The Sandbox’s NFTs gain momentum with marketplace, new partners, and investors
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...
VideoCoin and Filecoin will power video NFT marketplace
VideoCoin and Filecoin will create a marketplace for videos with nonfungible tokens (NFTs), solving a major pain point for video authentication. The VideoCoin Network...
Allied Esports teams up with Xsens for mocapped shoutcasters for esports
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...
AdHawk Microsystems launches cameraless eye-tracking sensors for AR/VR
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...
Sony acquires fighting game tournament Evo
Sony announced today that it and a new venture called RTS have acquired Evo, the annual fighting game tournament. Evo started in 1996 and...
Major League Soccer kicks off FIFA esports offseason event on March 20
Major League Soccer’s eMLS and Electronic Arts are kicking off a EA Sports FIFA esports tournament on March 20 and March 21. The event will...
Newzoo: Game livestreaming should grow 10% to 728.8M viewers this year
Game livestreaming will grow 10% in 2021 to 728.8 million viewers, according to a report by game and esports data firm Newzoo. Newzoo also...
Rodney Ascher: Why A Glitch in the Matrix feels so real
A Glitch in the Matrix is a new film by Rodney Ascher about simulation theory, which is a fascinating confluence of science fiction and...
Comcast: Pandemic drove peak internet traffic up 32% in 2020
Comcast said peak internet traffic in the U.S. rose 32% in 2020 over pre-pandemic levels, with some markets rising 50% in March 2020. Video...
Rivalry raises $20 million for sports and esports online betting
Rivalry has raised $20 million for its business of sports and esports betting. The company has a mobile and PC platform that makes it...