intellectual property

Positron launches Intellectual Property License Program for its VR…

Positron XR Cinema "Positron is excited to license its technology to accelerate the launch of new XR cinemas. As a result, VR content creators will benefit from more distribution outlets" — Jeffrey Travis, CEO LOS ANGELES (PRWEB) September 20, 2020 Positron, a leading provider of XR Cinema systems, known for its acclaimed Voyager® VR motion chair, announced today the launch of a global intellectual licensing program. The Positron IP Licensing program will make available the patents, designs and software suite of Positron’s award-winning VR chair for partner companies to manufacture

AT&T reportedly backs away from selling Warner Bros. Interactive

Sponsored Links Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment For the time being, AT&T has reportedly decided against selling its Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment gaming division to another company. According to Bloomberg, the telecom concluded the unit was too valuable to ditch, even if a sale would have helped the company with its $165 billion debt load. When news of the potential sale first broke, CNBC reported the sale of the division could have netted AT&T as much as $4 billion. Several prominent video game publishers were reportedly interested, including Microsoft, Take-Two, EA and Activision Blizzard. Bloomberg reports two

How the Tokenization of the Gaming Industry Empowers Players

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, one thing is clear: The video games industry is thriving. As people around the world find themselves with more time on their hands thanks to government-mandated lockdowns and a partial economic shutdown, video game sales have skyrocketed. Despite being overshadowed by some of the more glamorous uses for blockchain technology, the gaming industry may be poised for a generational leap forward with the advent of asset tokenization — a practice that could expose the gaming industry to a whole new wave of investors while simultaneously unlocking

‘Iron Man VR’ has moments of brilliance, but shows the limits of PSVR

Iron Man should be the best hero to transition from comics to VR. His own interactions with his suit touch on augmented reality controls, steering a powerful avatar in sync with Stark’s movements. So, just like me, with a pair of digital wands with colorful balls on the end.Iron Man VR is also PlayStation VR’s biggest exclusive release for a while. Sony prepped an Iron Man VR bundle that includes all the PSVR hardware and a pair of Move controllers (still in short supply in stores) -- it seems to

Is Streaming Movies To Friends Through Discord And Zoom Legal?

In these exceptionally strange times, people everywhere are finding new ways to socialize while maintaining physical isolation from friends, family, and everyone else on the planet. That isolation means no more gathering to watch movies together on the couch, but users on conferencing platforms like Zoom and Discord are engaging in a smart workaround: watching movies digitally together using these platforms' streaming and screen-sharing capabilities.Streaming movies and other media through platforms like Zoom and Discord is easy and fun, and it provides a small modicum of normality in this abnormal

Cliff Bleszinski Working On New IP, Not Sure If It’ll Be A Game

Cliff Bleszinski, former Gears of War producer and head of the now-closed studio Boss Key Productions, says he's keeping busy during the pandemic by making something new. While he isn't sure what form it will take yet, he does mention that a new game is a possibility.In a pair of tweets, Bleszinski says he's "noodling" with a new intellectual property, and that the characters and world he's crafting somehow revolve around dogs. He said he's unsure if it will ultimately become a movie, game, graphic novel, or TV series.Cliff Bleszinski

Epic Games partners with makers of The Last Guardian, Inside, and Control

Epic Games Publishing has been busy, announcing that it will publish the next games from the makers of The Last Guardian, Inside, and Control. Epic Games has been very busy with its own lineup of games, as well as its efforts with the Unreal Engine. However, Epic's publishing arm has also been hard at work keeping Epic's library of games filled up. Thursday marks one of Epic Games Publishing's biggest days so far, as they announced a partnership deal with developers gen DESIGN (The Last Guardian), Playdead (Inside, Limbo), and

Some Seriously Great News. No, Seriously …

Exactly six years ago today I received an email from my friend Ynon Kreiz introducing me to Andrew Stalbow and Petri Järvilehto. Ynon had been the CEO of Maker Studios and I trust his opinion a great deal so of course I took the meeting.Andrew and Petri had left game developer Rovio (of Angry Birds fame) and were creating a new games company called Seriously that would combine compelling intellectual property (characters), great narratives, and fun game play in a mobile-first application. Their initial release would be a product called