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Soma Games launches Monster Summer: Escape Roblox experience
Venture Beat - 13 Sep 2024 19:42
Monster Summer: Escape is a new Roblox experience promoting the adventure film Monster Summer, created by Soma Games.
How to prompt on GPT-o1
Venture Beat - 13 Sep 2024 03:01
OpenAI's new reasoning model GPT-o1 behaves differently than previous models. So users have to prompt it differently than GPT-4 or even 4o.
Microsoft's Windows Agent Arena: Teaching AI assistants to navigate your PC
Venture Beat - 14 Sep 2024 00:48
Microsoft unveils Windows Agent Arena, a groundbreaking benchmark for testing AI agents on Windows, accelerating development of AI assistants that could revolutionize human-computer interaction.
Annapurna Interactive represented the pinnacle of indie games | The DeanBeat
Venture Beat - 13 Sep 2024 21:00
We heard the news yesterday that all 25 of Annapurna Interactive’s team resigned after a deal fell through to spin them out of the entertainment company Annapurna. It was a sad moment not only because it added 25 more ...
Fast Travel Games launches its first multiplayer title, Mannequin
Venture Beat - 13 Sep 2024 19:13
Fast Travel Games has developed its first multiplayer title as well as a new in-house IP: Hide-and-seek VR game Mannequin.
The 3 key differences between U.S. and Chinese markets and what it means for ecommerce: Insights from Lesley Gao
Venture Beat - 13 Sep 2024 19:10
Chinese-owned shopping platforms Shein and Temu have surged in popularity in recent years, quickly catching up to U.S. retail giants like Amazon, Walmart, and Target. Their focus on fast fashion and influencer marketing ...
L.A. Comic Con returns October 4-6 with more gaming fandom
Venture Beat - 13 Sep 2024 19:00
Los Angeles Comic Con is returning on October 4 to October 6 with more gaming fandom and other elements of pop culture like comics, sci-fi and anime. The event has become L.A.'s largest pop culture event, and today the e...
What OpenAI's new o1-preview and o1-mini models mean for developers
Venture Beat - 13 Sep 2024 18:07
While clearly not right for all developers, the o1 family's debut makes for an exciting time for those with room to experiment.
Kinetix launches $1M AI-UGC gaming fund
Venture Beat - 13 Sep 2024 16:00
Kinetix announced its $1 million fund to support game developers who are combining generative AI and user-generated content.
Annapurna Interactive staff resigns after failed spinoff negotiations
Venture Beat - 13 Sep 2024 02:58
Annapurna Interactives executives and staff have resigned following failed negotiations to spin off the gaming division.