Join gaming leaders live this May 20-21 in Los Angeles to examine the strategies needed to adapt and excel in an ever evolving landscape, featuring insights from leading voices and thought leaders in the industry. Register here. Warners Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav said today that the next Peter Jackson movie based on The Lord […]
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Join gaming leaders live this May 20-21 in Los Angeles to examine the strategies needed to adapt and excel in an ever evolving landscape, featuring insights from leading voices and thought leaders in the industry. Register here. Celebrated game designer and SimCity creator Will Wright is joining us at GameBeat Summit 2024 in Los Angeles […]
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Are you looking to showcase your brand in front of the gaming industry’s top leaders? Learn more about GamesBeat Summit sponsorship opportunities here. GamesBeat Summit 2024 is approaching, and one of the highlights of this year’s event is the 8th Women in Gaming Breakfast. The event is held in person at the Marina Del Rey […]
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Are you looking to showcase your brand in front of the gaming industry’s top leaders? Learn more about GamesBeat Summit sponsorship opportunities here. The Voice talent show is taking a leap into the metaverse with The Voice Coach Battle, a new show that will debut in The Sandbox. ITV Studios, which produces the NBC show […]
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Altera has raised $9 million to develop AI technology to create digital humans that behave in believable ways. Palo Alto, California-based Altera (which is not the chip company you might otherwise know by the same name) has now raised a total of $11.1 million in funding since its inception in December 2023. This amount of […]
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Are you looking to showcase your brand in front of the gaming industry’s top leaders? Learn more about GamesBeat Summit sponsorship opportunities here. AGBO, the media company founded by the Russo Brothers, has launched its Innovation Department to propel tech-enabled creativity. This strategic move aims to expand AGBO’s storytelling capacity by integrating cutting-edge technology into […]
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Yoton Yo Studios has appointed award-winning Paul Jenkins to role of creative director in residence for the upcoming Exfinitum Omniverse physical-digital trading card game. Burbank, California-based Yoton Yo Studios recently announced it had raised a $15 million Series A investment, and continues to attract world-leading blockchain grant funding. And the independent studio is starting to […]
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Iconic Arts, a new Los Angeles transmedia entertainment studio, has raised $3.1 million to create original properties for games and Hollywood. And it will prototype its ideas in the market using games for quick-and-easy platforms like Roblox. The company was started by blockchain, gaming and Hollywood veterans Steven Haddadian, Alec Roth, Matthew Medney, Mo Yazdani […]
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Are you looking to showcase your brand in front of the gaming industry’s top leaders? Learn more about GamesBeat Summit sponsorship opportunities here. Gaming add-on management platform and UGC content marketplace Overwolf has acquired gaming ad tech provider NitroPay in an 8-figure deal. With this acquisition, Overwolf Ads will more than double its reach to […]
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The Political Machine 2024 is the latest political strategy game out from Stardock Entertainment for anyone who wants to see how the U.S. presidential election is going to turn out this year. Americans are disturbed by politics and many would rather avoid it. But it is rather unavoidable and many of these same Americans intend […]
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Are you looking to showcase your brand in front of the gaming industry’s top leaders? Learn more about GamesBeat Summit sponsorship opportunities here. Andrew Wilson, CEO of EA, said that in North America, engagement for the top 10 franchises has increased market share since fiscal 2022, or the year ended March 31, 2022. “For a […]
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Are you looking to showcase your brand in front of the gaming industry’s top leaders? Learn more about GamesBeat Summit sponsorship opportunities here. Netflix announced today which new games are launching on its platform in May, including the delayed Braid: Anniversary Edition. The other new titles include retro-styled platformer Sonic Mania Plus, puzzle game Paper […]
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Are you looking to showcase your brand in front of the gaming industry’s top leaders? Learn more about GamesBeat Summit sponsorship opportunities here. Video game publisher Electronic Arts forecasted full-year bookings for the coming year that fell below Wall Street’s expectations. The company’s forecast fell short of analyst expectations for the fiscal year ending March […]
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Are you looking to showcase your brand in front of the gaming industry’s top leaders? Learn more about GamesBeat Summit sponsorship opportunities here. Microsoft is shutting down several studios, including Arkane Austin, Tango Gameworks and Alpha Dog Games. It’s also folding Roundhouse Studios into ZeniMax Studios Online. Tango and Arkane confirmed the closures on social […]
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Are you looking to showcase your brand in front of the gaming industry’s top leaders? Learn more about GamesBeat Summit sponsorship opportunities here. Razer has partnered with five startups to add their functionality to the gaming peripheral manufacturer’s Cortex platform. With the new Add-Ons marketplace, PC players can enhance their gaming experience with new tools […]
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MIT spin-off Rapid Liquid Print has raised $7 million in funding for its novel liquid-based 3D printing technology. Boston-based Rapid Liquid Print was founded as an additive manufacturing startup in 2015 as a spin-off from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Germany’s HZG Group led the investment round, joined by BMW i Ventures and MassMutual […]
