Free Fire sets record with 80 million daily players for free-to-play mobile battle royale
The mobile battle royale game Free Fire has hit a record peak 80 million daily active users, publisher Garena said today. The Singapore-based Garena, the...
IronSource adds creative insights to its user acquisition platform
User acquisition for mobile apps and games is an increasingly automated process, and so mobile marketing companies like IronSource are trying harder to make...
Oculus Quest expands safety, hand tracking, and remote work options
One year after the Oculus Quest first hit stores, Facebook’s all-in-one virtual reality headset is widely believed to be one of the industry’s most successful...
Nreal Light AR glasses add multi-user shared spaces and WebXR support
As excitement builds for the consumer release of Nreal’s Light augmented reality glasses this fall, the company is continuing to entice developers to support...
Devcom and Gamescom detail online-only gaming events in August
Devcom and Gamescom have revealed more details about how they’re responding to the pandemic by staging digital-only events for European game developers and gamers....
The Leisure Economy: How to make money playing games in 2020
The Leisure Economy is the embodiment of the hope that someday we could all get paid to play games. It has been a common...
Edward Saatchi on virtual beings: AI is the next great art form
Edward Saatchi, the CEO of Fable Studio and maker of Emmy-winning virtual reality experiences, participated in a thoughtful conversation about “virtual beings” at our...
Why Phantom: Covert Ops is one of the most immersive VR games of 2020
I’ll confess, I wasn’t sure nDreams was capable of pulling off its ambitions for Phantom: Covert Ops. For years the U.K.-based VR developer, one...
Beat Saber AR concept envisions little lightsaber fingers
We’ve seen a lot of funny and intriguing concepts for projects from Daniel Beauchamp, aka @pushmatrix on Twitter, but his latest reimagines for AR...
GamesBeat Decides 149: The Endless E3
E3 is cancelled. But its spirit has left its body, and it now surrounds us at all times. We cannot escape it. We will...