The Esports Awards scores luxury advertiser Lexus as a sponsor
Brands are moving fast into esports to chase the rich and young audiences. A case in point: the luxury automobile brand Lexus announced it...
Esports Observer: Revenues and viewers are growing, as is investor interest
Esports is hot. Revenues, viewership, and investor interest is growing, according to a survey of more than 200 esports executives by law firm Foley &...
Epic Games acquires photogrammetry startup Quixel to make games more realistic
Epic Games announced it has acquired Quixel, a startup that created a huge “photogrammetry” asset library of real world imagery that can be used...
Beyond banning: More ways to protect your game from exploits (VB Live)
Presented by Akamai Game developers not only have to think about security from the start, but make sure it doesn’t affect game performance, either....
Diablo: Immortal won’t stand in Diablo IV’s shadow
Diablo: Immortal didn’t have a big presence at this year’s BlizzCon. Instead, Blizzard Entertainment focused on announcing new titles, such as Diablo IV. Last...
Apple delaying AR glasses until 2022 would be bad for XR, but no shock
Years ago, an Apple loyalist claimed the company was being unfairly criticized for delaying products that had been widely reported to be on the...
TabTale changes its name to Crazy Labs with focus on hyper-casual mobile games
TabTale got 2.6 billion downloads thanks to its past focus on kids educational games. But in the past couple of years, the Israeli company...
Richard Bartle interview: How game developers should think about sapient AI characters
Richard Bartle is one of the leading academics on video games and is a senior lecturer and honorary professor of computer game design at...
Echo Arena’s Oculus Quest post is now coming in 2020
You’ll have to wait just a little longer to jump into zero gravity on Oculus Quest. Ready at Dawn this week announced that its...
Litesprite’s game for managing depression gets an endorsement from Bayer’s startup accelerator
Litesprite had the vision years ago to use a mobile video game to help patients manage problems such as stress, anxiety, or depression. And...