Call of Duty Endowment placed 11,000 veterans into jobs in 2019
In 2019, the Call of Duty Endowment placed more than 11,000 veterans into high-quality jobs and raised funding to place 16,000 more. Now in...
Ubisoft Paris gets new managing director to oversee 700 employees
Ubisoft has one of the most intricate and coordinated development cultures in the entire games industry. That’s one of the reasons it’s putting company...
Ghosts of Tsushima unsheathes its PS4 sword on June 26
Sony announced today that Ghosts of Tsushima will come out for PlayStation 4 on June 26. Ghosts of Tsushima is a samurai action-adventure game...
DeepMind technique encourages AI players to cooperate in zero-sum games
In a preprint paper, DeepMind described a new reinforcement learning technique that models human behavior in a potentially new and powerful way. It could...
Veritas Entertainment raises $10 million and unveils LVL esports venue in Berlin
Veritas Entertainment has raised $10 million in funding for its esports event business, and it is also unveiling LVL, a Berlin-based esports and gaming...
GamesBeat Decides 140: Are they going to cancel E3?
You have protagonists, and then you have antagonists. But on this week’s GamesBeat Decides, reviews editor Mike Minotti talks about the often-overlooked “tagonists” of...
Zynga unveils Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells match-3 mobile game
Zynga is unveiling the limited launch of Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells, a new match-3 mobile game in partnership with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment....
Esports Players League secures $1 million, 500 Startups leads investment
The Esports Players League announced today that it has finished a seed round worth $1 million. Venture capital firm 500 Startups lead the round....
E3 2020 moves ahead as Los Angeles declares coronavirus emergency
The City of Los Angeles has announced a state of emergency due to the spread of the coronavirus. For the video game industry, this...
Roller Champions closed alpha test kicks off March 11
Ubisoft has a number of new games stewing within its many studios, and one of those is the competitive-skating digital sport Roller Champions. Now,...