Video game development

CrowdHero: Football Battle NFT game Pre-Sale happening now

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Wednesday, April 27, 2022
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NEW YORK, April 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Vietnam-based team Crowdhero x EZ Games received $700,000 in seed funding round

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  • Crowdhero successfully raised seed funding from venture capitalists to develop their new play-to-earn football theme NFT game called Football Battle.
  • Football Battle is co-developed between Crowdhero and EZGames.
  • Football Battle is an innovative play-to-earn game that combines both strategy and card gameplay.
  • Football Battle allows you to recruit players, create your own squad, and compete in both Saga and online modes (Friendly Game, Heads up Match to win Tokens and also Tournament).

M0x Launches M0xchain Hackathon 2022 to Boost Crypto and NFT Game Development

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Wednesday, January 19, 2022
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That is the focus of M0xchain: allow seamless integration of the traditional gaming industry with blockchain, NFTs, and the crypto economy.

Key Points: 
  • That is the focus of M0xchain: allow seamless integration of the traditional gaming industry with blockchain, NFTs, and the crypto economy.
  • M0x abstracts all blockchain complexity and dynamics, so game developers can focus on their game and leave decentralization and token economy to m0x.
  • Participants will have the chance to interact with top professionals from the global consortium of companies that collaborate on the development of M0xchain.
  • The best projects in the categories "Game Development," "NFTs & Design," and "New Economy Models" will be awarded a generous prize.

Engine Gaming & Media, Inc. Reports First Quarter Fiscal Year 2022 Financial Results

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Thursday, January 13, 2022
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Engine Gaming and Media, Inc. ("Engine" or the "Company"; NASDAQ: GAME; TSX-V: GAME), an esports/sports social gaming, influencer marketing, and next-generation media solutions company, today announced results for its first quarter of fiscal year 2022 ended November 30, 2021.

Key Points: 
  • Engine Gaming and Media, Inc. ("Engine" or the "Company"; NASDAQ: GAME; TSX-V: GAME), an esports/sports social gaming, influencer marketing, and next-generation media solutions company, today announced results for its first quarter of fiscal year 2022 ended November 30, 2021.
  • In addition, the Company had working capital surplus of $3.2 million after excluding non-cash warrant liability and arbitration reserve.
  • Additionally, the Company will host a conference call on Thursday January 13, 2022 at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time to discuss its financial results in further detail.
  • About Engine Gaming and Media, Inc.
    Engine Gaming and Media, Inc. is traded publicly under the ticker symbol (NASDAQ: GAME) (TSX-V: GAME).

CoderPad’s Tech Hiring Survey Finds 60% of Recruiters Are Ready to Ditch the CV; 40% Looking Internationally to Find the Best Candidates in Tough Job Market

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Monday, January 10, 2022
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Hiring based on skills instead of factors like college name or the candidates geographic location will bring stronger, more diverse talent to the table.

Key Points: 
  • Hiring based on skills instead of factors like college name or the candidates geographic location will bring stronger, more diverse talent to the table.
  • The amount of recruiters hiring for more than 500 developers has increased by 50% (4.9% in 2021 vs. 8.2% in 2022).
  • Nearly half (47%) of recruiters cite finding qualified candidates as their number one challenge when hiring developers.
  • Skills Over Schools: The percentage of recruiters hiring developers from non-academic backgrounds has almost doubled, from 23% to 39% in one year.

2022 Game Developers Conference Opens Call for Core Concepts Submissions, Now Through August 31st

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Tuesday, August 3, 2021
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Phase II submitters will be required to provide additional information and revise their submission per advisor feedback.

Key Points: 
  • Phase II submitters will be required to provide additional information and revise their submission per advisor feedback.
  • GDC Summits (including VRDC) and GDC Masterclass courses will take place on the Monday and Tuesday of the conference.
  • For more details on the Game Developers Conference, please visit the GDCs official website , or subscribe to regular updates via Facebook , Twitter , or RSS.
  • The Game Developers Conference (GDC) is the worlds largest professional game industry event with market-defining content for programmers, artists, producers, game designers, audio professionals, business decision makers, and others involved in the development of interactive games and immersive experiences.

Plarium Entered an Agreement to Acquire Finnish Mobile Game Studio Futureplay to Expand Leadership in the Casual Games Market

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Monday, August 2, 2021
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Plarium , a global leader in midcore mobile and PC games with more than 390 million users worldwide, today announced that it has entered an agreement to acquire Helsinki-based game studio, Futureplay , creator of mobile titles: Merge Gardens, Battlelands Royale, and Idle Farming Empire.

