How investors should think about the esports gold rush
Last week was a big moment for esports as investors gathered at the Milken Global conference to listen to a panel I moderated on...
Sansar elevates Overwatch League esports viewing with social VR
It’s not often you can combine buzzwords like virtual reality and esports in the same business. But Sansar has done it by enabling esports...
Everything Google announced at I/O 2018
The first day of Google’s 2018 I/O developer conference came and went, with the tech titan announcing a ton of features, products, and other...
4 esports regulations to watch for in 2018
The rapid growth of the esports industry has increased the potential for corruption, match-fixing, doping, and other undesirable or illegal activities. Increased regulation is...
HQ Trivia sees multiple glitches in live contests
HQ Trivia has been drawing more than a million players to its live trivia events, but tonight it discovered that could be a bad...
EA CEO: We’re ‘pushing forward’ with loot boxes despite regulation
Belgium and the Netherlands have ruled that many loot boxes in games like FIFA Ultimate Team are equivalent to gambling and in violation of their...
EA’s live services drive strong earnings in a quarter with no big releases
Blockbuster video game publisher Electronic Arts didn’t have much happening in its fourth fiscal quarter, other than the launch of the relatively small independent...
Anthem is still set to launch by March 2019
Electronic Arts could have a few surprises for fans at the Electronic Entertainment Expo trade show in Los Angeles next month, but right now...
Electronic Arts thinks Fortnite is creating new Battlefield fans
If Fortnite is hurting Electronic Arts’ Battlefield games, that effect is not obvious yet. The publisher is even suggesting that Epic’s battle royale shooter...
Google debuts ARCore 1.2 with Sceneform, Augmented Images, Android and iOS Cloud Anchors
At the Google I/O 2018 developer’s conference today, Daydream product manager Nathan Martz introduced ARCore 1.2, a new version of the company’s augmented reality...