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Are you looking to showcase your brand in front of the gaming industry’s top leaders? Learn more about GamesBeat Summit sponsorship opportunities here. Mindscape and Aesir Interactive unveiled Windstorm: The Legend of Khiimori, an open-world adventure game coming in September. The game will debut on early access on Steam, and the developers promises a breathtaking […]
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During 2024, CCP Games will have multiple playtests for Project Awakening, a next-generation blockchain game set with the Eve Online universe. The next tests, dubbed Phase III, get underway on May 21 where about 5,000 people will test a level of the game for six weeks. CCP Games, a 26-year-old studio, will continue to operate […]
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Are you looking to showcase your brand in front of the gaming industry’s top leaders? Learn more about GamesBeat Summit sponsorship opportunities here. Neurable raised $13 million for its brain-computer interface (BCI) technology that can work with everyday products. Boston-based Neurable plans to use this funding round to advance its platform technology with a range […]
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Are you looking to showcase your brand in front of the gaming industry’s top leaders? Learn more about GamesBeat Summit sponsorship opportunities here. Even Nintendo has been affected by the slowdown in gaming. The Kyoto, Japan-based company expects sales to fall 19.3% and earnings to fall 38.9% in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025. […]
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Are you looking to showcase your brand in front of the gaming industry’s top leaders? Learn more about GamesBeat Summit sponsorship opportunities here. Supergiant Games announced today that it is launching its new rogue-like, Hades II, in early access. The developer previously announced that the game’s launch date would come after its technical test, and […]
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Are you looking to showcase your brand in front of the gaming industry’s top leaders? Learn more about GamesBeat Summit sponsorship opportunities here. The Call of Duty Endowment announced its largest-ever private donation, a $2.5 million gift from Citadel founder and CEO Kenneth C. Griffin. The Call of Duty Endowment finds high-paying jobs for military […]
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Today we’re announcing our seventh annual GamesBeat Visionary Awards and the team of judges we’ve selected to help pick the winners of this year’s awards. (You can sign up for 25% off using this code: gbs24dean25). The GamesBeat Visionary Awards started in 2018 to recognize industry leaders who took a daring, visionary approach to shaping […]
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Are you looking to showcase your brand in front of the gaming industry’s top leaders? Learn more about GamesBeat Summit sponsorship opportunities here. The Esports World Cup Foundation has selected 30 global organizations to join its debut EWCF Club Support Program. Through this initiative, qualifying esports teams can receive six-figures of financial support annually to […]
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Are you looking to showcase your brand in front of the gaming industry’s top leaders? Learn more about GamesBeat Summit sponsorship opportunities here. Sony tweeted from its PlayStation account that it is retreating from an unpopular decision where it was requiring Helldivers 2 fans to link their PC game to Sony’s PlayStation Network (PSN). The […]
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Are you looking to showcase your brand in front of the gaming industry’s top leaders? Learn more about GamesBeat Summit sponsorship opportunities here. Brazilian President Luis Inácio Lula da Silva signed into law the legal framework for the electronic games industry in Brazil. The project establishes legal basis for gaming activities in Brazil, and promotes […]
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Are you looking to showcase your brand in front of the gaming industry’s top leaders? Learn more about GamesBeat Summit sponsorship opportunities here. Sometimes it’s hard to be in the games industry and maintain your sense of joy and discovery. A lot of what’s coming out are iterative franchise entries and triple-A titles. That’s great […]
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Are you looking to showcase your brand in front of the gaming industry’s top leaders? Learn more about GamesBeat Summit sponsorship opportunities here. Nvidia announced today that it was rolling out new updates to GeForce Now, including a beta installation script for the platform on Valve’s Steam Deck. According to the company, this new script […]
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I’m very excited to present our full agenda for our GamesBeat Summit 2024 event on May 20-21 at the Marina del Rey Marriott in Los Angeles. You can use this code gbs24dean25 for a 25% discount on tickets. It’s my pleasure to note this is our 16th annual event, and our theme is Resilience and Adaptation. The […]
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Are you looking to showcase your brand in front of the gaming industry’s top leaders? Learn more about GamesBeat Summit sponsorship opportunities here. Financing for gaming companies is on an upward trend for the first quarter of 2024 according to Drake Star Partners. Both mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions and private placements saw modest gains […]
Read MoreAre you looking to showcase your brand in front of the gaming industry’s top leaders? Learn more about GamesBeat Summit sponsorship opportunities here. Yuga Labs and Improbable have teamed up to build a metaverse dubbed Otherside, the companies announced during a Town Hall meeting for Otherside. The companies announced that Yuga Labs will migrate its […]
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