Categories Posted inin Gameplay Single-player is the vestigial limb of publishers that had to adapt or die Posted byby Jeff Grubb October 18, 2017 6 min At some point last century, someone at the U.S. Department of Defense plugged a network cable into a computer. Cut to a few decades... Continue Reading 6 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Moonlighter is opening up shop and slaying monsters on Nintendo Switch Posted byby GamesBeat October 18, 2017 2 min Digital Sun’s debut game Moonlighter is all about pulling a double shift in a fantasy role-playing world. As a shopkeeper by day and an adventurer... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay How VR reinvigorated the theme park capital of the world Posted byby GamesBeat October 18, 2017 3 min While the world may know Orlando for its theme parks, what they don’t know is that tech predates tourism in the region. The Central... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Keeping a VR community happy with aliens, guns, and … balloons? Posted byby Giancarlo Valdes October 18, 2017 4 min Presented by Intel Gunheart’s aliens are no match for your pistols, crossbows, and rocket launchers. But the game’s most potent weapon might just be... Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Are loot boxes ruining Star Wars, Hearthstone, and … everything? GamesBeat Decides Posted byby Jeff Grubb October 18, 2017 2 min This week’s GamesBeat Decides podcast was already a long one, and then — right before we were going to upload it — we had... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Hardware isn’t enough — content is key to mainstream VR adoption Posted byby GamesBeat October 17, 2017 3 min The virtual reality industry is teetering on the brink of expansion to mainstream audiences. VR is making its mark on a variety of industries... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay ModMic Business brings a beloved gamer tool to a professional audience Posted byby Jeff Grubb October 17, 2017 2 min The ModMic is one of the most cost effective ways to add a high-quality audio recording solution to your gaming setup, and now the... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay EA reboots Uncharted creator’s new Star Wars game, closes Visceral Studios (update) Posted byby Mike Minotti October 17, 2017 3 min Electronic Arts announced today that it is reworking Visceral’s Star Wars game. The project was under the acclaimed Amy Hennig, who was the creator... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Middle-earth: Shadow of War postmortem — Monolith’s Michael de Plater explains it all Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 17, 2017 14 min Middle-earth: Shadow of War is one of the biggest games of the fall, and it made a big splash when it debuted on October... Continue Reading 14 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Razer updates its Blade Stealth ultrabook and Core external GPU dock Posted byby Jeff Grubb October 17, 2017 2 min Razer wants to upgrade how you game and work on the go, and that is why it is launching new versions of its slim... Continue Reading 2 min