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Returnal review, Project Dragon for Xbox, and a lot more Star Wars games | GB Decides 194

May 1, 2021

Join GamesBeat Summit 2021, happening today! Watch live here! GamesBeat editor Jeff Grubb dropped his Returnal review this week, and the internet handled it well. Jeff and reviews editor Mike Minotti discuss the game and the response to the review on this week’s episode of GamesBeat Decides. Also, rumors are swirling about a new Project Dragon game out of Hitman developer IO Interactive.

Call of Duty Endowment campaigns to raise $3 million to employ veterans

April 30, 2021

Join GamesBeat Summit 2021, happening today! Watch live here! The Call of Duty Endowment unveiled its #CODEMedicalHeroes campaign to raise $3 Million to employ veterans in high-paying jobs. Under the campaign, the endowment will honor veteran medics and hospital corpsmen…

STEAM education is critical to opening up new opportunities across the game industry

April 30, 2021

While many now understand that science, technology, engineering, art, and math education, or STEAM, is important to the success of the video game industry, it’s critical to creating meaningful opportunities for marginalized people. On the second day of GamesBeat Summit…

Epic Games acquires ArtStation to foster an online marketplace for artists

April 30, 2021

Join GamesBeat Summit 2021, happening today! Watch live here! Epic Games has acquired ArtStation, which operates a marketplace for artists to sell their art, post jobs, and host portfolios — and it’s cutting the fees that folks pay to sell their wares on the site. The companies said the goal is to accelerate the development and growth of the creator community worldwide. This partnership…

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

April 30, 2021

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…

Among Us is coming to PS5 and PS4 later in 2021

April 30, 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…

EA completes $2.4 billion acquisition of Glu Mobile

April 29, 2021

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 other assets. The deal will turn EA into a much bigger player in mobile, as it will add to its own sizable mobile gaming…

Xbox boss Phil Spencer explains how he had to change to do his job

April 29, 2021

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…

How Naughty Dog embraced diversity in The Last of Us Part II

April 29, 2021

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…

Xbox Series X/S demand drives 232% growth for Microsoft gaming hardware

April 28, 2021

Join GamesBeat Summit 2021 this April 28-29. Register for a free or VIP pass today. Microsoft’s gaming division helped contribute a significant boost to its revenue during its fiscal Q3 2021 earnings report today. Xbox hardware revenue jumped 232% year-over-year as consumers rush out to pick up Xbox Series X/S consoles. These new systems were, of course, not available until Microsoft’s Q2.