Stanford and Microsoft: Games like Pokémon Go help you live longer
Your obsession with catching ’em all could keep you alive longer. Highly engaged Pokémon Go players are getting an average of 26 percent more physical activity...
How the creators of the Invasion and Asteroids are pioneering 360-degree VR films
Baobab Studios is a new kind of film studio, making 360-degree interactive cinematic movies in virtual reality. It came up with the hit animated...
Why game design guru Jesse Schell is diving into VR and AR
Jesse Schell is a leader in the game industry, as the author of a book on game design and a professor at the Entertainment...
Faceit helping to bring esports events to the Las Vegas Strip
Who wants to gamble when you can watch professionals show off their Dota 2 skills? Ultimate Media Ventures, LLC, an esports and media company, announced...
ReCore’s long loading times slow down the fun adventure
In a lot of ways, ReCore feels nostalgic. This is not just a dig against its outdated graphics. ReCore, which comes out September 13...
Rock Band VR takes music games in a new direction
I have no musical talent, and I’m even bad at playing faux guitars. So, I was a very bad guinea pig to try out Rock...
PlayStation VR game roundup: Batman, tanks, funky cubes, and more
PlayStation VR is here. GamesBeat is digging into how much we like it, its positives and negatives compared to the HTC Vive or the...
The Unspoken is like a dark Harry Potter spell duel in VR
Spell-casting games will be a good genre for virtual reality because you can wave your hands around to cast spells. The Unspoken from Insomniac...
I Expect You to Die is a hilarious puzzle game for the Oculus Touch
There should be a genre known as the “funny puzzle games using narrators with British accents.” We’ve got another one of those with Schell...
Landfall brings old-fashioned top-down shooter action to Oculus Rift and VR
Landfall is a new Oculus Touch-based top-down shooter where you get to view an entire sci-fi battlefield and maneuver your soldier through it. It...
