Superplastic and Christie’s will auction NFTs for virtual celebrities Janky & Guggimon
Superplastic has teamed up with the auction house Christie’s to auction off nonfungible tokens (NFTs) based on the virtual celebrities Janky & Guggimon. Yes,...
Harena Data creates 5 businesses that support amateur esports
Harena Data has a complex business with five different ways to support amateur esports and sports. CEO Derek Pew acknowledges that complexity, but he...
Our Machinery launches hackable lightweight game engine
Our Machinery has launched its game engine, dubbed The Machinery. It is targeted at developers who prefer a plugin-based model and the ability to...
Osso VR raises $27M to train surgeons via simulations
Osso VR has raised $27 million to train doctors and other medical professionals using virtual reality surgery simulations. The San Francisco-based Osso VR said...
Deathloop anchors Sony’s next State of Play (and its fall game lineup)
Sony has a new PlayStation State of Play coming this week, and the company is anchoring that showcase (and its fall lineup) with the...
Amazon shifts Lumberyard to open source 3D game engine supported by 20 companies
Let the OSS Enterprise newsletter guide your open source journey! Sign up here. Amazon is contributing its Lumberyard game engine to open source, and it will be...
New Nintendo Switch model with OLED screen launches on October 8 for $350
Nintendo announced that a new Switch model with an OLED display is launching on October 8. It will retail for $350, $50 more than...
Newzoo: Game market will hit $200B in 2024
The global game market will grow from $175.8 billion in 2021 to more than $200 billion in 2024, according to the 2021 Global Games...
Drake Star Partners: Game deals surpassed $60B in first half of 2021
Game deals surpassed an unparalleled $60 billion in the first half of 2021, according to investment bank Drake Star Partners. Spurred by pandemic lockdowns...
Bling enables game devs to give players Bitcoin rewards
Bling has raised seed funding to enable game developers to give Bitcoin rewards to players who engage with games. The Irvine, California-based Bling’s vision...