Duolingo hits GDC again to recruit game devs to make gamified mobile apps
Duolingo is showing up once again to hire young game developers to help make its gamified mobile apps.Read More
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Xsolla unveils solutions for game devs ahead of GDC 2025
Xsolla, a global video game commerce company, announced a series of new and enhanced solutions for game developers ahead of GDC 2025.VentureBeat - 6d -
GDC’s #1ReasonToBe panel will celebrate women game devs in a tough climate
The #1ReasonToBe panel is returning to GDC in a climate in the U.S. that may not feel so welcoming for panelists this year.VentureBeat - 1d -
Mobile gaming market shows tentative signs of growth again | Adjust
Adjust’s latest report shows that the mobile gaming market has new growth opportunities following the recovery of 2024.VentureBeat - 5d -
Canadian Devs Are Backing Out of Attending GDC
Amid deteriorating relations between the US and Canada, many Canadian video game developers are opting not to travel to San Francisco for next week’s Game Developers Conference.Wired - 4d -
Roblox unveils Roblox Cube GenAI and other game dev tools for GDC
Roblox introduced its Roblox Cube AI tools, the core generative AI system for building 3D objects and scenes.VentureBeat - 2d -
Tilting Point launches $150M user acquisition fund to boost mobile games
Tilting Point has launched a new $150 million user acquisition (UA) fund to help developers scale their games and apps.VentureBeat - Mar. 11 -
Forge launches Forge Direct as a gamified hub for community-powered growth
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, ...VentureBeat - Mar. 12 -
Celeste Dev's Canceled Game Lives On, Sort Of
The Celeste dev's next game, Earthblade, was canceled back in December 2024 . While players now won't get a chance to check out the game, its composer uploaded several songs that were supposed to ...GameSpot - Mar. 11 -
Google levels up Android graphics with Vulkan API in time for GDC 2025
Google announced it is leveling up its multiplatform game offering in time for GDC with graphics improvements leading the way.VentureBeat - 6d -
Backyard Baseball Coming To Mobile With No Ads
Backyard Baseball is coming to mobile, and it won't have ads. That's according to posts from the game's official social media account, which point to some kind of announcement on March 27.. The ...GameSpot - 2d -
Good Job Games raises $23M to make better match-3 games in Turkiye
Good Job Games, a fast-growing mobile game company based in Turkey, has secured $23 million in a seed funding round.VentureBeat - Mar. 11 -
Disco Elysium Getting A "Total Re-Imagination" For Mobile This Summer
2019's beloved RPG Disco Elysium is headed to a new platform: mobile. Developer ZA/UM Studio has announced that the game is being "reimagined" for mobile, and specifically Android devices. This ...GameSpot - 6d -
USC makes another recruiting splash with 4-star DL Jaimeon Winfield
The Trojans continue to add to their top-ranked 2026 recruiting class.Yahoo Sports - 4d -
Pokemon Go Director Says Players' Data Won't Be Sold, No Intrusive Ads
Earlier this month, Saudi Arabian-owned mobile developer Scopely confirmed that it's buying the gaming division of Niantic , the developer behind Pokemon Go and other hit mobile games. It was a ...GameSpot - 6h -
Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking now has memory and Google apps integration
Google makes Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking Experimental more personal by connecting more Google apps and services.VentureBeat - 6d -
DHS highlights self-deportation feature for migrants in new app
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has launched a new app where migrants can indicate they plan to “self-deport.” The CBP Home app appears to replace the Biden-era CBP One app, where ...The Hill - Mar. 10 -
Tech partnership can make US, UK economies great again
We need to think MEGA – Make our Economies Great Again – for all our prosperity and security.The Hill - 2d -
Could a dating app for games help smaller developers?
