Vreal CEO Todd Hooper on the joys of VR livestreaming
Todd Hooper has shown up early at the virtual reality party. He started Vreal in Seattle to create a livestreaming platform for streamers to...
More than 5% of Facebook’s workforce deals with AR and VR
Two pieces of information from Facebook sources have given us new insight into the division of labor inside the social media giant. Words spoken by...
Facebook shuts down its Oculus Story Studio team
Facebook is getting out of the narrative-based VR experience business. Oculus VR content boss Jason Rubin revealed today that the company is closing its...
Zynga CEO: ‘The most vibrant, largest, most social audiences on mobile are in messaging apps’
Zynga reported one of its strongest revenue quarters in years today as it hit $207 million in bookings, up 14 percent form a year...
Zynga reports one of its best revenue quarters in years as mobile growth takes off
Zynga reported one of its strongest revenue quarters in years as it hit $207 million in bookings, up 14 percent form a year ago....
Minecraft, Mario, and FIFA dominate E3 buzz on Facebook
Ahead of the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), Facebook is measuring what people are talking about in the console and PC game markets. During April...
Blackstorm Labs adds AI chatbot to its EverWing Messenger game
Blackstorm Labs is launching an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot for its EverWing game on Facebook Messenger’s Instant Games platform. The chatbot is part of...
Zynga launches Words With Friends for Instant Games on Facebook Messenger
Zynga is starting to bet big on Instant Games, the instantly playable games on Facebook Messenger and iMessage. And today, the company is launching...
Facebook rolls out Instant Games on Messenger to 1.2 billion people
Facebook is announcing today that it is rolling out Instant Games on Messenger more broadly to the 1.2 billion people who use the messaging system...
How Facebook plans to make esports and game videos more social
At its recent F8 annual developer event in San Jose, California, Facebook doubled down on its gaming initiatives, announcing the progress it has made...