Some shareholders of Fortnite maker Epic Games are selling their shares for $ 750 million, according to two sources who spoke to GamesBeat. Bloomberg reported the news first, but we have independently confirmed the details in our story. The deal would give Epic a pre-money valuation of $ 16.3 billion, …
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Andreessen Horowitz is one of Silicon Valley’s biggest venture capital firms investing in both early-stage startups and established growth companies. Its investments span the gamut of software industries, and lately, it been investing in games. Founded in 2009 by Netscape founder Marc Andreessen and entrepreneur Ben Horowitz, Andreessen Horowitz has …
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Sony had its big video presentation today, giving us both a deluge of big PlayStation 5 games and showing off the console itself for the first time. As far as a hype event goes, it was a huge success. Now, yes, I love the actual look of the console. After …
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Rogue Games is launching five new games soon for the Google Play Pass mobile game subscription service. The games include Outsider, The Arcade, Bright Paw, Olo Loco, and Super Glitch Dash. They’re the first titles by Rogue to debut on the new Google service which curates a collection of games …
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Hypercasual games, or mobile titles folks can play in a minute or less, grew 72% in the quarter ended March 31 as players turned to mobile games as a salve for the pandemic, according to a report from mobile measurement firm Adjust and game engine maker Unity Technologies. That is …
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League of Legends publisher Riot Games said that it will invest $ 10 million in founders who are underrepresented minorities and women in the video game community. And through Riot Games’ Social Impact Fund, the company will commit $ 1 million in contributions to The Innocence Project and the ACLU …
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Level Ex, the maker of surgery games popular with medical professionals, has released new levels that virtually train doctors to treat patients with COVID-19. The COVID-19 levels are available for free through the Airway Ex and Pulm Ex mobile games on Google Play, coming soon to other platforms. CEO Sam …
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It’s no fun being in lockdown, even if you have a dream job as a game developer. That’s why Blind Squirrel Games, a game development services company in Orange County, California, has been doing more to entertain its employees. CEO Brad Hendricks and Kitty Mach, senior community manager at Blind Squirrel …
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The Leisure Economy is the embodiment of the hope that someday we could all get paid to play games. It has been a common topic at our GamesBeat Summit events, and came up again at our GamesBeat Summit 2020 event in a fireside chat with John Linden, CEO of Mythical …
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