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Frank Miller's Sin City has turned 30 years old.

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Frank Miller taps Concept Art House and Gala Games for 30th anniversary Sin City NFT collectibles

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 29, 2021
4 min

Frank Miller has teamed up with gaming art maker Concept Art House and blockchain game company Gala Games to produce nonfungible token (NFT) collectibles...

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The DeanBeat: Game acquisitions blast off in Q1 2021 with 280 deals worth $39 billion

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 23, 2021
4 min

If you felt like deal-making fever came to the game industry in the past quarter, you were on the mark. The first quarter’s $39...

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Nokia's equipment atop a Standing Rock Communications tower.

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Nokia and NewCore Wireless bring 5G broadband to tribal nations in U.S.

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 23, 2021
4 min

Tribal nations haven’t had the best access to the internet. But Nokia and NewCore Wireless have partnered to bring 5G wireless networking and 4.9G/LTE...

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Bandai Namco launches new Tamagotchi Pix toy

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 21, 2021
3 min

For months last year, during the pain and the angst of the pandemic, I was obsessed with my Tamagotchi. I figured out how to...

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3 min

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Flows audio glasses are a smart fit in the right scenarios

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
April 14, 2021
2 min

I like the idea of wearable audio devices. Atari’s Speakerhat is one of my favorite examples because it enables me to hear Bluetooth sound...

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The first Oculus Gaming Showcase is coming on April 21.

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Oculus plans a virtual reality gaming showcase for April 21

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 12, 2021
1 min

Facebook’s Oculus division will hold a virtual reality gaming showcase on April 21. The first-ever Oculus Gaming Showcase will take place at 3 p.m....

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The Sandbox Marketplace debuted on March 31.

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The Sandbox’s NFTs gain momentum with marketplace, new partners, and investors

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 9, 2021
6 min

Animoca Brands and its subsidiary, TSB Gaming, said that The Sandbox blockchain-based gaming world is gaining momentum with its marketplace where players can buy...

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VideoCoin and Filecoin are enabling video NFTs.

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VideoCoin and Filecoin will power video NFT marketplace

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 8, 2021
3 min

VideoCoin and Filecoin will create a marketplace for videos with nonfungible tokens (NFTs), solving a major pain point for video authentication. The VideoCoin Network...

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Allied Esports Entertainment are creating animated esports shoutcasters.

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Allied Esports teams up with Xsens for mocapped shoutcasters for esports

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 23, 2021
2 min

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...

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AdHawk Microsystems has new sensors for eye-tracking hardware.

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AdHawk Microsystems launches cameraless eye-tracking sensors for AR/VR

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 22, 2021
4 min

Eye-tracking has emerged as a critical component of augmented reality and virtual reality systems, but doing it with cameras is expensive. So AdHawk Microsystems...

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