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NPD: U.S. game spending up 40% in first half of 2018

Posted byby Mike Minotti
August 29, 2018
2 min

U.S. consumers spent $19.5 billion on gaming in the first half of 2018, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. This is up 40 percent...

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VR’s next goal: Quickly winning over new users

Posted byby GamesBeat
August 29, 2018
3 min

Headset makers are actively trying to make VR easier for new users to experience -- quickly.

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Newzoo expects that esports will help video games outgross traditional sports

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
August 29, 2018
2 min

Every few years, research firm Newzoo makes predictions about the future of esports. It has done that recently for the consumer side, but now...

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8 Circuit Studios unveils blockchain-enabled deep space survival game Project Genesis

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 29, 2018
3 min

8 Circuit Studios has unveiled its first game, Project Genesis, a deep space survival game that is powered by the Ethereum blockchain. 8 Circuit Studios...

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‘The Great C‘ hands-on: Adapting a Philip K. Dick short story into cinematic VR

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 29, 2018
4 min

Entertainment One’s Secret Location is showing off its virtual reality film adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s short story The Great C at the Venice film festival...

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Orpheus Self-Care Entertainment startup wants to make VR that can heal

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
August 29, 2018
5 min

Last year, Job Stauffer came to the attention of many people in the virtual reality space as the man who “lost 50 pounds using...

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Games can and should comfort patients with life-threatening illnesses

Posted byby GamesBeat
August 28, 2018
4 min

In 2009, I left a fantastic job at YouTube to join a relatively new startup: Justin.tv. I believed livestreaming was the future and spent...

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CryptoKitties will help German museum explain blockchain

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 28, 2018
2 min

CryptoKitties has proven good for raising the public’s awareness of blockchain and cryptocurrency, and so a museum in Germany is creating an exhibit that...