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OPINION: Sorry, everyone. While there’s a story floating around today about a “VR” or “pseudo-VR” headset coming soon for Nintendo’s Switch, it’s not true. Even by the loosest definition of the phrase, virt...

When trying to get people to pay you for your ideas, present them in terms that have the whiff of science. It's not the science itself that actually matters, it's the appearance of science that counts.

Funcom’s open-world survival adventure Conan Exiles has emerged victorious, becoming the developer’s fastest-selling and best-selling title. It initially launched in Early Access on PC in January 2017, selling more t...

Motion Twin’s stylish dungeon-crawler Dead Cells entered Early Access on PC last May, and the developer teamed up with publisher Merge for the full release of its debut title. The two announced today that physical vers...

Researchers at MIT CSAIL have developed a system called PixelPlayer that can isolate the sound of instruments from videos.

NIS America announced today that RPG Maker MV is coming out for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One in 2019. The RPG Maker series gives users the tools to, as you might have guessed, make their own role-playing ...

Brazil’s Independent Games (BIG) Festival ran last week in São Paulo, but it wasn’t the only event there that celebrates indie games. A group of local developers had put together and hosted their own festival, Glitc...

Imogen Heap is trailblazing blockchain technology to redress the imbalance many musicians suffer. Actually getting paid for their work.

Valve’s digital PC store Steam revealed the games that have sold best on its platform so far in 2018. The list separates games into multiple tiers, with Platinum being at the top. We’ve asked Valve what the threshold...

Facebook’s dominance in the social networking sphere is unparalleled. It claims 2.2 billion monthly active users for its flagship app, while Facebook-owned WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram claim at least 1.5 billion,...

Lisa Napoli at Gracefully Radio interviewed me about why we started Next For Me. In the conversation we cover the changing face of retirement, a looming fiscal crisis and changes in the workplace for +50 workers.

Live.me, the mobile app developer behind popular live broadcasting app LiveMe, announced the launch of Fluxr, a mobile gaming and esports live streaming platform that aims to enhance gamer experiences with mobile-first f...

An array of new iPads and Macs could be just around the corner, as Apple has just registered five new iPads and five new Macs with the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC). As discovered by Consomac, the registrations nota...

To stick or to twist? A question not only asked of Blackjack players in Vegas, but start-up founders too.

You could say that Gorogoa, an artistic puzzle game mostly created by a single developer over five years, had the perfect outcome because it was “in between a success and a hit,” according to creator Jason Roberts. I...

Apple's future iPhone plans appear to be coming into sharper focus based on two separate reports today: the company is said to be planning new colors for 2018's iPhones, and dumping modem supplier Intel for future 5G iP...

If bars have dozens of beers, why should a coffee bar serve just one brand? A Chicago entrepreneur is launching cafes that serve more.

New research has come out that dismantles the idea of "follow your passion" as a recipe for career success. In fact, this advice does far more harm than good. But what should we replace it with? I suggest three framework...

Part of selling your product and your company to a market and the public at large is convincing them of the idea that what you're selling is the right solution to a particular problem, and that means convincing them that...

Revenues are not going to simply grow on their own, you need to have a detailed plan, set well ahead of time, to make sure you actually hit your desired revenue goal.

Tinder is today rolling out a new feature that enables users to add a two-second looping video to their profiles. The dating app first announced the feature back in April, though it was initially limited to Canada and Sw...

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