How corporate strategic investors look at AR/VR deals
Corporate investors have been fueling a lot of the fundings for augmented reality and virtual reality startups. Like venture capitalists, they’re excited about the...
DDoS cyberattack hits Battle.net: Overwatch, Hearthstone, and World of Warcraft are down
Justice isn’t raining from the sky for once, and it’s not because I shot Pharah with Ana’s sleeper dart. Blizzard’s Battle.net servers are experiencing...
VR/AR’s biggest obstacle: Lack of content
What was once nothing more than a pipe dream for science fiction enthusiasts is now a commercially released product, as virtual reality devices are readily...
Sony’s AnywhereVR brings your smartphone into PlayStation VR
Sony is set to bring your smartphone into virtual reality for the first time with PlayStation VR, offering you “supreme relaxation.” Really. The company’s...
Video game lawyers will converge on Montreal to discuss privacy and esports rules
Video game industry lawyers will converge on Montreal in November to discuss legal issues such as privacy, esports regulations, and fair use rights for...
Microsoft sold 79,000 Xbox One S controllers last month in the U.S.
The Xbox One lineup got a complete overhaul in August, and this led to some big sales for Microsoft’s products. Xbox One was the...
Star Wars: Battlefront’s Death Star trailer shows the joys of playing as R2-D2 and Chewbacca
Everyone knows that the real hero in that galaxy far, far away is a stout droid with the designation R2-D2. Now, Electronic Arts is...
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Pokémon Go gets buddies, and Warcraft’s loremaster retires
Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, we look at an action role-playing game about burning books, Star Trek Online lets players 3D-print...
Opt-in advertisements are proving to be popular in virtual reality
In virtual reality apps, opt-in video ads work much better than pre-roll ads, according to a report by VR ad network Immersv. Emeryville-based Immersv...
Hearthstone’s Summer Championships: How journalism and ultimate Frisbee drove two players
Blizzard’s third and final season of competitive Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft for 2016 is coming to a close this month. A mixture of new...