Join GamesBeat Summit 2021 this April 28-29. Register for a free or VIP pass today. Bandai Namco Entertainment America has decided to close its office in the Northern California city of Santa Clara and relocate the employees to a new Southern California office. The North American branch of the Japanese […]
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Earthblade is Extremely OK’s followup to Celeste
Join GamesBeat Summit 2021 this April 28-29. Register for a free or VIP pass today. Extremely OK Games, Ltd., has revealed the name of its next project: Earthblade. This will be the independent studio’s followup to 2018 hit Celeste. Celeste is a 2D platformer with an emphasis on precision and […]
5 features that drive revenue for mobile games in both the U.S. and China
Join GamesBeat Summit 2021 this April 28-29. Register for a free or VIP pass today. Many features of top-grossing mobile games help them retain and monetize players, but which are most effective and have the most significant impact? To find out, GameRefinery analyzed the top 200 grossing iOS games in […]
How Playable Worlds is building a cloud-native sandbox MMO
Join GamesBeat Summit 2021 this April 28-29. Register for a free or VIP pass today. Playable Worlds, an online game company founded by Raph Koster and Eric Goldberg, is making a “cloud-native” massively multiplayer online game. But what that means is still a mystery, as the company isn’t yet disclosing […]
March 2021 NPD: PlayStation 5 is the fastest-selling U.S. console ever
Join GamesBeat Summit 2021 this April 28-29. Register for a free or VIP pass today. Video game hardware sales were up 47% in March, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. That growth comes despite a surge in sales that began last year due to the start of pandemic stay-at-home […]
The RetroBeat: QuackShot is a treasured Genesis duck tale
Join GamesBeat Summit 2021 this April 28-29. Register for a free or VIP pass today. I’ve been spending a lot of time enjoying the Sega Genesis during 2021. That includes revisiting one of my favorite games from my childhood, 1991’s QuackShot. Sega created QuackShot as something of a follow-up to […]
Misfits Gaming esports group launches Women of Misfits speaker series
Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register for the AI event of the year. Misfits Gaming Group is leaning into female gamers with the launch of its Women of Misfits speaker series, and the esports company will turn this into a wider platform over time. The Boca Raton, Florida-based company […]
Oculus launches subscriptions on Oculus Quest VR headsets
Join GamesBeat Summit 2021 this April 28-29. Register for a free or VIP pass today. Facebook’s Oculus division has launched subscriptions on its Oculus Quest and Oculus Quest 2 virtual reality headsets. Subscriptions are the rage, with the success of services like Xbox Game Pass, Netflix, and Disney+. The subscription […]
E3 Rewind: Nintendo’s boring and bizarre E3 2008
Join GamesBeat Summit 2021 this April 28-29. Register for a free or VIP pass today. In 2008, Nintendo was on top. The DS and Wii were giant hits. The company had developed a new strategy that targeted audiences that weren’t part of the core gaming demographic. Successes like Wii Sports […]
Jambox Games raises $1.1 million to publish games by devs in India and Southeast Asia
Join GamesBeat Summit 2021 this April 28-29. Register for a free or VIP pass today. Jambox Games, a Singapore-based startup, has launched a game publishing platform to help indie developers in India and Southeast Asia to publish their mobile games. The funding shows that emerging regions are also benefiting from […]