with a distinct […]
Read MoreMeetKai teams up to create sports and travel metaverse experiences
Do you want to get the latest gaming industry news straight to your inbox? Sign up for our daily and weekly newsletters here. MeetKai is making more progress in creating metaverse experiences in the sports and travel industries. Los Angeles-based MeetKai announced it has joined forces with Think450, an innovation engine of the National Basketball […]
Read MoreAI isn’t about shortening game development, but enhancing it
Do you want to get the latest gaming industry news straight to your inbox? Sign up for our daily and weekly newsletters here. The use of AI — generative AI in particular — in game development is fraught with controversy. Both gamers and developers have objected to the use of Gen AI in games for […]
Read MorePika Labs’ text-to-video AI platform opens to all: Here’s how to use it
Are you ready to bring more awareness to your brand? Consider becoming a sponsor for The AI Impact Tour. Learn more about the opportunities here. As AI continues to penetrate the creative space, creating value as well as concerns among many, six-month-old Pika Labs has announced its text-to-video AI platform, Pika 1.0, is now available […]
Read MoreAuxuman launches alpha test for Auxworld’s AI-generated games
Do you want to get the latest gaming industry news straight to your inbox? Sign up for our daily and weekly newsletters here. Auxuman said it has launched its alpha test for its Auxworld platform for automatically generating and customizing single-player games using generative AI. Negar Shaghaghi, CEO of Auxuman, said in an interview with […]
Read MoreKaiCenat, LoL, Diablo IV top Twitch 2023 charts | StreamElements
Do you want to get the latest gaming industry news straight to your inbox? Sign up for our daily and weekly newsletters here. Twitch is ending things on a high note according to StreamElements’ latest State of the Stream report. According to data partner Rainmaker.gg, viewers watched 1.727 billion hours in November. Excluding the first […]
Read MoreGam3 reveals the best blockchain games of 2023
Do you want to get the latest gaming industry news straight to your inbox? Sign up for our daily and weekly newsletters here. Gam3 and Magic Eden revealed the winners of its GAM3 Award 2023 contest for the best Web3 games of the year. The 19 winners were revealed at a live event last week […]
Read MoreNaughty Dog officially cancels The Last of Us Online multiplayer
Do you want to get the latest gaming industry news straight to your inbox? Sign up for our daily and weekly newsletters here. For years, fans of The Last of Us have waited for Naughty Dog to release a promised online multiplayer title, an extension of the original games Factions mode. However, the developer officially […]
Read MoreGamefam reports record year for branded games on Roblox and Fortnite
Do you want to get the latest gaming industry news straight to your inbox? Sign up for our daily and weekly newsletters here. Gamefam, the developer known for creating games within platforms like Roblox and Fortnite, today released a new “State of Brands in Metaverse Gaming” report. In said report, it details its results from […]
Read MoreNetflix released 40 games in 2023, according to year-end report
Do you want to get the latest gaming industry news straight to your inbox? Sign up for our daily and weekly newsletters here. Netflix has released its end-of-year report about the state of its games division, which included not only stats about the games it released in 2023, but also a preview of new titles […]
Read MoreAnalyzing Netflix viewership data with ChatGPT
Are you ready to bring more awareness to your brand? Consider becoming a sponsor for The AI Impact Tour. Learn more about the opportunities here. In case you missed it, yesterday Netflix departed from its modus operandi of keeping all but its most successful viewership numbers under wraps and actually published a public dataset containing […]
Read MoreOh Baby! Games launches Oh Baby Kart racing title in SpongeBob universe
Do you want to get the latest gaming industry news straight to your inbox? Sign up for our daily and weekly newsletters here. Oh Baby! Games is marking its entry into gaming with the launch of its inaugural title, Oh Baby Kart. Representing a refreshing take on the classic kart racing genre, Oh Baby Kart […]
Read MoreNovarama launches United 1944 WWII shooter into early access
Do you want to get the latest gaming industry news straight to your inbox? Sign up for our daily and weekly newsletters here. Spanish developer Novarama has launched its multiplayer first-person World War II shooter game, United 1944, into early access. Moving into the void left by Call of Duty’s focus on modern warfare shooters, […]
Read MoreSquid Game Virtuals generates $4.56M for Sandbox VR in first two months
Do you want to get the latest gaming industry news straight to your inbox? Sign up for our daily and weekly newsletters here. The Netflix streaming video series Squid Game: The Challenge — a reality TV version of the hit Squid Game TV series — produced a winner who took home $4.56 million in real-life […]
Read MoreEmerging developers on Roblox are gaming’s rising stars | The DeanBeat
Amid the sea of bad news about layoffs and too many games coming out in the game industry, there are some bright spots. And making games on the Roblox platform is one of them. Some of them are the millionaire entrepreneurs of a new generation. These developers often grew up on Roblox, playing games on […]
Read MorePhoenix Labs reveals Fae Farm’s first DLC, Coasts of Croakia
Are you looking to showcase your brand in front of the brightest minds of the gaming industry? Consider getting a custom GamesBeat sponsorship. Learn more. Phoenix Labs today revealed the first DLC for its cozy life sim title, Fae Farm. The DLC is called Coasts of Croakia, and launches for free for Switch players on […]
Read MoreMy.Games launches Hawked into early access on Steam
Are you looking to showcase your brand in front of the brightest minds of the gaming industry? Consider getting a custom GamesBeat sponsorship. Learn more. My.Games said its Hawked extraction shooter has debuted today on early access on Steam. After its successful PC and cross-play open beta, Hawked is now available on PC via the My.Games Launcher and Steam, with […]
Read MoreNetflix adds Grand Theft Auto trilogy to its games library on Dec 14
Are you looking to showcase your brand in front of the brightest minds of the gaming industry? Consider getting a custom GamesBeat sponsorship. Learn more. Netflix announced today that it’s launching three new games to its lineup on December 14, and they’re three of its highest-profile titles so far: The trilogy of Grand Theft Auto […]
Read MoreSledgehammer Games says Modern Warfare III gameplay hours are up versus previous games
Are you looking to showcase your brand in front of the brightest minds of the gaming industry? Consider getting a custom GamesBeat sponsorship. Learn more. Call of Duty game studio Sledgehammer Games said that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III has set records for engagement for the overall Modern Warfare trilogy. While that doesn’t mean […]
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