Facebook Gaming grows 210% in 2019 as it battles Twitch, YouTube
In the livestreaming-platform wars, Facebook Gaming is having the most noteworthy growth spurt. The company’s live gaming videos saw a huge increase in hours...
NextMind is building a real-time brain computer interface, unveils Dev Kit for $399
NextMind is developing a brain-computer interface that translates signals from the visual cortex into digital commands. We tried NextMind’s device, which lets you input...
Airbnb tops list of 13 potential tech IPOs in 2020
The 2020 IPO market faces strong headwinds, including lingering disappointment over some of the biggest public tech offerings of 2019. Into this cloud of...
Ubisoft uses AI to teach a car to drive itself in a racing game
Reinforcement learning, an AI training technique that employs rewards to drive software policies toward goals, has been applied successfully to domains from industrial robotics...
Facebook Gaming releases Pokémon Tower Battle and Pokémon Medallion Battle as instant games
Facebook Gaming is announcing that it is releasing two new games, Pokémon Tower Battle and Pokémon Medallion Battle, on its Instant Games platform. This...
Tencent details how its MOBA-playing AI system beats 99.81% of human opponents
In August, Tencent announced it had developed an AI system capable of defeating teams of pros in a five-on-five match in Honor of Kings...
GamesBeat Rewind 2019: The year’s biggest trends … and where they’re heading in 2020
The game industry is in a huge period of flux, but 2019 only set the stage for enormous paradigm shifts that the coming year...
Building a solid hosting infrastructure is key to gaming’s future
Through the decades, gaming has grown from a niche hobby for a select few to a massive worldwide community. The online gaming community is...
Snap Games launches leaderboard games for friendly battles
Snapchat has been adding games as a way to keep friends engaged with each other. And now the company’s Snap Games division is introducing...
App Annie: The biggest apps and games of 2019
No doubt you’ve heard of Facebook Messenger, the top non-game app of 2019 in terms of downloads. But how about Free Fire, the battle...