GUEST: The words “artificial intelligence” often conjure up a sense of fear and apprehension. Fear for the unknown possibilities of AI, fear for the AI-fueled dystopian images brought about by movies like The Terminator, and most practically, fear for the possibility that AI will … | Continue reading

Hulu wants to hire Agent 47 for a hit … TV series. Developer IO Interactive has made a dead with production company Fox 21 and the Hulu streaming series to create a show based on the Hitman video game series, as Deadline first reported. John Wick creator Derek Kolstad is writing … | Continue reading

The fight against Nazi America doesn’t end by the time you see the credits in Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus. The dark middle chapter also gives you plenty of ways to keep fighting as well, and that includes The Freedom Chronicles downloadable content. Publisher Bethesda Softwo … | Continue reading

Camex Games announced today that Tactical Monsters: Rumble Arena is now available on Steam in Early Access. This is the studio’s followup to Heroes Tactics, a turn-based strategy game for PC, iOS, and Android that has millions of players, according to Camex. It has about 76,000 S … | Continue reading

SPONSORED: Presented by Intel After working in gaming for more than 20 years, Chris Hewish needed a change. The game designer-turned-executive could have pursued a number of different opportunities in the industry. So why VR? “What drew me to VR were not only the mechanics of it … | Continue reading

Faced with a tidal wave of fake news and phony propaganda unleashed by social media, the European Union has launched an effort to define the problem and identify strategies to address it. In an announcement today, the EU unveiled a process for the public to submit comments about … | Continue reading

Over the past few months, a group of female venture capitalists have been getting together to figure out what they can do to coach and support female founders in Silicon Valley. Today, the VCs unveiled a website where entrepreneurs can apply to attend Office Hours, a program that … | Continue reading

(Reuters) — Billionaire Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is to invest $50 million in the Dementia Discovery Fund, a venture capital fund that brings together industry and government to seek treatments for the brain-wasting disease. The investment is not part of Gates’ philanthropi … | Continue reading

Bandai Namco revealed today that Noctis, the star of Final Fantasy XV, is coming to Tekken 7 as a downloadable character. He’ll join the fighter sometime during Spring 2018. Tekken 7 came out for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC in June. Adding new characters after launch keeps pl … | Continue reading

GUEST: It’s the fall, and with it comes the end-of-the-year rush of big games. And as Microsoft and Sony ramp up their years-long fight for your attention, they’re spending a ton of bucks, too, accounting for 60 percent of October’s ad spend. GamesBeat has partnered with iSpot.tv … | Continue reading

Trouva, an online marketplace that serves as home for offline boutiques, has raised $10 million in a series A round of funding led by BGF Ventures, with participation from Index Ventures and Octopus Investments, among other return investors. Founded out of London initially as Str … | Continue reading

GUEST: As we prepare to open this new floodgate of information and engage with complex data in the context of the world around us, it’s worth pausing to look at what the potential impact of augmented and virtual reality might be in our everyday lives. While much of this impact is … | Continue reading

Call of Duty: WWII is an ode to the heroism of the Second World War, but not all of the heroes are familiar. In the name of showing the diversity of the conflict, Sledgehammer Games highlighted the role of Jewish Americans, African Americans, and female soldiers as well. In the m … | Continue reading

Google’s very first pair of headphones go on sale November 17 for $159, and we got a pair to test out their ability to translate 40 languages, play music, ping notifications in your ear, and power Google Assistant commands like ordering a pizza, getting directions, and searching … | Continue reading

It feels like Halloween just happened (note: that’s because it did), and we’re already in the full swing of the Thanksgiving-to-Black Friday rush and naturally, Target is one of the first places to get in on the craze. According to their Black Friday ad, both Sony’s PlayStation V … | Continue reading

GUEST: Virtual reality has begun to radically transform architecture, giving rise to “virtual property inspections” that provide a clear view of a property before construction crews even break ground. Contrary to what people see on their favorite real estate reality shows, which … | Continue reading

REVIEW: Cat Quest is an adorable romp through a fantasy world where you fight monsters, cast spells, and battle dragon bosses. Oh, and you’re a cat. It’s the second title from Singapore-based indie studio The Gentlebros, which specializes in cute isometric brawlers. To get it out … | Continue reading

Electronic Arts announced it will acquire Titanfall maker Respawn Entertainment for as much as $455 million on Thursday, in its biggest deal since it acquired PopCap Games for $750 million in 2011. The deal brings Respawn’s Titanfall property into EA’s fold of first-person shoote … | Continue reading

I had the opportunity to attend Web Summit this year in Lisbon, Portugal, along with almost 60,000 people from over 170 countries. If you represent a startup, a big technology company, something in between, a group of investors, or a media publication, this is an event you should … | Continue reading

(Reuters) – Taxi app Uber lost a bid on Friday to overturn a decision by a tribunal which had said its drivers deserved workers’ rights such as the minimum wage, in a blow to the company as it also battles to keep its license in London. The U.S. ride-hailing service has faced reg … | Continue reading

In the summer of 2011, I cofounded a seed-funded internet company that operated within the death-care space. You could think of us as Yelp for Funeral Homes. Yes, really. Given that we were first-time founders in a place like Cleveland, Ohio, my cofounder and I were always lookin … | Continue reading

PRESS RELEASE: Zuman, the leading premium single-source solution for human resources, payroll, and benefits administration today announced that Cary Rosenzweig has joined the company as its new Chief Revenue Officer. Effective immediately, Rosenzweig... | Continue reading

(Reuters) — Alphabet’s Google unit told U.S. election regulators in a letter seen by Reuters on Thursday that it “strongly supports” tightening rules on online political advertising as part of efforts to curtail “foreign abuse and influence” in elections. Federal lawmakers have c … | Continue reading

Asian gaming giant Nexon keeps on making money from games that are many years old, like Dungeon Fighter and Maple Story. The Tokyo-based company reported third quarter revenues tonight of $533 million, up 36 percent from a year earlier, and net income of $172 million. Both exceed … | Continue reading