Midwest Games launches shadow publishing support for games
Source: Venture Beat Midwest Games, which is focused on indie games in the Midwest and elsewhere, introduced a new service support model, shadow publishing. Read Full Article
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Ubisoft lays off 185 as it ‘restructures’ multiple European studios
Source: Venture Beat Ubisoft confirmed that it’s laying off yet more employees and closing its Leamington office as it restructures in Europe. Read Full Article
Calm down: DeepSeek-R1 is great, but ChatGPT’s product advantage is far from over
Source: Venture Beat For now, ChatGPT remains the better-rounded and more capable product, offering a suite of features that DeepSeek simply cannot match. Read Full Article
Day of the Devs will return to SF in March for GDC 2025 event
Source: Venture Beat The Day of the Devs indie dev gaming show is returning to San Francisco in March for an event during the Game Developers Conference 2025. Read Full Article
The Walking Dead games hit $1B in revenue and the Netflix show hits 1.3B viewing hours in 2023
Source: Venture Beat Franchises don’t get better than The Walking Dead. It has enormous hits on everything from comic books to TV shows to games. The games alone have generated more than $1 billion in revenues, and the Netlix show drew 1.3 billion viewing hours in 2023, according to a report by Owl & Co….
Haptikos unveils a hand exoskeleton for grabbing digital things in XR
Source: Venture Beat Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Haptikos has unveiled a hand exoskeleton, meant to let you to use your hands with precision in haptic applications. It works with extended reality (XR) devices. Based in Sunnyvale, California, and Athens, Greece,…
Pocket Worlds acquires AI-based UGC team Infinite Canvas
Source: Venture Beat Pocket Worlds, maker of the popular social gaming app Highrise has acquired Infinite Canvas, an AI-driven user-generated content team. Read Full Article
We asked OpenAI’s o1 about the top AI trends in 2025 — here’s a look into our conversation
Source: Venture Beat Here’s what OpenAI’s o1 had to say about AI trends this year. Just how many there are is a testament to AI’s general-purpose value. Read Full Article
DeepSeek R1’s bold bet on reinforcement learning: How it outpaced OpenAI at 3% of the cost
Source: Venture Beat DeepSeek R1’s Monday release has sent shockwaves through the AI community, disrupting assumptions about what’s required to achieve cutting-edge AI performance. This story focuses on exactly how DeepSeek managed this feat, and what it means for the vast number of users of AI models. For enterprises developing AI-driven solutions, DeepSeek’s breakthrough challenges…
Why ‘prosocial AI’ must be the framework for designing, deploying and governing AI
Source: Venture Beat Prosocial AI supports a hybrid future where human and machine intelligences co-evolve, guided by shared principles and grounded in truth. Read Full Article