Overwolf invests in Syn City, explores UGC in mafia metaverse
Overwolf, the user-generated content creation and distribution platform, announced today it’s investing in Syn City. The “mafia metaverse” game has raised over $8 million...
E3 shifts to online-only event because of Omicron concerns
The Entertainment Software Association is shifting the Electronic Entertainment Expo to an online-only event out of concerns around the pandemic. “Due to the ongoing...
Oasis Consortium unveils user-safety standards for an ‘ethical internet’
The Oasis Consortium, a nonprofit devoted to making the internet safer, launched its principles for online user safety today. Tiffany Xingyu Wang, president of...
Playtika CEO Robert Antokol interview — Why player retention matters now
Robert Antokol, CEO of Playtika, believes we’re in the middle of the revolution. But when he describes what it is, it can sound like...
Samsung takes a stab at its own immersive metaverse store
The “Walmart metaverse” was trending on Twitter yesterday from the resurfacing of a 2017 video that made online shopping in a 3D store seem...
2 big CES trends: PCs closing Apple’s silicon advantage and mutant laptops
The difficult thing about reporting the news two years into a pandemic is that the thing that is charge of every aspect of our...
Nexon invests $400M in Russo brothers’ film company at $1.1B valuation
Nexon has invested $400 million in AGBO, a film and entertainment company created by Avengers directors Anthony and Joe Russo. The minority investment from...
Picoo is a handheld console designed for kids to use in outdoor games
The creators of Picoo showed off their new console at CES, a handheld outdoor gaming console for kids. According to its creators, the purpose...
HTC Vive debuts its 1st 5G VR experience and VR wrist tracker
HTC is debuting its first 5G wireless experience for a Vive virtual reality headset. The Taiwan-based company is debuting its first portable, private 5G...
Ubisoft+ comes to Xbox and Rainbow Six Extraction launches on Game Pass
Ubisoft announced today that its subscription service, Ubisoft+, will be coming to Xbox in the near future. In addition, Ubisoft is launching its latest co-op...
