When I spoke to Roblox in 2020, the company was in the midst of rebuilding its entire underlying infrastructure. It had been running into issues with downtime due to insufficient […]
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Back to news homeNexon founder Jung-ju Jay Kim has passed away at age 54
Jung-ju Jay Kim, founder of South Korean gaming company Nexon, has passed away at age 54. On Tuesday, Nexon’s holding company NXC released a statement: “With deep sadness, Nexon mourns […]
Activision Blizzard won’t voluntarily recognize the historic Raven Software QA union
Last week, quality assurance testers at Activision Blizzard division Raven Software formed the first union at a major U.S. gaming company, comprising their 34-member unit. But last night, the gaming […]
Raven Software testers at Activision Blizzard form the first union at a major US gaming company
Today, Raven Software’s quality assurance department — which mostly works on “Call of Duty” as part of Activision Blizzard — became the first union to form at a major U.S. […]
In-game creation platform Overwolf raises $75M Series D led by Andreessen Horowitz
Overwolf, a platform that enables creators to build, share, and monetize items inside games, has raised a $75 million Series D funding round, led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). Previous investors […]
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, Niantic’s follow-up to Pokémon GO, is shutting down
Niantic’s augmented reality game about the boy who lived is about to die. The company that brought us Pokémon GO debuted Harry Potter: Wizards Unite two years ago, following a […]
Roblox is back online after three days of Halloween outage
Roblox, the gaming platform that is immensely popular amongst young players, said on Twitter Sunday evening that it is back online worldwide. Roblox is back online everywhere! Thank you for […]
Core might be the Vegas of the metaverse
A self-described “endless arcade,” Core feels like a 90s cyberpunk fever dream come to life. Half playable game library, half no-code game creator, all neon lights, the new platform is […]
London’s Dice raises $122M at a $400M valuation for its intelligent event discovery and booking platform
Covid-19 really put the kibosh on live events in the last 18 months, but in the world of tech, it also meant that live event startups that found a way […]
Roblox acquires Discord competitor Guilded
Roblox is using M&A to bulk up its social infrastructure, announcing Monday morning that they had acquired the team at Guilded which has been building a chat platform for competitive […]