Sonantic uses AI to infuse emotion in automated speech for game prototypes
Sonantic has figured out how to use AI to turn written words into spoken dialogue in a script, and it can infuse those words...
Connections and inspirations between science fiction, tech, and games
What happens when you put a science fiction writer, a venture capitalist, and a game journalist together? That was the premise behind our latest...
Gaming, datacenters boost Nvidia’s Q4 revenues to $5 billion
Nvidia reported revenues of $5.0 billion for its fourth fiscal quarter ended January 31, up 61% from a year earlier. The revenues and non-GAAP...
Zynga beats Q4 2020 expectations with bookings of $699 million, up 61%
Zynga beat analysts’ expectations today, reporting its highest-ever bookings and revenues in the fourth quarter ended December 31 thanks to the strong performance of...
Google stops Stadia game development and closes its studios
Just a bit over a year after launching its Stadia platform, Google is starting to scale back its gaming ventures. The company is closing...
Detecting 10 times more bots and stopping fraud with behavioral biometrics
Bots and fraud occur in every app, and in every vertical, said Alon Dayan, Founder and CEO, Unbotify. “In games online, this is a...
Services, not software, are the future of game enterprise tech
Over the last few years, venture investor interest in the game industry has skyrocketed. The industry is no longer just about video games; as...
The DeanBeat: Our 360-degree view of the metaverse ecosystem
I’m very proud that we were able to create an original event around the metaverse this week and that it received good attention in...
The ethics of the metaverse
Richard Bartle hopes the metaverse will be a place where we can be our best selves, and where the operators of the virtual universe...
What will it take to make good on the promise of the metaverse?
The “How to Build the Metaverse” panel during GamesBeat’s two-day all-digital metaverse event brought together speakers who are tackling the challenges in bringing the...