Palworld maker Pocketpair teams up with Tencent Cloud so you don’t have to wait for multiplayer servers

Are you looking to showcase your brand in front of the gaming industry’s top leaders? Learn more about GamesBeat Summit sponsorship opportunities here.  Palworld creator Pocketpair just teamed up with Tencent, the world’s biggest game company on cloud technology. I’m not sure precisely what that means, but maybe players won’t be waiting for game servers … Read more

Borderlands developer Gearbox Software sells to Take-Two Interactive for a whole lot of money

Gearbox Software has been sold, again, with Take-Two Interactive picking up the Borderlands developer and confirming rumors that have been circulating over the last six months. Take-Two announced the news today, with the giant acquisition now expected to be completely wrapped by the end of June. This deal doesn’t include everything Gearbox has touched—just the … Read more

Take-Two to acquire Gearbox from Embracer

Are you looking to showcase your brand in front of the gaming industry’s top leaders? Learn more about GamesBeat Summit sponsorship opportunities here.  Take-Two announced today that it will acquire Borderlands developer Gearbox. The publisher is paying $460 million for the acquisition. That is notably less than the $1.3 billion that Embracer paid for Gearbox … Read more

Oversight Women’s Series is bringing ALGS-style competition to Apex’s female pros

Women and players of other marginalized genders going pro in Apex Legends have often run into many of the same pitfalls: lack of consistent tournaments to give them opportunities to play, varying degrees of quality, and teams spread across multiple regions. The Oversight Women’s Series aims to change all that. Announced today by Oversight, the … Read more

Prius Winning This World Car Of The Year Award Would’ve Been Unthinkable 18 Months Ago

When the first-generation Toyota Prius was introduced nearly 27 years ago, the car wasn’t particularly known for its attractive looks. What it was famous for, however, was its credentials as the world’s first mass-produced hybrid vehicle. So important was this label that Toyota was able to keep people fixated on the car’s eco-friendliness despite having … Read more

GDC 2024 draws nearly 30,000 attendees, up about 7%

Are you looking to showcase your brand in front of the gaming industry’s top leaders? Learn more about GamesBeat Summit sponsorship opportunities here.  The Game Developers Conference drew nearly 30,000 attendees to San Francisco’s Moscone Center last week, with the numbers up 7% from 28,000 a year earlier. The show owner Informa also announced that … Read more