Lego Dimensions hits the (brick) wall (update)
The toys-to-life game Lego Dimensions launched in 2015. It uses physical objects to affect gameplay within the digital game, which is a sprawling multi-world...
Single-player is the vestigial limb of publishers that had to adapt or die
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...
Moonlighter is opening up shop and slaying monsters on Nintendo Switch
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...
How VR reinvigorated the theme park capital of the world
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...
Keeping a VR community happy with aliens, guns, and … balloons?
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...
Are loot boxes ruining Star Wars, Hearthstone, and … everything? GamesBeat Decides
This week’s GamesBeat Decides podcast was already a long one, and then — right before we were going to upload it — we had...
Hardware isn’t enough — content is key to mainstream VR adoption
The virtual reality industry is teetering on the brink of expansion to mainstream audiences. VR is making its mark on a variety of industries...
ModMic Business brings a beloved gamer tool to a professional audience
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...
EA reboots Uncharted creator’s new Star Wars game, closes Visceral Studios (update)
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...
Middle-earth: Shadow of War postmortem — Monolith’s Michael de Plater explains it all
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...