A look at the state of AI agents, the evolution of thinking models, the staggering need for inference compute in the coming years, automated research, and more
— Dr. Vannevar Bush, As We May Think, 1945 — If we consider life to be a sort of open-ended MMO, the game server has just received a major update.
A look at Toontown Rewritten, an unofficial recreation of Disney's Toontown Online game that shut down in 2013; Toontown Rewritten now has 10K DAUs and 50K MAUs
of teamwork, of working toward the greater good, of having fun—live on. It's a classic Disney ending.” — This quote captures what makes Toontown special. Its fictional story of “Work vs. Play” bec...
Yuga Labs, the owner of three of the top NFT brands including Bored Ape Yacht Club, raises $450M at a $4B valuation led by a16z to build an NFT media empire
In my first newsletter issue “From Corporation to Self-Actualization” … Michael Spencer / Web3 Digest : Bored Ape Yacht Club creator raises $450 million to build an NFT metaverse Nancy Dahlberg / refr...
As Amazon's video game business lags, executives concede that its new, much-delayed PC-based MMO, New World, “has to be our breakthrough”
The tech giant has struggled to produce popular games, but a much-delayed title released this week could be the first step in a turnaround.
Interviews with digital artists and game makers who are pushing the boundaries in Roblox by creating interactive art projects and MMO games
Singularity 6, which is developing an MMO community sim game called Palia, raises $30M Series B led by FunPlus Ventures, with a16z and others participating
‘Palia’ is a massively-multiplayer simulation game designed for players to build friendships and community.
Facebook unveils Horizon, a VR massive multiplayer world coming in 2020, and will shut down existing VR platforms Facebook Spaces and Oculus Rooms on Oct. 25
it's almost compelling, if you let yourself forget it's run by Facebook https://twitter.com/... Josh Constine / @joshconstine : Facebook is building the Ready Player One Oasis as users tire of compari...
Preview of an MMORPG called New World, slated to be Amazon's first game, five years after it said it wanted to start making them
hands-on in a massive sandbox MMO Rachel Watts / PCGamesN : New World is an MMO where lore isn't given to you - it's buried deep Fraser Brown / PC Gamer : Amazon's MMO New World shows off fortress con...
Roblox, an MMO game popular with kids, raises $150M Series F, source says at a $2.5B+ valuation, bringing total raised to $185M
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch :
Pokémon Go's launch hiccups include: private homes listed as PokéSpots, fake app Android malware, some robbers lured players to vulnerable locations, more
here's why K. Thor Jensen / Geek.com : The craziest real-world consequences of Pokemon Go so far JP Buntinx / The Merkle : Malicious Pokemon Go APK Files Can Be Used To Steal Bitcoin Ashley Feinberg /...