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Apple blocks Fortnite's return to the U.S. App Store and Epic Games Store in EU, despite ruling | VentureBeat

Epic Games Apple has blocked Epic's submission of Fortnite to the U.S. Apple App Store and the Epic Games Store for iOS in the EU.

Activision will sunset updates for Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile | VentureBeat

Activision announced that it will sunset Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile because it hasn't met expectations with mobile-first players.

Google’s AlphaEvolve: The AI agent that reclaimed 0.7% of Google’s compute – and how to copy it | VentureBeat

Google's AlphaEvolve is the epitome of a best-practice AI agent orchestration. It offers a lesson in production-grade agent engineering. Discover its architecture & essential takeaways for your enterprise AI strategy.

Studio 42 raises $3.6M for development of its first game | VentureBeat

Mobile dev Studio 42 has raised $3.6 million to build its internal structure as well as its first game, a hybrid-casual puzzle title.

Acer unveils AI-powered wearables at Computex 2025 | VentureBeat

Acer Gadget, a subsidiary of Acer, unveiled AI-powered wearables at the Computex 2025 trade show in Taiwan.

OpenAI launches preview of Codex AI SWE agent for developers | VentureBeat

Starting today it will be available as a research preview for ChatGPT Pro, Enterprise, and Team users, with support later for Plus and Edu.

Slash MTTP, block exploits: Ring deployment now essential | VentureBeat

Ring deployment slashes MTTP and legacy CVE risk. Learn how Ivanti and Southstar Bank are modernizing patch strategy with real-time intel.

Sandsoft's David Fernandez Remesal on the Apple antitrust ruling and more mobile game opportunities | The DeanBeat | VentureBeat

David Fernandez Remesal took the job of CEO of Sandsoft in 2020 and moved to Saudi Arabia, where is company is based.

From OAuth bottleneck to AI acceleration: How CIAM solutions are removing the top integration barrier in enterprise AI agent deployment | VentureBeat

New CIAM platforms are addressing a significant barrier to enterprise AI adoption: identity management for autonomous agents.

Software engineering-native AI models have arrived: What Windsurf's SWE-1 means for technical decision-makers | VentureBeat

Windsurf's new SWE-1 AI models tackle the complete software engineering workflow, potentially reducing development cycles and technical debt.

MapleStory Universe is launching its MapleStory N blockchain-powered online game | VentureBeat

Arm is rebranding its system-on-a-chip product designs to showcase power savings for AI workloads, targeting a surprising sector | VentureBeat

For engineers orchestrating AI pipelines across environments, the modularity and performance tiering within Arm’s new architecture...

Take-Two reports solid earnings and explains GTA VI delay | VentureBeat

Take-Two announced net bookings for the fourth-fiscal quarter ended March 31 hit $1.58 billion, up 17% from the same quarter a year ago.

Call of Duty's accessibility features are a player-developer collaboration | VentureBeat

Call of Duty's developers talk about how they've created accessibility features in their games through their own and players' experiences.

Elon Musk's xAI tries to explain Grok's South African race relations freakout the other day | VentureBeat

With its prompts now public and a team of human babysitters on call, Grok is supposedly back on script. But the incident underscores...

Kojima will tour 12 cities ahead of the Death Stranding 2: On the Beach launch | VentureBeat

Legendary game creator Hideo Kojima is gearing up to visit 12 locations across the globe to celebrate the launch of Death Stranding 2.

You.com’s ARI Enterprise crushes OpenAI in head-to-head tests, aims at deep research market | VentureBeat

You.com launches ARI Enterprise, an AI research platform that outperforms OpenAI in 76% of head-to-head tests and integrates with enterprise data sources to transform business intelligence with 400+ source analysis.

Nintendo opens a San Francisco store that will mean a lot to fans | The DeanBeat | VentureBeat

Nintendo is opening a retail store for its gaming gear in San Francisco today. I went to check it out early on a press visit.

Futureverse teams with GameTree gamer social app on Web3 community | VentureBeat

Futureverse has partnered with GameTree on Web3 wallet technology aimed at fostering community and digital ownership.

