Blackstorm Labs adds AI chatbot to its EverWing Messenger game
Blackstorm Labs is launching an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot for its EverWing game on Facebook Messenger’s Instant Games platform. The chatbot is part of...
Zynga launches Words With Friends for Instant Games on Facebook Messenger
Zynga is starting to bet big on Instant Games, the instantly playable games on Facebook Messenger and iMessage. And today, the company is launching...
Facebook rolls out Instant Games on Messenger to 1.2 billion people
Facebook is announcing today that it is rolling out Instant Games on Messenger more broadly to the 1.2 billion people who use the messaging system...
Playful takes on Minecraft with open-world sandbox game Creativerse
Playful is launching its open-world sandbox game Creativerse on May 8 in a move that will bring it into market that Minecraft dominates. The...
Séance: The Unquiet is a spooky ghost story in virtual reality
Holospark is working on a ghost story for virtual reality, Séance: The Unquiet, and the company has released a 5 minute VR demo for...
Microsoft wants to teach students to code with Minecraft
Today Microsoft announced Code Builder, a tool that lets Minecraft players build structures inside the game with JavaScript. Microsoft announced the news at an education-themed event in...
Microsoft unveils Windows 10 S, an education edition limited to Windows Store apps
At its education event in New York City today, Microsoft announced a new edition of its latest operating system: Windows 10 S. Available on...
How Watch Dogs 2 stayed ahead of current events
For Watch Dogs 2, the truth turned out to be stranger than fiction. At the GamesBeat Summit today in Berkeley, California. (watch it here),...
Nintendo ‘Switches’ up the console ad-spending charts
This biggest winner during March Madness might be Nintendo. After a gangbusters February for industry spending, gaming brands took it down a notch during...
How mixed reality is transforming the TV game show
The quaint TV game show is becoming more exciting, and it has nothing to do with goofy stunts or reality hijinks. Thanks to mixed...