Oculus Rift preorders open on January 6
It’s time to prepare your wallets for the virtual reality future. Oculus revealed today that preorders for its VR headset, the Oculus Rift, will...
Osterhout Design Group unveils high-end enterprise augmented reality glasses
The Osterhout Design Group, which has been making high-end night-vision goggles for years, has begun shipping its R-7 augmented reality glasses for enterprise applications. The...
Microsoft: Over 200 million devices now run Windows 10
Windows 10 may have ended 2015 with under 10 percent market share, but Microsoft is starting off the new year with a strong announcement:...
AMD rechristens its graphics chips under the Polaris brand ahead of a big 2016 product launch
Advanced Micro Devices is rebranding its graphics chips under the new AMD Polaris brand. Rather than build its branding around graphics cards, or the...
Supercell soft-launches Clash Royale, a card-battling take on Clash of Clans
Clash of Clans has a new mobile rival, and its stars look pretty familiar. Supercell soft-launched Clash Royale on iOS in a number of territories today,...
The best of GamesBeat’s 2015 coverage
I want to say 2015 has been an interesting year for the game industry, but besides being cliché, it’s superfluous. When you work in...
I’m building a PC just so I can use an Oculus Rift
I’ve been a Mac user for more than a decade. But my next computer will run Windows. I want a computer that can power...
The DeanBeat: Our preview of next week’s CES 2016 tech extravaganza
I made my predictions last week about what will happen in games in 2016. But next week, I’m going to expand my horizons beyond games...
Canadian subdivision uses World of Warcraft cities for real-world street names
You probably live on an Pine street or a lane named after some sort of plant or tree. But if you move to Canada,...
The overlooked games of 2015: World of Warships
When I was in high school, I flirted with wanting to go to the naval academy. I was big into building model ships. I...