Understanding the power of the avatar will be essential for VR’s future
Digital self-expression has evolved rapidly throughout the past couple of decades, particularly thanks to the gaming industry and strange new social worlds like Second...
Uncle Death now has a PC, so Let It Die is coming to Steam
Grasshopper Manufacture’s free-to-play hack-and-slash adventure Let It Die is coming to Steam this fall. Publisher GungHo Online Entertainment America released it for PlayStation 4...
Dead Cells is making me embrace the cheese
I have a problem when I play Dead Cells, the excellent roguelike action adventure with Metroid-style exploration that is out now on PC and...
Fortnite coaching is growing among kids — and parents
As Fortnite‘s popularity continues to rise, some players are trying to get ahead by hiring coaches. Varsity Tutors, a service and platform that offers...
Rainbow Six: Siege’s new defender has a shield that shoots lightning
The debut trailer for the latest defender character in Rainbow Six: Siege leaked over the weekend, and now Ubisoft has revealed some of the...
World of Warcraft: Legion’s success could carry over to Battle for Azeroth
World of Warcraft’s seventh expansion, Battle for Azeroth, launches later today. I’m excited, but I’m also feeling a bit retrospective and even sad. This...
Isabelle Riva: How the Unity game engine will democratize film
Unity Technologies has been known among developers as the maker of a “game engine” since the tool debuted in 2005. But these days, “creation...
Gris could become one of the Switch’s prettiest games
Developer Nomada Studio and publisher Devolver Digital revealed Gris today, a new narrative-based side-scroller that could become one of the Switch‘s most gorgeous games....
Vicon’s Origin hardware suite is designed for location-based VR
Motion capture company Vicon unveiled its Origin line of location-based virtual reality hardware at the computer graphics conference SIGGRAPH in Vancouver. The product suite includes...
13 third-person games like Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrfice that also need VR support
The VR adaptation of Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice is brilliant. Ninja Theory took one of the best, most atmospheric, and excellent games to release this entire console generation...