Afterparty sends Oxenfree’s studio on a devilish pub crawl
Night School Studio’s Oxenfree is an eerie ghost story wrapped in a coming-of-age tale about friendship, family, and loss. But its newest game, Afterparty,...
Mindshow now offers VR sharing for its improv app
Free VR improvisation software Mindshow is adding a major feature — sharing. So performances in Mindshow can be added to or remixed by others....
Social VR app Rec Room gets clubhouses
Seattle-based Against Gravity released an enormous update to Rec Room that adds clubhouses you can customize and have friends visit even when you’re not...
The 9 best Star Wars virtual reality experiences
Science fiction and virtual reality go together like medieval fantasy and LARPing. Two intergalactic peas in a space pod, if you will. So naturally, the...
Overwatch League’s success could remake esports
For years, esports has developed and grown organically and without much structure, a real Wild West of teams and leagues and sponsors. Game publishers were...
Google launches ARCore Developer Preview 2, will kill Tango on March 1
Google today launched ARCore Developer Preview 2, which you can download now from developers.google.com/ar and use to create AR experiences on Android. At the...
Riot takes its League of Legends knowledge to after-school coding program
Riot Games is bringing its game design experience to something beyond its smash hit multiplayer online battle arena League of Legends. It has partnered...
Fortnite gets holiday event — and new in-game spending in Battle Royale mode
We’re amid the gift-giving holidays, and it’s time to celebrate with decorations, good cheer, and crass consumerism. Epic Games is doing its part to...
Phil Fish made a ‘pretty f***ing cool’ interface for Analogue’s Super Nintendo hardware
Fez and Super Hypercube designer Phil Fish specializes in a retro-futuristic visual design that is apparent in his interfaces, but now Fish has taken...
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds sells 1 million Xbox One copies in 3 days
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has been a sensation on PC, and its success is transferring to the console market. Microsoft revealed on its Xbox Wire site today...