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Gaming and the ultimate metaverse fantasy | The DeanBeat

January 28, 2023
Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. With three billion gamers active worldwide, it’s a good bet the metaverse will initially emerge through gaming. Are game makers ready to stitch it all together? That was the description for a metaverse panel — about gaming leading the way to the metaverse — that I moderated at the recent…
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Prime Gaming adds Morrowind in its February offering

January 28, 2023
Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Amazon has revealed which games are coming to its Prime Gaming service as well as its Luna streaming platform in February. While the number of titles is smaller than…
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RedFall debuts on May 2 on Xbox Series X/S and PC

January 26, 2023
Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. At long last, Microsoft and Bethesda revealed at the Xbox Developer Direct event that RedFall is coming on May 2. RedFall is a four-player co-op or single-player game…
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Minecraft Legends releases on April 18

January 26, 2023
Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Microsoft announced today during its Developer Direct showcase that Minecraft Legends is releasing on April 18. Minecraft Legends gives the popular block-based game a more strategic spin. It will release for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. Legends will be…
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Xbox Game Pass adds Darkest Dungeon to its late January slate

January 26, 2023
Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Following today’s Developer Direct event, Xbox announced the final games coming to Game Pass in its late January/early February slate. These include the newly announced…
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Twitch open letter provides 2023 monetization roadmap

January 26, 2023
Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Twitch, the leading gaming livestreaming platform, released a letter to layout it’s roadmap for new monetization features in 2023. The open letter was penned by Tom…
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Web3 RPG Guild of Guardians releases esports team summons

January 19, 2023
Web3 RPG, Guild of Guardians has partnered with eight top esports teams and today, fans can buy and earn in-game summons featuring team branding. The partnership with these teams — Cloud9, Fnatic, NAVI, Ninjas in Pyjamas, NRG, SK Gaming, T1 and Team Liquid — and publisher Immutable Games Studio was first announced in September 2022. Notably, NRG first partnered with Guild of Guardians…
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The final hours of Google Stadia have arrived

January 19, 2023
Stadia, Google’s ambitious but ultimately doomed cloud gaming service, is shutting down at the end of today, January 18. Many gamers and developers are bidding the platform farewell, as is Stadia’s social media. As a last gesture, the service rolled out a free-to-play…
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Prime Gaming user engagement increased 25% in 2022

January 18, 2023
Amazon revealed how Prime Gaming performed in 2022, including stats on its free games and user response. According to Amazon, the number of subscribers who claimed free games increased by 25%, and the value of the games on offer increased as well. In total, Amazon’s Free Games with Prime program offered over $2,300 in titles in 2022, based on each game’s MSRP at the time it was offered.
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