Dota Underlords is Valve’s take on Auto Chess
Dota Underlords is the official Valve version of Auto Chess, the popular mod for Dota 2 that has released its own standalone version on...
This Dota 2 AI predicts player death within a 5-second window
If there’s one insight that might be gleaned from continuing AI research, it’s that many events once assumed unknowable are, in fact, predictable with...
Betting is esports’ biggest and most underappreciated opportunity
Betting is the single biggest opportunity in esports. It has uncapped upside and is one of the least encumbered by the video game publisher…but...
Transform 2019: Hear from the movers and shakers in AI
Artificial intelligence is transforming business and offering significant strategic and practical opportunities, from natural language processing and smart speech to IoT and edge computing....
AI is becoming esports’ secret weapon
Machine learning is changing the $1 billion esports market, which is projected to reach $1.8 billion by 2022. Computer scientists have made great strides...
Women are better at improving at Dota 2 than men
Women gamers are better at improving their skills compared to men when it comes to playing Valve’s Dota 2 game, according to AI-based game...
Games designed for streaming need to include spectator interactivity
Watching other people play games has become big business. Last year alone, we watched over 60 billion hours of gaming footage on platforms such...
Dota Auto Chess heads to mobile without Dota
One of the most popular games in the world right now is about to make the leap to mobile. Dota Auto Chess has tens...
What the heck is Dota Auto Chess?
Introduced just a couple of months ago, a custom map created for Dota 2 is generating major attention. Dota Auto Chess is the hottest...
A look back at some of AI’s biggest video game wins in 2018
For decades, games have served as benchmarks for artificial intelligence (AI). In 1996, IBM famously set loose Deep Blue on chess, and it became...