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Improbable, a U.K. startup that helps devs build massive simulated worlds, to open first U.S. hub in San Francisco

Posted byby GamesBeat
January 23, 2017
2 min

Improbable, a U.K. startup that makes it easier for developers to build massive simulated worlds, has announced it’s opening its first base in the...

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Fingersoft’s Hill Climb Racing 2 mobile game surpasses 40 million downloads

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 23, 2017
2 min

Fingersoft’s Hill Climb Racing 2 has been downloaded more than 40 million times in less than two months. That’s a pretty big deal for the...

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Valve confirms: More SteamVR Tracking headsets are in development

Posted byby Jason Wilson
January 22, 2017
2 min

In a late comment to the Gabe Newell AMA on Reddit, Valve’s Joe Ludwig posted an update outlining progress licensing its SteamVR Tracking system....

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How Heroes of the Storm is evolving its esports scene

Posted byby Mike Minotti
January 22, 2017
9 min

Heroes of the Storm is evolving as an esport. Blizzard’s new Heroes Global Championship (HGC) league starts this weekend. It’s a new format for competitive play for Heroes of the Storm, the developer’s multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) title.

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Tennis legend Andre Agassi’s investment Square Panda blends fun games and digital education

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 22, 2017
3 min

Square Panda is trying to walk the lines between fun and learning — and between the digital and the physical. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company has...

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How competitive gaming has to quickly evolve into a mature industry

Posted byby Jason Wilson
January 22, 2017
4 min

The esports industry, for many, seems to have appeared overnight – at least in the mainstream. It tallied $892.8 million in revenues in 2016...

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Ashley Judd scorches the game industry for profiting from misogyny

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 22, 2017
2 min

Actress Ashley Judd made news today at the Women’s March in Washington, D.C., for her performance that skewered President Donald Trump. But she also...

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Hands-on with Tobii’s eye-tracking laptop controls

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 21, 2017
7 min

Oscar Werner, president of Tobii Tech, gave me a rundown of the company’s eye-tracking technology for games at CES 2017, the big tech trade...

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Tilt Brush artists become animators with update to toolkit

Posted byby Jason Wilson
January 21, 2017
2 min

Google’s Tilt Brush app is evolving from a new way for artists to create into an important new tool in a developer’s arsenal. Back in...

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Xbox One smashes aside PlayStation 4, Blizzard on TV

Posted byby Jason Wilson
January 21, 2017
2 min

The console crushed all it’s competitors in terms of digital attention GamesBeat has partnered with attention analytics company iSpot.tv, which measures TV advertising in...

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