IHS Markit: Cloud gaming earned $387 million in 2018, and could grow to $2.5 billion by 2023
Cloud-based gaming is starting to heat up. In a new report from market research firm IHS Markit, cloud gaming earned $387 million in 2018,...
Jack Tretton interview — Why investing in indie game startups is hot again
Jack Tretton ran Sony’s game division in the U.S. for many years, and he helped the PlayStation 4 become ascendant in this generation. Then...
ProBeat: Microsoft and Sony deal validates Google Stadia
News broke yesterday that Sony and Microsoft are kissing in a tree, working on AI and cloud technology. The new Microsoft and Sony partnership...
Mobile VR’s dying gasps mean new life for standalone and tethered VR
Even if you were expecting this news, the latest research confirms it: “High-performance” VR platforms are increasing in popularity while “mobile VR” is declining. Users,...
Google expands Flutter mobile app SDK to the web, desktop, and embedded devices
At its I/O 2019 developer conference today, Google launched version 1.5 of Flutter, its open source mobile UI framework that helps developers build native...
How to watch the Google I/O 2019 stream
Google’s biggest event of the year, its I/O developer conference, is back, overlapping annoyingly with Microsoft’s Build 2019. I/O 2019 is being held in...
What to expect at Google I/O 2019: Pixel 3a, Android Q, and more
Google’s annual developer conference, Google I/O, is nearly upon us. In a few days’ time, a keynote address headlined by CEO Sundar Pichai will...
Newzoo: Top 25 public game companies generated over $100 billion in 2018 revenue
Market researcher Newzoo reported that the top 25 public game companies account for nearly 80 percent of the global market, and they generated $107.3...
Code to Inspire trains girls to code and make games in Afghanistan
Fereshteh Forough grew up as a refugee, but she learned to become a computer programmer. And she wants to give other Afghan girls that...
Google’s Stadia bet: Breaking barriers — if the games and tech can support it
How about this for an idea: a digital entertainment platform which can stream high-quality content from a remote data center to any device, anywhere...