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Game Developer’s Conference 2020 will include a funding summit

Posted byby Mike Minotti
November 20, 2019
1 min

Organizers for the yearly Game Developer’s Conference announced today that next year’s show will include a Game Funding & Investment Summit, a first for...

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Seriously launches Best Fiends Stars match-3 puzzle game

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 20, 2019
2 min

In its first big move since being acquired by Playtika, Seriously said today it is launching Best Fiends Stars, a spinoff from its Best...

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DeepMind’s MuZero teaches itself how to win at Atari, chess, shogi, and Go

Posted byby GamesBeat
November 20, 2019
4 min

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...

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Chartboost launches Helium in-app programmatic ad platform (updated)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 20, 2019
3 min

Chartboost, a popular mobile app monetization and programmatic advertising platform, is announcing the launch of its new software development kit, Helium. Helium allows mobile...

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WolfEye Studios is Arkane founder Raphaël Colantonio’s new game dev shop

Posted byby Jason Wilson
November 20, 2019
3 min

Two of the people who helped ensure games such as Dishonored are so memorable are ready to go at it again. Arkane Studios cofounder...

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Mythical Games raises $19 million for blockchain-based games with ‘player-owned economies’

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 20, 2019
3 min

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...

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Bunch raises $3.85 million for social mobile party app for gamers

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 20, 2019
2 min

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...