Canada-owned Ludia plans to add 50 new jobs and make acquisitions
Under new Canadian management, the mobile game studio Ludia plans to add 50 new jobs this year and possibly make…
WorldShards generates $6.2M as part of Open Loot partnership
LowKick Games announced today that its web3 MMORPG WorldShards has generated over $6.2 million in marketplace sales in its first…
Anthropic raises $3.5 billion, reaching $61.5 billion valuation as AI investment frenzy continues
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CTA warns that tariffs could lower U.S. consumer purchasing power by $90B to $143B
The CTA warned today that the tariffs on foreign goods will fuel inflation and hurt U.S. consumer purchasing power by…
Insomniac’s VR titles delisted, casting a shadow over the technology
Insomniac’s VR games are no longer for sale, suggesting that the VR market in particular may not be a welcome…
Less is more: How ‘chain of draft’ could cut AI costs by 90% while improving performance
Zoom researchers unveil “chain of draft,” which cuts AI token usage by 92%, transforming the economics of language model deployment.Read…
Google launches free Gemini-powered Data Science Agent on its Colab Python platform
A scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory estimated that their data processing time dropped from 1 week to five minutes.Read…
Game services firm PTW rebrands as Side
PTW, a 30-year-old game developer services firm, has rebranded as Side, bringing its various brands under one brand identity. PTW…
PowerA teams up with Bandai Namco for licensed Pac-Man gear for 45th anniversary
PowerA has partnered with Bandai Namco Entertainment America to create gaming gear for the 45th anniversary of Pac-Man. Pac-Man is…
Cover brings VTuber phenomenon to U.S. audiences
Cover Corp. has expanded outside of Japan, bringing virtual creators known as VTubers to U.S. audiences. The market is getting…
Can a popular online game have a flawless technical launch? | Arrowhead Game Studio’ Helldivers 2
At the Dice Summit, Arrowhead Game Studios won four awards for its Helldivers 2 game. The title is a great…
Micron launches new memory chips to keep up with AI processing
Micron announced its first 1y (1-gamma) DDR5 memory chip samples this week, and it says this is part of its…