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Seattle’s newest unicorn: Rec Room raises $100M as social gaming popularity fuels big growth

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Time Stamp: March 24, 2021 1:04 AM - Modified On: March 24, 2021 - Published By:
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(Rec Room Image) Seattle-based Rec Room has raised $100 million in new funding. The game development startup is now valued at $1.25 billion after an explosive year of growth in which players used the platform to connect during the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s the latest Seattle-area startup to reach “unicorn” status with a $1 billion valuation or more. On a video call from the hospital where he and his wife welcomed a baby boy over the weekend, CEO and co-founder Nick Fajt was excited about the 5-year-old startup he’s been raising

10 Things We Want To See In Project 007

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Time Stamp: March 23, 2021 8:09 AM - Modified On: October 29, 2021 - Published By:
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Though there have certainly been quite a few excellent James Bond video games over the years – including the likes of GoldenEye 007, Nightfire, The World is Not Enough, and Everything or Nothing – by and large, it’s hard to shake the feeling that Bond hasn’t made the kind of mark on games that he has potential to. That said, it certainly seems like the future looks brighter than the recent past. Hitman developers IO Interactive have confirmed that they’re working on a new original James Bond game, currently being called Project 007, and the two seem like a perfect fit on

Allied Esports teams up with Xsens for mocapped shoutcasters for esports

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Time Stamp: March 23, 2021 4:00 AM - Modified On: March 23, 2021 - Published By:
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GamesBeat Summit 2021 #GBSummit returns with two days of content and networking designed for industry executives. April 28-29, 2021 Register Now Allied Esports Entertainment has teamed up with Xsens to bring motion-captured animated broadcasters to esports tournaments. Xsens makes motion-capture body suits that can capture an actor’s movements and translate them into realistic 3D animations. And Allied Esports will take that technology and turn its human esports broadcasters, or shoutcasters, into animated figures in esports shows. Allied Esports will debut the technology in esports broadcasts at places like its HyperX

Avengers: War for Wakanda Release Date Information: When Does It Come Out?

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Time Stamp: March 22, 2021 12:04 PM - Modified On: March 22, 2021 - Published By:
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Top GamesMarvel's Avengers is adding Black Panther to is roster with the War for Wakanda expansion. | Square EnixMarvel's Avengers is adding Black Panther to its roster with the War for Wakanda expansion.Square Enix originally announced the new content March 18 during their Square Enix Presents digital showcase. The trailer was brief — just under a minute — and allowed fans a glimpse into how the developers would translate Wakanda and the Black Panther into the game. Additionally, its narration implies a much larger plot, teasing a cameo from Ulysses

AOC Joins Forces with Red Bull Racing Esports: Outfits Esports…

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Time Stamp: February 10, 2021 7:00 PM - Modified On: October 29, 2021 - Published By:
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“Red Bull Racing Esports sim racers already proved their skills and drive to make it to the top...we aim to further tailor AOC monitors to the needs of sim racers...along with their talents keep pushing their performance to the next level,” - David Ray, Director of Marketing at AOC in North America. FREMONT, Calif. (PRWEB) February 11, 2021 Display specialist and the global leader in gaming monitors AOC expands their partnership with gaming giant Red Bull by supporting their sim racing division, Red Bull Racing Esports. AOC provides a range

How pandemic socialization trends have accelerated the move into virtual spaces

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Time Stamp: January 27, 2021 5:20 PM - Modified On: January 27, 2021 - Published By:
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GamesBeat x Oculus Venues Join Dean Takahashi, Ramez Naam, and Tim Chang online for "Science Fiction, Tech, and Games." Hosted in VR and 2D February 17th, 10:00am PT Learn More What will the social graph look like this year? What is it going to look like two years from now, and how is it going to be built? To answer that question, Elena Arponen, CEO and co-founder of Quicksave Interactive, Bruce Grove, CEO and co-founder of Polystream, and Si Lumb, metamedia futurist, joined Wanda Meloni, CEO & Principal Analyst at

Blockchain Game Alliance Will Host NFT Open Forum to Boost Adoption

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Time Stamp: January 14, 2021 6:24 AM - Modified On: January 14, 2021 - Published By:
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The Blockchain Game Alliance was formed by a group of companies looking to boost the adoption of blockchain technology in the gaming industry, and it is sponsored by companies like Ubisoft, AMD, ARK.io, Maker, and Algorand.The organization will be running an online open forum discussion on January 15th about the status of the NTF space and its future in 2021.The gamification of cryptocurrency investment strategies like yield farming represented a step forward for NFT’s, which promise to be a big player in the crypto ecosystem in 2021.The Blockchain Game Alliance

EXCLUSIVE: We May Already See Enterprise-Grade Blockchain Solutions Implementation, Says Monica Tartau of Lisk

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Time Stamp: January 12, 2021 8:25 AM - Modified On: January 12, 2021 - Published By:
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Monica Tartau, Marketing & Events Lead at Lisk, recently sat down with BeInCrypto to discuss the benefits of blockchain technology, supply chain-related blockchain applications, and the best use case for the LISK token, among other things. Having a background in the food industry, Tartau elaborated on the complexity of implementing blockchain to build a decentralized traceability solution. She projected that the industry will not only see projects entering production phases and blockchain applications built, but also said that we may already see blockchain implementation at the enterprise level.  Lisk is