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Quell raises $3M to turn home fitness into a game

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Do people want their at-home fitness to come in video-game form? The incredible popularity of games like Ring Fit Adventure suggests yes. At the core of Quell’s gameplay is the “Gauntlet” — a harness, of sorts, that the player slips on to control Quell’s games. Image Credits: Quell.

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Xbox Cloud Gaming now available on Meta Quest 2, 3 and Pro

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Xbox has brought is Cloud Gaming service to Meta Quest VR headset devices, as both companies said it would at the launch of the latest Quest 3 hardware earlier this year. The Xbox Cloud Gaming app has a beta label, and it’s limited to Quest 2, Quest 3 and Quest Pro headsets (sorry OG Quest […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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The Last Gameboard raises $4M to ship its digital tabletop gaming platform

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The tabletop gaming industry has exploded over the last few years as millions discovered or rediscovered its joys, but it too is evolving — and The Last Gameboard hopes to be the venue for that evolution. If the pitch sounds familiar… it’s been attempted once or twice before. Image Credits: The Last Gameboard.

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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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Artie sidesteps the app stores by putting high-quality games in your browser

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When you play a game, how do you play it? Usually, they are games with a physical form, a console or an app. Artie is gearing up to shake up the games industry with another option, bringing high-end games back to the browser. The company refers to it as “over-the-top game streaming.” “The Among Us on your phone?

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Daily Crunch: Apple’s M1 chips have an ‘unpatchable’ hardware vulnerability, say MIT researchers

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Pacman on the attack : Carly writes that MIT researchers, while applying a “Pacman attack” test on Apple’s M1 chips, undiscovered a doozy in the way of an “unpatchable” hardware vulnerability that could allow attackers to break through its last line of security defenses. In its response, Apple didn’t seem too worried. Startups and VC.

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Celebs back Backbone’s mobile gaming controller with $40M round

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Backbone’s iPhone gaming controller is one of a few new things in recent years to elbow its way onto that list. A damn solid gaming experience on the go, it’s worth the little bit of suitcase real estate it requires. So what are people actually using Backbone’s hardware for? Image Credits: Backbone.

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