FCC head Tom Wheeler: Virtual reality ‘shouldn’t have gatekeepers’
As the human race prepares to shed the tissue and fluids of its bodily form in exchange for oneness with the metaverse, the U.S....
Minecraft’s new add-ons turn you into a modder
Minecraft has a storied modding scene, but you’ve primarily had to play on PC to enjoy those up to this point. With its new...
Piper raises $2.1M in seed funding for kids’ DIY computer kits and education push
Technology is changing fast, and the next generation of inventors and engineers will need to follow their curiosity to take on new challenges. One...
Minecraft Realms won’t require Xbox Live Gold for cross-platform play
You won’t need to double up on subscriptions if you only want Xbox Live for Minecraft. Microsoft has confirmed to GamesBeat that no one...
E3 2016: PlayStation VR made Oculus CEO Palmer Luckey ‘really happy’
The 2016 Electronic Entertainment Expo trade show in Los Angeles last week marked Sony’s biggest virtual reality push yet, and one of the company’s...
PlayStation VR’s weakness is the Move controller
Sony’s PlayStation VR has a number of advantages over its virtual reality competitors, such as lower price, ease-of-use, and brand recognition. But it also has a...
Irreverent indie house Devolver Digital releases the Xsplit game-broadcasting tool on Steam
You probably get a lot of your games through the Steam download portal, and now one of the better game-broadcasting tools is on the...
E3 2016: The year of the grappling hook
Four years ago, the Electronic Entertainment Expo tradeshow in Los Angeles gave us the year of the bow, and now it’s time for another...
GamesBeat’s E3 nonawards: The craziest deaths in a Zelda game ever
Nintendo is going loosey-goosey with its latest entry in The Legend of Zelda series. It’s not making this buttoned-down iteration of Ocarina of Time...
Disney Tsum Tsum bags 60 million downloads thanks to its hyper-cuteness
A Disney mobile game is finding success by making its roster of characters even cuter. Line, a Japanese mobile-gaming publisher and social-network operator, revealed...