How virtual reality feels
We tossed around toys like kids. We played tetherball; I instantly sank back in time to elementary school, the last time I knocked a...
Sorry, Cowherd: Heroes of the Storm returns to ESPN2 with $500K prize pool
Heroes of the Dorm may have brought in just a .1 Nielsen share last year, but the excitement — and business potential — of esports...
HTC Vive gets VR game from ‘Rick and Morty’ creator and The Stanley Parable designer
William Pugh, the co-designer and writer of odd gaming experience The Stanley Parable, is working on a room-scale virtual reality game for the HTC Vive with Justin Roiland, creator of Adult Swim’s Rick and Morty.
Activision Blizzard names ‘Pulp Fiction’ producer Stacey Sher to co-lead film studio
Activision Blizzard is intent on elbowing its way into the movie business. Today, the company is announcing that it has hired Stacey Sher, a...
Hulu shares Valve’s sentiments on VR: ‘We just want to learn’
Hulu executive Ben Smith said that the video-streaming service “just wants to learn” as it ramps up its virtual reality push. That comment, given during...
Sony tries to trademark Let’s Play and pisses off the Internet
In the video game industry, it doesn’t take a lot to piss off your entire fan base. And Sony is about to re-learn this...
Palmer Luckey apologizes for Oculus Rift pricing: ‘I handled the messaging poorly’
Today was a historic day for Facebook-owned Oculus VR as the virtual reality company began accepting preorders for its inaugural headset. Within hours, the...
2015’s funniest, glitchiest, and most ridiculous gaming videos
Being a gamer isn’t just about sitting on a couch or at a desk with a gamepad or mouse; it’s also about spending hours...
Xbox kid waits 8 years to get revenge by Christmas pranking his dad
Imagine that your dad played a prank on you. How long would you wait to get back at him? A year? Two? How about...
BB-8 and other Star Wars favorites bring Google’s Project Tango to life
We are on the cusp of some big breakthroughs for augmented reality, and a little soccer-ball-like droid wants to show you how it works....