VR Gives Game Developers A Chance To Take Streaming Time From Twitch
The emergence of virtual reality over the next few years offers game developers an opening to take some of that streaming time back from[...]
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Amazon’s Twitch Acquisition Is Too Big To Fail
Amazon is going to acquire video game streaming site Twitch for $970 million in an all-cash deal. Today's Amazon deal definitely doesn't give off[...]
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PlayStation Network Suffers DDOS Attack, Hackers Claim To Have Grounded SOE President’s Plane
PlayStation Network is currently experiencing mass outages for North American users, and the reason behind the downtime is a DDOS attack for which hacker[...]
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Microsoft Research Shows Off “DeLorean,” Its Tech For Building A Lag-Free Cloud Gaming Service
When looking to the future of gaming, few concepts get people as excited as the mythical “Netflix for gaming.” It's a concept that we've[...]
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Movie Theaters May Be Getting More Interactive, Thanks To Audience Entertainment’s SDK
You may soon be doing more twisting, turning, and jumping around when you go to the movies, if startup Audience Entertainment succeeds in launching[...]
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Game Developer Gumi, A Sega And Line Partner, Enters North America With Four New Studios
The North America digital game market is worth $11.8 billion, but it's proven tough to navigate for high-profile companies like Candy Crush maker King[...]
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Sony Doesn’t Know Why The PS4 Is Doing Well
Earlier this month, Sony announced that it has already sold 10 million units of its PlayStation 4 game console since its launch last November,[...]
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7,000 People Are Watching Two Fish Play Street Fighter
Two fish are playing Street Fighter over on Twitch, and more than 7,000 people are watching the mayhem. Or, partial mayhem. Sometimes the fish don't[...]
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PlayFab Raises $2.4M For Its Gaming Backend Service
Nowadays, most studios building games for mobile, PC, or consoles are actually building services: there are servers where gamers play together, leaderboards, in-app purchases[...]
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Mobile’s “One Game Wonder” Problem
Mobile gaming is a massive success, but it's notable how many big game makers struggle to convert their successes into longer term franchises or[...]
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