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China’s game engine Cocos raises $50M, goes beyond games

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Cocos Technologies, a China-based game engine provider that has been around since 2010, just announced it has picked up $50 million in a Series B funding round in a bid to work on development and move beyond games. It’s also making forays into non-game scenarios like online education and autonomous driving.

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Generative AI-powered game design: Accelerating early development with Stability AI models on Amazon Bedrock

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In the competitive world of game development, staying ahead of technological advancements is crucial. Generative AI has emerged as a game changer, offering unprecedented opportunities for game designers to push boundaries and create immersive virtual worlds. Large (SD3.5 Large (SD3.5 In this post, we explore how you can use SD3.5

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Elodie Games obtains $32.5M round to make social co-op gaming better

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During the darkest hours of the pandemic, millions upon millions of people turned to online gaming as a way to pass time in lockdown and connect with friends they couldn’t see in person. But a social, cooperative, fun and cross-platform gaming experience is remarkably hard to find — and Elodie Games is here to change that.

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Parsec raises $25M from A16Z to power remote work and cloud gaming

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” They started out by helping gamers access their gaming PCs from other devices (the Parsec app is currently available Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, Raspberry Pi and the web). “From the beginning, we thought that if we could build something that is great for gaming, it will be great for everything,” Boxer said.

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The AI Future According to Google Cloud Next ’25: My Interesting Finds

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It could actually help users complete tasks like setting up DNS settings, which is a game-changer for user support and sparks my imagination about what else we can do with Live API! Agent Development Kit (ADK) The Agent Development Kit (ADK) is a game-changer for easily building sophisticated multi-agent applications.

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AccelByte, a backend services platform for game developers, raises $60M led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2

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AccelByte , a platform that helps game creators build backend services and tools, has raised $60 million in Series B led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, with participation from Sony Interactive Entertainment and returning backers Galaxy Interactive and NetEase.

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Incredibuild gets $140M to speed up games and other software development with distributed processing tech

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Incredibuild , an Israeli startup that provides a way for organizations to implement distributed computing architecture to speed up the processing needed for intensive tasks like software development by tapping into a company’s network of idle CPUs, has picked up $140 million in funding.