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gamesbeat.comRenowned physicist predicts the future of AI, supersonic jets and quantum computing | Michio Kaku keynoteJoin the Leaders Making Gaming’s Next Big Deals. GamesBeat NEXT brings 500+ executives, CEOs, founders, and investors to San Francisco, November 2–3, to shape...

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Our story on Michio Kaku's talk. gamesbeat.com/renowned-phy...

gamesbeat.comRenowned physicist predicts the future of AI, supersonic jets and quantum computing | Michio Kaku keynoteJoin the Leaders Making Gaming’s Next Big Deals. GamesBeat NEXT brings 500+ executives, CEOs, founders, and investors to San Francisco, November 2–3, to shape...

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Our story on Michio Kaku's talk. gamesbeat.com/renowned-phy...

gamesbeat.comDeal falls apart after Netflix offers $500M to license Xbox games for motion picture adaptationsJoin the Leaders Making Gaming’s Next Big Deals. GamesBeat NEXT brings 500+ executives, CEOs, founders, and investors to San Francisco, November 2–3, to shape...

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That would have been a very interesting deal, as it's a way for Microsoft to generate a lot of revenue around its gaming IPs. $500M Netflix deal falls apart. gamesbeat.com/deal-falls-a...

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I'm happy to be part of Greg Off's podcast, re:Play. Episode 19 is entitled “Dean Takahashi - We Don’t Choose the News,” and it's live now. Enjoyed this long conversation about my career as a game journalist. replaypodcast.com/episodes/dea...

gamesbeat.comAlmost 200K fans sign petition to save Mass Effect series after EA shuts BioWareMore than 197,000 Mass Effect fans signed a petition to save the franchise after Electronic Arts announced last week it was shutting down BioWare.

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Nearly 200K fans petition to save Mass Effect franchise. gamesbeat.com/almost-200k-...

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Vince Zampella was a rival, working on Battlefield at the close of his career before he passed away in a car crash last year. Yet it is good to see him honored in memoriam at the start of the credits in this year's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4.

events.gamesbeat.comGamesBeat Next 2026GamesBeat Next, the meeting point between Silicon Valley and the entertainment industry is the best opportunity to lead into 2027 with new leads and insights

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At GamesBeat Next next week, I’m focused on covering the people and stories that get overlooked by the mainstream industry — the indies. Special rates for indies are available while supplies last. Use my code GBNIndieStartUpFinal299 for a $299 ticket when registering. events.gamesbeat.com/next26/

gamesbeat.comDistinct Possibility Studios comes back with Valesong 4-player online card game for Discord Activities | exclusiveDistinct Possibility Studios didn't succeed with its shooter game Reaper Actual. But the fantasy card game Valesong has risen from its ashes.

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John Smedley is back with a fantasy collectible card game. It's made with AI, and in this case, that's part of the attempt to save jobs and the studio. Valesong launches October 29. We had a deep discussion on the AI question. gamesbeat.com/distinct-pos...

gamesbeat.comDistinct Possibility Studios comes back with Valesong 4-player online card game for Discord Activities | exclusiveDistinct Possibility Studios didn't succeed with its shooter game Reaper Actual. But the fantasy card game Valesong has risen from its ashes.

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John Smedley is back with a fantasy collectible card game. It's made with AI, and in this case, that's part of the attempt to save jobs and the studio. Valesong launches October 29. We had a deep discussion on the AI question. gamesbeat.com/distinct-pos...

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gamesbeat.comLooking back for decades on how Everybody Wins in gaming | Bing and Chloe Gordon interviewBing Gordon has been in gaming for more than 40 years, starting in 1982 with the dawn of Electronic Arts. He has been the designated consigliere for industry leaders from Jeff Bezos while he was runni...

Here's my interview with Bing & Chloe Gordon about their book on his 40-year career in games and tech. gamesbeat.com/looking-back...

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pwn.watchpwn.watch · live security incidents41 live incidents (19 critical). Live security incidents worldwide: CVEs, patch status, fixed versions, advisories and the posts that broke them.

From Glenn Fiedler, one of our speakers, at GamesBeat Next 2026. He believes a wave of AI hacking is just beginning. "People in the know tell me this is like the 10 years everybody spent preparing for Y2K, compressed into two quarters," he said. pwn.watch

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gamesbeat.comCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 full review -- The franchise is backCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 had be at the opening scene of the outbreak of war between North Korea and South Korea. But I'll say the whole game is a memorable experience.

Here's our final review of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4. gamesbeat.com/call-of-duty...

gamesbeat.comCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 full review -- The franchise is backCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 had be at the opening scene of the outbreak of war between North Korea and South Korea. But I'll say the whole game is a memorable experience.

