Digi-Capital launches AR-VR analytics platform
Augmented reality and virtual reality consulting firm Digi-Capital reported earlier this year that AR/VR startups raised over $3.6 billion in funding during a 12-month...
Two Bit Circus to open micro-amusement park in LA in September
Experimental entertainment company Two Bit Circus plans to open its first “micro-amusement park” in Los Angeles in September. The 40,000-square-foot modern playground for digital...
Sex and games are the biggest drivers of VR revenues
Games and sex are the biggest drivers of revenue for the fledgling virtual reality industry, according to an analysis released by sex app company...
Modbox shows why Valve’s skeletal input is useful for developers
A recent video posted by Lee Vermeulen, the developer behind Modbox, shows how useful Valve’s skeletal input can be for developers. For those unfamiliar,...
The D20 Beat: Re-creating The Bard’s Tale most iconic scene
One of my favorite pieces of video game box art is from Tales of the Unknown, Vol. 1: The Bard’s Tale, the 1985 fantasy...
Conjure Strike hands-on — this mix of Overwatch and Dota 2 shows team shooters work in VR
When I played Megalith at E3, it was a little bit of a revelation for me. Intuitively I knew that hero shooter-style games, or rather...
World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth could have a progression problem
Earlier this week, Blizzard Entertainment released a new patch for World of Warcraft that implemented class changes and added new features ahead of the...
Kate Edwards: Still outspoken, from ArenaNet to video game unionization
Kate Edwards was very outspoken as the executive director of the International Game Developers Association. After five years in that job, she left in...
MMO specialist Trion Worlds goes through layoffs after launching Defiance 2050
Trion Worlds has issued a round of layoffs. The Redwood City, California-based studio focuses on developing and publishing massively multiplayer online role-playing games. Trion’s...
The DeanBeat: Why Universal went all-in on Jurassic World games
When the blockbuster film Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom debuted on June 22, it came with a bunch of Jurassic World games. Normally, based on...