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Epic Games invests $15 million in DIY game startup Manticore Games

September 22, 2020
Manticore Games has raised $15 million in a round of funding led by Epic Games as the two companies further pursue their mission of creating an endless gaming multiverse, or metaverse. The metaverse is the universe of virtual worlds that are all interconnected, like in novels such as Snow Crash and Ready Player One. Manticore’s Core platform is a do-it-yourself game-making system that seeks to…
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Xbox’s Bethesda acquisition is evidence of blockbuster gaming’s volatility

September 22, 2020
Microsoft’s Xbox gaming division is acquiring The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim publisher Bethesda for $7.5 billion. And it’s difficult to overstate how much this changes gaming. The easiest way for me to think about this is that Xbox just bought one of the only other companies that actually has a major media presentation during E3 (the Electronic Entertainment Expo trade show) each year. This has…
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Tesla slashes the price of the Powerpack by 27% on Battery Day

September 22, 2020
Tesla has greatly reduced the price of its Powerpack battery system today ahead of its Battery Day event. Powerpack hasn’t been talked about much lately. It has been relegated to the background since Tesla introduced the bigger Megapack for utility-scale projects. However, Tesla is still making the product and it is still being used for many commercial-scale projects, like Electrify…
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Michigan is closing the door behind Tesla on direct-sale, leaving Rivian, Lucid, and more behind

September 22, 2020
Michigan, the home state of the US auto industry’s big three, is making sure that it is closing the door behind Tesla on direct-sale as Rivian is about to follow in its footsteps. In many ways, Tesla has open doors for new EV startups in the auto industry. There are some intangibles like changing consumers’ psyche on buying a car from a startup without a long track record and in some clear…
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