Ubisoft winds down development on Space Junkies
It would seem like last-ditch efforts to bolster Ubisoft’s Space Junkies have fallen flat. An update last week marked the end of development of the zero-gravity...
Gaming hot topics debate: loot boxes, addiction, parental advice, esports hype, and store wars
We had a raucous but intelligent debate about video game hot topics at the recent GameDaily Connect event in Anaheim, California. Under the lights of...
How a seasoned investment team looks at esports hype
There’s a lot of hype in esports. But there’s also a lot of growth. Lots of investors have jumped on the bandwagon in the...
Why NASCAR raced into esports in 2019
In many ways, NASCAR feels like a good fit for esports. The views from the cockpit of a race car can be thrilling. It’s...
Facebook ‘evaluating options’ for out-of-warranty Rift CV1 cables
UploadVR has heard from a number of concerned owners of the Oculus Rift CV1 — Facebook’s first consumer-oriented PC-based VR headset released in 2016...
Munich’s Zeuz offloads multiplayer infrastructure to ‘backend badasses’
Munich’s Zeuz wants to be the “backend badass” of games. That means it tackles the issues related to keeping an online multiplayer game operating...
Steam has over 40,000 ‘indie’ games, and this is fine
Valve Software is introducing a lot of new features to improve the experience of finding games on its Steam platform. And the reasons it...
The DeanBeat: A tragic but almost necessary meltdown for the game industry
It was a tragic week for the industry. Women in the game industry, fed up with sexual assault, rape, and abuse, named a half-dozen...
Steam’s latest experiment tests beefier search features
Valve Software is continuing to improve discoverability on its Steam PC-gaming platform. The company launched Steam Labs in July to test new store concepts....
FXhome launches HitFilm Express video editing tool with tutorials for creating gameplay videos
FXhome said it made a significant update to its popular HitFilm Express, the free version of the company’s advanced editing, special effects, and compositing...