Categories Posted inin Gameplay Why Watch Dogs 2 creators chose to focus on San Francisco’s hacktivism Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 25, 2016 10 min When Dominic Guay started working on Watch Dogs more than eight years ago, his mandate was to create a new brand for Ubisoft. The... Continue Reading 10 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Amazon opens a new game engine team location in Austin Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 25, 2016 1 min When one company sunsets in the game business, another one rises. That’s my interpretation of Amazon’s decision to open a new location for its... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay World of Warcraft: Legion’s biggest patch yet is now live Posted byby Mike Minotti October 25, 2016 1 min The biggest massively multiplayer online game in the market is getting a ton of new content today. World of Warcraft’s 7.1 patch is now... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Ghost Invasion is a HoloLens game that turns you into a ghostbuster Posted byby Jeff Grubb October 24, 2016 1 min The HoloLens is still a few years off from becoming a consumer product, but some developers are testing out the device’s gaming capabilities right now.... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs 2 game director tells us how to take on the surveillance state Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 24, 2016 8 min Watch Dogs 2 is an open world game about hacktivists taking on the smart city of San Francisco. Its anti-hero is Marcus Holloway, a... Continue Reading 8 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Pokémon Go’s first in-game event celebrates Halloween Posted byby Mike Minotti October 24, 2016 1 min Developer Niantic has revealed the first holiday event for Pokémon Go, its hit mobile game. Pokémon Go is one of the biggest hits in... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Robinson: The Journey tests VR gaming’s $60 price barrier Posted byby Jason Wilson October 23, 2016 2 min We’ve been looking forward to Robinson: The Journey for a long time. The game, which is all about close encounters with dinosaurs, is positioned to... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Microsoft on Xbox One Scorpio: ‘the only console’ that can do ‘true 4K’ and ‘hi-fidelity VR’ Posted byby Jason Wilson October 23, 2016 3 min Don’t let anyone tell you the console wars aren’t alive and well. For the most part, the two leading game consoles in 2016 (the... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Why VR content outside of games and entertainment is failing Posted byby GamesBeat October 22, 2016 2 min Many content creators in the virtual reality space are struggling at the moment. VR content companies that aren’t making a game or something that... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Conquest mode is still a crazy free-for-all in Battlefield 1 multiplayer Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 22, 2016 5 min When I first heard that Battlefield 1 was going to be set in World War I, I shook my head. I thought that the multiplayer combat... Continue Reading 5 min