Lego Hidden Side uses ‘haunted’ toys to advance AR on Android and iOS
Though Apple and Google both improved their augmented reality tools for developers last year, AR didn’t have a particularly strong 2018, as consumers largely...
How the Redout franchise became much more than a racing game
Presented by Intel The developers at 34BigThings sometimes like to reminisce about the old days, when they were working out of a living room...
Crackdown 3 hands-on video — an action-packed start for a comic book-style open world
More than four years after it was first shown and after more than five years of development, Microsoft is finally publishing Crackdown 3 on the Xbox One and...
Halo steward Bonnie Ross accepts the Hall of Fame award at the DICE Awards
Bonnie Ross, the corporate vice president at Microsoft and head of 343 Industries, received the Hall of Fame award at the DICE Awards. Ross...
Marketing a VR arcade requires creative messaging
Do most average consumers understand virtual reality? No. Will they want to try it without that understanding? No. Can a VR arcade get a...
Game Workers Unite org calls for Activision CEO’s job after layoffs
One of the most visible workers-rights groups for the video game industry is starting a social-media campaign to force Activision Blizzard to fire chief...
The RetroBeat: Tales of Vesperia is the best JRPG you can play on Switch
In an earlier RetroBeat this year, I talked about how I wanted to get back into Japanese role-playing games in 2019. But the way...
Ubisoft continues to tease Rainbow Six: Siege’s Burnt Horizon content
Rainbow Six: Siege is about to kick off its Year 4 content, but publisher Ubisoft isn’t going to unveil the details until February 17....
Metro: Exodus hands-on — A beginning that moves from slow to thrilling
It’s been a long wait. The third installment of the Metro postapocalyptic shooter games, Metro: Exodus, debuts this week after about four years of...
THQ Nordic acquires Kingdom Come: Deliverance dev Warhorse Studios
THQ Nordic announced today that it has acquired Warhorse Studios, the developer behind the 2018 PC role-playing game Kingdom Come: Deliverance. The deal is worth...