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Unity has launched the ‘Obstacle Tower Challenge’ to test AI game players

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Unity has announced a video game challenge, the Obstacle tower challenge which will test the vision, control, planning, and generalization capabilities of AI software....

Introducing SCRIPT-8, an 8-bit JavaScript-based fantasy computer to make retro-looking games

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Adding to the list of several fantasy consoles/computers is the newly-introduced SCRIPT-8, written by Gabriel Florit, a graphics reporter at the Washington Post who...
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Google DeepMind’s AI AlphaStar beats StarCraft II pros TLO and MaNa; wins 10-1 against...

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It was two days back when the Blizzard team announced an update about the demo of the progress made by Google’s DeepMind AI at...

Per the new GDC 2019 report, nearly 50% of game developers think game industry...

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The 2019 Game Developers Conference published the results of their seventh annual state of the industry survey two days ago. The report added two...

Adobe Acquires Allegorithmic, a popular 3D editing and authoring company

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Yesterday, Adobe announced that it has acquired Allegorithmic. Allegorithmic is the creator of Substance, and other 3D editing and authoring tools for gaming, entertainment,...

Unity updates its TOS, developers can now use any third party service that integrate...

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Last week, a lot of drama had been going between Improbable and Unity, when Unity updated their TOS Clause 2.4 to restrict developers who...
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Valve plans to bring new events system and store discoverability feature to Steam this...

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Valve, a US-based video game development company, shared a sneak-peek of eight new features and changes that it's planning to work on in 2019,...
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Amazon is reportedly building a video game streaming service, says Information

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According to a report by Information, Amazon is developing a video game streaming service. Microsoft and Google have also previously announced similar game streaming...

Improbable says Unity blocked SpatialOS; Unity responds saying it has shut down Improbable and...

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A fresh drama has emerged between Unity and Improbable. According to yesterday’s blog post by the SpatialOS creator, Improbable says that Unity has blocked...
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CES 2019: Top announcements made so far

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CES 2019, the annual consumer electronics show in Las Vegas will go from Tuesday, Jan. 8 through Friday, Jan. 11. However, the conference has...

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Why should you use Unreal Engine 4 to build Augmented and...

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This is an exciting time to be a game developer. New technologies like Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) are here and growing...

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