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Why Saudi Arabia’s Savvy Gaming Group is diving into esports and games

GamesBeat Summit 2022 returns with its largest event for leaders in gaming on April 26-28th. Reserve your spot here! Savvy Gaming Group is on the expansion path. The Saudi Arabian company has made some big moves, acquiring both esports tournament firms ESL and Face It in a $1.5 billion deal in January. And last week the news broke that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, through a…
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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, confirmed it is “deepening” its partnership with the developer 343 Industries. We’ve been part of the @Halo franchise…
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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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Hands-on: Nintendo Switch Sports runs with the joyful play of Wii Sports

GamesBeat Summit 2022 returns with its largest event for leaders in gaming on April 26-28th. Reserve your spot here! Nintendo Switch Sports is the successor to the most mainstream sports video game of all time, Wii Sports. And Nintendo hopes this version will make gamers and non-gamers alike get excited about playing sports on the Switch. This could be a big title for the Switch, which Nintendo…
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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…
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Activision Blizzard converts QA testers to full-time with pay raises

GamesBeat Summit 2022 returns with its largest event for leaders in gaming on April 26-28th. Reserve your spot here! Activision Blizzard announced it is converting all of its U.S.-based temporary quality assurance (QA) workers — about 1,100 people — into full-time employees. It is also increasing their hourly rates to a minimum of $20, starting April 17, and will give them access to…
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