Jeff Grubb, Author at GamesBeat

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SuperData: Virtual reality will make $5.1B in 2016 mostly from mobile, not Oculus Rift or Vive

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
January 5, 2016
2 min

Virtual reality enthusiasts are collectively looking forward to Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, but one research group thinks those impressive devices won’t represent the bulk of...

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Rise of the Tomb Raider has sold through 1M copies, according to Microsoft

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
January 5, 2016
1 min

Microsoft has confirmed that the adventurer’s latest outing, the excellent Rise of the Tomb Raider (one of the 10 best games of the year), has reached “well over” 1 million copies sold through to consumers. In a tweet, Xbox marketing exec Aaron Greenberg specifically noted that Rise made a lot of those sales in December.

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Oculus cofounder on not announcing Rift’s price: ‘This is standard practice’

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
January 4, 2016
2 min

The Consumer Electronics Show is this week, and we’ve already spotted the trend. Surprise — it’s virtual reality! With multiple companies making VR announcements,...

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Xbox One’s promising Scalebound gets bumped into 2017

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
January 4, 2016
2 min

One of Microsoft’s biggest 2016 exclusives is no longer coming out this year. Scalebound, the Xbox One game about fighting and dragons and fighting...

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PSN is down for gamers around the world (update: it’s back up)

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
January 4, 2016
2 min

Updated at 8:30 p.m. PST: PlayStation Network is back As people are tweeting, PSN is back online. Very sorry for the inconvenience and thank...

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Canadian subdivision uses World of Warcraft cities for real-world street names

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
January 1, 2016
1 min

You probably live on an Pine street or a lane named after some sort of plant or tree. But if you move to Canada,...

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This Xbox One battery pack that charges in 60 seconds sounds dangerous

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
December 31, 2015
1 min

The Xbox One controller is a great device, but many people hate fussing with AA batteries and others hate having to wait an hour...

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Watch an unbelievable augmented reality fight scene play out on a desk

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
December 31, 2015
2 min

The future isn’t only virtual — it’s also augmented. Epic Games — the studio responsible for the Unreal Engine game-making tools — has released...

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See how Kobe Bryant, Mark Hamill, and more have aged in 2 decades of video games

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
December 31, 2015
3 min

Visual fidelity in gaming has come a long way. And while we might feel like pixelated two-dimensional games are ancient history, some celebrities have...

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The 5 worst games of 2015

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
December 31, 2015
5 min

We had a ton to love in 2015. Hell, some of us would argue that it was the best year ever for games. But...

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