Activision launches Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare tour-guide bot for Facebook Messenger
Ahead of the release of Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare in five days, Activision launched a Facebook Messenger bot that acts as a tour...
The DeanBeat: Why video game companies — and all of us — need to think more about A.I.
I was fascinated to meet Masayoshi Son, the CEO of SoftBank, one of the world’s biggest tech companies, this week at the ARM TechCon...
Microsoft reports $22.3 billion in Q1 2017 revenue: Surface up 38% and Phone down 72%
Microsoft today reported earnings for its first fiscal quarter of 2017, including revenue of $22.3 billion and earnings per share of $0.76. In Q1...
GamesBeat and Bots showcase VentureBeat’s new Channel Strategy
What if there were information sources that could keep you up-to-the-minute informed on the technology topics that matter most? What if there were one-stop shops...
Harvard Business Review ranks Nvidia boss Jen-Hsun Huang as a top 10 best-performing CEO
One of the dominant forces in PC gaming is getting recognition as a global business powerhouse. Nvidia chief executive officer Jen-Hsun Huang is the...
Anti-Trump election game comes from MoveOn.org and game scholar Jane McGonigal
Video game designer Jane McGonigal and political group MoveOn.org have teamed up to create a video game, SwingVoter Go, aimed at defeating Donald Trump...
How Pocket Gems’ Episode has seen 700% growth — appealing to Gen Z
Many entertainment platforms have attempted to reach Generation Z (people born in the 1990s to mid-2000s), but few have succeeded. Snapchat and YouTube are...
Oculus teases the VR Web, Carmel VR browser, and React VR
Oculus has its own app store, but the company believes “the web is going to be one of the easiest ways to develop and share”...
From Stanford roots, Omlet Arcade has become a fast-growing mobile social network for gamers
MobiSocial‘s Omlet Arcade social network didn’t really take off until it became the defacto social layer in a very popular game. In July, Pokémon Go...
Twitch Prime users get new Hearthstone Priest hero: Tyrande Whisperwind
It’s prime time for Hearthstone’s Priest class. On Amazon, that is. Onstage today at TwitchCon in San Diego, Hearthstone art lead Ben Thompson announced...