GamesBeat weekly roundup: We dig into the Nintendo Switch and the new Zelda
Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, we reviewed the PlayStation 4 exclusive Horizon: Zero Dawn, Overwatch nabs another Game of the Year...
Superhot VR is adding intense new difficulty challenges
The game that lets you be your very own John Wick-style badass is about to get harder. Superhot VR is getting some new modes...
SuperData: VR Hardware will earn $3.6 billion in 2017
Virtual reality is ready to grow. Research firm SuperData released a new report predicting that VR hardware will earn $3.6 billion in 2017. That would be an increase of 142 percent over the previous year. It expects VR hardware to reach $17.8 billion by 2020.
In Halo, Bonnie Ross and 343 ‘inherited an amazing world’
Bonnie Ross wasn’t part of the creation of Halo, which best-selling sci-fi video game series that Bungie created for the Xbox game consoles. But...
Dungeons & Dragons’ first VR app is a fantasy version of chess (update)
Dungeons & Dragons is heading into virtual reality, and its first battle ground is going to be a chess board. Wizards of the Coast...
What’s it like owning a Nintendo Switch? GamesBeat Decides
We have the Nintendo Switch, and we want to talk about it! The Nintendo Switch is due out March 3 for $300, but we’ve got...
Zappar raises $3.75 million for AR and VR creation tools
Zappar has raised $3.75 million in funding for its augmented reality and virtual reality creative tools. London investment house Hargreave Hale led the round, with...
Minecraft gets updated for Windows phones — yes, really
Minecraft lives on Windows Mobile devices. Developer Mojang has updated Minecraft for Windows 10 Mobile, and you can get it for free if you already own it and update your Windows Phone 8 device to Windows 10 Mobile.
Eve Online is crowdsourcing the search for real planets beyond the Solar System
The wisdom of the crowd is coming to astronomy. Developer CCP Games revealed today that it will use Eve Online to power the scientific search for exoplanets, which are planets that exist outside of the Solar System.
Blackbird Interactive builds vision of what a Mars base would look like
It isn’t easy to marshal the will to create a human colony on Mars. It’s an expensive project, and to pull it off, you...