2020: Cloud gaming’s gathering storm
Mobile gaming and cloud gaming platforms are now vital contributors to the video game industry’s expansion. According to recent data, the cloud gaming market...
Zynga’s Q4 bookings grow 62% to $433 million, thanks to recent acquisitions
Zynga reported financial results for the fourth quarter ended December 31 that either exceeded or matched Wall Street’s expectations, thanks to contributions from games...
Improbable acquires the ‘backend badasses’ at multiplayer gaming service Zeuz
Improbable has acquired German-managed hosting company Zeuz to expand its multiplayer services for online games. Zeuz, which is used to host online games such...
Nvidia launches RTX-based GeForce Now cloud gaming service for $5 per month
Nvidia has been testing its GeForce Now cloud gaming service for years. But now the company is revving up its efforts, expanding the service...
Facebook revamps Messenger Kids with new parental controls and children’s guidelines
In December 2017, Facebook launched Messenger Kids, a child-friendly alternative to the main Messenger app that allows parents or guardians to review the people...
Microsoft’s Game Stack chief: The next generation of games and game development
James Gwertzman started PlayFab to provide cloud-based tools and services for game developers, offloading the server infrastructure grunt work so developers could focus on...
The DeanBeat: Will cloud gaming make climate change worse?
Sometimes I like to think about long-term problems. Since the Australian wildfires have put the issue of climate change my mind, I’m wondering whether...
Microsoft reports $36.9 billion in Q2 2020 revenue: Azure up 62%, Surface up 6%, and LinkedIn up 24%
Microsoft today reported earnings for its second fiscal quarter of 2020, including revenue of $36.9 billion, net income of $11.6 billion, and earnings per...
Uber’s AI plays text-based games like a human
Can AI learn to play text-based games like a human? That’s the question applied scientists at Uber’s AI research division set out to answer...
How Phoenix Labs used Google Cloud to handle multiplayer demand for Dauntless
When Phoenix Labs launched the co-op monster-hunting game Dauntless, it wasn’t alone. It had the virtually unlimited server capacity of Google Cloud behind it....