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Aspyr Media will acquire RPG experts Beamdog

GamesBeat Summit 2022 returns with its largest event for leaders in gaming on April 26-28th. Reserve your spot here! Aspyr Media announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Beamdog. The studio will retain its independence within Aspyr. Based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and started by BioWare co-founder Trent Oster and former BioWare lead programmer Cameron Tofer, Beamdog…
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Sonic the Hedgehog is coming to Roblox

GamesBeat Summit 2022 returns with its largest event for leaders in gaming on April 26-28th. Reserve your spot here! Roblox game developer Gamefam has teamed up with Sega to bring Sonic the Hedgehog to the Roblox platform for the first time. Gamefam, an independent studio…
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Bugsnax will launch for Switch and Xbox Game Pass on April 28 with free DLC

GamesBeat Summit 2022 returns with its largest event for leaders in gaming on April 26-28th. Reserve your spot here! Indie studio Young Horses announced today that its hit game Bugsnax will come out for Xbox Series X/S, Switch, Xbox One, and PC on April 28. It’ll also be available via Xbox Game Pass. Bugsnax’s free DLC update, Isle of Bigsnax, also debuts on that same day for all platforms.
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Kingdom Hearts 4 on Switch? | Last of the Nintendogs

GamesBeat Summit 2022 returns with its largest event for leaders in gaming on April 26-28th. Reserve your spot here! On this week’s episode of Last of the Nintendogs, editors Mike Minotti and Jeff Grubb discuss the devastating news that Square Enix plans to release a…
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Certain Affinity is ‘deepening’ its relationship with Halo

GamesBeat Summit 2022 returns with its largest event for leaders in gaming on April 26-28th. Reserve your spot here! One of the most prolific support studios in gaming is committing more resources to Halo Infinite. Certain Affinity, which has worked on Halo for 15 years…
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Activision Blizzard appoints Kristen Hines as new diversity boss

GamesBeat Summit 2022 returns with its largest event for leaders in gaming on April 26-28th. Reserve your spot here! Activision Blizzard announced that it has appointed Kristen Hines as its chief diversity, equity, and inclusion officer. Hines joins the company on April 25. Hines formerly worked at Accenture as the managing director of its global inclusion, diversity, and equity practice. With…
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Epic Games raises $2B in funding from Sony and Kirkbi

GamesBeat Summit 2022 returns with its largest event for leaders in gaming on April 26-28th. Reserve your spot here! Epic Games announced a $2 billion round of funding, which it would put towards its growth and that of the metaverse. The round included investments from…
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Kingdom Hearts IV announced by Square Enix

GamesBeat Summit 2022 returns with its largest event for leaders in gaming on April 26-28th. Reserve your spot here! Square Enix announced Kingdom Hearts IV today during a 20th anniversary event for the franchise. Kingdom Hearts III released in 2019. That entry came out over a decade after the release of 2005’s Kingdom Hearts II. However, Square Enix released multiple spin-off titles between…
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