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Google researchers improve reinforcement learning by having their AI play Pong

Posted byby GamesBeat
March 25, 2019
2 min

Deep reinforcement learning — an AI training technique that employs rewards to drive software policies toward goals — has been tapped to model the...

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Apple unveils Apple Arcade subscription gaming service

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 25, 2019
2 min

Apple announced a premium game subscription, Apple Arcade, for its App Store. This bundles together paid iPhone and iPad games that consumers can play...

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Warframe nears 50 million players milestone on sixth anniversary

Posted byby Mike Minotti
March 25, 2019
1 min

Digital Extremes announced today that Warframe is getting close to hitting the 50 million players mark. The cooperative shooter came out back on March...

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The Lord of the Rings: Gollum interview — Middle-earth doesn’t intimidate Daedalic’s CEO

Posted byby Jason Wilson
March 25, 2019
13 min

Daedalic Entertainment made what I thought was the biggest video game franchise news of last week’s Game Developers Conference 2019 in San Francisco —...

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EA signs publishing deal with Skylanders veterans at Velan Studios

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 25, 2019
2 min

Electronic Arts has signed a deal to publish the first game from Velan Studios, an independent game developer started by gaming veterans Guha and...

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The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is Daedalic’s first game in new Middle-earth licensing deal

Posted byby Jason Wilson
March 25, 2019
4 min

Daedalic Entertainment has built a reputation for story-rich adventure games since Carsten Fichtelmann and Jan “Poki” Müller-Michaelis founded it in 2007. But last week...

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Why CCP Games crammed 14,274 spaceships into an Eve Online battle

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 25, 2019
11 min

It’s been seven months since Black Desert Online creator Pearl Abyss of South Korea acquired EVE Online maker CCP Games for $425 million. But...

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Oculus founder Luckey: Rift S lenses won’t fit 30% of users

Posted byby GamesBeat
March 25, 2019
2 min

Since leaving Oculus in 2017, consumer virtual reality pioneer Palmer Luckey has occasionally used his personal blog to discuss minor and not-so-minor issues at...