Reduce model integration costs while scaling AI: LangChain's open ecosystem delivers where closed vendors can't | VentureBeat

Through the LangGraph Platform, organizations can deploy agents with one-click deployment, horizontal scaling to handle “bursty, long-running traffic."

The $1 Billion database bet: What Databricks' Neon acquisition means for your AI strategy | VentureBeat

Databricks' $1 billion acquisition of Neon highlights how serverless PostgreSQL has become essential for agentic AI development.

Hear360 brings spatial audio and microphone processing to HyperX peripherals | VentureBeat

Hear360, a pioneer in immersive 360-degree spatial audio tech, announced a strategic relationship with gaming peripherals maker HyperX.

Call of Duty Endowment launches United Force: Tracer Pack to benefit veterans | VentureBeat

The Call of Duty Endowment (C.O.D.E.) charity is launching its United Force: Tracer Pack and C.O.D.E. Got Your Six event in Call of Duty.

Super Banana Studios raises funding for casual puzzle games | VentureBeat

Griffin Gaming Partners, one of the world’s largest venture capital firms, announced its backing of Super Banana Studios, a new casual game studio.

ShopBack expands rewards business from Asia to the U.S. with gamified offers | VentureBeat

ShopBack, Asia-Pacific’s shopping and rewards platform with over 50 million users across 13 markets, has launched in the U.S.

Meet AlphaEvolve, the Google AI that writes its own code—and just saved millions in computing costs | VentureBeat

Google DeepMind's AlphaEvolve AI system breaks a 56-year-old mathematical record by discovering a more efficient matrix multiplication algorithm that had eluded human mathematicians since Strassen's 1969 breakthrough.

Schemata raises $5M for AI training program for defense and enterprise sectors | VentureBeat

Beyond sycophancy: DarkBench exposes six hidden ‘dark patterns’ lurking in today’s top LLMs | VentureBeat

Without a strong push from AI companies to combat sycophancy and other dark patterns, the default trajectory is more engagement optimization, more manipulation and fewer checks.

The VentureBeat AI survey is back: Are you ready for the agentic AI future? | VentureBeat

Square Enix cancels action RPG game Kingdom Hearts Missing-Link | VentureBeat

Square Enix announced that it has canceled Kingdom Hearts Missing-Link, a GPS-based action role-playing game (ARPG) for mobile devices.

Elon Musk's Grok AI is spamming X users about South African race relations now, for some reason | VentureBeat

Grok was caught earlier this year censoring results critical of President Trump and Musk himself, sowing more doubt of its factual integrity.

Brightika charts $3M expansion into PC and console space | VentureBeat

Mobile game publisher Brightika is expanding into the PC and console business, with $3 million in funding to deploy on indie titles.

Patronus AI debuts Percival to help enterprises monitor failing AI agents at scale | VentureBeat

Patronus AI introduces Percival, a real-time monitoring platform that helps enterprises detect, debug, and prevent failures in autonomous AI agents to improve reliability, safety, and scalability.

TaleMonster Games raises $7M to make casual mobile games | VentureBeat

TaleMonster Games, an Istanbul studio founded by five Peak Games veterans, has raised $7 million in funding.

Layer raises $6.5M for next-generation production tools for game makers | VentureBeat

Layer, the AI application gateway built specifically for game developers, has raised $6.5 million in funding to make game production tools.

Remedy's FBC: Firebreak will keep you busy exterminating the Hiss | hands-on preview | VentureBeat

I played hands-on with multiple missions in a preview Remedy Entertainment's FBC: Firebreak game.

OpenAI brings GPT-4.1 and 4.1 mini to ChatGPT — what enterprises should know | VentureBeat

As OpenAI continues to evolve its model offerings, GPT-4.1 represents a step forward in democratizing advanced AI for enterprise environments

Notion bets big on integrated LLMs, adds GPT-4.1 and Claude 3.7 to platform | VentureBeat

Notion used OpenAI's GPT-4.1 and Anthropic's Claude 3.7 for its new AI features for enterprises, moving away from reasoning models.

Shuhei Yoshida looks back on his long career at PlayStation while at Gamescom Latam 2025 | VentureBeat

Skydance joins the delay train, pushing Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra to 2026 | VentureBeat

Skydance Games announced it's pushing Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra from a 2025 launch window to early 2026 to "polish" the title.