Epic’s Tim Sweeney: Here’s how to keep Windows an open platform
Last week, I wrote an opinion piece for The Guardian expressing concern that Microsoft’s new Universal Windows Platform (UWP) APIs comprised a first step...
How GamesBeat will be a part of GDC next week
We’re busy getting ready for a full week of coverage of the Game Developers Conference. Our team includes GamesBeat news writer Jeff Grubb, community...
MaxPlay launches MaxCore technology to dramatically improve game and VR performance
When MaxPlay debuted its new game engine for the cloud era in October, it said it would disrupt the development business. And today, it is announcing...
Japanese mobile publisher Colopl’s U.S. branch plans to get into the VR game
Another mobile company is getting into the virtual reality game. Colopl NI, the U.S. subsidiary of the Japanese mobile developer that has a revenue...
Rethinking data pipeline dilemmas to boost speeds and decrease costs
It’s bad enough that the current ETL times for structured data is already a big data pipeline bottleneck. Now companies also need to contend with unstructured and semi-structured data streaming in from multiple sources simply because they have no choice.
Robert Scoble leaving Rackspace for UploadVR to explore augmented and virtual reality
Technology evangelist, author, and blogger Robert Scoble is leaving Rackspace to pursue an entrepreneur-in-residence role with UploadVR. He says that he’ll do the same...
Wooga announces new studio Black Anvil Games to make hardcore mobile games
Casual game publisher Wooga is branching out into hardcore mobile games with the creation of a new studio, Black Anvil Games. The new Wooga-owned...
UnnyWorld charges into the real-time strategy fray on mobile
Hardcore game companies are obsessed with creating real-time strategy (RTS) games on mobile devices, as the genre is a huge one on the PC....
Challenging Hearthstone, EA unveils Plants vs. Zombies Heroes collectible card mobile game
Blizzard’s Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft has paved the way for collectible card games on mobile, a new $1.2 billion category. And Electronic Arts is...
VR treadmill maker Virtuix runs toward a mini-IPO
Virtuix, maker of the Omni virtual reality treadmill, said today it will move ahead with a “mini-IPO” under new regulations that allow companies to raise...