DeepMind’s MuZero teaches itself how to win at Atari, chess, shogi, and Go
In a paper published in the journal Science late last year, Google parent company Alphabet’s DeepMind detailed AlphaZero, an AI system that could teach...
Chartboost launches Helium in-app programmatic ad platform (updated)
Chartboost, a popular mobile app monetization and programmatic advertising platform, is announcing the launch of its new software development kit, Helium. Helium allows mobile...
WolfEye Studios is Arkane founder Raphaël Colantonio’s new game dev shop
Two of the people who helped ensure games such as Dishonored are so memorable are ready to go at it again. Arkane Studios cofounder...
Mythical Games raises $19 million for blockchain-based games with ‘player-owned economies’
Mythical Games has raised $19 million for its game studio that will make blockchain-based games where players can make money through digital ownership. Los...
Bunch raises $3.85 million for social mobile party app for gamers
Bunch, the party app for mobile games, has raised $3.85 million from top games companies including Supercell, Tencent, Riot Games, Miniclip, Colopl Next, and...
Ex-Peak team at Dream Games raises $7.5 million for mobile puzzle games
Dream Games, a Turkish studio founded by five former Peak Games developers, has raised $7.5 million for mobile puzzle games. The funding for the...
Avidly Reads Board Games excerpt: Pandemic Mobile saved Pandemic … from me
Reprinted from Avidly Reads Board Games by Eric Thurm with permission from NYU Press, © 2019 by New York University. A good game of Pandemic is...
Google Stadia’s data use is over 100MB per minute at 1080p
Google Stadia is every bit the data hog that everyone was expecting. The service warns that it can use between 4.5GB and 20GB of...
Virtual Beings Summit LA to highlight Hollywood’s view of artificial people
The Virtual Beings Summit posits that artificial intelligence is the next great art form. It explores how AI and entertainment will give birth to...
Hearthstone: Battlegrounds gets four new heroes in big update
Blizzard Entertainment has released a major update for Battlegrounds, the newest mode for its popular digital card game Hearthstone. Battlegrounds takes inspiration from the...