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IBM will manage tech for the Overwatch League.

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IBM teams up with Activision Blizzard to manage tech for the Overwatch League

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 9, 2020
2 min

IBM will manage the technology for Activision Blizzard’s Overwatch League, a sign esports is starting to demand the most sophisticated cloud and AI technologies....

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HDR brings games like Yakuza 0 to live like never before.

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Xbox Series X’s machine-learning auto-HDR renders stunning results

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
October 6, 2020
4 min

The Xbox Series X has a number of display-related technologies and features that we haven’t seen in any console before. This includes support for...

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Launch Night In Google: How to watch, and what to expect

Posted byby GamesBeat
September 30, 2020
3 min

During its Launch Night In event, which kicks off today at 11 a.m. Pacific (2 p.m. Eastern), Google is expected to launch new hardware...

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HaptX wins $1.5 million NSF grant to create full-body haptics for VR

Posted byby GamesBeat
September 29, 2020
2 min

Virtual reality headsets are already advanced enough to make your brain believe you’re moving through an artificial 3D space, but VR hardware makers are...

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Ellie and a fellow survivor in The Last of Us Part II.

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The Last of Us Part II voice actor breaks new ground with Twitch’s Artificial

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
September 26, 2020
7 min

Millions of people who played The Last of Us Part II saw a strong Asian-American male character in Jesse, voiced by actor Stephen Chang....

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Apple CEO Tim Cook compared to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and Google CEO Sundar Pichai testify virtually on Webex.

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Apple and Facebook spin antitrust claims: We’re misunderstood

Posted byby GamesBeat
September 24, 2020
4 min

In late July, a Congressional subcommittee successfully compelled four major tech company CEOs to formally answer questions about allegedly monopolistic business practices — a...