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UT Austin’s communication school adds Karch Gaming Institute

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 10, 2025
3 min

A new gaming institute at The University of Texas at Austin will help position students for careers in the rapidly growing video game industry....

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MeetKai creates virtual fan experience for Detroit Pistons

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
December 5, 2024
3 min

MeetKai and the Detroit Pistons announced they are launching their Detroit Pistons World, a new virtual fan experience allowing Pistons fans to connect with...

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Growl is offering an immersive boxing experience.

Growl is an AI interactive boxing coach to punch up your family workouts (updated)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
December 4, 2024
4 min

Growl has raised $4.75 million to create an AI-powered interactive boxing coach to punch up your family workouts. The Austin, Texas and Paris-based connected...

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ESPN Football Island opens in Fortnite Creative

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 29, 2024
1 min

ESPN announced today that it has opened a new ESPN Football Island in Fortnite Creative, the part of Epic Games’ blockbuster title that lets...

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EA Sports and Adobe join to transform team builder in College Football 25

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 24, 2024
2 min

Electronic Arts‘ EA Sports and Adobe have teamed up to transform the Team Builder mode of EA Sports College Football 25. EA’s new football game...

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Cleanplay wants to offset gamer energy use to address climate issues.

CleanPlay aims to reduce carbon footprint of gaming | The DeanBeat

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 4, 2024
7 min

Rich Hilleman and David Helgason have helped shape the video game industry. Now they want to offset its environmental impact with CleanPlay. More than...