AI learns how to dribble a basketball
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and DeepMotion used AI to teach a digital avatar how to dribble a basketball.
Fortnite crushes rivals on Twitch with 74% rise in Q2 viewership
The enormously popular free-to-play battle royale shooter Fortnite crushed its rivals in the second quarter in terms of hours watched on livestreaming platform Twitch....
Facebook finally launches playable ads, improves game monetization
Playable ads debuted four years ago as a new way to entice gamers to play mobile games. The ads were interactive, allowing people to...
Jon Peddie: Computer graphics hardware will dip to $124.5 billion in 2018
Video games have become a $137.9 billion market in 2018. And computer graphics is expected to hit $124.5 billion this year, according to market...
The HoloSuit delivers full-body tracking in a compact package
The HoloSuit is a full-body tracker designed for VR and AR platforms. It's impressive, but expensive.
Kixeye enlists players to provide customer support for Battle Pirates
Kixeye launched its Battle Pirates strategy game on Facebook seven years ago, but the game still has a loyal following of 100,000 players. The...
Bidalgo uses AI to make mobile advertising more creative
Bidalgo is applying artificial intelligence to the art of creating effective ads for mobile apps and games. The company is launching Creative AI, a technology...
AdColony: Brands are worried about unsafe content and fake news on Facebook, social media
Brands have moved quickly to spread their message through social media and influencers. But those brands have also run into unsafe content, such as...
Line merges NextFloor with Line Games publishing division (updated)
Earlier in July, Japanese mobile messaging firm Line Corp. acquired a majority stake in game developer NextFloor, and it has now merged the NextFloor brand...
Microsoft reports $30.1 billion in Q4 2018 revenue: Azure up 89%, Surface up 25%, and Windows up 7%
Microsoft today reported earnings for its fourth fiscal quarter of 2018, including revenue of $30.1 billion, net income of $8.9 billion, and earnings per share of $1.14 (compared to revenue of $23.3 billion, net income of $6.5 billion, and earnings per share of $0.83 in Q4 2017).