Two top executives at Web3 gaming startup Gala Games are now in litigation against each other — a turn of events that has dropped the price of its token by 13%. Web3 gaming startup Gala Games CEO Eric …
Nvidia Unveils AI-Powered Tech That Could Automate Many Aspects Of Game Development
Many major players in the video game industry have embraced the possibilities of generative AI, especially the technology has grown more mainstream in recent months. At a keynote earlier this month, …
Blizzard and Adobe tap generative AI tools as ‘co-pilots’ for humans
Generative artificial intelligence tools are being rolled out by tech firms Adobe and Activision Blizzard, though each claimed the AI tools are there to assist humans in creating content and will not …
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Microsoft continues to iterate on an Xbox cloud streaming device codenamed ‘Keystone’
For a few years, rumors have persisted that Microsoft was exploring building some form of streaming stick to offer Xbox Cloud Gaming via a more affordable dongle, similarly to Chromecast and Google …
Attackers Steal $618m From Crypto Firm
Vietnamese blockchain game developer Sky Mavis created the Ronin Network to serve as a sidechain for the company's Axie Infinity game. The tool is used by gamers to transfer virtual coins in and out …
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Microsoft CEO argues that buying Activision Blizzard will help him build the metaverse
When Microsoft bought Activision Blizzard for almost $70 billion last month, the tech giant’s CEO Satya Nadella was quick to bring up the metaverse in his comments. “In gaming, we see the metaverse as …
Sony buys Bungie for $3.6 billion in groundbreaking deal
Microsoft has Minecraft, Epic Games has Fortnite, and Sony now has Destiny. In a $3.6 billion deal, Sony is acquiring Bungie, the game studio famous for creating the Halo and Destiny universes. It’s a …
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How Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard takeover will drive metaverse gaming into the mass market
Microsoft was positioning itself as one of the pioneers of the metaverse even before its US$75 billion deal to buy online gaming giant Activision Blizzard. In the days after Mark Zuckerberg rebranded …
Metaverse startup Animoca Brands hits valuation of over $5 billion with new funding
Animoca Brands, an Australia-based metaverse startup focused on NFTs and gaming, has raised $358.88 million in new funding round and is now valued at over $5 billion. Liberty City Ventures led the …
Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion
Microsoft is acquiring Activision, the troubled publisher of Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, and Diablo. The deal will value Activision at $68.7 billion, far in excess of the $26 billion Microsoft …
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