Tag: gaming
Tencent to Acquire Norway’s Funcom, As ByteDance Rivalry Moves Into Gaming
Tencent is feeling challenged by ByteDance, grabbing every opportunity to go after the TikTok publisher.
In the latest salvo,...
Twitch Fends off Microsoft, Facebook To Stay Atop Game Streaming Heap
Twitch’s early move into video game streaming is paying off, with Microsoft, Facebook, Twitter and Disney failing to dislodge the Amazon unit...
Not All Fun and Games: Online Play Increasingly Luring Kids for...
The virtual world your kid constructed in Fortnite may have an unseen threat built in -- sexual predators reaching out through the...
Next Up, Video Gaming — Cloud Streaming Replacing Hardware, M&A Rolls...
It seems only one thing isn’t changing in the gaming industry -- disruption. “Companies… know they need to evolve,” ran across the...
Welcome Friendshipping: Developer BetaDwarf Sees Videogames as a Solution Not a...
Key Takeaway: Danish online games developer BetaDwarf believes that a new type...
Battle Royale: Singularity6 Bets That Virtual Worlds Will Outgun Social Networks
Key Takeaway: Virtual gaming worlds may become social networks of the future;...
Video Game Loot Boxes Face Gambling Comparisons, Gamer Backlash
A key aspect of the modern video game business model has come under fire recently –– and it has nothing to do...
Slow Shift: WNBA to Appear in NBA 2K Gaming Franchise for...
It took two decades, but the women of the WNBA are finally taking to the NBA 2K basketball court as a part...
FaZe Clan Adds First Female Member in Boost for Esports Gender...
One of the world’s most popular esports organizations, FaZe Clan, signed its first female member: Fortnite player Soleil “Ewok” Wheeler, who is...
Mightier’s Video Games Aim to Impart Soothing Techniques to ADHD Kids
Many children have been learning their ABCs through video games. Now Mightier wants to help them conquer anxiety and depression disorders using...
Pixion Wants to Bring “Lunchtime Esports” to Everyone
Pixion Games, a London-based studio developing competitive e-sports games for mobile devices, closed a $2 million seed round that it will use...
Smartphone Maker ROKiT Launches $50 Million Indie Game Development Fund
ROKiT, maker of 3D smartphones and handheld devices, launched a $50 million development fund to support independent game developers.
Epic Games Buys Houseparty to Combat Gen Z’s “Loneliness Epidemic”
Generation Z is on “the precipice of a loneliness epidemic,” according to Sima Sistani, co-founder and CEO of the “face-to-face” video chat...