Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview with gaming improvements and free State of Decay
Microsoft yesterday released a new Windows 10 preview with gaming improvements. The update bumps Windows 10 from build 18329 (made available to testers on...
Facebook’s esports dreams face the privacy PR nightmare
It’s no secret that Facebook’s mishandling of consumer data has landed it in hot water. This forced the social-media behemoth’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg a...
Star Stable CMO Taina Malen talks game communities for girls at GamesBeat Summit 2019
GamesBeat Summit 2019 is a can’t-miss event. On April 23 + April 24, you’ll have the chance to connect with the biggest, brightest, and...
Microsoft schedules Build 2019 developer conference for May 6-8 in Seattle
For the past two years, Microsoft has hosted its Build developer conference in Seattle, rather than in San Francisco. Three is a trend: The...
Allen Institute debuts AI that plays Pictionary-style games to learn ‘common sense’
The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Seattle today debuted AllenAI, a system designed to play a Pictionary-like game called Iconary with humans. The AI...
NASCAR is racing into esports. Here’s how it can succeed
NASCAR is hard at work preparing the debut of its new esports league, the eNASCAR Heat Pro League (eNASCAR). eNASCAR, a partnership between NASCAR...
Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview with search, mixed reality, and keyboard improvements
Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview with search, Windows Mixed Reality, and touch keyboard improvements. The update bumps Windows 10 from build...
GamesBeat Summit 2019: Rami Ismail, Peter Levin, and Eric Goldberg
It’s finally the end of January, which means GamesBeat Summit 2019 is closer than ever. That means another speaker announcement, too. This time we’d...
AI learns how to play Montezuma’s Revenge
In 2015, Google subsidiary DeepMind published a landmark paper describing a system that could, given enough time and computational horsepower, learn to play a collection...
Digi-Capital: AR/VR investment stabilized in Q4 2018
Digi-Capital tracked startups raising over $6 billion across AR/VR/computer vision in 2018, driven by large, late-stage deals in China. A decline in deal volumes...