Newzoo will extract analytics insights from Reddit’s gamers
Game and esports market researcher Newzoo has teamed up with social network Reddit to extract details on consumer engagement with video games. It’s an...
Facebook’s role-playing game teaches AI to complete tasks by reading descriptions
Demonstrating once again the potential of video games to advance AI and machine learning research, Facebook researchers propose a game-like language challenge — Read...
Microsoft reports $35.0 billion in Q3 2020 revenue: Azure up 59%, Surface up 1%, and LinkedIn up 21%
Microsoft today reported earnings for its third fiscal quarter of 2020, including revenue of $35.0 billion, net income of $10.8 billion, and earnings per...
Exploding Kittens CEO: We need ‘air gapped’ game design
A physical game night, whether it be over games of Monopoly, Go Fish, or Exploding Kittens, provides a connection with others that is more...
Brian Bowman: Why it’s so hard to beat Facebook’s automated control video ads
Facebook advertisers may spend a lot of money trying to come up with new kinds of ads for games and other apps, but it...
How to watch GamesBeat Summit 2020
GamesBeat Summit starts today, and it features two stages of presentations, conversations, and panels about the business of video games. And since we are...
Opera Event raises $5 million to connect advertisers and esports influencers
Opera Event has raised $5 million for its unified influencer platform, which connects advertisers and influencers. Antera led the round, with participation from previous...
DeepMind’s AI studies game players to exploit weaknesses in their strategies
In a paper published on the preprint server Arxiv.org, scientists at Alphabet’s DeepMind propose a new framework that learns an approximate best response to players within games...
Disruptor Beam is now Beamable, pivots from making games to helping games make money
Disruptor Beam has changed its name to Beamable and pivoted to making a technology platform that enables mobile game developers to scale, monetize, and sustain...
Nvidia attempts to move past GeForce Now squabbles
Games from Warner Bros. Interactive, Xbox Game Studios, and more are leaving GeForce Now starting April 24. But while it’s nothing new for games...