AI learns how to play Montezuma’s Revenge
In 2015, Google subsidiary DeepMind published a landmark paper describing a system that could, given enough time and computational horsepower, learn to play a collection...
Skillz: Top 10 mobile esports players won $8 million in 2018
Mobile esports provider Skillz said that the top 10 mobile esports players earned more than $8 million in 2018, with seven of the 10...
Tasty Town forks over food fun on Android and iOS
Social Point has launched Tasty Town (because “Flavor Town” may already be under copyright), a free-to-play restaurant game for iOS and Android. This is the...
Switch sales strong, but Nintendo pulls back forecast
Nintendo reported strong third fiscal quarter earnings for the three months ended December 31, with Super Smash Bros. Ultimate fueling sales of the Switch...
Mario Kart Tour for mobile delayed to summer 2019
Nintendo announced today as part of its nine month earnings report that the mobile game Mario Kart Tour is no longer coming out before the...
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate sales soar past 12 million
Nintendo announced that Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has sold 12.08 million copies on Switch since its December 7 launch. The news came as part...
World of Tanks’ Core Breach shows Chicago studio still loves mechs
World of Tanks already deals in some heavy metal. You don’t get much beefier than tanks, after all. This week, Wargaming released a special...
Digi-Capital: AR/VR investment stabilized in Q4 2018
Digi-Capital tracked startups raising over $6 billion across AR/VR/computer vision in 2018, driven by large, late-stage deals in China. A decline in deal volumes...
Microsoft’s gaming revenues up 8% thanks to Xbox One software and Game Pass
Microsoft announced its earnings for the second quarter of financial year 2019, revealing that game revenues are up 8 percent compared to the same...
Microsoft reports $32.5 billion in Q2 2019 revenue: Azure up 76%, Surface up 39%, and LinkedIn up 29%
Microsoft today reported earnings for its second fiscal quarter of 2019, including revenue of $32.5 billion, net income of $8.4 billion, and earnings per...