Former Tencent Executive Debuts Metaverse For Music And Games
A former executive at Tencent Games and industry vet, Steve Gray’s new company, Meta Music Studios, launched The Apollo ProjectContinue Reading
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PortalOne Secures $60M In Series A Funding Round
On January 27th, PortalOne announced it had raised $60 million through an oversubscribed Series A funding round. This money willContinue Reading
The New York Times Purchases Wordle
On January 31st, The New York Times announced it had purchased Wordle for a price “in the low seven figures.”Continue Reading
Warner Music Group Strikes Deal To Create The First Music-Themed World In The Sandbox Gaming Metaverse
Decentralized gaming virtual world The Sandbox has partnered with WMG to create what it describes as “the first music-themed world”Continue Reading
Gui Barbosa Joins BAYZ To Oversee Business Operations
On February 9th, BAYZ announced that it had appointed Gui Barbosa as the company’s managing director. In this role, BarbosaContinue Reading
CropBytes Staying Strong Four Years Later
The metaverse has become quite popular in the last year. However, many outfits, like the CropBytes Protocol, have been pioneeringContinue Reading
Influencio Announces Strategic Partnership With GEMS
Influencio is the first dedicated blockchain influencer marketing platform with interactive NFTs, GameFi, and SocialFi in the immersive metaverse landscape, developedContinue Reading
Meta’s Rick Kelley Discusses Gaming Outlook For 2022
Rick Kelley has a unique window on gaming trends as vice president of global gaming at Meta/Facebook. So when asked whatContinue Reading
Esports Owners, Executives React To Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard Deal
Activision-Blizzard has made quite a name for itself over the last decade, producing titles like Overwatch and Call of Duty.Continue Reading
ESE Entertainment Signs Agreement With Skinwallet To Enter The Metaverse With New Ventures
ESE Entertainment Inc. has signed a framework agreement with tech company Skinwallet S.A. to develop technological and marketing solutions connectedContinue Reading
Manny Pacquiao’s Esports Team Forms Partnerships With Web3 Incubator And MetaGoons
Manny Pacquiao’s Team Pacquaio GG announced two partnerships on January 26th, one with Web3 Incubator, and the other with MetaGoons.Continue Reading
Chinese Government Rejecting Trademark Requests For Metaverse-Related Terms
The Chinese government has been rejecting trademark applications for various metaverse-related terms. According to the trademark tracking firm Tianyancha, multipleContinue Reading
Yomi Games Launches Oni Mansion, A Free-To-Play Metaverse Social Gaming Experience
Web3 crypto gaming company Yomi Games launched its first free-to-play metaverse game, Oni Mansion, on January 17th. Oni Mansion isContinue Reading
MetaGoons Raises $2M To Create The Premier Metaverse Lifestyle Brand, Also Announces Partnership With Team Pacquiao GG
Metaverse ecosystem and development platform, MetaGoons, has announced the completion of a $2 million seeding round, as well as aContinue Reading
GamesPad Sponsors BOOM Esports
The crypto gaming ecosystem GamesPad recently unveiled a sponsorship deal with the esports organization BOOM. This agreement will help theContinue Reading
Nubia Teases New Gaming Equipment For 2022
ZTE subsidiary, Nubia, teased some exciting new equipment on Weibo this month that it plans to release in 2022, includingContinue Reading
Weekly News #185: New Blizzard Game, $1.5B Saudi ESL FACEIT Acquisition, Kotaku PC Gamer Rumors, Lame Guild HQ, Spyke $55M Seed, Netflix Ambitions
In the latest weekly news and podcast after-show (sponsored by YouGov), we discuss Blizzard developing a new survival game, SonyContinue Reading
MetaMisfits Organizes India’s First Blockchain-Based Play-To-Earn Event, AxieUtsav
MetaMisfits, one of the First Indian play-to-earn guilds that deals with renting and lending of virtual assets to masses forContinue Reading
MOHX Studio Launches Augmented Reality Game
A new augmented reality gaming experience was recently launched by MOHX Studio called Soul Summoner. This AR game allows usersContinue Reading
GAIMIN Reveals Plans To Add NFTs And Play-To-Earn To Minecraft
Swiss firm GAIMAN revealed plans to introduce a “metaverse environment” featuring NFTs and play-to-earn mechanics to Minecraft. The release willContinue Reading
Metaplex Raises $46M To Expand Gaming And Metaverse Applications
NFT protocol Metaplex has concluded a $46 million token sale to support its strategic move into metaverse applications. The tokenContinue Reading
EVOS Esports Partners With Avarik Saga To Bring NFT Gaming To Indonesia
Southeast Asian esports organization EVOS Esports has partnered with Avarik Saga, a Japanese RPG NFT play-to-earn metaverse experience, to expandContinue Reading
G2 Esports Joins Forces With Metaplex For New NFT Project
G2 Esports recently partnered with Metaplex to launch a new NFT project called Samurai Army. This will feature a seriesContinue Reading
Mythical Games Acquires Polystream
Mythical Games recently announced it had acquired Polystream for an undisclosed amount of money. This acquisition will aid in theContinue Reading
Animoca Brands Secures A $5B Valuation
Animoca Brands revealed the company had secured a $5 billion valuation. This comes after the organization announced it had recentlyContinue Reading
Animoca, Galaxy Interactive, And Polygon Lead Funding Round For Indian Gaming Firm nCore
Indian gaming firm nCore Games has raised $10 million in a new financing round as the company gears up toContinue Reading
Progressive Insurance Partners With Immortals Esports Team
Progressive Insurance has partnered with Immortals in a deal which will see the auto insurer host Twitch streams on theContinue Reading
Yesports Raises $2.25M In Funding Round For Metaverse Platform
Yesports announced that it had raised $2.25 million during a recent seed funding round. This money will reportedly go towardsContinue Reading