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Epic Games demos Unreal Engine 5.2 features

March 22, 2023
Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Epic Games demoed the cool lighting and shadow features of its Unreal Engine 5.2 game engine at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney and Unreal Engine leader Nick Penwarden showed impressive features like a new substrate shading system that enables artists…
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Nexon heads into NFTs with MapleStory Universe and Polygon deal

March 22, 2023
Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Nexon announced that its MapleStory Universe virtual world ecosystem will enable players and creators to develop and manage non-fungible tokens (NFTs). And it is working…
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Microsoft reveals developer acceleration program for ID@Xbox

March 22, 2023
Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Microsoft announced today it is launching a new program for its ID@Xbox publishing initiative. This developer acceleration program makes it easier for indie game creators…
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Xbox Game Pass closes March with Infinite Guitars

March 22, 2023
Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Xbox has revealed which games are coming to Game Pass in the final days of March. It’s an unusually light month, as the platform is only adding two new games for the next nine days, but both games are launch-day titles. The two games in question are MLB The Show 23 and Infinite Guitars. Ni no…
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Atari and Arvore team up on Pixel Ripped 1978 VR game

March 21, 2023
Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Atari and Arvore have teamed up to make Pixel Ripped 1978, a nostalgic virtual reality game for a variety of platforms. The game is the third installment in the popular…
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Bandai Namco’s investment fund invests in 2 tech startups to advance gaming

March 18, 2023
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

March 18, 2023
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

March 17, 2023
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

March 16, 2023
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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