PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds cheating is out of control
Cheating is a part of online gaming, but this doesn’t mean people will put up with it — even in something as popular as...
Fortnite spooks up Halloween content and big Battle Royale update
Epic Games launched a Halloween event for its co-op survival game Fortnite. It’s also introducing new features to its standalone competitive mode, Battle Royale....
Resolution Games’ swashbuckling VR adventure Narrows sets sail for Google Daydream
Resolution Games is announcing its next virtual reality game is Narrows, a pirate release for the Google Daydream mobile VR headset. Narrows is the...
AMD launches Ryzen-Vega combo chips for world’s fastest, most power-efficient laptops
Advanced Micro Devices is cooking up faster laptops by combining Ryzen and Vega, the two ingredients of modern computing, into a single computer chip....
Assassin’s Creed: Origins review — side quests waylay a search for justice
Assassin’s Creed: Origins is a stunning tour of ancient Egypt. As Bayek of Siwa, a seeker of justice and protector of the people, you’ll...
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus review: Complicity in Nazi America
Early in Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, a new recruit asks your band of terrorists/freedom fighters if they allow black people on their boat....
Under Meggan Scavio, DICE Summit refocuses on game developer creativity
Changes are afoot for the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Meggan Scavio, former head of the Game Developers Conference, became president of the...
The VR industry needs to avoid intrusive ads for as long as possible
Monetization in VR is a tricky subject. There are only suggestions, or experiments, on what could serve, but it’s a tough proposition while the...
Magic: The Gathering — Arena hits closed beta in late November
Wizards of the Coast’s Digital Games Studio is about to cast a “let’s prepare to launch a game” spell — and it’s going to...
Blockchain will transform the business of gaming
The gaming industry has been experiencing major shifts for a decade now. First came broadband internet, then the rise of Steam. Before long, these...