Hands-on with Wilson’s Heart psychological thriller for the Oculus Rift
Virtual reality still needs big blockbusters to get off the ground, and Oculus Studios hopes that its Wilson’s Heart psychological thriller will be one of them....
HTC will be VR partner for Steven Spielberg’s ‘Ready Player One’ film
HTC Vive will be the official partner for virtual reality content, experiences, and offline activations for the highly anticipated film Ready Player One, which...
HTC adds 30 more companies to its virtual reality accelerator
HTC is announcing that 30 new startups have joined the second batch for its global virtual reality accelerator program. Maker of the HTC Vive...
Game pioneers Jason Rubin and Ted Price discuss the lessons of early VR games
Ted Price and Jason Rubin were pioneers at the start of the console video game business. Price started Insomniac Games in 1994, making games,...
Everything is a surprisingly fun meditation on existence
“Walking simulator” is often used a pejorative to put down a genre of games where you can’t fail and instead experience a world with...
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Mass Effect: Andromeda’s tired face, and Brian Fargo’s retirement
Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, Super Mario Run finally come out on Android, Yooka-Laylee’s developers deal with the fallout of a...
What Remains of Edith Finch is a haunting tale of 13 deaths
What Remains of Edith Finch is a video game that is a collection of stories about 13 people on their last day of living. It...
Razer to pay people zVault currency for playing PC games like Overwatch
Game hardware maker Razer is launching its “Paid to Play” initiative with zVault, a virtual currency platform that will reward gamers who use it to make payments for purchases and in-game transactions.
InXile’s Brian Fargo to retire after Wasteland 3 is done in 2019
The CEO of InXile Entertainment and the founder of Interplay told Eurogamer he plans to retire after the post-apocalyptic game ships in 2019. “I think some relaxation is in order,” Fargo said in an email to GamesBeat. “I’ve been on the front lines reinventing myself for almost 40 years.”
Pokémon drove 27.8% growth in collectibles sales for GameStop last quarter
Gaming sales are slowing down at GameStop, but the company is quickly transitioning into a one-stop shop for hardcore enthusiasts who want more than...