Unity and USC film school team up on online game design course
Unity Technologies has partnered with the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts to launch a self-paced, adaptive online course teaching students and...
February 2019 Xbox Games with Gold — Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon and Assassin’s Creed: Rogue
Microsoft has revealed the free games that will be available to Xbox Live Gold subscribers during February, which includes some modern retro-inspired games and...
FanAI buys esports data startup Waypoint Media
FanAI, an esports audience analytics company, announced it has acquired esports data startup, Waypoint Media. It’s one more sign that esports is heating up,...
State Farm sponsors Fortnite streamer DrLupo
State Farm announced today that it has entered a sponsorship agreement with Benjamin “DrLupo” Lupo, one of the most popular Fortnite streamers in the world. DrLupo...
Why NetEase and Quantic Dream are teaming up for games on multiple platforms
Simon Zhu: A company of our size and stature doesn’t make investments lightly, and we have of course taken great care in analyzing all aspects of...
NetEase invests in Detroit: Become Human game studio Quantic Dream
Chinese internet company NetEase Games has acquired a minority stake in Quantic Dream, the French game studio that created blockbuster games such as Detroit:...
Piper upgrades DIY computer kit with bigger screen, built-in speaker, and AC power adapter
Piper has announced the next version of its Raspberry Pi-powered DIY computer building kit for kids. A few years back, the San Francisco-based education technology startup...
Digi-Capital: Game investment doubles previous record at $5.7 billion in 2018
Investments in game companies hit a record $5.7 billion in 2018, or more than twice the previous record set in 2017, according to advisory...
Kingdom Hearts III — 5 tips for your darkness-destroying adventure
Kingdom Hearts III is finally a reality, and now we can all go destroy darkness, awaken lost hearts, antagonize Donald Duck, and all that...
Final Fantasy VII HD graphics mod makes backgrounds less blurry with machine learning
Tired of waiting for that Final Fantasy VII remake? Well, this new mod won’t make the original game look like a modern triple-A title,...