


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

Exclusive
JetPlay’s Ludo AI platform accelerates game concept creation

Exclusive
IMVU relaunches as Together Labs, raises $35 million

Guest
PlayStation starts 2021 as king of TV ad impressions

Opinion
Vicarious Visions’ merger with Blizzard is bad for gamers

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

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

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

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

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 in 23 hours
Increase mobile game revenue with cross-platform functionality (VB Live)

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

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

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

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

AMD CEO Lisa Su talks core counts, console launches, and Apple relationship

NPD reveals the best-selling games of 2020 in the U.S.

Blizzard launches Battle.net update

Ultimate Gamer Worldwide Open will give away $1 million in prizes

505 Games acquires Puzzle Quest studio Infinity Plus Two

CD Projekt Red releases Cyberpunk 2077 apology and roadmap

Analysis
Ubisoft is making the Star Wars game that EA couldn’t

Steam customers purchased 21.4% more games in 2020 than in 2019

Ubisoft will make a new Star Wars open world game for Lucasfilm Games

Turtle Beach acquires Neat Microphones to capture more gamers and podcasters

Razer shows smart mask, futuristic gaming chair, and new RTX laptops

Alienware launches Aurora Ryzen desktop and Nvidia-based 30 Series laptops

Nvidia reveals mobile RTX 3060, 3070, and 3080 GPUs for gaming laptops
