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a collection of articles about Minecraft - business model (Microsoft)
a collection about Video Games and Freemium model
Microsoft, Activision merger - Video Games, metaverse - strategy, business
a collection of articles about the Video and Mobile games business - industry
Video games - industry, business
a collection of articles about Microsoft - business model (Microsoft)
a collection of articles about Activision Blizzard - World of Warcraft (WoW) - Video games business, industry
a collection of articles looking at the evolution of e sports (video games)
Careers in eSports and video game live streaming
a collection of articles about the tech (and the business model) of Discord - video and text chat - for gamers
a collection of articles looking at the evolution of e sports (video games)
A collection of articles and videos looking at how education can be embedded in books, movies, activities and more...
A collection of articles and videos about Video games, online games, and more
Twitch - live video game streaming
A collection of articles and videos about the Sony PlayStation - Video games, online games, and more
a collection of articles about Fortnite and video games
a collection of articles about Minecraft and their VR/ AR game
a collection of articles about Epic Games - Fortnite - business, strategy
Niantic - Pokémon, games
A collection of articles and videos looking at games in ar and vr
Video game - platforms, online stores, distribution
Apple, Epic Games (Fortnite) and the App Store
Digital Collectables - Pokémon, sports cards, NFTs and more
Among Us - social video game
Unity - a gaming engine
Roblox - video game hub
a collection of articles and videos for parents and teachers to help kids with learning difficulties
a collection of articles and videos for parents and teachers to help kids with autism
gaming and play in education
a collection of articles about Microsoft and Education

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Article

Five reasons Microsoft is making Activision Blizzard its biggest deal ever

Microsoft is buying Activision Blizzard in a $68.7 billion all-cash acquisition, uniting two of the biggest forces in video games. It's the softwar... (2022)


Article

50 Years of Gaming History, by Revenue Stream (1970-2020)

This infographic visualizes 50 years of gaming history, from the first wave of arcades and home consoles to a tsunami of mobile gaming. (2020)


Article

Roblox, a gaming platform for teens and tweens, files for its IPO

The social gaming platform for tweens and teens says it plans to raise $1 billion. (2020)


Article

Among Us: You're the Impostor - The New York Times

YouTubers, influencers and streamers popularized the multiplayer game. Then their fans started playing too. (2020)


Article

Kids Flock to Roblox for Parties and Playdates During Lockdown - Bloomberg (2020)

With schools closed, the gaming site offers kids a socially interactive alternative to YouTube "Founded in 2004, Roblox serves up a vast univer... (2020)


Article

Sony's Deal With Microsoft Blindsided Its Own PlayStation Team - Bloomberg

Decision to partner with Microsoft stunned PlayStation staff. Talks on cloud gaming pact have been underway since last year When Sony Corp. unv... (2019)


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Opinion | Making Video Games Is Not a Dream Job - The New York Times

The workers behind hits like Fortnite and Call of Duty need unions to protect them from exploitation. (2019)


Article

Infinitroid - Did I just waste 3 years? - Dev Blog

My mind was circling around some staggering recent game industry stats, and some foreboding writings from prominent indie developers. And around th... (2018)


Article

Desperate Venezuelans Turn to Video Games to Survive - Bloomberg

Virtual currencies from such games as RuneScape are prized in a country whose real money is worthless. (2018)


Article

The Legend of Nintendo - Bloomberg

With the Switch, the 130-year-old gaming giant has once again turned reports of its demise into Nintendo Mania. (2018)


Article

How A Minecraft Habit Turned Into A Multinational Business

After a series of missteps in video game development, this duo now hosts multi-player servers for the popular game <em>Minecraft</em>. (2015)


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Inside Microsoft’s Quest To Turn Minecraft Content Into A Business - Fast Company

Microsoft has paid out $7 million to Minecraft content makers since last June. But it’s just beginning to build out its marketplace... (2018)


Article

HQ Trivia raises $15 million to become the next TV - Axios

Company now valued at $100 million. (2018)


Article

Behind League of Legends, E-Sports’s Main Attraction - The New York Times

Riot Games, creator of the wildly popular League of Legends, says it puts players’ enjoyment above the need to produce profits. And that may be the... (2018)


Article

Desperate Venezuelans Turn to Video Games to Survive - Bloomberg

Virtual currencies from such games as RuneScape are prized in a country whose real money is worthless. (2017)


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Epic Games' Tim Sweeney calls out Apple's 'bitter griping' after its EU fine over anticompetitive practices | TechCrunch

"Denial is a river that flows through Cupertino!," said Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney, a notorious Apple critic who also sued the tech giant for (2024)


Article

Ready, player four billion: the rise of video games | The Economist - Special Report on the Video Game Industry

As video games move from teenage distraction to universal pastime they are following the path of other mass media, says Tom Wainwright | Special re... (2023)


Article

The Generative AI Revolution in Games | Andreessen Horowitz

Generative AI is the biggest thing to happen to the game industry since 3D. If you're in games, and not experimenting with it then you're already b... (2022)


Article

Fortnite-developer Epic Games and Lego partner to build a metaverse aimed at kids – TechCrunch

Fortnite-developer Epic Games announced today that it’s partnering with Lego to build a metaverse aimed at kids. The companies say they are going t... (2022)


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Epic Games Acquires Bandcamp as 'Fortnite' Maker Expands Into Music - Variety

Epic Games announced that it has bought Bandcamp, the online music store and community geared around independent musicians. (2022)


Article

Investing in Carry1st | Andreessen Horowitz

Carry1st is Africa's leading mobile games publisher, serving over 1 million users today. Most notably, Carry1st has aggregated Africa's disparate p... (2022)