Here's our final review of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4. gamesbeat.com/call-of-duty...

gamesbeat.comCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 full review -- The franchise is backCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 had be at the opening scene of the outbreak of war between North Korea and South Korea. But I'll say the whole game is a memorable experience.

Here's our final review of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4. gamesbeat.com/call-of-duty...

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Today is #InternationalStutteringAwarenessDay. @gamedevmap.com began as an act of community service in 2003 because I couldn't imagine myself presenting to a conference audience. Thanks @deantak.bsky.social for giving me a chance to share 20+ years of gamedevmap and what's next at #GamesBeatNext.

pwn.watchpwn.watch · live security incidents41 live incidents (19 critical). Live security incidents worldwide: CVEs, patch status, fixed versions, advisories and the posts that broke them.

From Glenn Fiedler, one of our speakers, at GamesBeat Next 2026. He believes a wave of AI hacking is just beginning. "People in the know tell me this is like the 10 years everybody spent preparing for Y2K, compressed into two quarters," he said. pwn.watch

gamesbeat.comWarhound launches with $200M to provide dogs with advanced genetics and defense tech for the miliary | interviewWarhound, a new defense technology company conceived by American technology entrepreneurs -- Colossal Biosciences' Ben Lamm and Anduril's Palmer Luckey -- has raised a $200 million seed round.

Our world just keeps getting weirder and more ethically on the edge. The sci-fi idea of enhanced dogs for military, police, emergency and service purposes is now fully in motion at Warhounds, an idea hatched by Palmer Luckey and Benn Lamm. gamesbeat.com/warhound-lau...

gamesbeat.comWonder Interactive's Strata uses AI to take Unreal Engine games to browsers using WebAssembly and WebGPUWonder Interactive has unveiled Strata, an AI-powered dev tool that that can turn Unreal Engine projects into playable browser links using WebAssembly and WebGPU.

This is pretty magical to get Unreal Engine games on the web. gamesbeat.com/wonder-inter...

gamesbeat.comLooking back for decades on how Everybody Wins in gaming | Bing and Chloe Gordon interviewBing Gordon has been in gaming for more than 40 years, starting in 1982 with the dawn of Electronic Arts. He has been the designated consigliere for industry leaders from Jeff Bezos while he was runni...

Here's my interview with Bing & Chloe Gordon about their book on his 40-year career in games and tech. gamesbeat.com/looking-back...

gamesbeat.comFortnite will return to Apple app store in Australia tomorrowFortnite is coming back to the App Store in Australia tomorrow, thanks to a ruling by the Australia Federal Court.

Fortnite will return to Apple's app store in Australia, in another antitrust legal victory for Epic Games. gamesbeat.com/fortnite-wil...

Amir Satvat's list of the studios closed in recent years. It's sad and so devastating to so many in the game industry. It's really sobering to see them all in one place.

gamesbeat.comUCLA unearths the habits of the young with 5th Teens and Screen report | interviewJust like every other generation, it seems that today's teenagers have a complicated relationship with AI.

The habits of teen gamers are included in this report from UCLA. gamesbeat.com/ucla-unearth...

gamesbeat.comEA announces 400 layoffs and shuts down BioWareElectronic Arts announced big layoffs cutting 400 jobs, and it said it is shutting down the struggling BioWare studio.

Ah, this is sad. The other shoe is dropping from the $55 billion acquisition of EA. An estimated 400 layoffs and BioWare is closing. Mass Effect work is ending. gamesbeat.com/ea-announces...

gamesbeat.comShortical's AI-based short films could become a $100M business in less than a year | exclusive interviewShortical is an AI‑powered film and micro‑drama company that is producing short films that are made in as little as a day.

This AI short film studio is growing fast, closing this year at perhaps $100 million in revenue. gamesbeat.com/shorticals-a...

gamesbeat.comMika Games raises $10M to take mobile game studios from soft launch to scaleMika Games, a gaming investment company founded by Wargaming cofounder Nick Katselapov, has raised $10 million in new funding.

Mika Games has raised $10M to help mobile game studios scale. gamesbeat.com/mika-games-r...

gamesbeat.comThe unlikely encore of the Red Octane gang with the Stage Tour music rhythm game | exclusive interviewThis is the story of RedOctane Games, the small studio that is trying to bring back music rhythm games in Stage Tour, which launches Dec. 10.

