Google opens VR video and photo format VR180, promises new publishing tools
Introduced at VidCon 2017 last June, Google’s VR180 video and photo format for VR isn’t yet being used in shipping products. But with its first hardware...
Bossa Studios’ Worlds Adrift launches May 17 on Steam Early Access
Bossa Studios’s massively multiplayer online game Worlds Adrift is based on the concept where if you build it, they will come — and pitch...
NBCUniversal’s VR strategy focuses on attractions, not headsets
NBCUniversal is interested in creating virtual reality content, but Chris Heatherly, the company’s gaming boss, gave one reason that isn’t a viable strategy yet...
Star Wars: Battlefront II’s Janina Gavankar throws down the gauntlet at triple-A gaming
Star Wars: Battlefront II actress Janina Gavankar has a warning for both triple-A game studios and Hollywood: “Lean in or die off.” She took the stage...
Hearthstone’s Walnut Sprite helped set The Witchwood expansion’s playful, creepy tone
This was first reaction when I saw Walnut Sprite: “He looks like someone hit him upside the head.” That got a laugh from Ben...
Watch GamesBeat Summit 2018 Day 2 talks with Andrew House, Tencent, and more
Game creators, publishers, and other influential people from the industry are gathering in Mill Valley, California, for the GamesBeat Summit today. Over the next...
Boss Key and Cliff Bleszinski’s new game is an ’80s-charged battle royale, Radical Heights
Following last week’s news that Cliff Bleszinkski’s Boss Key Studios was stopping active development on the shooter LawBreakers, today the developer announced Radical Heights....
Leap Motion shows crazy-looking $100 North Star AR headset with hand tracking
Best known for its standalone hand-tracking accessory, Leap Motion announced today that it’s bringing gesture controls into an inexpensive augmented reality headset, hoping to kickstart...
Jousting Time wants to turn you into a hero of the lance in VR
One of my favorite movies is A Knight’s Tale, a highly underrated story about a medieval peasant who cons his way to knighthood winning jousting...
VR’s ‘small budget’ mandate can be a positive instead of a curse … with the right IP
If there’s any common reason that ambitious VR games frequently wind up disappointing, restrictive budgets would be to blame. Limited money means fewer people work...