Swedish esports organisation Ninjas in Pyjamas (NIP) and blockchain company Zilliqa have announced a partnership aimed at creating virtual experiences for ‘esports and crypto enthusiasts’. According to the release the experiences are expected to provide users with ‘real and tangible utility’, as well as interactions, within the digital realm. Some of the experiences teased from […]
Microsoft and Nvidia team up to train one of the world’s largest language models
The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now! Microsoft and Nvidia today announced that they trained what they claim is the largest and most capable AI-powered language model to date: Megatron-Turing Natural Language Generation (MT-NLP). The successor to the companies’ Turing NLG 17B and Megatron-LM models, MT-NLP contains […]
Mechs And Dragons: An Insider's History Of From Software
You may have been introduced to the studio by Dark Souls, but Tokyo’s From Software has a lengthy history in the game industry. While visiting the studio for our October cover story on Dark Souls III, we spoke with senior managing director Masanori Takeuchi about his 20-year career within From Software’s walls. Throughout the interview, […]
After Wario and Waluigi, where does Nintendo’s Wa Universe go next?
It’s been more than 20 years since Nintendo introduced a new “Wa” character to the wider Nintendo canon. Waluigi, a character destined to never appear in Super Smash Bros. as a playable character, was the last. It’s time to finally change that. Nintendo struck gold with Wario, the greedy, gluttonous, gassy antithesis to Mario. Since […]
BLAST and Riot Games announce return of VALORANT Spike Nations – Esports Insider
Esports tournament organiser BLAST and Riot Games have announced the second edition of the VALORANT Spike Nations charity tournament. The event, set to take place from 7th – 9th October, will see €60,000 (~£51,395) be donated to charity by Riot Games. RELATED: KJC eSports announces SEA VALORANT Invitational According to the release, the Spike Nations format will […]
Epic and Balenciaga bring fashion (look it up) to Fortnite
Fortnite is a getting a line of aesthetic items inspired by the Spanish luxury designer Balenciaga on Sept. 20, Epic Games announced Monday. The series, called the “Balenciaga Fit Set,” includes four new outfits in addition to a variety of other items like backpacks, pickaxes, wraps, a glider, and an emote. There will also be […]
SaaS data backup and recovery platform Rewind raises $65M
The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now! Rewind, a data backup and recovery platform for software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications, has raised $65 million in a series B round of funding. Founded out of Ottawa, Canada in 2015, Rewind historically offered data backup services for businesses running Shopify, BigCommerce, […]
IMC and Team Liquid to collaborate on charity event – Esports Insider
Dutch trading and market maker IMC has announced it will join forces with international esports organisation Team Liquid to co-host the Trading and Gaming for Charity event tomorrow, September 14th. As a result, several of Team Liquid’s content creators will take part in a 24-hour charity stream on the org’s official Twitch channel, where all money raised during the […]
Communism and sitcoms inspire AI ethics at Salesforce
The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now! One belief Yakaira Núñez, VP of research and insights at Salesforce, holds firmly is that in product development, it’s just as crucial to identify your non-target audience and consider them in your roadmap. “Communicate with unintended targets to see whether […]
Radiohead ports Kid A and Amnesiac to Mac, PC, and PlayStation 5
Radiohead and Epic Games have teamed up for a new project based on the band’s Kid A and Amnesiac albums, just in time for the band’s re-release of those two records. A trailer for the mysterious new collaboration debuted during Sony’s PlayStation Showcase 2021 on Thursday. The trailer opens with some mumbling and assorted strings […]