Meta and Pico lead the field with their VR headsets, ChatGPT continues its inexorable rise and new engine developments are pushing the boundaries of the video game experience.
Teachers need to be able to connect games used at school to curricula and students’ lives.
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Without an educator to critically engage students about learning in a game, the learning can be misinformed or lost.
The metaverse might be a work in progress, but a key prototype – the virtual world – has been around for several decades.
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Games can help players practice important skills related to civics and public life, like communication, empathy and compassion, critical thinking, and problem-solving.
In addition to being fun, video games can build real-world skills.
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With the pressures of the holidays, rising COVID-19 rates and social isolation, people can easily fall into addictive-like behaviours. Here are some ways to challenge ourselves and family.
Fortnite developer Epic Games deployed its own in-app payment system to circumvent a 30% transaction fee taken by Apple and Google. Fortnite got the boot, and multiple lawsuits ensued.
Apple Arcade and Google Stadia may threaten a sector that spawned the likes of Farmville and Angry Birds. Developers can build better communities in response.
The Counter Strike Global Offensive cyber sport event in St Petersburg, Russia, in October, 2017.
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Fortnite was the most outstanding and unexpected success of 2018, hitting 78.3 million players in August, and bumping developer Epic Games to a US$15 billion dollar valuation.
Call that a weapon? Playing Fortnite, a web-based multiplayer survival game.
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The epic online game Fortnite was released a year ago and has attracted millions of fans (and detractors). So how has this game made such an enormous impact?