VR’s biggest reason to jump in now: price drops
I feel genuinely bad for CNet’s Dan Ackerman. Earlier this week, he wrote a sad breakup note to VR, explaining that his huge investment...
Cultist Simulator is how Sunless Sea’s creators play with cards and reality
Weather Factory’s Cultist Simulator has a straightforward name, but the game itself isn’t so easily defined. It’s interactive fiction that trades in digital cards....
GaymerX and MidBoss sever ties and name new leadership (updated)
After allegations of sexual harassment, the nonprofit GaymerX and indie studio MidBoss are shuffling their leadership roles. Katie Kaitchuck will head up GaymerX as...
Conan Exiles will exit Early Access on May 8 with a new combat system, maps, and mechanics
Funcom’s open-world survival game Conan Exiles will leave Early Access with an improved combat system, new biomes and dungeons, and a new system called...
Sensor Tower — Fortnite: Battle Royale has already made $15 million on mobile
Epic Games’s Fortnite: Battle Royale has earned over $15 million from in-app purchases in its first month, according to market researcher Sensor Tower. The free-to-play...
Boss Key halts active LawBreakers development to focus on new project
Publisher Nexon and developer Boss Key Productions’s high-jumping low-gravity team shooter LawBreakers has hit a stopping point. The studio has been open about how...
Video games can create beneficial social connections and take on real issues
In the current social climate, the dregs of #MeToo, GamerGate, and the #NotNolan movements are poisoning the reputation of the gaming industry and are...
Deckard Cain will soon stay awhile and put enemies to sleep in Heroes of the Storm
Blizzard Entertainment announced today that Diablo’s iconic storyteller and master rapper Deckard Cain is joining Heroes of the Storm’s roster. The character will soon...
The IndieBeat: No Place appreciates and destroys architecture
Indie developer Burgess Voshell’s No Place is all about loving and destroying architecture. It’s a puzzle game that’s slated for release later this year on...
Ready Player One inspires Oasis VR portals so users can seamlessly switch apps
The jarring experiences of launching, exiting, and switching VR apps within a separate 2D interface could become distant memories if Oasis by Admix and...