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Read More »Heroes of the Dorm will be streamed exclusively on Facebook Live in 2017
Blizzard has announced the return of Heroes of the Dorm for its third year and revealed that the competition will be streamed exclusively on Facebook Live. US university students are invited to take part in the competition, with the winning team receiving a grant towards their college tuition fees. In …
Read More »G2 Esports to start streaming on Facebook Live
G2 Esports has announced that it intends to start streaming on Facebook Live from next month. The move is an attempt to “grow its global audience, unlock new sponsorship opportunities, and elevate engagement with its brand to new levels,” according to a statement from the organisation. This does not mean …
Read More »Mark Zuckerberg denies accusations in Oculus vs ZeniMax trial
Mark Zuckerberg has provided new information in the $2bn lawsuit between ZeniMax Media and Oculus, denying accusations that Oculus stole VR technology from ZeniMax. The Facebook founder, who gave his testimony in the trial yesterday, said: We are highly confident that Oculus products are built on Oculus technology. The idea …
Read More »Big Viking reveals $10m publishing fund for Facebook’s Instant Games
Company redouble efforts to support HTML5 efforts
Read More »Pac-Man and Space Invaders are heading to Facebook Messenger
Users of Facebook Messenger will soon be able to play a number of arcade hits within the app itself. 17 games have been confirmed for Facebook’s new Instant Games service, which will offer quick access to arcade titles within both Messenger and the site’s news feed, across both web and …
Read More »Facebook launches Instant Games feature, offering games inside of Messenger app and News Feed
14 companies bringing 17 free-to-play games to the platform
Read More »Facebook announces casual-orientated games storefront, Gameroom
New service announced at Unity game developer conference
Read More »Oculus is staffing up with more than 100 open positions
VR firm Oculus is staffing up, with more than 100 positions currently open across many of its global offices. According to Upload VR the company is mainly staffing up its research divisions, following the announcement back at Oculus Connect that the firm has $250,000 research grants available for upcoming areas …
Read More »Facebook hire EA’s Rachel Rubin Franklin for social VR team
Franklin has been with EA since 2011 before departing for new Facebook role
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