Remember that found-footage horror video The Pokémon Company posted earlier this week to promote Pokémon Legends: Arceus? Somehow, the footage has been cleaned up into HD quality, giving us a clearer look at just what brutally murdered the intrepid explorer from the clip. But first, I have just one question: Did they really have video […]
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Aforza boosts digital twins for consumer packaged goods with $20M raise
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Aforza, a digital twin platform for orchestrating consumer packaged goods sales, has landed $22 million in series A funding. The investment will help grow employees and create a new U.S. headquarters. Investors included DN Capital, Bonfire Ventures, Daher Capital, and Next47. Consumer packaged […]
BITKRAFT Ventures Announces Four New Key Hires – The Esports Observer
Gaming, esports, and interactive media-focused venture capital firm BITKRAFT Ventures announced the recent hiring of Carlos Pereira as principal, Piers Kicks and Faye Maidment as associates, and Sebastian Park as venture partner. BITKRAFT Ventures, which currently operates five venture funds with a total of over $500M USD in assets under management, has more than doubled its headcount in the past year. Carlos Pereira previously […]
5 Different Types of Siding for Your Exterior Renovation
There’s a reason that replacing the siding on a home is one of the most popular exterior renovation projects for homeowners: it’s a way to dramatically change the exterior look of your home—for a lot less money than a full exterior makeover, or a structural change to the home’s layout. But when deciding on a […]
How Much Money Did Devs Get For Their Free Epic Games Store Runs? Here’s A Breakdown
Over the past few years, the Epic Games Store has been a lightning rod for controversy thanks to timed-exclusive deals with developers and week after week of free games for its users. Since the beginning it has been clear the Epic is trying to buy its way into the market, and now we have a […]
Ubisoft And Aim Lab Partner For Rainbow Six Siege Training
It looks like Ubisoft wants to help you “git gud” at Rainbow Six Siege. The developer has partnered with Aim Lab in a bid to create an official training program for the game. Aim Lab is a creator studio that lets you build maps and training tasks in order to up your game. “You can […]
Nvidia unveils rental model for DGX SuperPod mini supercomputers
Join GamesBeat Summit 2021 this April 28-29. Register for a free or VIP pass today. The day has come when you can rent your own mini supercomputer. When you’re done with it, you can return it to Nvidia. That’s the plan for the company’s new cloud-native supercomputer, the Nvidia DGX SuperPod, which features Nvidia BlueField-2 […]
Project Athia Rerevealed As Forspoken With New Trailer
During its Square Enix Presents livestream on Thursday, Square Enix rerevealed Project Athia, first announced last summer, as the game Forspoken. A new trailer, albeit brief, was also shown during the presentation, highlighting new gameplay and the game’s lead actress, Ella Balinska. Check out the trailer below. While we still don’t know a ton about […]
Valorant Has The Right Idea For Punishing Leavers, But Its Implementation Lacks Nuance
There are few things worse in a competitive shooter than when you lose a teammate that you can’t replace (I hope you sang that in Chris Martin’s voice). Sometimes, this isn’t malicious – maybe their internet died, or something happened that demanded their immediate attention. In most cases, however, leavers are just rage-quitters who are […]
Warframe’s next updates are focused on improving the game’s big spaceship
Digital Extremes has unveiled a roadmap for the spring of 2021, and it looks like the spaceship mode Railjack will see some major overhauls. During a developer Q&A stream, players learned about some of the next changes coming to the fast-paced looter shooter. The first big update will be Railjack 3.0. The Railjack system launched […]