OpenAI’s bot beats top Dota 2 player so badly that he quits
An artificial intelligence has beaten one of the world’s top Dota 2 players in single combat today. Danil Ishutin, better known by his gaming...
ProBeat: I can’t wait to watch TV on Facebook
Facebook this week announced Watch, a new tab dedicated to watching (oh, my, how clever) shows on the social network. This isn’t the first...
Hands-on with Twitch’s answer to Discord
Twitch has released the full version of its desktop app as it aims to connect every moment of your gaming life. The app, which...
Nvidia earnings: Self-driving cars, AI, games, Nintendo Switch drive big quarter
Nvidia keeps on raking in revenue from chips for artificial intelligence, game graphics, the Nintendo Switch game console, and self-driving cars. But we’ll have...
StarCraft II is now a laboratory for AI research
Blizzard’s partnership with DeepMind, a firm that specializes in machine learning, has culminated in the release of the StarCraft II API, which is available...
Has Facebook become the game developer’s best friend?
Gaming is better with friends. And gaming is important at Facebook. Those are the takeaways that Brian Boland, vice president of publisher solutions at...
Nvidia uses AI to create 3D graphics better than human artists can
Nvidia spans both gaming graphics and artificial intelligence, and it is showing that with its announcements this week at the Siggraph computer graphics event...
Adobe taps Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Mozilla to kill Flash by 2020
Flash will officially be dead in three years. Adobe today announced it will stop updating and distributing its Flash Player at the end of...
BrightLocker launches platform to connect developers with players
BrightLocker is launching a platform that enables game developers to connect with players and offer them rewards in exchange for development suggestions. The idea...
Facebook’s PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds deal is about helping devs find their fans
You have no shortage of options when it comes to watching gaming-related video content. Twitch and YouTube are huge portals for livestreams and recorded...