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Bandai Namco’s investment fund invests in 2 tech startups to advance gaming

Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Bandai Namco Entertainment has made two new investments in gaming technology startups from a new investment fund. The Tokyo-based company said its Bandai Namco Entertainment 021 Fund, a fund to invest in entertainment startups and build its intellectual property metaverse, has invested in…
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Resident Evil 4 Remake review: Refreshed, renewed, replayable

Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Following Capcom’s successful remakes of its ’90s-era Resident Evil titles, a new take on its magnum opus, Resident Evil 4, was inevitable. Whether it was necessary…
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Emmett Shear resigns as Twitch CEO after 16 years

Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Emmett Shear, the CEO and co-founder of Twitch, announced he will be resigning from his role at the games-focused livestreaming platform. Instead, Shear will remain with…
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What self-publishing on the Epic Games Store means for gaming

Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Epic Games announced last week it is bringing self-publishing tools for game developers and publishers to the Epic Games Store. I talked to Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games, and Steve Allison, head of the Epic Games Store, in an interview about what that means for game developers and…
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Resident Evil 4 demo releases today

Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. During today’s Capcom Spotlight, the publisher announced that a demo for the Resident Evil 4 remake will be available later today. Resident Evil 4 launches on March 24…
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BREAKING NEWS | Ripples ongoing worldwide after Fed dramatic takeover of SVB

Ed. note: This is an ongoing story. Please check back for updates. [Update: 8:25am PT: The uncertainty is fueling expectations that the Federal Reserve will be forced to rethink raising rates again when it meets on March 22 to make its next decision on rates. The two-year Treasury yield, a barometer for interest rate change expectations, has fallen to just above 4 percent, its biggest drop in 35…
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IAB study: Gaming accounts for less than 5% of ad spending

Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. The popularity of gaming is growing, but ad spend is not keeping up according to a new study from the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and MediaScience. The…
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Xbox Game Pass gets Guilty Gear Strive and Civ VI in March

Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Xbox announced today which games are coming to Game Pass for the first half of March. It’s a slightly leaner offering than we’ve seen in the past — several of the titles are already on Game Pass but are heading to more devices. But that’s no reason to scoff at the list, which includes…
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