Researchers develop AI that can play Angry Birds
Rovio’s Angry Birds, a title that tasks players with slingshotting colorful fowl toward ill-intentioned, egg-stealing swine, has been characterized by one reviewer as “one...
Utopos Games raises $1 million to make AI-based robot battle game Raivo
Utopos Games has raised $1 million for its robot-battle game Raivo, which the company says is the first title to gamify machine learning. In...
Medal.tv acquires Megacool to expand into mobile game clip sharing
Medal.tv, a maker of short-form gaming videos, has acquired Megacool to expand into mobile game clip sharing. The purchase price was not disclosed. This...
Netflix and Doppio Games partner to create voice-controlled game The 3% Challenge
Doppio Games has teamed up with Netflix to create voice-controlled games and entertainment, starting with the free multiplayer game The 3% Challenge. The 3%...
Former ArenaNet game developers raise $3.3 million for Tenacious Entertainment
Mobile gaming studio Tenacious Entertainment, created by former ArenaNet developers, has raised $3.3 million. The Bellevue, Washington-based studio was founded last year by CEO...
StreamLabs/Newzoo: Fortnite still rules Twitch, but hours watched declined in Q3
Fortnite was still the most-watch game on livestreaming platform Twitch in the third quarter, but the hours watched on the platform declined, according to...
How Falcon Northwest keeps making custom gaming PCs one at a time
Custom gaming PCs have always seemed like toys of the rich or geeky hobbyists. But you’d be surprised at the kind of people who...
Gumi CEO believes VR and blockchain are key to connected worlds
Gumi has always been partial to new technology. Founded in 2007, the Japanese game publisher had one of the big hits of the smartphone...
Xbox dominates gaming industry TV spend for September
The gaming industry came roaring back to life in September with an estimated TV ad spend of $39.3 million, a remarkable increase of 983%...
Respawn ‘loves the Quest’ even if Medal of Honor’s VR focus is the Rift
Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond is an Oculus Rift-exclusive VR shooter coming from Respawn Entertainment. It marks the first entry in the long-running...