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Remedy unveils FBC: Firebreak -- a 3-player co-op multiplayer FPS in the Control universe
Venture Beat - 20 Mar 2025 23:45
Remedy Entertainment unveiled a new gameplay trailer for FBC: Firebreak, a three-player co-op FPS where the Federal Bureau of Control's first-response unit must contain an escalating paranatural threat. When the Oldest H...
ESA launches a major accessibility initiative at GDC
Venture Beat - 20 Mar 2025 21:15
The ESA introduced the Accessible Games Initiative to provide players with information about accessibility features in video games.
OpenAI's new voice AI model gpt-4o-transcribe lets you add speech to your existing text apps in seconds
Venture Beat - 20 Mar 2025 20:21
Three, all new proprietary voice models called gpt-4o-transcribe, gpt-4o-mini-transcribe and gpt-4o-mini-tts.
Speed is King: How Google's $32B Wiz play rewrites DevOps security rules
Venture Beat - 20 Mar 2025 19:54
The real story behind Google acquiring Wiz is how the need for speed and better cloud security dominates every enterprise's devops cycles.
Anthropic just gave Claude a superpower: real-time web search. Here's why it changes everything
Venture Beat - 20 Mar 2025 18:50
Anthropic launches real-time web search for Claude AI, challenging ChatGPT's dominance while securing $3.5 billion in funding at a $61.5 billion valuation.
Henk Rogers will speak about his book, The Perfect Game - Tetris: From Russia with Love at Gamescom Latam
Venture Beat - 20 Mar 2025 17:00
Gaming legend Henk Rogers, founder of The Tetris Company, will speak at the Gamescom Latam 2025 event in São Paulo.
Carbon Arc offers a marketplace for buying and selling licensed, real world transaction data to power LLMs and enterprise applications
Venture Beat - 20 Mar 2025 16:33
Instead of committing to bulk data contracts, businesses can consume only the insights they need, reducing operational overhead.
Global Candy Crush All Stars tournament returns with $1M prize pool
Venture Beat - 20 Mar 2025 15:00
King's Candy Crush All Stars tournament is back for its fifth consecutive year with a $1 million prize pool.
Discord announces mobile ad format to broaden game ad opportunities
Venture Beat - 20 Mar 2025 15:00
Discord announced plans to expand its successful Video Quests advertising format to mobile devices.
Saga Origins unveils AI-powered gaming with agents, modding and sidekicks
Venture Beat - 20 Mar 2025 15:00
Saga Origins debuted AI-powered gaming experiences as part of its Sidekick showcase at GDC 2025.
Independent Games Festival starts with a plea for supporting game devs
Venture Beat - 20 Mar 2025 04:28
Shawn Pierre, the chairperson of the Independent Games Festival, opened the Independent Games Festival Awards with a plea to support game developers.
Monster Hunter Wilds smashes February sales, numbers still in the red | Circana
Venture Beat - 20 Mar 2025 01:21
Monster Hunter Wilds is the big success story of February, according to Circana's charts, though overall industry sales are still in decline.
Hugging Face submits open-source blueprint, challenging Big Tech in White House AI policy fight
Venture Beat - 20 Mar 2025 00:48
Hugging Face challenges Big Tech in White House AI Action Plan submission, arguing open-source models match commercial performance while democratizing access and enhancing national security.