Black Friday 2019: Everything we recommend this holiday
Happy Thanksgiving, readers. May your turkey be moist, and your post-meal naps refreshing … because you’re going to need the rest if you plan...
When game companies squander player trust, bad things happen (VB Live)
Presented by Akamai Technologies Games have become a primary target for attackers because there’s real money to be stolen in the virtual world of...
Cloud gaming is going to make customer support more complicated
New cloud-based game platforms like Google Stadia and Apple Arcade are potentially great for gamers, offering on-demand, download-free, anytime, anywhere games. But, drawing on...
Facebook trains AI to generate worlds in a fantasy text adventure
Procedurally generating an interesting video game environment isn’t just challenging — it’s incredibly time-consuming. Tools like Promethean AI, which tap machine learning to generate...
DeepMind’s MuZero teaches itself how to win at Atari, chess, shogi, and Go
In a paper published in the journal Science late last year, Google parent company Alphabet’s DeepMind detailed AlphaZero, an AI system that could teach...
Mythical Games raises $19 million for blockchain-based games with ‘player-owned economies’
Mythical Games has raised $19 million for its game studio that will make blockchain-based games where players can make money through digital ownership. Los...
Bunch raises $3.85 million for social mobile party app for gamers
Bunch, the party app for mobile games, has raised $3.85 million from top games companies including Supercell, Tencent, Riot Games, Miniclip, Colopl Next, and...
Google Stadia’s data use is over 100MB per minute at 1080p
Google Stadia is every bit the data hog that everyone was expecting. The service warns that it can use between 4.5GB and 20GB of...
Virtual Beings Summit LA to highlight Hollywood’s view of artificial people
The Virtual Beings Summit posits that artificial intelligence is the next great art form. It explores how AI and entertainment will give birth to...
Console-free gaming may start with the cloud — but will need the edge
The video gaming world is bracing for a cloud-based, console-less future. By ditching expensive PCs and consoles, and making games accessible on the devices...