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The dawn of self-driving companies
Venture Beat - 1 Dec 2018 22:10
Autonomous companies may be less sexy than autonomous cars, but their impact on society will be just as significant.
How Fnatic's esports victories led it into hardware
Venture Beat - 1 Dec 2018 21:34
Fnatic was founded in 2004, and it competes in esports tournaments like the League of Legends World Championships. It also makes its own hardware.
New Atlanta VC firm Knoll Ventures addresses the series A gap
Venture Beat - 1 Dec 2018 20:25
Knoll Ventures has raised a fund of just over $24 million intended to fill a need for post-seed capital for Atlanta startups.
Two months running, PlayStation dominates first place in gaming industry's most-seen TV ads ranking
Venture Beat - 1 Dec 2018 16:00
In the last 30 days, Sony-owned PlayStation edged its lead with a third of all industry TV ad impressions, with Nintendo in second.
Mojang dev spurs Minecraft players to ask for Oculus Go version
Venture Beat - 1 Dec 2018 13:34
For the most part, Gear VR and Oculus Go share almost the exact same content library, but there's one glaring omission on Go's side: Minecraft. Mojang's smash hit game hasn't shown up on Oculus' standalone headset since ...
Jam City lays off a number of game developers
Venture Beat - 1 Dec 2018 09:05
Fresh off the acquisition of two games, casual game publisher Jam City laid off a number of employees.
GamesBeat Decides 104: Cheap nylon bags and the FTC
Venture Beat - 1 Dec 2018 02:31
On this week's episode, the FTC shows up late to the fight, Nintendo had a very good black Friday, and Todd Howard made a very bad bag.
The rise of esports as a spectator phenomenon
Venture Beat - 1 Dec 2018 02:05
In just 46 years since Stanford's Spacewar! competition, esports viewership is already comparable with the NFL and NBA.