GamingNews

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…
Read more
GamingNews

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…
GamingNews

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…
Read more
GamingNews

Rockstar and Remedy are remaking the first two Max Payne games

GamesBeat Summit 2022 returns with its largest event for leaders in gaming on April 26-28th. Reserve your spot here! Rockstar Games and Remedy Entertainment announced today they are collaborating on remakes of the first two Max Payne titles. Those companies acted as the publisher and developer, respectively, of the original titles. They will launch the remakes on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S…
Read more
GamingNews

FaZe Clan bringing new original programming and formats to Twitch

GamesBeat Summit 2022 returns with its largest event for leaders in gaming on April 26-28th. Reserve your spot here! FaZe Clan is announcing a new content and digital programming slate for Twitch. The organization with esports roots is launching two groundbreaking livestream series developed specifically for and by Gen Z. Bill McCullough and Nic Gibbs are helming the two new projects. The group…
Read more