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EA’s Laura Miele: Making games is hard, and it keeps changing

Join GamesBeat Summit 2021, happening today! Watch live here!  Laura Miele said Electronic Arts is in charge of more than 8,000 game developers at more than 22 studio locations. But in the past year, the publisher’s chief of studios hasn’t seen much of those people. In a fireside chat with Geoff Keighley at our GamesBeat Summit 2021 online event, Miele talked about what it was like to…
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Among Us is coming to PS5 and PS4 later in 2021

Join GamesBeat Summit 2021, happening today! Watch live here!  During today’s State of Play presentation, Sony announced that the indie hit Among Us is coming to PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 later this year. These versions will also come with a Ratchet costume and…
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EA completes $2.4 billion acquisition of Glu Mobile

Join GamesBeat Summit 2021, happening today! Watch live here!  Electronic Arts has completed its $2.4 billion acquisition of Glu Mobile, the mobile game publisher led by a former EA executive. The enterprise value of the deal is $2.1 billion, based on Glu’s own cash and…
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Xbox boss Phil Spencer explains how he had to change to do his job

There’s still time to join GamesBeat Summit 2021, happening today! Register for access. One of the recent defining characteristics of Xbox as a brand is a sense that the company is listening. That is something that fans have seen the Xbox team express externally, but it started internally as part of a diversity effort. The idea is that gaming is for everyone, and for Xbox boss Phil…
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How Naughty Dog embraced diversity in The Last of Us Part II

There’s still time to join GamesBeat Summit 2021, happening today! Register for access. The Last of Us Part II has won more than 300 game of the year awards, and we’re still talking about this beautiful yet horrifying game in 2021 because of its approach to…
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The Redmi K40 Gaming Edition is here with Dimensity 1200, 12GB of RAM

Redmi’s first foray into gaming phones is here and it’s called the Redmi K40 Gaming Edition (or Gaming Enhanced Edition, depending on which version of the machine translation you want to believe). The K40 Gaming Edition covers all the basics to be considered a serious gaming smartphone – you have a 120Hz display with 480Hz touch sampling rate, physical shoulder triggers to…
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Nintendo finally adds online play to a huge Switch hit

Join GamesBeat Summit 2021 this April 28-29. Register for a free or VIP pass today. Nintendo is finally updating Super Mario Party with online play. This comes — well, not just in time for stay-at-home orders due to the pandemic (which started more than a year ago). But…
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Spire Animation Studios kicks off Epic Games’ new Unreal Shorts animated film program

Join GamesBeat Summit 2021 this April 28-29. Register for a free or VIP pass today. Spire Animation Studios is one of the first recipients of a new Epic Games grant initiative and fellowship program called Unreal Shorts. It’s for companies that create animated films using Epic’s Unreal Engine, and Spire is one of 45 grant recipients so far. Spire is a new studio created by animation producer…
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