The DeanBeat: My favorite games of E3 2021
Guardians of the Galaxy: How to balance gameplay, humor, and a good story
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Xsolla teams up with Devcom on year-long strategic partnership
Blockchain indexing firm The Graph enlists Streaming Fast in $60M grant deal
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Minds raises $10M for decentralized and encrypted social network and messaging app
Oakland Black Business Fund finds corporate partners and issues grants
Autodesk will launch WetaM cloud-based special effects tools for artists
Tapjoy: 86% of Gen Z plays mobile games and many play on consoles/PCs too
Turtle Beach unveils Neat Microphones’ King Bee II analog XLR microphone
Yield Guild Games raises $4 million for the play-to-earn era of games
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Influence Mobile acquires Blind Ferret to slide into game marketing
Applied Materials: Wiring breakthrough will enable 3-nanometer chips
PUBG maker Krafton will raise $5B in public offering
Facebook launches gaming fan groups to grow player communities
Life is Strange games coming to Nintendo Switch
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Lingokids raises $40 million for ‘playlearning’ educational games platform
Meron Capital launches $50M fund for Israeli startups
App Annie/IDC: Mobile gaming downloads rose 30% in Q1 2021 and spending was up 40%
Western Digital launches edge servers for rugged 5G networks in harsh environments
Vungle agrees to buy influencer marketing platform JetFuel
Opera GX mobile gaming browser will speed games for mobile players
Min-Liang Tan interview: Razer’s first AMD gaming laptop, a GaN charger, and 27-inch monitor
Mythical Games launches early access for Blankos Block Party
Intellivision Entertainment wants to own retro couch gaming
How Riot Games will ensure that Valorant’s esports stars include women
Verizon pitches gamers on the 5G future and inclusion
Moleaer raises $9M for nanobubbles that enable sustainable food production and better water treatment
Transformers: Heavy Metal is a real-world AR mobile game from Niantic and Hasbro
CCP Games launches Eve Academy to onboard players for Eve Online
Xbox leaders reunion panel — What went right and almost went wrong
Life is Strange: True Colors uses empathy as a superpower
Bethesda’s Arkane reveals vampire shooter Redfall
Age of Empires IV ships on October 28
Halo Infinite brings back Cortana
Battlefield 2042 gets a gameplay close-up at Xbox event
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is coming in 2022
Watch Dogs: Legion — Bloodline is next expansion for cyberhacker series
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang weighs in on the metaverse, blockchain, and chip shortage
