Categories Posted inin Gameplay Apple is prioritizing AR — and that’s a good thing Posted byby GamesBeat February 22, 2019 3 min Until recently, it was easy to dismiss augmented reality as at best a luxury add-on to cellphones, at worst a gimmicky marketing stunt. From... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Nreal raises $16 million for lightweight mixed reality glasses Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 22, 2019 2 min Nreal, a Beijing-based developer of ready-to-wear mixed reality glasses, has raised an additional $16 million in funding to make its 3-ounce smart glasses into... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Fallout 76 lays out big updates for the rest of the year Posted byby Mike Minotti February 22, 2019 2 min Bethesda has released a roadmap for content coming to Fallout 76 in 2019. It includes three waves, with the first starting on March 12 with... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Amy Hennig interview — Surviving the trauma of making a video game and inspiring newcomers Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 22, 2019 28 min Amy Hennig has received many kudos over the years for her career making games such as the Legacy of Kain games and the Uncharted... Continue Reading 28 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay ArenaNet confirms that it is laying off staff Posted byby Jeff Grubb February 22, 2019 2 min Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2 developer ArenaNet is cutting an unspecified number of jobs. The company confirmed the layoffs and said it has... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Is Fortnite killing game company stocks? Posted byby GamesBeat February 21, 2019 4 min Since October, major game company stocks have been down significantly. Of course, much of this was due to an overall market decline. However, as... Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Interpret: Women make up 30% of esports audience, up 6.5% from 2016 Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 21, 2019 2 min Women’s viewership of esports grew from 23.9 percent of all watchers in 2016 to 30.4 percent in the fourth quarter of 2018, according to... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Twitch locks down rights to manage Team Liquid sponsorships Posted byby Jeff Grubb February 21, 2019 2 min Twitch hosts some of the most popular video content on the internet, but it doesn’t own much of it. That’s a challenge for the... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Paradox Interactive creates platform to deliver mods to Xbox One, PC Posted byby Jeff Grubb February 21, 2019 2 min Paradox Interactive wants to ensure that its biggest fans can make and deliver content to players on both the PC and Xbox One. To... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Denis Dyack is coming back from the dead with Deadhaus Sonata Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 21, 2019 16 min Denis Dyack‘s latest game is Deadhaus Sonata, where the player is an undead character fighting the living. And Dyack thinks that’s a good parallel... Continue Reading 16 min