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Competitive mobile game maker Skillz will do a quick IPO at $3.5 billion valuation

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
September 2, 2020
5 min

Skillz announced today it’s going public through a quick initial public offering process, raising an estimated $849 million in cash from investors at a...

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Big Fish Games cuts 250 jobs and streamlines mobile game operations

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
September 1, 2020
2 min

Big Fish Games announced it has cut 250 jobs as it restructures the mobile game publisher and developer to “address scaling challenges and reinforce...

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30XX hands-on — A mega sequel

Posted byby Mike Minotti
September 1, 2020
4 min

I think that 20XX is neat. I think that 30XX could be great. If you don’t know, 20XX is Mega Man X-inspired roguelike. Think...

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Indie pioneer Vlambeer celebrates 10th anniversary by … shutting down

Posted byby Mike Minotti
September 1, 2020
1 min

Vlambeer revealed today that it is closing shop, an announcement that comes on the independent game studio’s 10th anniversary. Rami Ismail and Jan Willem...

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Nvidia’s RTX 3080 is more exciting than PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
September 1, 2020
3 min

Even in 2013, everyone knew that the new PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consoles weren’t really a match for PC gaming. Those consoles came...

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Nvidia Broadcast brings RTX-powered AI to livestreaming video

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
September 1, 2020
1 min

Nvidia is improving the suite of features it offers to livestreamers with its GeForce RTX graphics cards. The company introduced a revamped Nvidia Broadcast...