Eve Online gets a free-to-play option a mere 13 years after its original release
Eve Online is about to open up its complex universe. Developer CCP Games announced today that its massively multiplayer online space game will have a...
HTC invests $5 million in VR studio from Pixar and Lucasfilm veterans
Steel Wool Studios, a virtual reality studio made up of veterans from Pixar, LucasFilm, and Telltale Games, announced today that it has received $5 million in Series A funding from HTC. Steel Wool will use the funds to support its game, simulation, and narrative VR experiences.
2K enters the VR scene with Carnival Games
The midway is coming to virtual reality. Publisher 2K has announced its first virtual reality title, a new entry in the Carnival Games series. It will come out for the HTC Vive and PlayStation VR on October 28 for $20. An Oculus Rift release will follow later this year.
10 tips for staying alive in the Battlefield 1 open beta
While playing the Battlefield 1 open beta, I was once again reminded it’s hard to stay alive in a game full of die-hard players....
Cyberattackers spoil World of Warcraft: Legion launch with DDoS attack
World of Warcraft’s big day is coming under fire. Blizzard has noted on Twitter and in its Battle.net client that it is suffering a...
World of Warcraft: Legion Day 1 journal — digging into artifact weapons and class halls
The Legion can wait, I’ve got some weapons to collect. World of Warcraft’s newest expansion, Legion, came out today, and I’m going to be writing...
Here’s the sidescrolling No Man’s Sky clone starring Mario you’ve been waiting for
Developer ASMB Games has mixed Mario into No Man’s Sky to create No Mario’s Sky. This is a 2D, sidescrolling exploration game that has Nintendo’s plumber collecting coins, stomping on enemies, and flying to other planets.
Dead or Alive’s VR groping is uncomfortable, but virtual sex is only going to get messier
PlayStation VR is going to launch with support for the girl-ogling simulator Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 in Japan, and a video showing off some of the groping mechanics in that game has gone viral. In the clip, a man pokes and prods at a woman in a bikini while she squirms and protests.
Monster-raising adventure Legend of Lumina is Square Enix’s next crowdfunding nominee
As with all Collective projects, the Final Fantasy publisher is inviting fans to vote on whether or not they would back it on a crowdfunding site like Kickstarter or IndieGogo that enable fans to put capital toward the production of a game.
Battlefield 1’s open beta takes you to one of World War I’s lesser-known campaigns: the Sinai Desert
I was scurrying across the Sinai Desert today in the open beta test for Electronic Arts’ Battlefield 1 game. The new Battlefield is one of...