Valve’s Steam Audio will bring better sound to games and VR
Valve today released a new tool called Steam Audio that represents the fruit of its purchase of Impulsonic in January. The tech promises sound...
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire becomes Fig’s most successful game by passing $4 million
Today is Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire‘s last day of crowdfunding, and it has passed some big milestones. Fig announced that the PC, Mac, and Linux role-playing game is the most successful campaign ever for the crowdfunding site, right now achieving more than $4.2 million with about five hours left to go.
Torment: Tides of Numenera developer’s first VR game returns to The Bard’s Tale universe
Welcome to virtual reality, InExile. The long-time independent studio announced The Mage’s Tale today. It’s an action-RPG for the Oculus Rift and its Touch controllers, and it should come out later this year.
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...