VCs hold contest for best augmented reality pitch
Twenty-seven venture capital funds and investors are uniting to hold the Global AR Online Pitch Event, a contest aimed at identifying stellar augmented reality...
TheWaveVR raises $6 million for social VR music and arts platform
Some virtual reality startups are having trouble getting the attention of investors, after the first wave of VR headsets failed to live up to...
The U.K. is becoming a global hotbed for VR and AR
Last month I addressed Europe’s startup brain drain to the U.S. and then followed up by profiling the U.K. as an exception to the...
GamesBeat Decides 78: Why so low?
On this week’s GamesBeat Decides podcast, hosts Jeffrey Grubb and Mike Minotti are mad, but they’re also dads — so they feel guilty about...
Alien: Descent puts the Xenomorphs into a wireless VR arcade experience
FoxNext Destinations and Pure Imagination Studios's Alien: Descent is a new location-based virtual reality experience based on the hit movie franchise — and unlike other similar games, players won't be weighed down by a PC backpack. It opens on April 26, and folks can sign up for tickets now on its webpage.
Underworld: Ascendant reminds me why I don’t like immersive sims (spoiler: I’m bad)
I could hear the developers and public relations pros from OtherSide Entertainment and 505 Games discussing my strategy just over my shoulder. In a conference...
Din’s Legacy is a Diablo-like starring good-hearted orcs that mutate
Din’s Legacy adds another dimension to the rift between orcs and elves. It’s a dark fantasy role-playing game starring the Mutated, a subgroup of orcs...
Battlefield V team loves that Call of Duty may ditch its campaign
The Battlefield team at developer DICE is ecstatic today, according to a source familiar with the studio. That’s because Call of Duty: Black Ops 4...
Battlefield V battle royale prototype in the works at DICE
EA’s DICE studio is testing a battle royale mode for Battlefield V that features similar gameplay to megahits like Fortnite and PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, according to...
Where game investors are putting their money
Investing in games has often been an occasional preoccupation for venture capitalists, who are wary of trying to pick the hits in a hit-driven...