How the pandemic jump-started mobile gaming’s social evolution
2020 brought massive unexpected change into the world, shutting down most countries due to COVID-19. During these challenging months, mobile games quickly rose to...
Pokémon Go maker Niantic donated $870,000 to pandemic relief and other causes in 2020
Pokémon Go maker Niantic said its social impact for 2020 includes $170,000 in donations for pandemic relief and $700,000 for education, sustainability, and health...
Salad Technologies raises $3.2 million so you can reap rewards from your PC’s idle time
Salad Technologies has raised $3.2 million to help you earn rewards from your PC’s idle time. You can then use those rewards to buy...
YouTube Gaming’s Ryan Wyatt on gaming’s explosive growth in 2020
The year is just about over, and perhaps the only things worth celebrating about 2020 are the memories of the hot videos on YouTube...
NextMind ships its real-time brain computer interface Dev Kit for $399
NextMind has started shipping its real-time brain computer interface Dev Kit for $399. The device translates brain signals into digital commands, allowing you to...
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 888 is an AI and computer vision powerhouse
Although Apple’s latest A14 Bionic chip enabled the iPhone 12 family and iPad Air tablets to deliver impressive performance improvements, Qualcomm is making clear...
Rival Peak aims to be a massive game-like reality show with AI characters
Genvid Technologies and Pipeworks Studios are unveiling Rival Peak, a new kind of interactive experience that is partly a game and partly a reality...
PUBG keeps winning the influencer battle royale
As esports gain momentum and continues to increase audience sizes, brands are leaning into activations with gaming influencers. But which ones are having the...
What we think of the PlayStation 5 a week later | GB Decides 173
A lot happened in video games this week. Capcom got hacked. Jim Ryan isn’t aware of any complaints about storage. Nintendo’s lawyers were very...
Fable Studio teases AI virtual character Lucy on Zoom and other platforms
Fable Studio won an Emmy Award for its Wolves in the Walls virtual reality project. Now it’s relaunching Lucy, a next-generation AI character, to...