GamingNews

Square Enix shakeups and esports Olympics | Kaser Focus

Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. It’s March already? Where did the time go? (Oh right, it went into Forspoken and Octopath Traveler II and Fire Emblem Engage and Dead Space, etc etc.) It’s been an odd week here — I’m trying to keep up with the percolating Microsoft/Sony/Activision Blizzard drama. But now the FTC’s…
Read more
AI & RoboticsNews

My 13 favorite AI stories of 2022 | The AI Beat

Join top executives in San Francisco on July 11-12, to hear how leaders are integrating and optimizing AI investments for success. Learn More Last week was a relatively quiet one in the artificial intelligence (AI) universe. I was grateful — honestly, a brief respite…
GamingNews

Square Enix CEO steps down amid big changes in gaming

Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Square Enix announced that it will replace its president and CEO Yosuke Matsuda, who is stepping down from the job after many years in the role. He will be replaced by…
GamingNews

Nintendo to hold Pokémon Presents livestream on Feb 27

Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Nintendo and the Pokémon Company announced today that it will hold a Pokémon Presents livestream next week. More specifically, it will hold the event on Pokémon Day, February 27. According to the announcement, the show will feature “exciting Pokémon news.” The livestream begins at 6 am…
Read more
GamingNews

Activision Blizzard reaches fiscal highs in Q4 2022

Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Activision Blizzard has reported record breaking results for both 2022 and its fourth quarter in its most recent financial results. For its annual performance…
GamingNews

Xterio invests $2.5M in multiplayer RPG studio Overworld

Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Blockchain gaming publisher Xterio has invested $2.5 million in Overworld, a new partner game studio that will make multiplayer role-playing games with digital collectibles. Overworld will develop cross-platform, free-to-play games with features such as player ownership and digital…
Read more
GamingNews

Ubisoft announces The Crew Motorfest, set to launch in 2023

Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Ubisoft today announced the latest game in The Crew series. Called The Crew Motorfest, the new title is set to launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4…
AI & RoboticsNews

AI adoption lagging? It may be a poor UI

Join top executives in San Francisco on July 11-12, to hear how leaders are integrating and optimizing AI investments for success. Learn More Think about it: If something is slow, clunky, overly complicated, messy or inconsistent, you’re not going to want to use it, right?  Well, the same goes for artificial intelligence (AI) platforms.  In adopting them, organizations can tend to be…
Read more