Monopoly Go maker Scopely has agreed to acquire Niantic‘s games business, which includes Pokémon Go, in a deal valued at $3.5 billion. The acquisition will bring Niantic’s entire game development teams as well as its games such as Pokémon Go, Pikmin Bloom, and Monster Hunter Now to Scopely. And Scopely is also picking up companion … Read more
Almedia’s latest report shows that mobile gamers respond very positively to games that offer real-world rewardsRead More
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Nous Research, the New York-based AI collective known for developing what it calls “personalized, unrestricted” language models, has launched a new Inference API that makes its models more accessible to developers and researchers through a programmatic … Read more
Five months after Netflix Games announced that generative AI in its game development studios would be a major focus for them, driven by the promotion of Mike Verdu to the vice president in charge of that technology, Verdu has apparently left Netflix Games (confirmed to Stephen Totilo’s Game File) indicating that its embrace of generative … Read more
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Google’s latest open source AI model Gemma 3 isn’t the only big news from the Alphabet subsidiary today. No, in fact, the spotlight may have been stolen by Google’s Gemini 2.0 Flash with native image generation, … Read more
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More ServiceNow believes that more areas within an enterprise can benefit from agents, and as it upgrades its agent platform and makes acquisitions, the company plans on doubling down on agents even more. ServiceNow announced the acquisition … Read more
Opus Major has raised $10 million in funding to build a global game studio dedicated to crafting games and entertainment where the power of music brings people together. Backed by Griffin Gaming Partners, the round also included early investor Alven. Opus Major is embarking on its journey to create its first opus: a multiplayer adventure … Read more
Forge, the platform for community-driven game marketing and engagement, today announced Forge Direct, a kind of self-service gamified hub that allows game developers to launch fully customizable, feature-rich community portals. Unlike traditional game websites which typically serve as static landing pages, Forge Direct is aninteractive engagement platform complete with quests, loyalty rewards, and direct-to-player commerce … Read more
Nunu.ai has raised $6 million and unveiled Unembodied Minds, or AI agents designed for game testing and to control any given body as needed.Read More
M10, a Web3 game developer and publisher creating competitive multiplayer games, has raised $3 million in funding. Investors in the seed round include the Sui Foundation, GSR, Big Brain Holdings, Monoceros, Blockchain Founders Fund and Presto Labs, among others. M10 was founded by a group of game industry veterans who want to go beyond free-to-play … Read more