Baobab Studios aims to tell animated stories in VR, with $6M in funding
Baobab Studios has raised $6 million as part of its plan to usher in a new era of virtual reality animated stories. The funding...
Nintendo’s Famicom still gets releases 33 years later, like this all-star chiptunes album
Collectors of the Famicom, the Japanese version of the Nintendo Entertainment System, just received a new cartridge to try and add to their collection....
The DeanBeat: Paris may give us a moment of clarity about who we pretend to be
MONTREAL — Video games are not detached from the real world. We use them to remind us of real life, or sometimes to escape...
Tetris film from ‘X-Men: The Last Stand’ director is in the works
You don’t get to 999,999 lines without making a few Tetrises. Legendary Russian game designer Alexey Pajitnov has had an interesting life, and now...
Pornhub’s traffic dipped significantly the day Fallout 4 came out
Fallout 4 isn’t just causing a wave of “sick” days across the planet. The excellent open-world role-playing game is also eating into the time people spend on … other habits.
Twitch fans watch 545.9M minutes of famous painter Bob Ross making art
Gameplay livestreaming site Twitch took a risk nine days ago when it announced Twitch Creative, a new platform that enables musicians and artists to livestream...
Developer Zoë Quinn sells the movie rights to her ‘Crash Override’ Gamergate memoir
A group of disgruntled reactionaries tried to strike her down, but they only ended up making her more powerful. Pascal Pictures has purchased the...
Blizzard is willing to risk making a Warcraft movie because of director Duncan Jones
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Warcraft the movie, based on the massively multiplayer game World of Warcraft, captivated BlizzCon audiences today. Director Duncan Jones and the actors...
WWE lets fans enjoy SummerSlam in virtual reality
You don’t need to spend big bucks to get ringside thrills anymore. WWE revealed today released a virtual reality experience for the Samsung Milk...
Pummeled online, SXSW announces harassment summit
When the organizers of SXSW canceled two panels dealing with harassment and gaming for their March event, they took a ton of criticism. Now they’re reversing...