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Acamar Films is extending the reach of its multi-award-winning preschool series Bing with the launch of a new interactive Amazon Alexa Skill, Bing Time. Developed in partnership with voice design agency Voxly Digital, Bing Time aims to bring together new script writing, high production values and technical innovation to deliver …
Read More »Virsix Games ‘makes gaming history’ with crowdsourced act-it-out title Star Auditions
Virsix Games is giving players the chance to be a part of gaming history as the company begins crowdsourcing game content for its latest release, Star Audition – the world’s first act-it-out party game enhanced by smart speaker technology. Through the launch of its new Kickstarter campaign, Virsix Games will …
Read More »Tabletop tech? “We’re only scratching the surface”
Zai Ortiz and Nolan Bushnell are heavyweights in the world of film and gaming with a common goal; to deliver immersive storytelling through board games, the likes we’ve never seen before. That’s the aim of X2 Games, and that’s what its first release, St Noire is capturing with Amazon Alexa …
Read More »X2 Games’ Amazon Alexa powered St Noire is “the beginning of the future” for board games
Players are challenged to take on the role of detective by asking questioning suspects through voice commands and piece together clues to solve the case before time runs out.
Read More »Smart tech to become child’s play at the 2019 Alexa Conference
Innovators behind the world leading voice and smart tech are looking to up their game in the children's entertainment space.
Read More »Sensible Object raises $3.2m to develop board games using Amazon Alexa
The company has reportedly outlined its plans to make its toolkit for creating board games with virtual assistants like Alexa available for third party developers.
Read More »LEGO partners with Amazon Alexa for new LEGO Duplo Stories initiative
Children will be able to communicate with Amazon’s Alexa through a storytelling programme as they play with their building blocks.
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