Troy Kirwin

Dec 4, 2024 | a16zgames.substack.com | Jon Lai |Andrew Chen |Troy Kirwin |Lester Chen

Video games are constantly evolving. The hardware and infrastructure gets stronger, designers get more ambitious, and every year innovative gamemakers bring us entirely new genres and experiences. So how will gaming change in the year ahead? As part of a16z’s Big Ideas in Tech push, members of the A16Z GAMES team are sharing one big idea for how interactive entertainment could evolve in 2025. Let’s jump in.

Dec 4, 2024 | a16zgames.substack.com | Jon Lai |Andrew Chen |Troy Kirwin |Lester Chen

Video games are constantly evolving. The hardware and infrastructure gets stronger, designers get more ambitious, and every year innovative gamemakers bring us entirely new genres and experiences. So how will gaming change in the year ahead? As part of a16z’s Big Ideas in Tech push, members of the A16Z GAMES team are sharing one big idea for how interactive entertainment could evolve in 2025. Let’s jump in.

Dec 13, 2023 | a16z.com | Troy Kirwin |Jonathan Lai |Jack Soslow |Anish Acharya

There is a unique window of opportunity today for a new 3D Creation Engine (aka game engine) to revolutionize the way we create games, film, virtual worlds, and simulations. Unity, Unreal, Roblox and Godot – the predominant 3D engines – are all 15+ year old technologies architected for a different era of computing. The emergence of generative AI, cloud computing, and new spatial platforms is poised to disrupt 3D creation end-to-end.

Dec 13, 2023 | flipboard.com | Troy Kirwin

First Nintendo Switch 2 game may have already been revealed — here’s what we knowThe Game Awards 2023 offered several buzzy reveals. From the announcements of the new God of War Ragnarök DLC to our first look at the latest entry …

Feb 8, 2023 | a16z.com | Joshua Lu |Andrew Chen |Troy Kirwin

We are thrilled to announce that a16z Games has led the Series Seed investment in Snapser, a games backend technology company poised to become the de facto platform for games studios. Twenty years ago, game studios had to develop their own game engine in addition to designing and developing their game. This process is analogous to a filmmaker having to craft their own camera equipment to shoot their movie.