GamesBeat Summit Watch every session from the annual event On Demand Watch Now GamesBeat editor Jeff Grubb is back from vacation to get mad at people who don’t like the GameCube with reviews editor Mike Minotti. The pair discuss that, Rocksteady’s Suicide Squad, and Sony’s State of Play on this …
Read More »The RetroBeat: Why the heck didn’t the GameCube sell better?
GamesBeat Summit Watch every session from the annual event On Demand Watch Now What’s your favorite video game console of all time? That’s one of the most fun questions you can ask folks who love games. For me, the answer could change depending on the day and my mood. Yet …
Read More »Trump bans U.S. transactions with TikTok and WeChat starting September 20
VB Transform Watch every session from the AI event of the year On-Demand Watch Now (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday unveiled sweeping bans on U.S. transactions with China’s ByteDance, owner of video-sharing app TikTok, and Tencent, operator of messaging app WeChat, in a major escalation of tensions …
Read More »Hood: Outlaws & Legends is a next-gen gang-versus-gang simulator
GamesBeat Summit Watch every session from the annual event On Demand Watch Now Focus Home Interactive is having a strong year, and it wants to maintain that momentum in 2021. The publisher is coming off of the excellent SnowRunner and Hardspace: Shipbreaker, and now it’s reloading with Hood: Outlaws & …
Read More »Sony shows off gameplay for Giant Squid’s The Pathless
GamesBeat Summit Watch every session from the annual event On Demand Watch Now Annapurna Interactive and Giant Squid showed off gameplay for The Pathless, a new adventure game from the makers of Abzû. Creative director Matt Nava walked through a long demo of this beautiful game, which debuts later this …
Read More »StreetLight Data raises $15 million to bring big data analytics to city transport
VB Transform Watch every session from the AI event of the year On-Demand Watch Now StreetLight Data, a big data platform that helps cities unlock mobility insights from location data from smartphone apps, has raised $ 15 million in a series D round of funding. The raise comes as cities …
Read More »Sony and Microsoft don’t know the price of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X
GamesBeat Summit Watch every session from the annual event On Demand Watch Now Microsoft and Sony are playing a game of chicken when it comes to the price of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. No one wants to go first. And I’m sure that you, like me, find …
Read More »Zynga is acquiring hypercasual mobile game firm Rollic for at least $168 million
GamesBeat Summit Watch every session from the annual event On Demand Watch Now Zynga has agreed to buy Istanbul-based Rollic, a fast-growing hypercasual mobile game company, as part of its latest effort to expand through acquisition. The San Francisco-based Zynga will pay $ 168 million for 80% of Rollic, whose …
Read More »Expert System raises $29.4 million for AI text extraction and analysis
VB Transform Watch every session from the AI event of the year On-Demand Watch Now Enterprise natural language processing (NLP) technologies vendor Expert System today secured $ 29.4 million in funding, $ 20 million of which came from institutional investors. (The remaining $ 9.4 million arose through the exercise of …
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