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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 the company in an advisory role. In a blog post, Shear said he would be stepping down to pursue parenthood. “Twitch often…
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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…
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Resident Evil 4 demo releases today

March 16, 2023
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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Community Gaming, Game7 and 3XP will launch expo for Web3, esports, creators and brands

March 15, 2023
Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Community Gaming, Game7 and 3XP Gaming Expo have teamed up to highlight Web3 games in a festival that includes esports, creators and brands. Aimed at highlighting the community around blockchain games, the expo will take place from June 8 to June 9 at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena…
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IAB study: Gaming accounts for less than 5% of ad spending

March 9, 2023
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 qualitative study interviewed over 40 brands, agencies, ad tech companies, game developers, and publishers found that less than 5% of…
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Xbox Game Pass gets Guilty Gear Strive and Civ VI in March

March 9, 2023
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…
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Sonic Frontiers review — Stop laughing

March 7, 2023
Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Poor Sonic is often the butt of jokes, even after starring in two hit films and a stellar retro revival with 2017’s Sonic Mania. But the Blue Blur’s lows often stick…
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Toya and Dove design Roblox game to foster girls’ self esteem

March 7, 2023
Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Toya is a female-led games studio dedicated to growing girls’ self-esteem and body image. And today it is partnering with Dove to launch a game reflecting its ideals on Roblox. The Tel Aviv, Israel-based company said Super U Story is the first Roblox game to address unrealistic beauty ideals…
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