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Epic Games wants devs to bring their back catalogs to its store

GamesBeat Next’s on-demand library is now live! Start catching up on the 30+ sessions you might have missed.  Watch Now Epic Games announced this week that it’s launching two programs for its PC gaming store. The first is its First Run program, its initiative where developers can boost their revenue on games while they’re exclusive to the Epic Games Store. The other is the…
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Gaming M&A deal count down 60% YoY per Drake Star report

GamesBeat Next’s on-demand library is now live! Start catching up on the 30+ sessions you might have missed.  Watch Now In Q3 2023, gaming companies announced 33 M&A transactions worth roughly $5 billion according to Drake Star’s latest report.
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Bungie becomes the latest studio to lay off employees

GamesBeat Next’s on-demand library is now live! Start catching up on the 30+ sessions you might have missed.  Watch Now One of 2023’s most depressing trends is major games studios laying off employees in an increasingly crowded job market. Now Bungie has become the latest PlayStation studio to do so, though the extent of the layoffs is not yet clear. Well… my heart is…
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Prime Gaming adds KOTOR, Rage 2 for November’s free games

GamesBeat Next unites gaming industry leaders for exceptional content, networking, and deal-making opportunities. Join us on Oct 23-24 in San Francisco.  Register Now Amazon has announced which games are coming to Prime Gaming subscribers in November, and the…
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Cozy MMO Palia is coming to the Epic Games Store

GamesBeat Next unites gaming industry leaders for exceptional content, networking, and deal-making opportunities. Join us on Oct 23-24 in San Francisco.  Register Now Palia, Singularity 6’s beautiful, homey MMO, is joining a PC storefront for the first time as part of its open beta. More specifically, it’s launching on the Epic Games Store on October 24. According to the…
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Noodle Cat Games raises $12M for action RPG title

GamesBeat Next unites gaming industry leaders for exceptional content, networking, and deal-making opportunities. Join us on Oct 23-24 in San Francisco.  Register Now Noodle Cat Games has raised $12 Million in funding to bring fresh ideas to the action…
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NICKMERCS inks 8-figure deal with Twitch rival, Kick.com

GamesBeat Next unites gaming industry leaders for exceptional content, networking, and deal-making opportunities. Join us on Oct 23-24 in San Francisco.  Register Now Ahead of TwitchCon Las Vegas, creator Nicholas “Nickmercs” Kolcheff has announced he will…
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GamesBeat Next features our 7th Women in Gaming Breakfast

GamesBeat Next unites gaming industry leaders for exceptional content, networking, and deal-making opportunities. Join us on Oct 23-24 in San Francisco.  Register Now GamesBeat Next is right around the corner — October 23-24, and, just like all of our recent conferences, it features the return of the Women in Gaming Breakfast. The conference and the breakfast take place in-person…
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