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Sonic, Angry Birds 5 game crossover event unites Sega and Rovio
Venture Beat - 15 Mar 2024 02:27
For the first time since Sega acquired Rovio for $776M in 2023, Sonic the Hedgehog and Angry Birds' universes are crossing over in 5 games.
Baldur's Gate 3 opened the D&D video game floodgates | Kaser Focus
Venture Beat - 15 Mar 2024 23:38
Wizards of the Coast has greenlit another Dungeons and Dragons title -- and Rachel Kaser is in favor of the
Apple researchers achieve breakthroughs in multimodal AI as company ramps up investments
Venture Beat - 15 Mar 2024 22:31
Apple researchers achieve state-of-the-art results in multimodal AI with MM1 models, combining text and images for breakthroughs in image captioning, visual question answering, and few-shot learning, as the company inves...
Deci announces new AI dev platform and small model Deci Nano
Venture Beat - 15 Mar 2024 20:00
The Israeli company appears to be moving toward a more fully commercial or blended open-source/closed-source model mix, similar to Mistral.
Hangry snack 'n slash action RPG debuts at The Mix show
Venture Beat - 15 Mar 2024 19:43
Game Pill, a Canadian game studio with over 100 game credits, announced an original "snack 'n' slash" action RPG called Hangry.
What we can learn from the Helldivers 2 and Palworld launches | The DeanBeat
Venture Beat - 15 Mar 2024 19:00
When everybody shows up at once to play a game like Palworld and Helldivers 2, it's like a thunderous stampede.
Griffin Gaming Partners appoints ex-Scopely veteran Aaron Loeb as operating partner
Venture Beat - 15 Mar 2024 18:00
Aaron Loeb has joined Griffin Gaming Partners, the biggest venture capital firm specializing in gaming, as an operating partner. Los Angeles-based Griffin Gaming Partners has more than $1 billion in assets, Loeb will one...
Thirdverse completes $11.3M funding round for VR games
Venture Beat - 15 Mar 2024 17:05
Thirdverse has raised an additional $3.3 million in funding, completing its Series D funding round for a total of $11.3 million. Thirdverse CEO Hironao Kunimitsu had previously announced the Series D funding for its virt...
Fast-growing "Why Unified" becomes 3rd-leading Delaware company
Venture Beat - 15 Mar 2024 15:18
CONTRIBUTOR CONTENT: In a remarkable feat of business acumen and innovation, “Why Unified” has ascended to become the third fastest-growing company in Delaware. This prestigious recognition, as reported by Inc. 5000 ...
Bitmagic launches text-to-game creation platform in Steam Early Access
Venture Beat - 15 Mar 2024 15:00
Bitmagic announced plans to launch its text-to-game creation tool, which generates assets via prompts, on Steam Early Access.