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 […]
Call of Duty: Warzone and Black Ops: Cold War get Season 3 content on April 22
Join GamesBeat Summit 2021 this April 28-29. Register for a free or VIP pass today. Call of Duty: Warzone and Call of Duty: Black Ops — Cold War will get new Season 3 content on April 22. Among the big changes for Warzone is an update to its narrative. Some […]
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 […]
F1 debuts on next-gen July 16 as first joint EA-Codemasters racing game
Join GamesBeat Summit 2021 this April 28-29. Register for a free or VIP pass today. Codemasters and its new parent company, Electronic Arts, will launch F1 2021 on the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S on July 16. This game is the first joint title between Codemasters and EA since […]
March 2021 NPD — Monster Hunter: Rise sales soar to No. 2 in the U.S.
Join GamesBeat Summit 2021 this April 28-29. Register for a free or VIP pass today. Video games sales continue to grow as the pandemic drags on, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. The March 2021 NPD game report is the first time that a year-over-year comparison will take early […]
The DeanBeat: A Big Bang week for the metaverse
Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register for the AI event of the year. The metaverse had a couple of Big Bangs this week that should put it on everyone’s radar. First, Epic Games raised $1 billion at a $28.7 billion valuation. That is $11.4 billion more valuable than Epic […]
March 2021 NPD, PS5/Switch sales, and more | GB Decides 192
Join GamesBeat Summit 2021 this April 28-29. Register for a free or VIP pass today. Everyone in video games is mad at GamesBeat editor Jeff Grubb this week. Gaming community ResetEra is furious, Dave Jaffe is upset, and young people are cranky. Jeff talks about it on this week’s GamesBeat […]
GamesBeat Summit 2021: Growing the next generation — Our leader-packed agenda
Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register for the AI event of the year. GamesBeat Summit 2021 is a digital online-only event taking place on April 28 and April 29 as our third virtual conference in a year. We’re looking forward to getting together in the physical world or in […]
The Games Fund raises $50 million to invest in games in U.S. and Europe
Join GamesBeat Summit 2021 this April 28-29. Register for a free or VIP pass today. The Games Fund has raised $50 million for a new game-focused venture capital fund to invest in early-stage games in both Europe and the U.S. In doing so, it is joining dozens of other venture […]