Celebrating 10 years at VentureBeat
I started at VentureBeat exactly 10 years ago today, and l looked back at the post that my boss, Matt Marshall, wrote when I started....
Learning Lion and Finka in Rainbow Six: Siege
One of the things I like best about Rainbow Six: Siege is that it’s OK to learn on the job. The tactical hero shooter...
Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus debuts with high-tech, turn-based combat this year
Games Workshop is continuing to work with its partners to make Warhammer 40,000 video games, and that includes the newly announced Mechanicus that puts...
Blizzard chief Mike Morhaime foresees a long road ahead for esports
Blizzard Entertainment scored big with the debut of its Overwatch League. The official esports league for Overwatch players drew more than 10 million viewers...
PSVR 2 makes more sense as Sony releases more PSVR games
Apex Construct’s release this week once again brought about a recurring topic in its reviews: PlayStation VR’s limited tracking and Move controllers restrict what...
Neurogaming’s World of Tanks VR attraction reminds us that arcades are social experiences
2018 is shaping up to be a big year for VR arcades and attractions, and a new player in the space is looking to...
Behind the Magic Leap and Weta Workshop alliance
Little by little, Magic Leap is pulling back the veils on the mixed reality technology that it has been developing since 2011. The Florida...
Pluto’s goal: becoming the Discord of VR
If I’m not playing a game that I’m supposed to write about then chances are I’m either playing something for fun, talking about games...
Blockchain could transform in-game economies
I’ve always been fascinated by a game’s ability to replicate real-world systems. Social interactions, weather systems, and even nuanced economies are re-created digitally with...
January 2018’s top 10 Minecraft Marketplace creations: castles and the Wild West
Minecraft players downloaded 239,062 pieces of content from the Minecraft Marketplace in January. The marketplace is available in the unified Bedrock version of Minecraft...