Very glad to do this exclusive interview with Lee Guinchard of RedOctane Games and Guitar Hero co-creator Charles Huang about the making of Stage Tour music rhythm game. It's a game that will make you feel those Guitar Hero vibes again. gamesbeat.com/the-unlikely...

gamesbeat.comHow Infinity Ward designed Modern Warfare 4's new DMZ extraction mode | interviewJoin independent journalists and industry decision-makers at GamesBeat NEXT, returning to San Francisco November 2–3. The event brings together 500 executives, founders, investors and...

Here's our interview with Joe Cecot, multiplayer creative director, and Jacky Reynolds, lead game designer at Infinity Ward about the DMZ extraction mode for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4. It launches today. gamesbeat.com/how-infinity...

gamesbeat.comBungie cofounder Alex Seropian unveils early access for Drifters in first game for Roblox | exclusiveJoin independent journalists and industry decision-makers at GamesBeat NEXT, returning to San Francisco November 2–3. The event brings together 500 executives, founders, investors and...

Fortnite creator Alex Seropian, former CEO of Bungie, is launching Drifters extraction game on Roblox. gamesbeat.com/bungie-cofou...

gamesbeat.comCyan Worlds launches Kickstarter for new printed copies of The Myst Trilogy booksJoin independent journalists and industry decision-makers at GamesBeat NEXT, returning to San Francisco November 2–3. The event brings together 500 executives, founders, investors and...

Cyan is back with a blast from the past, with a Kickstarter campaign to relaunch printed books for The Myst Trilogy. gamesbeat.com/cyan-worlds-...

gamesbeat.comDMZ is a wild extraction shooter inside the living world of Modern Warfare 4 | hands-on reviewDMZ is Infinity Ward’s new extraction shooter, a living world with unpredictable enemy encounters, built into the multiplayer mode of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4.

Here's my impressions of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4's DMZ extraction mode. gamesbeat.com/dmz-is-a-wil...

gamesbeat.comGamesBeat reveals nominee finalists for inaugural Mobile Mogul Awards at the Intersection of Gaming, Technology and CultureGamesBeat reveals the nominees for its inaugural Mobile Mogul Awards, honoring leaders in the mobile gaming space.

Glad to see our finalists out for the first Mobile Mogul Awards coming at GamesBeat Next on Nov. 2-3 in SF. gamesbeat.com/gamesbeat-re...

gamesbeat.comGears of War: E-Day review | Don't skip this one in the busy seasonIf you're tempted to skip Gears of War: E-Day because there are so many games out on the market now, I think you're missing out.

Here's a late but necessary game review of Gears of War: E-Day. Don't forget about it during a busy gaming season. gamesbeat.com/gears-of-war...

gamesbeat.comGriffin Gaming Partners teams up with Entertainment 360 to take games to film and TVEntertainment 360 and Griffin Gaming Partners today announced the launch of HITpoint Entertainment to adapt games into shows.

This is a one-of-a-kind partnership between games and talent management for Hollywood game adaptations. gamesbeat.com/griffin-gami...

gamesbeat.comGame industry pay has fallen 13% since 2022 | Amir SatvatGame industry pay has fallen 13% since 2022, according to a report from game jobs champion Amir Satvat.

Pay for comparable work in the games industry has fallen 13% since 2022, per an analysis by Amir Satvat. gamesbeat.com/game-industr...

gamesbeat.comGamescom Latam opens speaker call and free indie game submissions for 2027Gamescom Latam is set to take place in late April, from April 22-25, 2027, at Distrito Anhembi in São Paulo, Brazil.

Gamescom Latam is cooking up its speakers for 2027. gamesbeat.com/gamescom-lat...

gamesbeat.comHere's the GamesBeat Next 2026 near-final agendaJoin independent journalists and industry decision-makers at GamesBeat NEXT, returning to San Francisco November 2–3. The event brings together 500 executives, founders, investors and...

Check out the dozens of talks happening at GamesBeat Next 2026. Our near-final agenda has a lot of gaming stars. gamesbeat.com/heres-the-ga...

gamesbeat.comSkillprint partners with ASU to power microcredentials based on gameplay for future of work | exclusiveJoin independent journalists and industry decision-makers at GamesBeat NEXT, returning to San Francisco November 2–3. The event brings together 500 executives, founders, investors and...

Skillprint is using games to figure out the skills that people have and what careers will be good for them. gamesbeat.com/skillprint-p...

gamesbeat.comCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 campaign review -- the best experience in yearsThe opening scene of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is one of the best I've ever seen in a Call of Duty game.

Call of Duty has bounced back from struggles a year ago with an excellent campaign for Modern Warfare 4, set in a war on the Korean Peninsula. gamesbeat.com/call-of-duty...