SpecialEffect’s annual charity event for disabled gamers is September 28
SpecialEffect’s third annual fundraiser One Special Day is coming up soon, and the U.K.-based nonprofit is inviting the industry to contribute their sales to...
Semblance review — this wobbly platformer sticks the landing
Semblance’s world wobbles and jiggles, but it’s a solid puzzle-platformer in a whimsical world that packs in tiny moments of triumph. It’s indie studio...
How I discovered the therapeutic power of VR — by accident
Ask anyone that has experienced a true, high-production virtual reality experience and nearly all can remember our “first time.” The immersive nature of the...
The Sojourn is a dimension-shifting puzzler in a fantasy world
Indie studio Shifting Tides’s debut game The Sojourn is both idyllic and sinister. In order to solve its puzzles and unravel a deeper story,...
The Sims 4’s audience grows 35% from 2017
Electronic Arts’ The Sims 4 continues to go strong, thanks to content updates that add fluffy friends and changing leaves. As part of its...
EA’s FIFA sees 15 million players for its World Cup event
Though Electronic Arts didn’t have any big releases in the first quarter of fiscal year 2019, it found plenty of opportunities with its top-selling...
HTC answers ‘death of VR’ stories with record Vive sales
A blog post from HTC's Vive team says that "news of the so-called death of VR comes once a year and is greatly exaggerated," then rebuts the claims with a surprising new detail: Vive headsets recently sold out while experiencing record-breaking sales.
The IndieBeat: Tehran Game Convention shows global politics won’t stop gaming’s growth
The nonprofit Iran Computer and Video Games Foundation (IRCG) has wanted to bring international game developers to Tehran for over a decade, and it...
Banner Saga 3: How a small team created an epic RPG trilogy
Most game companies would kill to have the kind of output Stoic has. The indie developer is on the verge of releasing its third huge game in six years, and it’s already starting to prepare for its next project.
Microsoft releases two new Windows 10 previews with mixed reality, Edge, time, update, and gaming improvements
Microsoft has released Windows 10 build 17713 from the RS5 branch and Windows 10 build 18204 from the 19H1. Among the changes are mixed reality, Edge, time, setup, update and gaming improvements.