Intel’s image-enhancing AI is a step forward for photorealistic game engines
Intel recently unveiled a deep learning system that turns 3D rendered graphics into photorealistic images. Tested on Grand Theft Auto 5, the neural network...
Zynga and Kenneth Cole team up for Pride Month with High Heels game partnership
Gamemaker Zynga and fashion designer Kenneth Cole have teamed up to celebrate Pride Month inside Zynga’s High Heels hypercasual mobile game. The move is...
Noice raises $5M for ‘playful’ social platform for gamers
Noice has raised $5 million for what the startup is teasing as a “playful” social platform for gamers. The Helsinki, Finland-based startup comes from...
Facebook Gaming adds new monetization for video-on-demand creators
Facebook Gaming is adding monetization tools for creators who focus on video-on-demand. Facbook said that gaming creators continue to build meaningful communities and earn...
Qualcomm unveils chips to power the next generation of smartphones
Qualcomm today unveiled its new Snapdragon 778G5G mobile processor platform to power high-end smartphones coming in the second quarter. The platform of multiple chips...
Discord launches Stage Discovery so you can find the best audio events
Discord is staving off threats from competitors by deepening its audio communication service for gamers and other communities. Today, the company is unveiling Stage...
Rainway partners with Microsoft to power Xbox Game Pass iOS streaming
Microsoft is working with streaming-tech startup Rainway to bring Xbox Game Pass cloud gaming to iOS. Rainway enables low-latency streaming through browsers like Safari,...
Louis Castle joins GreenPark Sports as chief product officer
Game design pioneer Louis Castle has joined GreenPark Sports as the company’s chief product officer. GreenPark Sports wants to be a bridge between sports...
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang interview: From the Grace CPU to engineer’s metaverse
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivered a keynote speech this week to 180,000 attendees registered for the GTC 21 online-only conference. And Huang dropped a...
The DeanBeat: A Big Bang week for the metaverse
The metaverse had a couple of Big Bangs this week that should put it on everyone’s radar. First, Epic Games raised $1 billion at...