Gaming

A new GamesBeat event is around the corner! Learn more about what comes next.  On this episode of Last of the Nintendogs, we prepare for tomorrow’s Pokémon Presents and speculate about what we’re going to see. We talk about our favorite Wii U games (even if most of them are also available on other consoles). Also, Jeff learns that Punch-Out’s Don Flamenco is Spanish. Come hunt with…

A new GamesBeat event is around the corner! Learn more about what comes next.  Roblox, the maker of user-generated games and other content, said it has acquired the startup Guilded, a maker of platform for connecting gaming communities. Roblox didn’t disclose the purchase price. The deal feels like one more step in service of Roblox’s goal of creating the metaverse, the universe of virtual…

All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. U.S. consumers spent $4.6 billion on gaming in July 2021, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. This is up 10% from the same period last year, and it’s also the best July the industry has seen since 2008. PlayStation 5 was the most successful console in terms of dollar sales, although the Switch actually…

All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Roblox has quietly acqui-hired Bash Video, a social video conferencing platform that Kongregate cofounder Jim Greer started. It’s a small deal, as Bash Video only has six employees, but Greer is well known in gaming circles. Greer founded Kongregate with his sister, Emily Greer, in 2006. That company focused on…