Gaming

Planetarium Labs, a community-driven Web3 gaming company, unveiled two new role-playing games at the Korean Blockchain Week in South Korea. The new RPGs included Verse8, an opensource decentralized roguelike RPG protocol, and Immortal Rising 2, a Web3 competitive idle RPG game. Jake Song, CEO of XLGames and creator of the smash hit Lineage franchise, is collaborating on Verse8. Building on the…

I’ve said it once before, but 2023 is an absolutely wonderful year to be a gamer. There have been so many well-made and enjoyable games, and even the relative flops (like Forspoken and Gollum) have at least been interesting. Now, in the second half of the year, we’ve gotten several excellent RPGs in quick succession. In the last few months, we’ve had Diablo IV, Final Fantasy XVI, Baldur’s…

While the games industry isn’t growing according to Data.ai and IDC’s latest report, spending declines are leveling off faster than expected. The firms project that consumer spending on mobile games will reach $108 billion in 2023. This represents about 55% of the global total. Home consoles and PC/Mac will bring in similar totals of $43 billion and $40 billion respectively. Handheld…

We’re thrilled to announce the return of GamesBeat Summit Next, hosted in San Francisco this October, where we will explore the theme of “Playing the Edge.” Apply to speak here and learn more about sponsorship opportunities here.  Massive Damage unveiled Fera: The Sundered Tribes at Gamescom this week with a new take on the 3D action role-playing game genre. Brothers Ken…