Google beefs up ads, analytics, and updates for Android game developers
Game developers are about to get a handful of tools that should make their jobs easier. Google announced a number of improvements to its...
Xbox One touts cross-network play with PC for indie games like Rocket League — and could add PS4
Xbox One and PlayStation 4 owners might get to play with or against each other in the future. Microsoft revealed today that it is...
Microsoft’s using Minecraft to boost artificial intelligence research with Project AIX
Microsoft has quietly unveiled a new platform that harnesses the power of Minecraft to expedite artificial intelligence (AI) development. The project is under the...
Stardock’s newest tech will let you mix AMD and Nvidia video cards in a PC (update)
Stardock is about to revolutionize the video-card market for PCs. Not only will it make high-end gaming more affordable, but it also will put virtual...
Why Fruit Ninja developer Halfbrick went to an analytics boot camp
Mobile gaming is more a science than an art, and that’s a problem for some developers that are heavy on creativity and lacking in...
Yahoo announces plans to kill off Games, Livetext, Boss, and more regional sites
Yahoo today announced its Q1 2016 progress report, highlighting the closure of several products and regional sites. As shared in its last earnings call, the company wants to focus on just seven core consumer products: Mail, Search, Tumblr, News, Sports, Finance, and Lifestyle.
The DeanBeat: At 30, GDC is stronger than ever
The 30th annual Game Developers Conference takes place next week, Monday through Friday, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. For people in the...
Epic’s Tim Sweeney: Here’s how to keep Windows an open platform
Last week, I wrote an opinion piece for The Guardian expressing concern that Microsoft’s new Universal Windows Platform (UWP) APIs comprised a first step...
Facebook’s Oculus adds new social games and video features to Samsung Gear VR
Oculus today announced a slew of new features for the Samsung Gear VR. The Facebook-owned company is unsurprisingly focusing on social, and in this...
Otoy breakthrough lets game developers run the best graphics software across platforms
It may be very arcane to most of us, but graphics startup Otoy has come up with a breakthrough that should help game developers...