Why Amber opened a new support studio in Guadalajara — How Games Make Money
Amber is a development agency that produces its own games but also works with external companies to provide support services. That includes creating art...
Going global: What international expansion means for mobile gaming’s top publishers
Presented by Facebook Gaming We spoke with mobile gaming leaders from Activision, Wildlife Studios and Lion Studios to learn more about their global user...
Microsoft’s Mahjong-winning AI could lead to sophisticated finance market prediction systems
Last August, Microsoft Research Asia detailed an AI system dubbed Super Phoenix (Suphx for short) that could defeat Mahjong players after learning from only...
How DeepMotion uses AI to create believable characters
This article is made possible by Intel’s GameDev BOOST program — dedicated to helping indie game developers everywhere achieve their dreams Throughout Kevin He’s...
DeepMind’s Agent57 beats humans at 57 classic Atari games
In a preprint paper published this week by DeepMind, Google parent company Alphabet’s U.K.-based research division, a team of scientists describe Agent57, which they...
Folding@home crowdsourced computing project passes 1 million downloads amid coronavirus research
Folding@home software for donating compute to medical research passed 1 million downloads, director Greg Bowman said in a tweet today. The Folding@home Consortium is made...
Comcast details what the coronavirus has done to network traffic
Comcast said internet traffic has risen 32% because of COVID-19 but assured everyone it has the capacity to handle peak traffic demands in the...
Immersal maps Helsinki in city-scale AR using crowdsourcing mobile app
Last year, U.K.-based Scape showed off a city-scale AR mapping solution that promised to let mobile devices tap into 3D maps and persistent, cloud-stored digital...
How the tech industry will have to step up to fight online toxicity and child abuse
When it comes to fighting online toxicity and sexual abuse of children, most companies say they are supportive. But complying with the laws can...
Gearbox Software’s Borderlands 3 crossplay is built on years of AWS infrastructure groundwork
After six months of exclusivity with Epic Store, Borderlands 3 hit Steam last week with crossplay support, welcoming a whole new cohort of Vault...