Clark University Students Produce Video Games that Reduce Social Isolation for People with Schizophrenia and Psychosis
Clark University’s Becker School of Design & Technology partnered with the Schizophrenia & Psychosis Action Alliance to develop multiplayer video games that address social isolation for people living with schizophrenia and psychosis. Eighty students formed ten‑person teams, created prototypes, and tested concepts with input from S&PAA faculty and clinicians. The collaboration is the school’s first direct engagement with the nonprofit and builds on prior international game‑for‑purpose projects. A fall discussion session and an annual games‑with‑purpose conference will explore scaling these digital tools.
GB LIVE at Gamescom Latam, Presented by Xsolla
GamesBeat’s GB LIVE streamed a panel from Gamescom Latam 2026, presented by Xsolla. Alessandro Biollo Menjivar of Xsolla and Luiz Piccini of Wildlife Studios discussed the hurdles and opportunities of creating and launching games across Latin America. The conversation tied...
Unity Launches Unity AI Into Open Beta
Unity announced the open‑beta launch of Unity AI, an in‑editor assistant built for Unity 6 and later. The AI agent is tuned to understand game‑specific workflows, offering context‑aware answers and automating repetitive tasks. It can transform designs, images, and textual prompts...
Call of Duty Endowment Marks Military Appreciation Month with Navigator Pack
The Call of Duty Endowment (C.O.D.E.) is marking Military Appreciation Month with USAA by launching the C.O.D.E. Navigator: Tracer Pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 and Warzone. Co‑created with retired Navy SEAL and astronaut Chris Cassidy, the pack...
‘We Want to Have Games that People Will Remember Forever’: The BIG Show with Mike DeLaet
GamesBeat’s BIG Show hosted Ares Interactive president Mike DeLaet for a candid 20‑minute interview. DeLaet reflected on his decades‑long career, including steering Ares to a $70 million Series A round and guiding Scopely through a $4.9 billion sale to Savvy Games Group. The...
Seeker Entertainment Halts Game Production and Lays Off Staff
Seeker Entertainment, a studio founded by Riot Games veterans, announced it is pausing production on its upcoming title KinForge and furloughing its eight‑person team. The company managed to stretch its initial seed funding runway by more than a year, but...
How Artificial Agency’s AI Companion Puts Personality in the Hands of the Player
Artificial Agency showcased its AI companion platform in the "Stranded" demo at GDC, allowing players to program robot personalities that directly affect gameplay outcomes. The company, fresh from a $16 million funding round in July 2024, unveiled an AI engine designed...
Reaper Actual Developers Distinct Possibility Studios Closes Additional Funding Round
Distinct Possibility Studios announced an additional funding round led by Decasonic to accelerate development of its upcoming online shooter, Reaper Actual. The undisclosed investment will fund the game’s Steam Early Access launch slated for May 2026. Industry veterans Bing Gordon...
Scholastic and BlushCrunch Studio Announce Dandy’s World Book Partnership | Exclusive
Roblox creator BlushCrunch Studio has teamed with Scholastic to turn its hit horror game Dandy’s World into a series of books. A guidebook and novel are slated for spring 2027, followed by a graphic novel in fall 2027, with Scholastic...
Invincible Vs Launches as Brutal 3v3 Tag Fighting Game
Skybound Entertainment’s new in‑house studio Quarter Up released Invincible VS, a brutal 3v3 tag‑team fighting game set in the Invincible universe. The title launches worldwide on Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5 and PC with Standard, Digital Deluxe and PS5 Collector’s Editions....
Chance Studios Raises $3.2M to Unify Trading Card Game Collectors
Chance Studios announced a $3.2 million Series A round led by Makers Fund and Hashed to develop its superapp that unifies trading card game collectors. The platform, launched in open beta, recorded more than $100,000 in daily trading volume and...
Fortnite’s Official Star Wars Experiences Feature Expanded Voice Lines
Epic Games and Disney are launching three official Star Wars islands in Fortnite on May 1, built with top creators JOGO Studios, Future Trash, and Beyond Creative. These islands feature exclusive assets, including authentic Darth Vader voice lines and iconic Star Wars...