Ludocene is taking a cue from Tinder in an attempt to address a big problem for smaller developers.BBC News - Mar. 11 -
Make Canada boring again
Trump seems determined to break the association of Canada with boredom — by wreaking havoc upon one of the world’s most positive bilateral relationships.The Hill - Mar. 11 -
Make America Gyrate Again
As Trump flip-flops, the Unhedged team visits the IE Business School in MadridFinancial Times - 5d -
Keywords Studios provides AI-assisted innovation for game devs
Keywords Studios, the international provider of external development for games and entertainment, is launching Keywords Studios AI Solutions.VentureBeat - 6d -
Spectre Divide Is The Latest Live-Service Casualty, Game And Dev Shutting Down
Spectre Divide developer Mountaintop Studios has announced that the free-to-play game will be shutting down just six months after it first launched. While the 3v3 first-person shooter received ...GameSpot - 6d -
Trump is making Europe great again
The US president has provided the biggest stimulus towards European integration since the end of the cold warFinancial Times - Mar. 10 -
Make public service work again
Too many of this government’s proposals introduce the kind of regulation the PM professes to hateFinancial Times - 5d -
Battlefield Dev Reacts To Game's Many Leaks: "I Am Not OK With Leaks"
The first Battlefield Labs test took place recently for Battlefield 6 , and while participants were prohibited from sharing footage publicly, that's exactly what happened. Lots of gameplay ...GameSpot - Mar. 11 -
Predicting 2025 All-NBA Teams: Which 15 players will hit 65-game threshold and make the cut?
The All-NBA field is seemingly getting smaller by the dayCBS Sports - 5d -
Amazon GameLift Streams lets game devs deliver high-fidelity, low-latency games to players
AWS announced Amazon GameLift Streams, which enables developers to deliver high-fidelity, low-latency game experiences to players.VentureBeat - Mar. 6 -
Microsoft says ID@Xbox has paid $5B to date to indie game devs
Microsoft said that ID@Xbox indie gaming label has paid out $5 billion to date to independent game developers.VentureBeat - 1d -
Digital Bandidos wants to be an outlaw publisher that fights for devs | Steve Escalante
Digital Bandidos formed last year as an indie game publishing company just as many publishers were going out of business.VentureBeat - 2d -
Barcelona hit with fresh concern as two stars pick up knocks vs Atletico Madrid
Barcelona once again showed why they are the real deal this season by securing a memorable 4-2 win over Atletico Madrid.Despite trailing for the majority of the game, Barça pulled a rabbit out of ...Yahoo Sports - 2d -
Players tend to like games that give them rewards, Almedia study shows
Almedia’s latest report shows that mobile gamers respond very positively to games that offer real-world rewardsVentureBeat - 6d -
Clifford scores 24, Colorado State hits record 12 3s to beat Boise State 69-56 in MWC Championship
Colorado State (25-9) will make its second straight NCAA Tournament appearance on a 10-game win streak.Yahoo Sports - 3d -
Pokemon TCG Pocket Devs Promises To Remove Trade Tokens
Although Pokemon TCG Pocket has been extremely successful since its debut last year, not everything in the game is popular with players. Case in point, the trade tokens introduced in late January ...GameSpot - 4d -
UK's Oweh beats buzzer, burns ex-team OU again
Otega Oweh hit the winning shot against his former school again, sinking a baseline jumper with 0.5 seconds left to lift Kentucky past Oklahoma 85-84 in the SEC tournament.ESPN - 5d -
Mets vs. Nationals Spring Breakout game: How to watch on SNY on March 16, 2025
Here's how to watch the Mets game on SNY online or via the MLB app.Yahoo Sports - 3d -
Ohtani hits home run in Dodgers' Tokyo exhibition game
Shohei Ohtani fever in Tokyo reached boiling point Saturday as the Japanese baseball superstar hit a home run in his first game in a Los Angeles Dodgers uniform in his home country.But it was his ...Yahoo Sports - 4d -
Trump admin aims to get undocumented immigrants to self-deport with new messaging campaign
The Trump administration is spending $200 million on a new messaging campaign with ads and a "self-deportation" mobile app to convince immigrants to leave the U.S.NBC News - Mar. 12 -
GDC 2025 preview — with 700 sessions and perhaps 30,000 attendees
GDC 2025 could drawn 30,000 people to attend more than 700 sessions at the big event in San Francisco.VentureBeat - 6d -
Nvidia unveils 50 Series upgrades like RTX Remix inside Half-Life 2 RTX demo ahead of GDC
Ahead of the Game Developers Conference next week, Nvidia shared more details on the power of its latest Nvidia GeForce RTX 50 Series graphics cards.VentureBeat - 6d
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