Dean Takahashi

Nvidia today announced the Nvidia RTX Pro Blackwell series — a new generation of workstation and server graphics processing units. Nvidia said the GPUs redefine workflows for AI, technical, creative, engineering and design professionals with accelerated computing, AI inference, ray tracing and neural rendering technologies. The company unveiled the news during the keynote speech of Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, at the GTC 2025 event. For everything from agentic AI, simulation, extended reality, 3D design

Nvidia said the big industrial software and service providers are integrating Omniverse into their platforms to accelerate physical AI.Read More

Nvidia said it is building a Boston-based research center to provide cutting-edge technologies to advance quantum computing.Read More

Matthew Ball started a big conversation about the state of the game industry when he launched a 224-slide PowerPoint deck. We continued it.Read More

The current AI ecosystem wasn’t built with game developers in mind. While impressive in controlled demos, today’s AI technologies expose critical limitations when transitioning to production-ready games, said Kylan Gibbs, CEO of Inworld AI, in an interview with GamesBeat. Right now, AI deployment is being slowed because game developers are dependent on black-box APIs with unpredictable pricing and shifting terms, leading to a loss of autonomy and stalled innovation, he said. Players are left with

Unity said in its annual report that game developers faced with uncertainty are doing more with less resources. The last few years have been a difficult time in game development, said Unity, maker of the Unity 6 game engine. The industry is still massive, with over three billion global active players. Games grossed over $184 billion in 2024, easily out-earning TV and movies. Yet there’s a grimmer set of numbers, too, the tallies of layoffs,

Stephen Machuga, CEO of charity Stack Up, believes video games can help veterans feel like they’re part of society.Read More

GFAL is launching Diamond Dreams, a match-3 puzzle game with a luxury theme and optional Web3 features. The game is set to launch in beta on March 18. GFAL (short for Games for a Living) said Diamond Dreams combines sophisticated craftsmanship, immersive storytelling, and sharp visuals to create what may be the most luxurious game experience ever designed. In Diamond Dreams, players craft exquisite, lifelike jewelry in a world that reflects the elegance and prestige

Lovelace Studio is using generative AI to build Nyric, a tool that can help bring gaming worlds to life for player builders who work in harmony. It’s a toolkit for building a community-driven multiverse, or metaverse, as you wish. Players can use AI tools to craft their own worlds, bringing realms to life in a survival crafting sandbox. The aim is to give agency to solo creators and social gamers and then connect them together,

Marti Romances, creative director and cofounder of Territory Studio SF, has created “future-facing” designs for everything from a GM concept car to the user interfaces in video games. Romances’ studio, which is the San Francisco office of London-based Territory, has worked on films including Avengers: Endgame, Ex Machina, Blade Runner 2049, The Martian and Guardians of the Galaxy. Territory Studio has also created futuristic designs that have appeared in video games like Forza Motorsport 6,