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2024 Game Developers Choice Awards Honors Iconic Composer Yoko Shimomura With Lifetime Achievement Award and Industry Veteran Fawzi Mesmar With Ambassador Award

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Friday, February 9, 2024

Lifetime Achievement Award honoree Yoko Shimomura is a respected Japanese composer and pianist who has delighted players across the world thanks to her work on many iconic game soundtracks.

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  • Lifetime Achievement Award honoree Yoko Shimomura is a respected Japanese composer and pianist who has delighted players across the world thanks to her work on many iconic game soundtracks.
  • Fawzi Mesmar, recipient of this year’s Ambassador Award, is an award-winning creative director, game designer, author, public speaker and mentor whose career has spanned over two decades in the games industry.
  • Recipients of the Lifetime Achievement and Ambassador Awards were chosen by this year’s Game Developers Choice Editorial Committee, following suggestions from the International Choice Awards Network (ICAN).
  • For more details on the Game Developers Conference, please visit the GDC’s official website , or subscribe to regular updates via Facebook , Twitter , or RSS.

Machine Zone Releases Final Fantasy XV: War for Eos

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Thursday, February 16, 2023

Machine Zone , a global leader in mobile gaming, today announced the global launch of Final Fantasy XV: War for Eos, a free-to-play mobile strategy MMORPG where players jump into the action with Noctis, Luna, and their favorite FFXV characters.

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  • Machine Zone , a global leader in mobile gaming, today announced the global launch of Final Fantasy XV: War for Eos, a free-to-play mobile strategy MMORPG where players jump into the action with Noctis, Luna, and their favorite FFXV characters.
  • Players can expect epic character combat campaigns where they will build and customize empires, and go to war with and against other guilds to protect the Crystal and reign the Realm.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230216005401/en/
    Final Fantasy XV: War for Eos, a free-to-play mobile strategy MMORPG (Graphic: AppLovin Corporation)
    “Final Fantasy is a storied video game franchise that players have come to know and love and we're thrilled for the worldwide release of the latest iteration, FFXV: War for Eos,” said Thomas Wells, General Manager of Machine Zone.
  • Final Fantasy XV: War for Eos is available for download today on iOS and in the Google Play store globally in more than 150 countries.

LIMIT BREAK RAISES $200 MILLION DOLLARS

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Monday, August 29, 2022

PARK CITY, Utah, Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Limit Break Inc., a company founded by Gabriel Leydon and Halbert Nakagawa, announces it has raised $200 million dollars in investment capital from Buckley Ventures, Standard Crypto, and Paradigm Ventures.

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  • PARK CITY, Utah, Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Limit Break Inc., a company founded by Gabriel Leydon and Halbert Nakagawa, announces it has raised $200 million dollars in investment capital from Buckley Ventures, Standard Crypto, and Paradigm Ventures.
  • Limit Break, known for the DigiDaigaku NFT collection, also raised from investors including FTX, Coinbase Ventures, Anthos Capital, SV Angel, and Shervin Pishevar.
  • Leydon and Nakagawa are known as pioneers of "Free-to-Play" gaming, but are taking a completely new turn with Limit Break.
  • Its name was inspired by the "Limit Break" combat sequence popularized in RPG games like the Final Fantasy series.

LIMIT BREAK RAISES $200 MILLION DOLLARS

Retrieved on: 
Monday, August 29, 2022

PARK CITY, Utah, Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Limit Break Inc., a company founded by Gabriel Leydon and Halbert Nakagawa, announces it has raised $200 million dollars in investment capital from Buckley Ventures, Standard Crypto, and Paradigm Ventures.

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  • PARK CITY, Utah, Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Limit Break Inc., a company founded by Gabriel Leydon and Halbert Nakagawa, announces it has raised $200 million dollars in investment capital from Buckley Ventures, Standard Crypto, and Paradigm Ventures.
  • Limit Break, known for the DigiDaigaku NFT collection, also raised from investors including FTX, Coinbase Ventures, Anthos Capital, SV Angel, and Shervin Pishevar.
  • Leydon and Nakagawa are known as pioneers of "Free-to-Play" gaming, but are taking a completely new turn with Limit Break.
  • Its name was inspired by the "Limit Break" combat sequence popularized in RPG games like the Final Fantasy series.

JCB, JP GAMES and Fujitsu launch joint project to strengthen digital data rights management in the metaverse and gaming world

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Tuesday, August 23, 2022

The new model will not only ensure the rights to data in the metaverse, but also guarantee the reliability, authenticity, and traceability of transactions and digital data itself.

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  • The new model will not only ensure the rights to data in the metaverse, but also guarantee the reliability, authenticity, and traceability of transactions and digital data itself.
  • Moving forward, JP GAMES plans to utilize the model developed in this joint project in its future console games.
  • Under the concept of "Making the future fun with the power of games", the company pursues the possibilities of games.
  • In February 2022, the metaverse business was separated from JP GAMES and became a group company.

PlayStation Veteran Kenji Kajiwara to Head New Japan Office for International Video Game Developer Streamline Media Group

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Wednesday, April 6, 2022

LAS VEGAS, April 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Streamline Media Group (Streamline), a video games and digital asset developer and services company, announces its expansion into Japan. Former Third Party Relations VP of Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) Japan Asia, Kenji Kajiwara, is now the General Manager, Head of Japan for Streamline's new office.

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  • LAS VEGAS, April 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Streamline Media Group (Streamline), a video games and digital asset developer and services company, announces its expansion into Japan.Former Third Party Relations VP of Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) Japan Asia, Kenji Kajiwara, is now the General Manager, Head of Japan for Streamline's new office.
  • At Streamline, Kenji Kajiwara will continue to support Streamline's Japan partners, develop new relationships, and build a locally based development team in Tokyo, Japan to solidify Streamline's services in the region.
  • Streamline Media Group is an independent company specializing in creative and technical R&D solutions for video games, media, entertainment, and enterprise.
  • Streamline Media Group provides global creative and technical solutions through video game technology for media, entertainment, business, and enterprise.