Article

How game streaming went from dream job to a burnout nightmare

Gamers are making millions by playing on livestream platforms such as Twitch. But when fame and money counts on you always being on, can you ever s... (2021)


Article

Investing in Core Loop - Andreessen Horowitz

Core Loop is a new game studio innovating at the intersection of the MMO genre and web3. The team is building a modern cross-platform MMO with a bl... (2021)


Article

Studio behind ‘early access’ crypto game Blankos Block Party banks monster $1.25B valuation from a16z

While the NFT space in general is quite young, a16z’s latest unicorn NFT bet is a bit earlier than usual. Mythical Games is raising a $150 million ... (2021)


Article

Hawku raises $4M for gaming and utility NFT marketplace | VentureBeat

Hawku has raised $4 million to build a marketplace for gaming and utility nonfungible tokens (NFTs).  “ NFTs are a digital certificate of owners... (2021)


Article

Humble Bundle has raised $200 million for charity thanks to generous gamers - The Verge

Humble Bundle says its raised more than $200 million for charity since it launched in 2010. The company offers time-limited, pay-what-you-want gami... (2021)


Article

The Pentagon's probably drooling over the Age of Empires 4 launch

It's all fun and games until we find out that all the fun and games could one day be used to train the machines to destroy us. Microsoft, a comp... (2021)


Article

The Opening - AVC

I like to think of investing in new things a bit like a football running play. Imagine you are the running back. You’ve been handed the football an... (2021)


Article

The perfect storm striking World of Warcraft - BBC News

All of a sudden, WoW players are in revolt, and its competitors are having a boom. Activision Blizzard has not released official player counts f... (2021)


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How Blizzard's reputation collapsed in just 3 years | PC Gamer

Blizzard&apos;s recently publicized sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuit filed by the state of California is just the latest in a long stri... (2021)


Video

Intel's Video Game Looks Like Reality! - Intel Labs - Two Minute Papers

Intel's Video Game Looks Like Reality! - Intel Labs - Two Minute Papers 📝 The paper "Enhancing Photorealism Enhancement" is available here... (2022)


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Metaverse competition - Facebook vs. Microsoft

Metaverse competition - Facebook vs. Microsoft (2022)


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TechCrunch Live: Roblox, SuperAwesome, and Fingerprint executives discuss the state of kids media

With large majorities of all children (70% in the U.S. and U.K.) staying home from school during the COVID-19 crisis, use of digital media properti... (2020)


Video

Minecraft Earth: AR Game - Official Reveal Trailer

In this first-ever look at Minecraft Earth, discover how the reality-bending, world-blending abilities of AR bring blocks to life! Armed with just ... (2019)


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Video games of the future will build themselves - The Verge

The Verge Published on Mar 6, 2019 AI in video games is very different than the AI in self-driving cars, smart home devices, and natural language... (2019)


Video

Jessica Brillhart, Immersive Director, on VR and AR

Jessica Brillhart - https://twitter.com/brillhart - is the founder of Vrai Pictures - https://www.vrai.pictures/ They’re an independent immersive c... (2018)


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How free games are designed to make money - Vox

Vox Published on Jul 21, 2016 "Freemium" games can end up gaming gamers. (2018)


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The Story of Tetris

In 1984, during the Cold War, a Russian programmer named Alexey Pajitnov created something special: A puzzle ga... (2018)


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How I use Minecraft to help kids with autism | Stuart Duncan | TEDxYorkU

Using video games to foster community and social interaction. Meet the father who created a Minecraft community for people with autism. Stuart Dun... (2018)


Video

50 Game Camera Mistakes

In this GDC 2014 talk, John Nesky, the dynamic camera designer for thatgamecompany's award-winning PSN title Journey, takes attendees on a tour of ... (2017)


Podcast

'Play-to-Earn' Gaming and How Work is Evolving in Web3 - Future

In today’s episode we’re talking about an emerging model of gaming called play to earn, in which players can make actual money based on how much ti... (2021)


Podcast

China Steams Ahead in Gaming; MetaHuman Creator and the Uncanny Valley - 16 Minutes News by a16z

Listen to this episode from 16 Minutes News by a16z on Spotify. We have two brief segments — taking up less than 16 Minutes! — in this week’s episo... (2021)


Podcast

a16z Podcast: Cloud Gaming: The Progress and the Mind-Bending Promise

Jade Raymond of Google Stadia discusses how cloud gaming will revolutionize play and unlock unprecedented storytelling and socializing in virtual w... (2020)


Podcast

Babbage: Apple's Epic battle - The Economist | Podcast

Babbage from Economist Radio on Spotify. This week a judge heard the first arguments in an antitrust case that could reshape the software ecosy... (2020)


Podcast

a16z Podcast: Gaming Goes Mainstream – 2019 - Andreessen Horowitz

Bobby Kotick is the CEO of Activision Blizzard (a merger he engineered); it's one of only two video gaming companies in the Fortune 500, and the la... (2019)


Website

Microsoft Flight Simulator - The next generation of one of the most beloved simulation franchises

Microsoft Flight Simulator is the next generation of one of the most beloved simulation franchises. (2023)


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Synthesis - Where kids learn to solve problems together

Join the most innovative learning experience for kids. Games designed to cultivate strategic thinking, collaboration, and effective communication. (2022)


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Video Game Curriculum Guide

Riot Games’ Game Design Curriculum is an entry-level course that teaches high school students the fundamental elements of game design using a frame... (2020)


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Tabletop Simulator on Steam

Tabletop Simulator is the only simulator where you can let your aggression out by flipping the table! There are no rules to follow: just you, a phy... (2020)


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Discord - Free Voice and Text Chat for Online Communities

Step up your game with a modern voice & text chat app. Crystal clear voice, multiple server and channel support, mobile apps, and more. (2018)


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