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Gucci brings digital items and experiences to Roblox in new partnership

As gaming platforms capitalize on pandemic-fueled traffic to their digital worlds, brands that drive culture in the physical world are fighting to ensure they don’t miss any new opportunities. A new partnership between Roblox and Gucci brings digital items from the fashion house into the platform’s metaverse alongside a new limited-run digital experience. Guccis new experience teams a set of virtual spaces with a set of digital branded items in an effort to immerse Roblox users inside a world that feels unique to the Gucci brand and Roblox platform. The new

Apex Legends Potential Rampart Heirloom Weapon Revealed

Apex LegendsAnother Apex Legends Heirloom weapon has been leaked, shifting the focus from Revenant to Rampart. | Respawn EntertainmentAnother Apex Legends Heirloom weapon has been leaked, shifting the focus from Revenant to Rampart.Heirlooms in Apex Legends are among the rarest items in the game. Supposedly, each legend has one, which is intricately and uniquely linked to them. The heirlooms, themselves, are melee weapons, and typically have something to do with that legend's past or identity. They also cost their own type of currency known as shards. Players can pick up

GoNoodle Launches Branded-Game in the Emerging Roblox Metaverse

GoNoodle hopes playing GoNoodle Hide and Seek on Roblox will inspire kids to get outside, take a hike, visit a botanical garden, or do some planting with their families as they see the awesome GoNoodle forest and garden worlds in Roblox. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (PRWEB) May 07, 2021 Today, GoNoodle is launching a branded-game within Roblox. GoNoodle Hide and Seek will lead kids through two different Hide and Seek Champ worlds: Squatchy’s Forest and Om Petalhead’s Magical Garden. In each, players will compete against each other or team up in three

Epic Games v. Apple: The start of the next big antitrust war for the iOS developer

It was a big day on March 12, 2018, in Cary, North Carolina, as Epic Games geared up for its next big announcement: Fortnite was coming to mobile. The battle royale title had grown significantly over the preceding months, transforming Epic into one of the biggest companies in the world.  The mobile launch added another layer to that rise and tapped into a larger audience than many PC or console games had lured in. The cultural phenomenon became apparent and Fortnite soon landed merchandising, music, and film collaborations, from hosting

Roblox Developer and TwinPlayz Founder, Constantine Linardakis,…

...these are paramount: 1. Learning, 2. New Opportunities, and 3. Money. It is that simple. SALT LAKE CITY (PRWEB) April 30, 2021 Constantine Linardakis, under the influencer brand name TwinPlayz on YouTube®, is a much sought-after content creator, programmer and gamer of the Roblox® Studio. He has been cheered as helping create a variety of popular games such as Cocoa™, Ninjago Tycoon™ and others. Using such scripting languages as LUA, he is also knowledgeable in JAVA Script, HTML, CSS, and he crafts as a Roblox development member. TwinPlayz announces the

PortalOne raises $15M from Atari and more for a new hybrid gaming/TV show app

Gaming and streamed video have been two of the biggest pastime winners during the last year+ of pandemic living. Today a startup that has created an app that brings those two entertainment formats together is announcing a notable seed round of funding as it prepares to come out of closed beta. PortalOne, a hybrid gaming startup, is announcing a $15 million seed round of funding as it prepares to come out of closed beta with an app that lets people play on-demand games and also watch live shows in which

Rec Room raises at $1.25B valuation from Sequoia and Index as VCs push to find another Roblox

Investor FOMO following Roblox’s blockbuster public debut is pushing venture capitalists who missed out on that gaming giant to invest in competing platforms. Today, Rec Room announced it has raised $100 million from Sequoia and Index, with participation from Madrona Venture Group. The deal is a huge influx of capital for Rec Room, which had raised less than $50 million before this round, including a $20 million Series C that closed in December. In 2019, we reported that the company had raised its Series B at a $126 million valuation,