VentureBeat - Gaming

Havok reduces licensing fee for studios with game budgets under $20M | VentureBeat

Operative Games unveils AI-driven interactive storytelling platform | VentureBeat

Operative Games, an interactive storytelling company, emerged today from stealth with backing from investors 1AM Gaming, Samsung Next, and LongJourney.vc.

Minecraft Education launches replica of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican | VentureBeat

Students can step inside this legendary St. Peter's Basilica building and take on the role of its caretakers in Minecraft Education.

Ted Price looks back on over 30 years in gaming | interview -- The DeanBeat | VentureBeat

Game Monument will let players fund titles by giving them credit inside games | VentureBeat

Hydratac raises $3M for 'extremely realistic' shooter game | VentureBeat

Hydratac, with just seven people working on a next-generation "extremely realistic" shooter game, has raised $3 million.

Ronin moves its gaming blockchain to a permissionless open ecosystem for devs | VentureBeat

Ronin, the gaming blockchain, is now permissionless, opening its ecosystem to all developers, said Ronin creator Sky Mavis.

Xsolla teams up with AppsFlyer to provide analytics for web shops | VentureBeat

Xsolla, a game commerce company, has partnered with AppsFlyer to provide analytics for web shops as alternative stores for game devs.

Lumus and Schott aim to make lightweight AR glasses into mainstream products | VentureBeat

If you look at the Lumus Z-30 Optical Engine for AR glasses, it looks pretty much like an ordinary pair of glasses. But it's AR.

Ansys says simulations will close the gap with reality and make the world more sustainable | VentureBeat

You may not have heard of Ansys, but it's in the process of being acquired by chip design tool firm Synopsys for $35 billion.

Phynd raises $10M for subscription-free smart TV cloud gaming platform | VentureBeat

Phynd raised $10 million for its subscription-free smart TV cloud gaming platform. It comes from a man with an interesting pedigree.

Dino Patti reacquires Jumpship and makes investment in Viewfinder creator Sad Owl Studios | VentureBeat

Dino Patti reacquired Jumpship, creator of Somerville, and made an investment in Viewfinder creator Sad Owl Studios.

Ready at Dawn co-founder says Ubisoft demanded their game's protagonist be male | VentureBeat

A game being developed by Ready at Dawn for Ubisoft was met with odd demands about the protagonist, according to the studio's co-founder.

Mobile games can support each other in the race for user attention | Aarki | VentureBeat

Aarki's mobile retention report sheds light on the app-browsing habits of different types of gamers, and how devs can keep their attention.

Three Friends is a new indie game publisher in Sweden that is thinking small | VentureBeat

A team of industry veterans behind Minecraft, Valheim and Deep Rock Galactic have launched the indie publisher Three Friends.

Dead Astronauts raises over $4M in seed round to develop its first game | VentureBeat

Dead Astronauts held an oversubscribed seed round to expand its nascent team and work on its first game inspired by the Nordic wilderness.

Games for Change festival runs in NYC on June 26 to June 27 | VentureBeat

The 22nd annual Games for Change Festival will take place June 26 and June 27 in New York under the theme “Designing for Tomorrow.”

D3 Global raises $25M to modernize internet domain names | VentureBeat

D3 Global, the a decentralized domain name company, has raised $25 million to modernize the way that internet domain names operate.

X Games will test AI from Google Cloud for judging snowboarding competitions | VentureBeat

Gamer-focused Tilted social app raises $1.3M to save TikTok's creator economy | VentureBeat

TikTok might be going away soon, but Tilted hopes to launch a gamer-focused social app on iOS to help save the creator economy in the U.S.

Colossal raises $200M to "de-extinct" the woolly mammoth, thylacine and dodo | VentureBeat

Colossal BioSciences has raised $200 million in a new round of funding to bring back extinct species like the woolly mammoth.

Epic Games inks partnership to bring its Store to Telefonica devices | VentureBeat

Epic Games and Telefonica are partnering to bring the Epic Games Store to the mobile provider's new devices.

Will Sam Altman always win the OpenAI board fight in an AI agent simulation? | VentureBeat

Fable built its AI Sim Francisco "war game" to find out why OpenAI's behind closed doors board fight turned out the way it did.

Genies launches Parties for brands and creators to launch their own 'AI Roblox' | VentureBeat

Genies, an avatar technology company, has launched Parties after developing its foundational technology stack since the last fundraise.

Immutable and Sequence team up on Web3 in-game and cross-game experiences | VentureBeat

Immutable and Sequence, two companies that support Web3 game development, announced a strategic partnership and technical integration.

Neon raises $14M to build direct-to-consumer stores for games | VentureBeat

Neon has raised $14 million in funding to build its direct-to-consumer digital store platform to help make game companies more independent.

Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon Elite platforms for automotive | VentureBeat

Qualcomm unveiled its Snapdragon Elite platforms for automotive applications at its Snapdragon Summit event today.

NetVRk launches its AI-powered metaverse with Unreal Engine 5 graphics | VentureBeat

NetVRk, a cross-platform AI and Web3-driven metaverse, unveiled its platform for building virtual worlds with Unreal Engine 5.

Epic Games launches Fab unified digital content marketplace | VentureBeat

Epic Games has launched Fab, a new unified content marketplace that enables developers to access digital assets from a single online market.

Netflix shutters its only triple-A studio, loses major industry hires | VentureBeat

Netflix has closed Team Blue, the LA-based internal studio, before it could release its alleged triple-A game.

Unity 6 launches today: here's what it can do for you | VentureBeat

A handful of benefits and features launch with Unity 6 today, lightening the load for developers on the engine.

Remedy reveals FBC Firebreak, its first multiplayer title | VentureBeat

Remedy dropped a gameplay trailer for its first multiplayer title: FBC Firebreak, a first-person shooter set in the office space of Control.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and UI requires a beefy preload starting Monday | VentureBeat

Riot Games and Rihanna's Fenty Beauty team up on Arcane beauty products | VentureBeat

Riot Games has teamed up with Fenty Beauty to create beauty products based on the Arcane animated film series based on League of Legends.

Jacksepticeye's Thankmas 2024 partners with mental health crisis hotlines | VentureBeat

Thankmas, one of the biggest charitable events in the game space, is back again -- this time supporting crisis hotlines in the U.S. and U.K.

Gam3 Awards 2024 reveals shortlist for Web3 game awards and $5M prize pool | VentureBeat

The Gam3 Awards for Web3 games is returning for a third year in a row with a prize pool of $5 million, up from $2 million last year.

Lidwave raises $10M to improve machine vision with on-chip 4D LiDAR | VentureBeat

Lidwave has raised $10 million to make machine vision better when it comes to spotting pedestrians in a busy landscape.

Chip industry faces talent shortage as revenues head to $1 trillion | Deloitte | VentureBeat

Deloitte says the chip industry will hit $1T in 2030, but a huge talent shortage looms across the entire world.

Gladia raises $16M for AI transcription and analytics | VentureBeat

Gladia, an AI transcription and audio intelligence provider, has raised $16 million in funding.

Node.vc raises $77.3M for new fund backed by 70 Nordic entrepreneurs | VentureBeat

Node.vc has raised $77.3 million, or €71 million, for a new fund that is backed by 70 Nordic entrepreneurs.