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Snow Crash author Neal Stephenson on the 'metaverse stock price' | The DeanBeat
Venture Beat - 8 Nov 2024 20:00
Neal Stephenson wants to see the open metaverse become reality. He coined the word "metaverse" in his novel Snow Crash that debuted in 1992.
Amazon Games talks IP growth opportunities across five generations of gamers
Venture Beat - 8 Nov 2024 18:23
Warner, Disney, and Netflix are seeing great success exploiting their IP, and that's a big part of the Amazon Games' strategy.
Weaning mobile game players off in-app purchases with effective D2C marketing
Venture Beat - 8 Nov 2024 17:39
Why web shops are the future of mobile game monetization, and how to overcome their complexity and launch successfully.
Former PlayStation Worldwide chairman says the the future of the industry no longer belongs to the big players
Venture Beat - 8 Nov 2024 16:48
Learn why the former chairman of PlayStation Worldwide says Web3 gaming will bring badly needed innovation back to the game industry.
Sony's big games for September quarter are Astro Bot, Ghost of Tsushima and Helldivers 2
Venture Beat - 8 Nov 2024 09:30
Sony reported its quarterly results tonight and it said that third-party games helped it grow operating profits by 2.8 times in the quarter compared to a year ago. The games that took off included Astro Bot, which debute...
Sony's Q2 game/network service sales rise 12% to $7.01B
Venture Beat - 8 Nov 2024 08:50
Sony reported its sales for its game and network services division were 1,071.5 billion yen ($7.01 billion) for the second fiscal quarter ended September 30, up 12% from a year ago. Operating income for the G&NS division...
ByteDance's AI can make your photos act out movie scenes -- but is it too real?
Venture Beat - 8 Nov 2024 05:27
ByteDance's new AI tool, X-Portrait 2, transforms still photos into realistic video animations of famous movie scenes with uncanny detail, raising questions about the future of AI-driven animation and digital content cre...
OpenAI's data scraping wins big as Raw Story's copyright lawsuit dismissed by NY court
Venture Beat - 8 Nov 2024 05:13
The dismissal of Raw Story's lawsuit is more than a win for OpenAI--it's an indicator of how courts may handle similar copyright claims.
How games companies can attract (and keep) new talent
Venture Beat - 8 Nov 2024 01:25
Microsoft's Dametra Johnson-Marletti spoke at GamesBeat Next's Women in Gaming Breakfast about ways gaming can nurture its future leaders.
Unity beats guidance with Q3 revenues of $429M, down 2%
Venture Beat - 8 Nov 2024 00:00
Unity reported that its third-quarter revenues and adjusted profits beat expectations, with revenue falling 2% to $429 million.