The British Parliament is examining the loot-box model in video games
Loot boxes in video games like Forza Motorsport 7 and Middle-earth: Shadow of War are raising a debate about business models in the gaming...
XR Basefund never existed (Updated)
CORRECTION: December 18, 2019. Since the publication of this article, it has become known to the author that the “XR Basefund” has never existed...
Cuphead sales pass 1 million in two weeks
The fiendishly difficult run-‘n’-gun Cuphead launched two weeks ago on September 29, and developer StudioMDHR announced today that it’s now sold more than one...
Thyng is a platform for creating AR scenes
Thyng wants to create the first augmented reality platform. Last week, the studio launched its free app Thyng 4.0 on iOS, which it built...
ProBeat: Facebook ramps up its VR price war
In July, there was a single week when Facebook’s Oculus cut prices for its Rift VR headset and Touch controller to $400 for a...
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Oculus Go standalone VR, and Star Wars loot boxes
Hello, and welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, the classic space game Star Control II is getting a sequel, Fortnite: Battle Royale...
Grand Theft Auto Online’s new land, sea, and air races make for a mad, mad, mad, mad world
Grand Theft Auto Online‘s next update, Transform Races, is coming out on October 17. It will add races where you can instantly transition to...
The DeanBeat: Optimism and despair over VR at Oculus Connect
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, injected a dose of optimism into the crowd at the Oculus Connect event this week at the San Jose...
PC Gaming Weekly: Independents day
We love PC gaming for high-end experiences such as Diablo III (read how Blizzard designed around thousands of corpses) and Middle-earth: Shadow of War (what I’m...
ARKit games are the top AR downloads in the Apple App Store
It’s been a few weeks since iOS 11 rolled out to compatible iPhones, and hundreds of apps now utilize the augmented reality capabilities of ARKit....