Colossal Biosciences Plans to De-Extinct the Bluebuck Antelope
Colossal Biosciences announced a new de‑extinction project targeting the bluebuck, an antelope that vanished in the early 1800s. Using CRISPR‑based gene editing and cloned embryos, the company aims to reintroduce a living specimen within the next decade. The bluebuck joins...
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Takes Best Game at the BIG Awards
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, developed by Sandfall Interactive, captured the Best Game award at The BIG Festival Awards during Gamescom Latam 2026 in São Paulo. The ceremony featured more than 900 game entries and attracted an expected 100,000 visitors to the expo. The indie title...
Josh Yguado Steps Down as Jam City Leader After 16 Years
Josh Yguado, co‑founder of Jam City, announced his departure after 16 years as CEO. He will remain on the board while Simon Sim, current Kabam chief and Netmarble U.S. executive, takes over the role. Under Yguado, Jam City amassed over...
Good Gamers Is Recreating Star Wars: Battlefront Inside Fortnite
Good Gamers, a leading Fortnite creator studio, is releasing its new map Frontlines on May 1, built with Epic Games’ officially licensed Star Wars assets. The mode mirrors the classic Star Wars: Battlefront shooter, featuring player classes, Jedi heroes, and...
Hawthorn Wants to End Compromise in Co-Op Games
NEARstudios is developing Hawthorn, a co‑op RPG that lets players share a world without sharing the same role, addressing the chronic compromise in multiplayer games. Set in a Victorian‑inspired realm of anthropomorphic woodland creatures, the game supports divergent playstyles—one can...
GamesBeat Launches New LATAM Report: Unlocking the Future of Video Games in Latin America
GamesBeat has released a new LATAM report, "Unlocking the future of video games in Latin America," sponsored by payment platform Xsolla. The study highlights the region’s rapid growth, driven by a mobile‑first audience, expanding digital infrastructure, and a maturing developer...
‘Player Experience over Everything Else:’ Paul Sams on the Importance of the Developer-Business Firewall | GamesBeat Engage Recap
At GamesBeat Engage in Austin, Certain Affinity COO Paul Sams argued that a "firewall" separating game developers from business pressures is essential for creating great player experiences. He recalled Blizzard’s early years, when founder Allen Adham tasked him with shielding...
How Nuuvem Became Latin America’s Largest Digital Gaming Platform
Nuuvem, founded in 2011, has grown into Latin America’s largest digital gaming platform, now serving roughly 30 million gamers across the region. The Brazilian‑origin company commands about 70 % of Brazil’s digital game‑sales market and posted roughly $150 million in revenue for 2023,...
Roguelite Game Walking Dead: Aftermath Revealed by Ares Interactive and AMC
Ares Interactive and AMC Global Media have unveiled The Walking Dead: Aftermath, a free‑to‑play roguelite set in the TV series universe. Developed by Swift Games, the studio behind Heroes vs Hordes, the title will debut on the App Store and...
Digiphile Launches the Landfall X Aggro Crab Showcase Game Collection to Support Make-A-Wish
Digiphile, the community‑curated game and graphic‑novel platform founded by former Humble Bundle staff, has launched the two‑week Landfall x Aggro Crab Showcase. The bundle offers eight indie titles, including the 2025 Golden Joystick Best Multiplayer winner Peak, for $12. A $5 charity tier...
Commodore 64 Retro Lineup Expands with C64C Edition This Year
Commodore announced the Commodore 64C Ultimate, a slimline version of its retro C64 Ultimate, now open for pre‑order with shipments slated for late 2026. The new model is built using the original 1986 injection tooling that was recovered, restored, and...
Capcom Revises Forecast Upward with Success of Resident Evil Requiem
Capcom announced an upward revision of its full‑year earnings forecast for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026, driven primarily by the blockbuster performance of Resident Evil Requiem. The title has sold more than five million copies globally, while catalog titles and...
Atari’s Adventure of Samsara Gets Post-Launch Update
Atari and Brazil‑based Ilex Games announced a post‑launch update for the 2D Metroidvania "Adventure of Samsara." The update adds new content that will be demoed at Gamescom Latam from April 30 to May 3 at Ilex’s booth. The title is already available...
