New Borderlands 3 Twitch extension earns you in-game loot 4 months before release
Borderlands 3 won’t be out until fall, but developer Gearbox Software is giving fans an early opportunity to collect guns and gear. On May...
Microsoft reports $30.6 billion in Q3 2019 revenue: Azure up 73%, Surface up 21%, and LinkedIn up 27%
Microsoft today reported earnings for its third fiscal quarter of 2019, including revenue of $30.6 billion, net income of $8.8 billion, and earnings per...
Google Stadia’s Phil Harrison: Cloud-based gaming will be a difficult but ‘fundamental shift’
With Stadia, Google is trying to change the way people play games. And if the upcoming cloud gaming service takes off, the company hopes...
OpenAI’s Dota 2 bot defeated 99.4% of players in public matches
OpenAI Five — the AI-imbued bot designed by San Francisco, California-based research organization OpenAI that defeated a professional esports team at Valve’s Dota 2...
4 must-watch tech trends in gaming
It’s an exciting time for all types of games. From hypercasual mobile titles to global multiplayer smash hits, there is an incredible amount of...
Qualcomm joins Tencent and Vivo on new AI initiative for mobile gaming
As smartphones become more powerful, they’ll be able to offer better artificial intelligence performance for gaming and other applications. Qualcomm wants to make sure...
Facebook’s AI extracts playable characters from real-world videos
Remember those FMV games from the ’90s — the ones that blended prerecorded clips with animated sprites and 3D models? Facebook is bringing them...
Adjust’s Unbotify fraud prevention distinguishes between humans and bots in mobile apps
Adjust‘s newly acquired Unbotify division has launched fraud prevention that distinguishes between humans and bots in mobile apps. The aim is to put an...
Logitech launches Alexa-enabled Harmony Express universal remote
Building on its past home entertainment controls, Logitech is launching the Logitech Harmony Express universal remote control with built-in Amazon Alexa voice recognition capability....
Ubisoft’s Sam chat bot surpasses 1.6 million users and 10 million questions answered in a year
A year ago, French video game publisher Ubisoft launched a chat bot named Sam to keep players engaged with games connected to their Ubisoft...