Automation and Jobs Read our latest special issue. Open Now Amazon’s naked ambition to become part of everyone’s daily lives was on full display this week at its annual hardware event. It announced a slew of new Alexa-powered devices, including a home surveillance drone, a suite of Ring-branded car alarm …
Read More »SideQuest raises $650,000 for testing apps and games for Oculus Quest
GamesBeat Summit Watch every session from the annual event On Demand Watch Now Sideloading platform SideQuest is taking $ 650K in early investment from BoostVC, Oculus founder Palmer Luckey, and The Fund. The relatively small preseed funding will help SideQuest’s Shane Harris and Orla Harris build a testing service and …
Read More »Mass Effect remasters pushed into 2021 and Xbox buys Bethesda | GB Decides 165
GamesBeat Summit Watch every session from the annual event On Demand Watch Now Mass Effect: Legendary Edition is still coming, but not in 2020. GamesBeat reviews editor Mike Minotti and editor Jeff Grubb talk about that story on this weeks GamesBeat Decides podcast. The crew then talks about Xbox buying …
Read More »Mass Effect: Legendary Edition is still coming — but not this year
GamesBeat Summit Watch every session from the annual event On Demand Watch Now Electronic Arts still hasn’t revealed Mass Effect: Legendary Edition, and that’s for a reason. The publisher originally planned to launch the remastered trilogy, that I first reported on back in May, with an October reveal and release. …
Read More »How QuadPay’s interest-free PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X payment plan works
Automation and Jobs Read our latest special issue. Open Now If you feel the need to keep up with cutting-edge video game hardware, 2020 is a rough year thanks to the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and Nvidia’s RTX 3080 GPU. That’s especially true if the pandemic has put a …
Read More »Sensor Tower: These genres are thriving in the $2 billion U.S. mobile-RPG market
GamesBeat Summit Watch every session from the annual event On Demand Watch Now The game industry continues to show off how it’s benefiting from the pandemic. This time, it’s mobile role-playing games bringing in more dough, according to analyst firm Sensor Tower. So far in 2020, mobile role-playing games have …
Read More »Apple and Facebook spin antitrust claims: ‘We’re misunderstood’
Automation and Jobs Read our latest special issue. Open Now In late July, a Congressional subcommittee successfully compelled four major tech company CEOs to formally answer questions over allegedly monopolistic business practices — a public spectacle marred only by COVID-19-related isolation of the attendees. Amazon, Facebook, and Google faced some of the …
Read More »GoodTrust manages your digital accounts after you die
Automation and Jobs Read our latest special issue. Open Now Rikard Steiber discovered how difficult it can be to manage someone’s estate after friends died during the pandemic. He empathized with family members’ struggle to complete tasks like closing social media accounts, securing photos, and dealing with financial services accounts. …
Read More »Creative SXFI Gamer headset review: Holographic game audio
GamesBeat Summit Watch every session from the annual event On Demand Watch Now Games have reached a level of cinematic quality that often rivals film in terms of audio and visuals. But developers didn’t design their soundscapes for your old stereo headphones. Those cans can often make it feel like …
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