Key Points: 
  • Plarium , a global leader in midcore mobile and PC games with more than 390 million users worldwide, today announced that it has entered an agreement to acquire Helsinki-based game studio, Futureplay , creator of mobile titles: Merge Gardens, Battlelands Royale, and Idle Farming Empire.
  • Combining Plarium's game development infrastructure and marketing capabilities together with Futureplays talent will allow us to expand and diversify our games portfolio pipeline even further.
  • Plarium will be focused on investing in Futureplay, allowing it to accelerate its growth and footprint in the Finnish gaming market, which is well recognized as a global hub for great game talent, said Steinhart.
  • We are eager to grow and learn from Plariums expertise as veterans in the mobile game market, said Jami Laes, CEO and co-founder of Futureplay.

Chatable Introduces Breakthrough Zero-Latency On-Chip Conversation Enhancement AI for TWS Earbuds and Hearing Aids

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Friday, July 30, 2021
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Chatable (H.A.A.C Ltd), an industry leading AI Start-up, announced today in a whitepaper - Breaking Through the 6ms Latency Barrier - a dramatic fundamental breakthrough in Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Conversation Enhancement.

Key Points: 
  • Chatable (H.A.A.C Ltd), an industry leading AI Start-up, announced today in a whitepaper - Breaking Through the 6ms Latency Barrier - a dramatic fundamental breakthrough in Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Conversation Enhancement.
  • The whitepaper introduces Chatable AI v3.0 Edge: the first On-Chip Inline Deep Neural Network (DNN) for direct audio processing that has no perceptible latency.
  • According to recent industry research, Conversation Enhancement is the number one most requested feature for TWS Earbud users and is also a high priority for the Hearing Aid industry.
  • Performing over one hundred million AI calculations per second and using the microphone of a TWS Earbud or Hearing Aid, Chatable AI v3.0 Edge provides a vivid, new conversational speech experience to users.

Mytaverse Soars to New Dimensions with Business Aviation Conference

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Friday, July 30, 2021
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Good news for the event's organizers is that just shy of 50 exhibitors, including NetJets and Sino Jet, have confirmed participation along with nearly 100 speakers set to present over the course of the three days.  Moving seamlessly around the venue will be hundreds of attendees embodying Mytaverse avatars.  With the opportunity to pop into any of the many vendor's booths, hands will always remain free as interesting brochures and other materials can be stored in a digital briefcase--one click and the document is yours. 

Key Points: 
  • MIAMI, July 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The Miami-based startup, Mytaverse (formerly Gathr), in conjunction with Asian Sky Group (ASG) is pleased to announce its three-dimensional fully-immersive exhibition and conference for business aviation.
  • "Mytaverse and ASG have jointly created a digital showroom with photo-realistic 3D virtual aircraft models accessible 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
  • As a fully immersive platform using Epic Games Unreal Engine, Mytaverse offers shared and dynamic experiences for business, job simulations, education and more.
  • Asian Sky Group is a business aviation transaction and consultancy company based in Hong Kong.

RTI Receives Epic MegaGrant from Epic Games

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SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 28, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Real-Time Innovations (RTI) , the largest software framework company for autonomous systems, today announced that it has received an Epic MegaGrant from Epic Games , which will be used to advance the development and integration of RTI Connext DDS with Unreal Engine, the open and advanced real-time 3D creation tool.

Key Points: 
  • SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 28, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Real-Time Innovations (RTI) , the largest software framework company for autonomous systems, today announced that it has received an Epic MegaGrant from Epic Games , which will be used to advance the development and integration of RTI Connext DDS with Unreal Engine, the open and advanced real-time 3D creation tool.
  • The integration of RTI Connext DDS and the Unreal game engine provides both RTI customers and the Unreal ecosystem a best-of-both worlds solution to developing and testing visualization and simulation applications.
  • RTI Connext DDS is the platform that brings distributed simulation systems together in a secure, high-performance, scalable visualization environment.
  • Due to their dynamic architectures, simulation solutions have made interoperability between systems essential, said Sebastien Loze, Simulation Industry Manager, Epic Games.

Smilegate Advances to Western Market with New Independent AAA Game Development Studio That's No Moon Entertainment Inc.

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Wednesday, July 28, 2021
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That's No Moon is a groundbreaking new AAA game development studio founded in 2021 focused on industry defining narrative-driven entertainment that will push the limits of both gameplay and story.

Key Points: 
  • That's No Moon is a groundbreaking new AAA game development studio founded in 2021 focused on industry defining narrative-driven entertainment that will push the limits of both gameplay and story.
  • Smilegate and That's No Moon are developing a new AAA narrative-driven game in the action-adventure genre.
  • Harold Kim, VP of business development at Smilegate said, "That's No Moon is a studio with exceptionally talented developers.
  • Smilegate Entertainment is a global game development and publishing company headquartered in South Korea with regional offices in the United States, China, and Europe.