The infuriating design of Pathfinder: Kingmaker shows the value of a Dungeon Master
Here’s the kind of game Pathfinder: Kingmaker (Owlcat Games, PC) is. It opens with a fairly linear tutorial that lasts about an hour, introducing players...
How game companies can boost cybersecurity and avoid Fortnite’s fiasco
The mobile gaming market is one of the fastest growing industries, and for the first time, market watchers forecast it to generate more than...
Oculus Quest could be the new VR class leader, but may not be a mass market catalyst
Oculus Quest is the new class leader for premium/standalone VR, and looks like the ultimate expression of the early-stage VR 1.0 market. Combining Oculus Go...
ProBeat: Oculus Connect 5 taught me Facebook Live still sucks
As part of our Oculus Connect 5 coverage this week, we sent Dean Takahashi to the event in San Jose, California while the broader...
Oculus CTO Carmack plans microSD and low-power support for Go, more for Go 2
During a freewheeling day two keynote speech at Oculus Connect 5, Oculus CTO John Carmack spoke about a number of technical and design challenges...
Game developers need unions — they can’t afford another Telltale
For many people, working in the gaming industry is a dream come true. Until recently, I was one of those people: a four-year industry...
Vader Immortal Episode I will come to Oculus Quest
We saw a bevy of announcements came out of Facebook’s Oculus Connect 5 conference today, but one of the most exciting might have been from Industrial...
Oculus Santa Cruz is Quest, will offer standalone VR in spring for $399
After teases and public demonstrations, Oculus is finally ready to make its third virtual reality headset — previously codenamed Project Santa Cruz — official....
Pimax continues to struggle with 8K VR headset, offers 5K Plus instead
Chinese virtual reality company Pimax made headlines with a Kickstarter campaign to fund development of an “8K” VR headset, but has continued to struggle...
Watch the Oculus Connect 5 keynote live right here
For fans of virtual reality, it’s the most wonderful time of the year: Later today we’ll be on site at Facebook’s Oculus Connect 5,...