product development

Paribus: Next Steps

Now that our Mainnet V1 is live some people may be thinking that it’s time for the team to put their feet up and enjoy a well earned rest. They couldn’t be further from the truth. Rather than this huge milestone signifying the end, it marks the beginning of our main work. Over the coming weeks we’ll be continuing our marketing and development at pace. As we progress we’ll be sharing more details of the next features and iterations we’ll be adding to the protocol. When we launched on mainnet

Overwatch 2’s executive producer is leaving Blizzard

Chacko Sonny, executive producer on Overwatch and Overwatch 2, is leaving Blizzard after this week. Sonny has been at Blizzard since 2016, when he started as a production director for Overwatch. According to an official Blizzard statement, Sonny is leaving the company to “take some time off after 5 years of service. The deep, talented Overwatch team is making excellent progress on Overwatch 2, and thanks to their hard work, the game is in the final stages of production. We’ll be sharing more at the Overwatch League Grand Finals later

Marvel Future Revolution Announces Pre-Registration; Tons of Gameplay & Details Revealed

Today Marvel and Netmarble had a big reveal to make about it’s upcoming AAA open-world mobile game Marvel Future Revolution. First of all, we learn that pre-registration opens globally right now for both iOS and Android. The actual release date remains to be announced. First of all, below you can take a look at the story trailer. [embedded content] The second video below showcaeses the locations that you will be able to visit in the game at its release. [embedded content] Next, we take a look at the playable characters

Sega might be turning Sonic the Hedgehog into a VTuber

Kazuyuki Hoshino, one of the lead designers and current art director for Sega and Sonic the Hedgehog, has seemingly revealed that the blue blur is going to make his debut as a VTuber in the future.  VTubers, a digital YouTuber or a creator who uses a digital avatar of some kind to take the place of a normal webcam, have exploded in popularity over the last year, especially in Western media markets. And it appears that Sega is going to play on that popularity as it continues to celebrate Sonic’s

Nintendo Opening Museum Gallery in Japan

A perspective drawing of the coming Nintendo Gallery. | Photo courtesy of NintendoNintendo is opening opening a museum in its Uji Ogura plant in Kyoto, the company has announced. The gallery will "showcase the many products Nintendo has launched over its history," per the company's news release.Nintendo had been considering building a gallery as a way to "share Nintendo's product development history and philosophy with the public." The Uji Ogura plant will be renovated to serve this purpose as part of the city of Uji's development plans for the area

Frost Giant Studios Partners With Dreamhaven, Licenses Unreal Engine 5

The studio, founded by veteran Blizzard developers, is working on an RTS and partnering with other former Blizzard veterans at Dreamhaven. Frost Giant studios has been busy lately. Today, the studio announced an advisory partnership with Dreamhaven, a company founded by former Blizzard co-founder and president Mike Morhaime, and a licensing deal to use Unreal Engine 5 for its upcoming RTS game via Upcomer. The studio, based in Orange County, California, was founded by Tim Morten and Tim Campbell, the production lead on StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void and

Niantic announces ‘Niantic Lightship’ and its accompanying Augmented Reality Developer Kit

In Augmented Reality News  May 12, 2021 – Niantic, developer of Pokémon GO, and provider of a ‘planet-scale’ augmented reality (AR) platform, has announced that its ‘Niantic Real World Platform’ is getting a new name — Niantic Lightship — and that the company will be offering broader access to the new Niantic Lightship Augmented Reality Developer Kit (ARDK), enabling developers to build their own immersive, imaginative and unique AR applications. Niantic Lightship encompasses the full Niantic platform, including the suite of tools and services that power Niantic games, from Ingress

MADMONQ Raises $600K Seed Round

Czech esports supplement startup MADMONQ announced that it has raised a €500K EUR ($598K USD) seed financing round from investors, including poker player and esports professional Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier, Twitch streamer Lex Veldhuis; content creator Radek “sterakdary” Starý, Lukáš “lastgameblitz” Křítek, Vojta Roček, and AdRock Ventures.  MADMONQ revealed that it intends to use the funding “to raise awareness around the need to prioritize health in gaming, new product development, scaling the team, and paving the way for Series A round, planned for late 2021.”  The company, which was founded in 2017, reported that it has achieved seven-figure revenue in 2020 and has been

ROCCAT Becomes PC Peripherals Partner of Gen.G

Global esports organization Gen.G has announced a partnership with Turtle Beach-owned gaming peripheral brand ROCCAT. The company will become Gen.G’s official PC gaming accessories partner across its teams and affiliated streamers. ROCCAT will provide its products to the organization’s players and leverage the organization for insight into future product development. Last week, ROCCAT secured a deal with Riot Games to become the official mouse and keyboard partner of the LCS. Coinsmart. Beste Bitcoin-Börse in Europa Source: https://esportsobserver.com/geng-roccat-partnership/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=geng-roccat-partnership