ESL FaceIt Group and Intel renewed their long-standing partnership to support premier Counter-Strike esports competition worldwide.Read More
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Beamable raises $13.5M for decentralized open source backend infrastructure for games
Beamable has raised $13.5 million in funding to develop its decentralized backend infrastructure for games.Read More
Return-to-office policies are leading to increased brain drain in the U.S.
Return-to-office mandates are emerging as one of the most contentious of the post-pandemic work trends that U.S. employees have faced.Read More
Atari reveals Breakout Beyond as reimagining of classic game
Atari and developer Choice Provisions (the studio behind Bit.Trip) announced Breakout Beyond, a reimagining of the classic game series.Read More
Chip sales are set to soar in 2025 — so long as there isn’t a trade war | Deloitte
Deloitte said chip sales will soar in 2025, led by GenAI and data center build-outs, even as demand from PC and mobile markets may be weak.Read More
Nintendo sells 4.82M Switch consoles in holiday quarter, down 30.1%
Nintendo announced its financial results for its third fiscal quarter ended December 31, with hardware sales of the Switch hitting 4.82 million units.Read More
Open-source revolution: How DeepSeek-R1 challenges OpenAI’s o1 with superior processing, cost efficiency
We dive deep into hands-on testing, practical implications and actionable insights to help you understand which model best suits their needs.Read More
Anthropic claims new AI security method blocks 95% of jailbreaks, invites red teamers to try
The new Claude safeguards have already technically been broken but Anthropic says this was due to a glitch — try again.Read More
Türkiye’s Laton Ventures raises $50M to invest in global game and app startups
Laton Ventures, a gaming and apps focused venture capital firm founded by Görkem Türk, has closed its first fund with $50 million.Read More
EA testing new Battlefield titles through “Battlefield Labs” initiative
Electronic Arts — developer and publisher of games like Madden and EA Football Club — has announced an extensive community testing initiative for their latest and thus far untitled next Battlefield game. If successful, this project could mean a much more player-focused testing path for multiplayer games before launch. Dubbed “Battlefield Labs…Read More