Devcom survey: AI in development, economic and political uncertainty haunt game developers
Devcom, the big game developer conference starting on August 17 in Cologne, German, has published a survey of its speakers and found that 33%...
Game+ launches mobile app for skill-based gaming competitions
Game+ has launched a mobile app that enables people to play in skill-based gaming competitions for real money. The app is available on iOS...
Facebook gamifies data collection to boost conversational AI
Facebook once piloted a text-based fantasy role-playing game to improve the conversational models powering things like its chatbots and smart speakers. In a preprint...
Vader Immortal proved VR ‘experiences’ are just underdeveloped games
Vader Immortal was supposed to be a big deal. Developed by Lucasfilm’s ILMxLAB, the three-episode Star Wars VR series was described by famed writer...
Blockchain could trigger the game industry’s next evolution
Technology is mostly incremental. We make batteries last 20 percent longer. We make glass strong enough to serve as the front surface of a...
Unity buys Game’s Multiplay game server hosting business for $25.2 million
Unity Technologies has bought the game server hosting Multiplay Digital division of United Kingdom retailer Game Digital for $25.2 million. The deal is part...
Mobile game shame
Presented by Akamai. When I glance at my phone, there’s always a number that hurts my feelings a little bit. It triggers a mix...
Why play when you can code? MakeGamesWithUs breeds next generation of gaming prodigies
MakeGamesWithUs teaches students how to build iOS games, fostering a new generation of gaming moguls, developers, and entrepreneurs.
Habbo’s woes continue with threat of regulation and loss of retailer support
Teen-focused online social hub Habbo now faces possible action from the European Commission (the executive division of the European Union) due to allegations of unmoderated sexual chats in the virtual game space.
GamesBeat Weekly Roundup
Here are some of the stories that ran on GamesBeat this week. We’re running more articles exclusively in the GamesBeat section of VentureBeat, particularly...