60% of Enterprises Are Deploying AI PCs | IDC Report
IDC reports that about 60 % of enterprises are already deploying or planning to buy AI‑enhanced PCs, marking a rapid shift toward on‑device artificial intelligence. Companies are embedding generative AI tools into everyday workflows, leveraging dedicated AI accelerators to run inference...
Webtoon Partners with Genies to Expand Fandom with Digital Avatars
Webtoon Entertainment announced a strategic partnership with AI avatar maker Genies to embed digital avatars into its storytelling platform. The collaboration will let readers create personalized, character‑driven avatars and interact through chat‑based experiences. Webtoon, founded in South Korea in 2005...
Quantum Art Adds $40M in Funding to Scale Quantum Computing Systems
Quantum Art announced that its Series A financing has grown to $140 million, adding $40 million to an earlier $100 million round. The round was led by Bedford Ridge Capital and included new investors such as Hudson Bay Capital, Poalim Equity, LIP Ventures,...
WorldBuilder Summit Launches Awards for User-Generated Content Creators
The WorldBuilder Summit introduced the inaugural WorldBuilder Awards on April 23, creating a dedicated honors program for user‑generated content (UGC) creators. The ceremony presented glass trophies in three categories—Studio of the Year, Innovation in Storytelling, and Developer Advocacy. Organizers positioned...
People Can Fly Group Acquires Cooldown Games Brand and Gearbox Publishing Veterans
People Can Fly Group has acquired the Cooldown Games brand and its publishing rights, establishing a dedicated publishing vertical within the Warsaw‑based studio. The move aligns with People Can Fly’s strategy to deepen self‑publishing, capture higher margins on owned IP,...
GGL’s Season Zero Ends without a Champion and a Fairness Fight
The Global Gaming League (GGL) wrapped up its inaugural Season Zero tournament without declaring a champion after a disputed final match. NE‑YO’s Gentlemen’s Gaming earned a $40,000 prize, while Howie Mandel’s Howie Do It Gaming collected $10,000, but league CEO...
MapleStory Launches Maple University Event to Celebrate 21st Anniversary
Nexon America has unveiled Maple University, a live‑in‑game campus celebrating MapleStory’s 21st anniversary. Players can explore the new environment, complete skill‑learning quests, and earn academic credits that translate into a wide array of in‑game rewards. The event is active now...
Select Activision and Blizzard Games Now Streamable on Blacknut Service
Blacknut, the cloud‑gaming platform bundled with Ubisoft+ Premium, has added a slate of Activision Publishing and Blizzard Entertainment titles, including Diablo III, Warcraft I: Remastered, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, and Spyro Reignited Trilogy. The partnership expands Blacknut’s catalogue...
Crimson Desert Receives Largest Update yet with Patch 1.04
Pearl Abyss rolled out Patch 1.04 for Crimson Desert, the most extensive update since the game’s March 19 launch. The patch delivers a suite of gameplay enhancements, expanded crafting and combat systems, and numerous quality‑of‑life tweaks. Crimson Desert has sold...
WorldBuilder Summit Draws 260 Visitors for Inaugural User-Generated Content Conference
The inaugural WorldBuilder Summit convened at The London in Los Angeles on April 23, drawing roughly 260 attendees despite a 200‑seat capacity. The standing‑room‑only event highlighted the surge of interest from brands, agencies, and creators in user‑generated content (UGC) platforms....
Playcast Teams with FarBridge to Bring PC Game RWBY Grimm Eclipse to Mobile with Zero Developer Work | Exclusive
Playcast has partnered with FarBridge to launch RWBY: Grimm Eclipse on its instant‑play platform, allowing the PC title to run on mobile browsers without downloads or app‑store approval. The game streams directly inside social feeds, Discord and Twitch, marking the...
Hell Let Loose: Vietnam Is a 40v40 Combat Game that Rewards Teamwork
Team17 has expanded its critically acclaimed Hell Let Loose franchise with Hell Let Loose: Vietnam, a large‑scale first‑person shooter set during the Vietnam War. The game pits 40 players against 40 in fully human‑controlled battles, emphasizing coordinated teamwork rather than...
