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Microsoft reports $22.6 billion in Q4 2016 revenue: Azure up 102%, Surface up 9%, and Phone down 71%

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 19, 2016
2 min

Microsoft today reported earnings for its fourth fiscal quarter of 2016, including revenue of $22.6 billion and earnings per share of $0.69. In Q4...

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Why Pokémon Go could be a groundbreaking model for chatbots

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 19, 2016
2 min

This year has been fondly dubbed the year of the bot by tech leaders, investors, and journalists. However, while many have been following the...

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The evolution of gaming (VB Live)

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 18, 2016
3 min

You know that old saying, “The more things change, the more they stay the same”? That’s a truism in the game industry, for sure....

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Xsplit company acquires social service Player.me and tournament platform Challonge

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
July 14, 2016
2 min

The firm behind the Xsplit game broadcasting tool is expanding its presence as a platform company once again. SplitmediaLabs has acquired Player.me and Challonge...

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Facebook: 43% of mobile gamers are parents

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 11, 2016
2 min

Gaming has become a $99 billion market, with mobile games accounting for $36 billion of that in 2016, according to market researcher Newzoo. And...

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Oculus’s Brian Sharp digs into Medium virtual reality sculpting

Posted byby Jason Wilson
July 2, 2016
5 min

The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is one of the largest film festivals globally. Unlike Cannes, Sundance, and Tribeca, all of which have incorporated...

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Facebook kicked Zynga to the curb, publishers are next

Posted byby GamesBeat
June 30, 2016
3 min

In hindsight, Zynga’s business never really made sense. When the gaming empire went public in 2011, the company hinged on fads (online farming?) and...

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Facebook says that Sony won the E3 conference war

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 15, 2016
2 min

To me, it was clear to me that Sony had the best press conference at the Electronic Entertainment Expo. And the data from Facebook...

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Twitch’s E3 livestreams watched by a staggering 925K concurrent viewers

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
June 13, 2016
1 min

Microsoft, Sony, Ubisoft, and Nintendo all still need to kick off their presentations and announcements for the massive Electronic Entertainment Expo trade show in Los Angeles,...

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Twitch’s 100 million viewers watched 800 million hours of esports in the last 10 months

Posted byby Jason Wilson
June 10, 2016
1 min

If you’re uncertain why companies like ESPN and Activision have been making big acquisitions and investments in esports, here’s a good answer: because more than...

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