HTC Vive Pro hands-on demo — VR hits the restart button
HTC is starting to sell the Vive Pro virtual reality headset for $800 today as a new and improved way to visit virtual reality. The previous HTC...
Intel aims 8th Gen Core i9 processors at mobile gamers and content creators
Intel is unveiling its 8th Generation Intel Core i9 processor for laptop computers, and it is targeting it at mobile gamers, virtual reality fans,...
The World Next Door is a visual-novel mashup with puzzle fighting
Indie studio Rose City Games’s The World Next Door is a quirky mashup of a visual novel and a role-playing game with real-time combat....
Far Cry 5 has a serial killer on the loose
The best part of Far Cry 5 is its prepper stashes. These are a series of challenges that require you to solve puzzles or...
Valve wipes Steam Machines hardware section from its store
The console-like Linux-based PC gaming future may need a few more years before it’s ready. Valve has dropped the “Steam Machines” section from its...
Star Wars: Battlefront II is fun after sending old lootbox system down the garbage chute
When Star Wars: Battlefront II came out in November for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC, few people were talking about the multiplayer shooter’s...
BioWare went rogue on EA with its Dragon Age 4 announcement (retraction)
Retraction, April 3, 9:51 a.m.: GamesBeat has since learned that EA leadership knew that BioWare GM Casey Hudson was going to the Dragon Age...
PC Building Simulator is dumb and good
The statistics all tell me that I’m not too old for video games, but these days, I sometimes lack an enthusiasm for big games...
VR’s killer app is wish fulfillment — for me, that’s Wipeout
Last week, I told the story of how experiencing archery using a virtual reality headset made me a VR believer. Admittedly, I’m a classic early...
Star Trek: Bridge Crew is keeping IBM’s Watson on its duty roster
After hearing swirlings that the IBM Watson-powered voice recognition features for Star Trek: Bridge Crew would be deactivated, we reached out to Ubisoft for confirmation. As a result,...