Tag: Gaming
Facebook acquires a cloud gaming startup
1. Facebook acquires Madrid-based cloud gaming startup PlayGiga Facebook is building out its gaming business — earlier this year, the company added its Gaming hub...
Valve confirms it’s making a ‘flagship’ Half-Life VR game
After what feels like years of rumors, it’s official: Valve is making a virtual reality Half-Life game.
Official word of the new title comes via...
‘Magic: The Gathering’ game maker exposed 452,000 players’ account data
The maker of Magic: The Gathering has confirmed that a security lapse exposed the data on hundreds of thousands of game players.
The game’s developer,...
Apple’s vaping app ban, Disney+ gets installed, apps gear up for...
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the Extra Crunch series that recaps the latest OS news, the applications they support, and the money...
Microsoft announces its xCloud streaming service and a truckload of new...
Microsoft has announced a vague intention to launch its xCloud game streaming service sometime in 2020, and dropped a double handful of new titles...
Twitch publicly launches its free broadcasting software, Twitch Studio
Twitch today publicly launched Twitch Studio, its new software designed to help new streamers get started broadcasting. The idea behind the app is to...
Shadow announces new plans for its cloud gaming platform
Blade, the French startup behind Shadow, held a press conference this morning to announce some product news as well as some corporate changes.
Shadow is...
Google Play Pass launches with 350+ premium apps and games, initially...
Following the well-received launch of Apple Arcade, Google today is officially introducing its own take on subscription-based access to premium mobile games — or,...
Twitch acquires gaming database site IGDB to improve its search and...
Amazon-owned Twitch has made a small but strategic acquisition designed to improve its search capabilities and better direct viewers to exactly the right content....
Drivetime nabs $11M from Makers Fund, Amazon and Google to build...
Fully autonomous cars may (or may not) be just around the corner, but in the meantime, a startup that’s building in-car apps to help...
