Sony Corp. announced today it has invested $250 million in Epic Games, the owner and the creator of the popular video game Fortnite and the mobile app Houseparty. Bloomberg first reported last month that Epic was close to securing funding at […]
Last week, China passed a controversial national security law on Hong Kong, which many fear could be used to override existing legal processes and end China’s “One country, two systems” policy. In response, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday that the United States […]
Esports consultant and journalist Rod “Slasher” Breslau said Bernstein’s death was confirmed by his ex-girlfriend and roommate. He was 31. Byron died a couple of hours after he proposed to his girl friend on Twitter. At 8:25 AM EST, Byron […]
The global esports market, which has enjoyed tremendous support in Asia and is now fast establishing itself as a mainstream entertainment globally, is currently valued at US$1.1bn and is projected to grow by 42% to US$1.56bn by 2023[1]. The number […]
A little over a year ago, we wrote a story about how social media app TikTok is taking teens by storm and making Snap and Facebook nervous. TikTok was developed and owned by China-based company ByteDance. Originally released in 2014, the […]
Online casinos are hardly a new development in the world of digital entertainment, having dated back at least as far as 1996. As one of the oldest forms of online entertainment, outsiders might expect some degree of stagnation, but this […]
Espo, the platform where esports fans can stake* world-class teams and players, today announced its official pre-launch and pre-registration of its eSports digital staking platform. Espo has created an answer to limitations and problems faced by fans, teams and players in the esports community. […]
Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One took the fictional work of Ernest Cline and made it an onscreen hit. With $582 million at the box office, the movie clearly struck a chord, but the question is why? The obvious answer is […]
As more Americans spend time at home amid coronavirus pandemic, many are now spending more time on gaming as a way to reduce the negative emotions caused by the virus. During the same period, video and gaming sites like YouTube and Twitch […]
As more people practice social distancing due to coronavirus outbreak, many Americans are turning to games to keep themselves occupied while they stay at home. According to telecom giant Verizon, gaming usage went up 75% (between March 12-19) and 102% […]
With coronavirus continues to spread worldwide, more than 1.5 billion students are affected by school closures worldwide due to COVID-19. Together with Minecraft and Blockworks, EIT InnoEnergy has made Lumen, a game-based learning module that teaches youth about sustainable energy, available […]
According to the Financial Times special report, mobile game developer and publisher Gismart has been named the fastest-growing company in the gaming industry and came 6th in the overall list of FT 1000: Europe’s fastest-growing businesses. Ranked according to the […]
ZenSports, a mobile peer-to-peer sports betting marketplace, has raised additional $770K+ in seed funding from angel investors. The new funding follows a $675K raised in October 2019 as part of a broader $1M+ seed Round after launching its sports betting app in March 2019. […]
The gaming industry is one of the most exciting places to look for new tech innovations – and not just because it’s fun to play games. As competition has ramped up, companies and developers have been forced to introduce better […]
Twenty years ago, if anyone had suggested that video gaming could create millionaires, the assumption would have been that it was the games’ developers who’d be making the money. But now it’s more than possible to win seven-figure sums simply […]
Today, companies struggle to onboard, upskill and fire-up their employees for work. That’s the problem 1Huddle is solving. Using its mobile gaming platform, 1Huddle helps organizations onboard new hires. The startup also helps organizations to quickly and easily convert existing training manuals, videos, […]
Inception XR, a Tel-Aviv Israel-based next-generation immersive (VR/AR) content network, today announced the launch of of augmented reality kids library service in collaboration with LG U+. This edutainment AR mobile reading app for children follows the success of Inception’s leading […]
Active noise control (ANC), also known as noise cancellation, or active noise reduction (ANR), has been around for some times now, with Bose ANC headphones became an airport status symbol over the course of the past couple of decades. Sony, and […]
On the first day of 2020, Microsoft released a breathtaking teaser video of its Microsoft Flight Simulator In-Game onto its Microsoft Flight Simulator YouTube Channel. The footage reveals that the game will feature multiple seasons. The game fans are elated. “Wow! […]
PlayerMaker, a Tel Aviv, Isreal based sports tech startup, has raised $10 million Series B round to build on current traction throughout EMEA into a global expansion of the PlayerMaker technology, with focus on the American and Asian markets. The round […]