Intel Reports $13.6B in Revenues, up 7% for Q1 2026
Intel posted Q1 2026 revenue of $13.6 billion, a 7% year‑over‑year increase that topped analysts' $12.43 billion estimate. The company recorded a GAAP loss of $0.73 per share but posted non‑GAAP earnings of $0.29 per share. Intel announced new Xeon 600, Core Ultra 200S/200HX,...
PvX Partners Announces Series A Funding Round, New Hires | Exclusive
PvX Partners announced a Series A funding round designed to grow its team and increase deal flow. The capital will support the company’s performance‑based financing model that underwrites user‑acquisition spend for mobile game developers. By tying repayments to game revenue,...
Seagate Introduces Storage for the Consumer Data Explosion
Seagate announced a refreshed portfolio of consumer and prosumer storage devices across its Seagate, FireCuda and LaCie brands. The lineup adds the One Touch desktop external hard drive, the high‑performance FireCuda X Vault, and the LaCie 8big Pro5 multi‑bay RAID...
Franchises Like MLB: The Show and Pokemon Headline March Sales | Circana
Circana reported that U.S. video game spending reached $5.3 billion in March 2026, a 12% increase over March 2025 and 5% growth in Q1 overall. Franchise titles such as MLB: The Show 26, WWE 2K26, Pokémon: Pokopia and Monster Hunter Stories 3 occupied the...
Turkiye Enacts First Law Regulating Game Platforms
Turkey’s Grand National Assembly approved the country’s first dedicated law governing gaming platforms. The legislation targets services with more than 100,000 daily active users and imposes baseline obligations covering consumer protection, data security, licensing, reporting and content moderation. Platforms that...
Brazil Outlines Its Big Ambitions for Gamescom Latam Event
Brazil’s leading game industry bodies – Abragames, Brazil Games and ApexBrasil – announced ambitious goals for Gamescom Latam 2026, scheduled for April 29 to May 3. The event will showcase Brazil’s emergence as a fast‑growing global hub for game development, drawing regional studios,...
Maingear Unveils MG-1, a Redesign of Its Most-Awarded Gaming PC
Maingear unveiled the next‑generation MG‑1, a total redesign of its most‑awarded gaming desktop. The new chassis builds on a legacy that includes Tom’s Hardware and TechRadar Editor’s Choice awards as well as a 2025 IDA Design Awards Gold win. The...
Bing Gordon Joins Board of Motion Console Maker Nex
Bing Gordon, former Electronic Arts executive and board member of Amazon, Duolingo and Take‑Two Interactive, has joined the board of Nex, the maker of the $300 Nex Playground motion‑sensing console. The compact, low‑cost device is gaining traction as a budget‑friendly...
Firstpoint VC Announces €50 Million Fund to Support AI-Driven Gaming and Entertainment Startups
Firstpoint VC has launched a €50 million ($55 million) venture fund dedicated to AI‑driven gaming and entertainment startups. The fund targets emerging markets, including Türkiye, Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia and Central Asia. It is led by Burak Yılmaz and Mike Fischer, veterans...
Why Super Evil Megacorp Invested in TMNT: Splintered Fate Rather than Killing It Off | Exclusive
Super Evil Megacorp (SEMC) chose to keep its live‑service title Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate alive instead of pulling the plug after a modest launch. The game debuted on Apple Arcade in 2023 and has since rolled out to...
Square Enix Reveals Final Fantasy VII-Themed Board Game Ascend The Shinra Tower
Square Enix announced Ascend The Shinra Tower, a Final Fantasy VII‑themed tabletop game slated for a January 2027 launch. The game swaps the realistic aesthetic of the 2020 remake for cute chibi‑style figures of Cloud and his allies. It will...
Palia Celebrates 10M Players and Shares First Look at Royal Highlands Expansion
Singularity 6 announced that its free‑to‑play title Palia has surpassed 10 million players worldwide. The milestone comes as the game expands across PC, console and mobile platforms. To mark the achievement, the studio is hosting an in‑game 10 Million Players Celebration Event. It...
Below the Crown Is a Dungeon-Crawling Chess Roguelite
Misfits Attic released Below the Crown, a chess‑inspired roguelite, on Steam today. The game reimagines classic chess pieces as wizards, each with upgradeable skills and procedural dungeons. Players navigate tile‑based boards, face new bosses, and collect power‑ups in a permadeath...