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The internet changed gaming forever. How’s player support keeping up?

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Time Stamp: October 3, 2019 12:21 PM - Modified On: October 3, 2019 - Published By:
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“Gaming has changed,” I thought to myself as I slowly maneuvered past the young cosplayers crowding the halls at Gamescom, the largest gaming conference in Europe for players and industry professionals.I thought back to my childhood, and the games I grew up with. Mario and Sonic were still present, I could still find Street Fighter and Fallout merchandise, and FIFA 20 was, somewhat expectedly, huge. But that was pretty much it — the gaming universe I used to know, tucked in between massive displays of games I’ve never heard of.

Some Seriously Great News. No, Seriously …

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Time Stamp: August 26, 2019 7:33 PM - Modified On: August 26, 2019 - Published By:
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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

Malmö, Sweden — Global Gaming 555 AB – The company’s auditor notifies the company of early termination of the audit assignment

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(translation of the original press release, in Swedish) KPMG AB, the auditor for Global Gaming 555 AB and the Group, with auditor-in-charge Jonas Nihlberg, elected today to request early termination of the audit assignment for Global Gaming 555 AB. The company has reviewed the auditing firm’s letter and it is clear that the auditing work carried out by KPMG for 2019 has not given rise to any issues on the part of the auditor. The process of finding a new auditor will begin immediately and the company will call an

Malmö, Sweden — Global Gaming 555 AB : Bulletin from the 2019 Annual General Meeting (English translation)

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On May 16th 2019, Global Gaming 555 AB held its Annual General Meeting for the financial year 2018. The following decisions were made, in accordance with the proposals submitted. The AGM adopted the Annual Report, as well as discharging The Board of Directors and the CEO from liability for the financial year 2018. The AGM supported the Board’s decision and upheld the decision not to pay dividends for the financial year 2018, but instead to carry the accumulated profit forward. The AGM further decided on the matter of remuneration to

How Artificial Intelligence is changing the gaming industry

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Time Stamp: August 1, 2017 4:14 AM - Modified On: August 1, 2017 - Published By:
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Artificial intelligence (AI) in gaming isn’t a recent innovation. As early as 1949, mathematician and cryptographer Claude Shannon pondered a one-player chess game, in which humans would compete against a computer.Indeed, gaming has been a key engine of AI, and a proving ground for the simulations, constructed environments and tests of realism that are the foundation of virtual experiences.AI for the gaming experienceIn 1989’s Sim City, for example, players controlled complex simulations, and rudimentary gaming AI was deployed to simulate something close to realism – i.e. deeply human characteristics like unpredictability.