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Ubisoft posts a record year thanks to Assassin’s Creed and its strong back catalog

Did you miss GamesBeat Summit 2021? Watch on-demand here!  Ubisoft has released its financial report for 2020-21 — the period ending on March 31, 2021 — posting net bookings of $2.27 billion (€2.24 billion). That is up a massive 46.1% compared to the previous year. Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla, which came out last November, gave the company a big boost. According to Ubisoft, the franchise…
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EA Play digital event set for July 22

Did you miss GamesBeat Summit 2021? Watch on-demand here!  Electronic Arts announced today that it will broadcast EA Play event on July 22. This is essentially EA’s E3-without-E3 show. The publisher has been doing its own thing separate from the big trade show in recent…
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Non-electronic sports viewership grows on Twitch

Did you miss GamesBeat Summit 2021? Watch on-demand here!  The world has a lot more sports-related content than it can fit onto ESPN, Fox Sports, and AM Radio. And Twitch is helping to pick up that slack. The sports category is growing quickly following its debut in July.
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Roblox hits Q1 bookings of $652.3 million, up 161%, in first report as public company

Did you miss GamesBeat Summit 2021? Watch on-demand here!  Roblox, the platform for Lego-like user-generated games, reported its earnings for the first time as a publicly traded company. This met analysts’ expectations. Bookings for the first quarter ended March 31 were $652.3 million, up 161% from the same quarter a year ago. Roblox has done well among its target audience of children and…
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The DeanBeat: Sorting through the steamy evidence in Apple v. Epic Games

Did you miss GamesBeat Summit 2021? Watch on-demand here!  The game industry has been buzzing about the Apple v. Epic Games antitrust lawsuit since testimony in the three-week trial began on Monday. The arguments aren’t surprising, but much of the material coming out of the trial extends far beyond the battle between these two companies. I remain interested in it for three reasons. First, I…
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Call of Duty League returns to in-person LAN tournaments — with online-only audiences

Did you miss GamesBeat Summit 2021? Watch on-demand here!  The Call of Duty League plans to return to a major tournament where the participants can play in person on a fast network in June. But the audience for that event will have to be online, as the league isn’t yet ready to welcome back live audiences at physical events. The CDL has had a rocky time lately, postponing a tournament in…
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