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Google’s new gaming AI aims past “superhuman opponent” and at “obedient partner”

Google’s new gaming AI aims past “superhuman opponent” and at “obedient partner”

Enlarge / Even hunt-and-fetch quests are better with a little AI help. At this point in the progression of machine-learning AI, we’re accustomed to specially trained agents that can utterly dominate everything from Atari games to complex board games like Go. But what if an AI agent could be trained not just to play a specific game but also to interact with any generic 3D environment? And what if that AI was… Source link

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Layoffs hit gaming in 2024: The industry’s biggest headwinds

Layoffs hit gaming in 2024: The industry’s biggest headwinds

Nearly 6,000 gaming industry workers have already been laid off in 2024, according to PC Gamer reporting, while 2023 saw well over 10,000 job cuts across video game studios. Are industry employers correcting themselves after seeing surging interest in gaming dating back to the pandemic? LightShed Partners Media and Technology Analyst Brandon Ross joins Yahoo Finance to comment on the headwinds contributing to these lay offs seen across the gaming sector. “A big one was actually mobile games… Source link

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Google Stadia Is Dead, And It’s A Sad Day For Gaming

Google Stadia Is Dead, And It’s A Sad Day For Gaming

The Google Stadia controller is still going to be useable now that the cloud gaming service is dead. Getty Images Google screwed up. It made so many mistakes with Stadia that stopped the platform from ever reaching its full potential. Now, like so many other Google projects, Stadia is dead. That’s a real shame, because it was a great cloud gaming service that was ahead of its time. I mean that in the most literal way, because Google rushed Stadia to market before it was truly ready for… Source link

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Google Cloud partners with Indian startup SuperGaming to offer gaming engine to developers • TechCrunch

Google Cloud partners with Indian startup SuperGaming to offer gaming engine to developers • TechCrunch

Google Cloud has partnered with SuperGaming to offer the Indian gaming startup’s proprietary gaming engine, SuperPlatform, to developers worldwide, the latest in a series of recent steps from the Android-maker to expand focus into the gaming industry. The cloud arm of the search giant said Thursday that as part of its partnership, it will offer the Pune-headquartered startup’s gaming engine to help developers worldwide to help them manage their live ops, matchmaking, player… Source link

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Google Cloud partners with Indian startup SuperGaming to offer gaming engine to developers • TechCrunch

Google Cloud partners with Indian startup SuperGaming to offer gaming engine to developers • TechCrunch

Google Cloud has partnered with SuperGaming to offer the Indian gaming startup’s proprietary gaming engine, SuperPlatform, to developers worldwide, the latest in a series of recent steps from the Android-maker to expand focus into the gaming industry. The cloud arm of the search giant said Thursday that as part of its partnership, it will offer the Pune-headquartered startup’s gaming engine to help developers worldwide to help them manage their live ops, matchmaking, player… Source link

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Gaming platform ‘Yandex Games’ is now available across the Middle East & North Africa

Gaming platform ‘Yandex Games’ is now available across the Middle East & North Africa

Dubai: Yandex makes its way to the Middle East, presenting a new service – Yandex Games: a launchpad for game-makers and a catalog of brand new HTML5 games. The platform is now available for game developers and creators in the MENA region and will be an excellent opportunity to share and monetize their game projects. Yandex Games was founded in 2018 and has been growing rapidly in the past four years, including its expansion to international markets. The platform holds over 10 thousand… Source link

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Gaming Google: Oil firms use search ads to greenwash, study says

Gaming Google: Oil firms use search ads to greenwash, study says

Oil giants spent $24 million on Google search ads over two years Google pledged not to make money from climate disinformation Study says many ads on Google twisted facts on climate change LOS ANGELES, Nov 3 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Google is selling oil firms valuable digital real estate that they use to downplay their role in climate change, despite the search engine giant pledging it would stop taking money for ads that counter the scientific consensus on global warming, a new report… Source link

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Google introduces Chromebooks geared for cloud gaming • TechCrunch

Google introduces Chromebooks geared for cloud gaming • TechCrunch

It’s been barely a few weeks since Google announced that it is shutting down its cloud gaming service Stadia next year. And now, the company has a new cloud gaming announcement: it is launching Chromebooks tuned for cloud gaming made by different manufacturers. The search giant has also partnered with cloud gaming services like Nvidia GeForce Now, Microsoft Xbox Cloud Gaming and Amazon Luna to bring marquee titles to users. What’s more, the company has teamed up with accessory… Source link

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