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Inaugural Diversity in Gaming Breakfast shows how more voices improve the industry

Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. At our recent GamesBeat Summit, we hosted the Diversity in Gaming Breakfast, sponsored by Facebook Gaming. This gave us a chance to start the second day of our event with a panel that included moderator Latoya Peterson of Glow Up Games, Sheloman Byrd of Streamline Studios, Leanne Loombe of…
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Bungie and PlayStation resurrect Marathon

Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Sony and Bungie revealed a new Marathon game during today’s PlayStation Showcase. Marathon was Bungie’s shooter franchise before striking rich with Destiny. This is…
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Nintendo’s Mario Day Switch bundle comes with a free game

Mar10 Day is here and to celebrate gaming’s favorite mustachioed plumber, Nintendo is offering a Switch bundled with a free Mario game for $300. The Mario Choose One bundle comes with the Switch system, the Switch dock, Joy Cons in Mario Red and a full-game download of either Super Mario Odyssey, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe or New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe. The deal went live today at Nintendo…
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How Ubisoft taps the strengths of its neurodiverse employees in game development

Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. About 18% of game development professionals identify themselves as neurodivergent, according to a census by the United Kingdom’s trade group, UKIE. The key is turning that neurodivergence into an advantage. That’s a higher percentage than the 15% that is present in the general population…
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Square Enix fans aren’t pleased with machine learning test

Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Square Enix recently released a free game on Steam called “Square Enix Test Preview: The Portopia Serial Murder Case.” This remake of a 1983 text-based adventure game…