Dell dives into virtual reality with Visor headset coming in October
Dell has unveiled more details for its Dell Visor virtual reality and mixed reality headset debuting on October 17. The new headset is part...
Nexon and Finland’s Grand Cru contemplate making mobile games that last for years
Asian gaming giant Nexon and Finland’s Grand Cru recently launched Battlejack, a mobile game that mashes up a fantasy role-playing game with the classic...
Game Boss interview: Grand Theft Auto creator wants to bring realism to massive online games
Ever since releasing the original Grand Theft Auto in 1997, Dave Jones has been obsessed with making believable worlds. He worked on more recent...
Call of Duty: WWII private beta impressions — incendiary shotguns, Gibraltar map, and bayonet grunts
The Call of Duty: WWII private beta is under way, and I’ve been playing for a few hours. That means I’m a veteran at...
Game Boss Interview: Sledgehammer cofounder on making Call of Duty fights unforgettable
Multiplayer combat in Call of Duty games has never been that social. You shoot the other players, or perhaps insult them in voice chat,...
Missing: The Complete Saga puts spotlight on child sex trafficking
Missing: The Complete Saga is in the final days of its Kickstarter campaign to raise money for a different kind of game. It’s about...
Game Boss interview: Nexon CEO preaches focus on players, not monetization
Nexon CEO Owen Mahoney thinks that mobile game publishers lost sight of what was good for players when they turned up the crank on...
The DeanBeat: Strategic zoom for the game industry
In the past nine years, I’ve written around 10,000 stories on games. In this column, I’m going to mention quotes from about 10 of...
Cuphead hands-on: My 26 minutes of shame with an old-time cartoon game
I suck at Cuphead. Let’s get this out of the way. But in my defense, the run-and-gun platformer from Studio MDHR and Microsoft is...
The Crew 2 hands-on: Flying, boating, and driving through NYC
Ubisoft unveiled The Crew 2 earlier this summer, and now it has unveiled hands-on demos of the gameplay that takes you into the skies, the...