Today, we look into Duolingo’s strategy for the future development of its app after the company’s acquisition of the music gaming studio NextBeat. We also bring you a new podcast episode where we talk about the increasing role of AI in game development, as well as this week’s top news and some hand-picked Content Worth Consuming. The post Duolingo’s Next Beat: Music, Math, and More appeared first on Naavik.| Naavik
In today's newsletter, we analyze Dream Games' twice-proven strategy, exploring what others can learn from its success and what it means for the future of the match-3 genre. We also bring you the latest Content Worth Consuming and round up this week’s top news items. The post The Royal Blueprint: Easy to Copy … Or Not? appeared first on Naavik.| Naavik
Minigames in mobile titles date back to the late 2000s, with early examples like Kingdom Hearts Mobile, a collection of small in-game challenges.| Naavik
Apply for the new JetBrains Student Pack, get a chance to win a MacBook Pro, explore fresh courses, and discover smart tips on using AI.| The JetBrains Blog
In today’s issue, we make the case for major changes at Xbox, share our conversation with the head of esports at EA, and bring you the latest news and Content Worth Consuming from around the gaming world. The post Why Xbox’s Best Path May Be Outside Microsoft appeared first on Naavik.| Naavik
The toy business has long overlapped with video games, of course, but recent months and years have seen a number of important changes.| Naavik
Today, we take a look at GenAI and its current impact on game development during pre-, post-, and production phases. We also bring you this past week’s top news items, as well as a fresh batch of hand-picked Content Worth Consuming. The post The State of AI in Game Development appeared first on Naavik.| Naavik
Who has what it takes to create the next hit live-service FPS? Explore the top contenders reshaping the future of multiplayer shooters.| Naavik
Discover how top creators turn TikTok engagement into billion-dollar empires through strategy, virality, and brand power.| Naavik
Unpacking PlayStation’s evolving strategy as it shifts focus to live-service games, cross-platform play, and a broader gaming ecosystem.| Naavik
ഊർജ്ജം (Oorjjam, Malayalam; English: Energy) Greetings from the Rainmatter Foundation! India faces a critical energy challenge: Despite our commitment to achieving net zero emissions by 2070, we remain heavily reliant on fossil fuels, which account for 75% of the greenhouse gas emissions. Additionally, India imports nearly 40% of its energy needs, making it vulnerable to […] The post Oorjjam- September newsdigest from the Rainmatter Foundation appeared first on Rainmatter Founda...| Rainmatter Foundation Blog
हिमनदी ताल (Himanadī tāla, Nepali; Glacial lake) Greetings! Mountainscapes can be otherworldly – the weather is unpredictable and one never knows what the next bend might lead to: a valley, a stream, a forest or a wall of rocky cliffs. The higher one goes, the more magnificent the mysteries: snowy mountains host glaciers, which give […]| Rainmatter Foundation Blog
हरित क्रांति (Hindi: Harit Kraanti; Green Revolution) From 10-minute deliveries to social media timelines, food has become a ubiquitous element of our lives. We are able to access food so easily and with so much abundance that most of us fail to realise how much we take it for granted – an average Indian household […]| Rainmatter Foundation Blog
We are very proud to launch Gay Lynch’s historical epic Unsettled.| Ligature
We are delighted to be reissuing Eleanor Nilsson’s beloved young adult novel The House Guest. This is a love story and a ghost story, blending the 1980s suburban adventures of a Spielberg film with the most haunting elements of an MR James, Henry James or Shirley Jackson thriller, and drawing in literary threads from Ursula K Le Guin to the Old Norse author of Njal’s Saga.| Ligature
Garry Disher’s latest book in his best-selling and critically-acclaimed Wyatt series, Kill Shot, is out now from the excellent people at Text. This is the ninth outing for the hard-boiled, hard-bitten and frequently hard-up criminal—the last one, The Heat, was longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award in 2017, and Garry himself won the prestigious Ned Kelly Lifetime Achievement award for his crime fiction in August 2018.| Ligature
We’re over the moon to be publishing new editions of Gillian Rubinstein’s classic young adult trilogy Space Demons in paperback and electronic formats. | Ligature
Garry Disher’s latest book in his best-selling and critically-acclaimed Wyatt series, The Heat, is out now from the excellent people at Text. This is the eighth outing for the hard-boiled, hard-bitten and frequently hard-up criminal—the last one, Wyatt, won the Ned Kelly award for Best Novel in 2010. And the first four Wyatt novels—Kickback, Paydirt, Deathdeal and Crosskill—are now available in new electronic editions from Ligature. | Ligature