Nintendo rockets to first place in July for gaming industry ad spend on TV
It’s a Nintendo TV world, and Sony’s just living in it, dropping out of the top 5 for gaming ad spend in July. GamesBeat...
Unknightly is becoming the Thief of VR
Little known fact: Legendary stealth series Thief once had a VR demo, but it never materialized into a full game. Hopefully, Unknightly can fill the void...
The D20 Beat: The DM’s Guild is a fantastic way for D&D to resurrect old settings
Wizards of the Coast made big news this week with an announcement for two new books: Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica, which is a new guide...
SteamVR’s Knuckles controllers are also great for petting cats
Last week UploadVR wrote about Modbox developer Lee Vermeulen showcasing Valve’s new skeletal input API for SteamVR. Using the original HTC Vive controllers, Vermeulen demonstrated...
Watch SteamVR 2.0 track 6 HTC Vive Pro headsets at a VR arcade
Valve is slowly starting to roll out the foundations for the next version of its SteamVR platform, and developers are already getting to grips...
Why Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice isn’t coming to PSVR
This week brought an unexpected surprise for VR fans; Ninja Theory’s excellent adventure game, Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, is coming to the Oculus Rift and...
Jeff Minter interview: Tempest 4000 VR plans, tricky levels, and curry text explained
Jeff Minter has made great games for decades, but his reboot of Atari’s 1980 arcade game Tempest made him an international icon — and...
Modbox shows why Valve’s skeletal input is useful for developers
A recent video posted by Lee Vermeulen, the developer behind Modbox, shows how useful Valve’s skeletal input can be for developers. For those unfamiliar,...
The D20 Beat: Re-creating The Bard’s Tale most iconic scene
One of my favorite pieces of video game box art is from Tales of the Unknown, Vol. 1: The Bard’s Tale, the 1985 fantasy...
Conjure Strike hands-on — this mix of Overwatch and Dota 2 shows team shooters work in VR
When I played Megalith at E3, it was a little bit of a revelation for me. Intuitively I knew that hero shooter-style games, or rather...