This month, under the strain millions of people self-quarantined by COVID-19 have placed on broadband infrastructure, Facebook, Disney, Microsoft, Sony, Netflix, and YouTube agreed to temporarily reduce download speeds and video streaming quality in countries around the world. Nearly 90 out of the top 200 U.S. cities saw internet speeds decline in the past week, according to BroadbandNow. And…
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerates an automated future that’s already on its way. It serves as a wake-up call to all AI, robotics, and driverless car startups: stop building eye-dazzling demos and talking about the future possibility of general-use AI. Instead, focus on…
A preprint paper coauthored by Uber AI scientists and Jeff Clune, a research team leader at San Francisco startup OpenAI, describes Fiber, an AI development and distributed training platform for methods including reinforcement learning (which spurs AI agents to complete…
Bravely Default II demo releases on Switch
March 27, 2020
We got to see more of Bravely Default II during today’s Nintendo Direct Mini, and a demo for the Square Enix role-playing game is out now on Switch. The full game releases sometime this year.
Nintendo announced Bravely Default II during the last Direct in December. We only got a short look at the title then, but today’s video presentation gave us a briefing on the game’s characters (along…
Panzer Dragoon: Remake gets a surprise launch on Switch
March 27, 2020
Nintendo released a surprise Nintendo Direct Mini presentation today, and with it came the out-of-nowhere launch of Panzer Dragoon Remake for Switch.
We knew that this game was coming, but the on-rails shooter didn’t have an release date. Nintendo often likes to have some…
Epic Games will publish new titles from the makers of The Last Guardian, Limbo, and Control
March 27, 2020
Epic Games will publish new titles from three well-known and respected game studios: Gen Design (maker of The Last Guardian), Playdead (Inside, Limbo), and Remedy Entertainment (Control). The projects will be released under Epic Games Publishing, a new multiplatform…
Tribe Gaming raises $1.04 million from celebrity athletes to expand its mobile esports business
March 27, 2020
Tribe Gaming has raised $1.04 million to expand its mobile esports teams and media business.
The Austin, Texas-based company has courted celebrities, and investors in the deal include Gordon Hayward of the NBA’s Boston Celtics, Kristian Segerstrale (CEO of Super Evil Megacorp), Claudio Castagnoli (Cesaro) of the WWE, and angel investor Victor Krahn.
Patrick “Chief Pat” Carney and…
Nintendo hasn’t announced a lot of first-party releases for 2020, but one game that we’ve known is coming for a while is Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition. Now, that open-world action-RPG has a release date. Nintendo and developer Monolith Soft are launching the…
Catherine: Full Body is coming to Switch on July 7
March 27, 2020
Nintendo revealed during its Direct Mini presentation today that Catherine: Full Body is coming to Switch on July 7.
Full Body is a definitive edition release of the Atlus puzzle game, which debuted in 2011. The original version sold over 1 million copies, which is good for…
Nintendo brings back Club House Games for Switch
March 27, 2020
Nintendo is bringing back one of its better and more obscure handheld properties. The publisher announced Club House Games: 51 Worldwide Classics is coming to Nintendo Switch on June 5. This is a followup to the excellent Clubhouse Games for Nintendo DS from 2006.
51 tabletop classics are coming together on #NintendoSwitch in #ClubhouseGames: 51 Worldwide Classics! Play games like Mancala…
