

Analysis
Xbox Live Gold was always going to drop the free-to-play paywall this year

RuneScape publisher Jagex acquired by The Carlyle Group for at least $530 million

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JetPlay’s Ludo AI platform accelerates game concept creation

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IMVU relaunches as Together Labs, raises $35 million

GamesBeat Decides: The best (and worst) ‘core’ Mario games

Guest
PlayStation starts 2021 as king of TV ad impressions

Microsoft reverses Xbox Live Gold price increase, free-to-play games set free

Opinion
Vicarious Visions’ merger with Blizzard is bad for gamers

Microsoft’s Xbox Live Gold price increase feels like manipulation

The DeanBeat: What Ready Player Two tells us about the metaverse

VB Live on Wednesday, January 27th at 10:00AM PST
What mobile developers can learn from Angry Bird’s cross-platform approach (VB Live)

Path of Exile: Echoes of Atlas is Grinding Gear’s most downloaded expansion

Resident Evil: Village is coming May 7 — PS5-exclusive demo launches today

Hitman 3 speedrun: How I beat the Dubai stage in 24 seconds

Amazon Web Services’ insights into gaming for 2021

Puzzle Quest 3 announced as a free-to-play sequel

Former EA exec Peter Moore returns to gaming as Unity SVP of sports and live entertainment

Devsisters launches Cookie Run: Kingdom mobile RPG

Rival Peak interactive reality show hits 22 million views

Hitman 1 and 2 players probably shouldn’t play Hitman 3 yet

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The future of creation and play in the Metaverse

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Opera acquires YoYo Games for $10 million and launches Opera Gaming division

Tilting Point opens a mobile game studio in Russia

VB Event
Don’t miss GamesBeat’s new all-digital event on driving game growthÂ

Hearthstone gets 35 new cards on January 21

VB Live on Wednesday, January 27th at 10:00AM PST
Increase mobile game revenue with cross-platform functionality (VB Live)

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Toya and Zag Games team up for Miraculous Ladybug & Cat Noir adventure game on Roblox

Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning comes to Switch on March 16

VB Lab Insights
The 2021 gaming landscape: What developers, publishers, and marketers need to know

Review
Hitman 3 review — A world made entirely out of Chekhov’s guns

Opinion
The D20 Beat: King’s Bounty II heralds what should be a fantastic year for RPGs

Social casino game maker Huuuge will raise $150 million in Warsaw IPO

Savage Game Studios raises $4.4 million for mobile shooter game

VB Event
Driving Game Growth: Our event on pushing games forward in 2021

GamesBeat Decides: Sonic’s best (and worst) friends

The RetroBeat: River City Girls is a beat-’em-up delight

GreenPark Sports launches early access for sports and esports social platform

The DeanBeat: The best of CES 2021 as seen from afar

December 2020 NPD: Nintendo dominates with half of the top 20 games
