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Zynga agrees to buy mobile ad and monetization firm Chartboost for $250 million

Did you miss GamesBeat Summit 2021? Watch on-demand here!  Mobile game publisher Zynga has agreed to acquire mobile ad and monetization firm Chartboost for $250 million in cash. It’s an interesting deal because Zynga is reaching outside of its usual food chain to another part of the industry — mobile game marketing, advertising, and monetization — and bringing it all inside a game…
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EA acquires Super Mega Baseball dev Metalhead

Did you miss GamesBeat Summit 2021? Watch on-demand here!  Electronic Arts announced today that it has acquired Metalhead Software, the studio behind the Super Mega Baseball series. “EA Sports and Metalhead are teaming up to grow the Super Mega Baseball franchise as…
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Resident Evil: Village review — Find your courage

Did you miss GamesBeat Summit 2021? Watch on-demand here!  I hope you all appreciate me. I am a coward. And yet I played Resident Evil: Village so I could do this review. You’re welcome. Resident Evil: Village can hurt you too if you buy it on May 7 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, or PC. The PlayStation 5 served as my nightmare box. In case I haven’t been…
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Game distribution is so much more than Steam, Epic, and mobile stores

Did you miss GamesBeat Summit 2021? Watch on-demand here!  Good news! If you own more than 25,000 games on Valve’s digital games store, your Steam client should stop crashing soon. It would be easy to chuckle at these avid collectors of digital games, but I had the striking realization that this vast library of games makes up approximately half of the more than 51,000 available on the…
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Google Stadia’s Head of Product leaves the company

A report from The Information confirmed that John Justice, Google Stadia’s Vice President and Head of Product, has left Google. 9to5Google received confirmation of Justice’s departure through a statement from Google. We can confirm John is no longer with Google and we…
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Apple v. Epic Games trial starts with all eyes watching

Join GamesBeat Summit 2021, happening today! Watch live here!  The Apple v. Epic trial gets underway today in a virtual hearing in federal court. It’s fair to say this is the trial of century between a platform owner and a game maker, and the consequences for both types of companies could be enormous. The antitrust case is a struggle about whether Apple can make the rules for its App Store…
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