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Game on! How big data and game design are rocking your world
Game design techniques are being employed everyday apps, and big data could make that gamification even more disruptive – and potentially unethical. Read more…
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Tencent profit declines sharply, warns of slower game launches
Tencent Holdings reports sharp drop in profit, hit by China’s regulatory review of new games and one-off charges, and warned of slower video game launches. Read more…
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Is now the time for VR to take centre stage?
2018 was a pretty ordinary year for virtual reality (VR). It was having one of those troughs of despondency. Things, however, are changing. Read more…
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Games are compelling but do we need Big Brother to tell us?
When a US Gaming Group has to try and persuade the WHO that ‘gaming disorder’ is not a disease, then you have to wonder whether things have got out of hand. Read more…
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Google tests game streaming service with Ubisoft
(Reuters) – Google said on Monday it has partnered with Ubisoft to test its video game streaming service by offering the latest instalment of the Assassin’s Creed series. A limited number of players will be Read more…
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Tencent folds on Texas Hold’Em amid games crackdown
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Tencent will shut a popular Texas Hold’Em poker video game, the Chinese tech giant said to its users on Monday, in a further step to comply with intensifying government scrutiny hitting the Read more…
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ESports should drop violent titles: Alisports chief
JAKARTA (Reuters) – ESports will shift away from violent content and towards sports-focused titles for the 2022 Asian Games, the CEO of Alisports, Chinese tech giant Alibaba’s sports arm, told Reuters on Sunday. Alisports CEO Read more…
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China bans Tencent’s “Monster Hunter: World” game
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Chinese regulators have blocked the sale of technology giant Tencent’s blockbuster video game “Monster Hunter: World”, less than a week after it was launched. The game, where players hunted fearsome creatures, Read more…
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The world of games is a compelling glimpse into new business models
If you want to see where technology is going, so they say, watch pornography and games. Whoever ‘they’ are (and they obviously spend too much time watching both), they are probably right. Even if you Read more…