US Cyber Games and TikTok turn cybersecurity into an esport
Cybersecurity is a big international priority, and to get more people into it, the U.S. government and industry are turning it into an esport....
Niantic recruits Oculus’ Dan Morris to run developer relations as it ramps third-party content
Pokémon Go creator Niantic is gearing up to recruit more developers to its next-generation augmented reality tools using its Niantic Lightship platform. And today it...
Nvidia is tracking more than 8,500 AI startups with $60B in funding
Nvidia is tracking more than 8,500 AI startups through its Inception AI startup program. Those companies have raised more than $60 billion in funding...
99math raises $1M to boost edtech gaming platform
Estonian startup 99math has raised $1 million to boost its edtech math gaming platform aimed at making math fun. The 3-year-old 99math has a...
Plarium buys Finland’s mobile studio Futureplay to expand into casual games
Plarium’s games have 390 million midcore mobile and PC players, and now it is expanding into the casual sector with an agreement to buy...
#1ReasonToBe: Tales of women game developers in emerging regions
The #1ReasonToBe panel has had a strong legacy at the Game Developers Conference. This year, it featured seven women from different parts of the...
Nintendo and Sony are playing different games when it comes to TV advertising
Nintendo flat-out dominated video game national TV advertising for the first half of 2021. But depending on your programming of choice, you may not...
5 ways to build the mobile gaming metaverse
It’s pretty hard to move anywhere in the world of games without bumping into someone talking about the metaverse. Supposing you’re not familiar with...
What gaming can teach the movie industry about fan engagement
Over the years, movies and gaming have developed a symbiotic relationship that permits their combined appeal to become greater than the sum of their...
Horizon: Forbidden West delay, PlayStation State of Play, and more | GB Decides 207
[iframe src=”https://anchor.fm/gamesbeat-decides/embed/episodes/207-HORIZON-FORBIDDEN-WEST-DELAY-e158h9q” height=”102px” width=”400px” frameborder=”0″ scrolling=”no”] Horizon: Forbidden West isn’t coming out this year. That’s according to a GamesBeat source and corroborated by a...