They Shall Not Pass expansion brings trench warfare to Battlefield 1
The maelstrom of the Battle of Verdun consumed nearly a million lives in World War I. But Battlefield 1’s main campaign had no mention...
Battlefield 1: They Shall Not Pass hands-on gameplay videos
Battlefield 1’s first expansion pack, They Shall Not Pass, debuts on March 14 for Premium Pass users. I visited Electronic Arts’ headquarters to get...
First impressions of Battlefield 1: They Shall Not Pass expansion
Electronic Arts and its DICE studio revealed gameplay of its first Battlefield 1 expansion pack, dubbed They Shall Not Pass, at an event at...
Prey’s Asian protagonist is refreshing in a sea of bearded white dudes
Like a lot of triple-A games, Prey could’ve easily had a hero who is white, male, and (usually) unshaven. But in a refreshing change...
Sonic Mania has this long-time Sonic fan confident in its greatness
Sonic Mania is a 2D side-scroller coming out for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC this this spring. It’s a throwback to the blue hedgehog’s 16-bit days on the Sega Genesis, featuring pixelated graphics and familial levels. But Sonic Mania isn’t a remake or simple remaster.
Gold Club SF VR ushers in realistic virtual reality for strip clubs
Daniel Dilallo was back at the Game Developers Conference a couple of weeks ago, but it wasn’t to show off a new Guitar Hero and Call...
The curious case of Amazon’s deep plunge into the esports industry
Amazon’s been busy building out an epic esports ecosystem, or empire, that is simply unprecedented. Just in case you haven’t appreciated the reality of...
How VR startups can survive the slow growth of 2017
While the throngs were attending the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, we had our own GamesBeat event nearby at a breakfast sponsored by...
The big business behind the NBA’s move into esports
A major professional sports league will operate an esports league, a first for the esports industry, with the National Basketball Association and Take-Two Interactive...
CloudGate Studio lets you kick a dinosaur in VR with HTC’s Vive Tracker
I must apologize in advance to the society for the prevention of cruelty to dinosaurs. In a recent demo of CloudGate Studio‘s Island 459...