Hide & Freezes shows hide-and-seek is brilliant for VR
The moment I dropped into Hide & Freeze, I asked myself why I hadn’t thought of it first. No beating around the bush; this is...
Bose’s AR Frames get a narrative gaming boost from the team behind That Dragon, Cancer
The most recent game from the team behind the emotionally evocative and autobiographical That Dragon, Cancer was built for a pair of sunglasses. In...
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare multiplayer beta — Infinity Ward reveals more maps and modes
On the third day of its multiplayer beta test, Infinity Ward opened up the spigots for more players for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare....
Horror VR classic Dreadhalls is coming to Oculus Quest in time for Halloween
Classic VR horror game Dreadhalls is finally getting itsQuest release soon. Dreadhalls hits the standalone headset on October 3 for $9.99. Full cross-buy support is available...
Balancing game economies is an art and a science
Game economies are a delicate thing. It doesn’t take much to break them. If players perceive a greedy cash grab by developers, as has...
Indie devs have good reason not to trust Apple — does Arcade change that?
Indie game developers are hungry. Long denied a fair seat at the table by tech giants that own the few mass distribution channels, many...
The RetroBeat: The Dreamcast needs its own micro-console
I reviewed the Sega Genesis Mini earlier this week, and I love this micro-console homage to the 16-bit masterpiece. But that wasn’t the only...
Greedfall review — A novel RPG with grand ambitions that stumbles
Greedfall, the latest action-RPG from French development studio Spiders, makes no real claim to the RPG crown. It is out now for PlayStation 4,...
At Qualcomm, 5G is headed everywhere and into virtually everything
It was easy to call 5G inevitable. Whatever it was, some next-generation cellular technology was certain to follow 2G, 3G, and 4G into the...
The DeanBeat: Who would win a game battle between Apple and Nintendo?
Years ago, way back in 2011, Apple’s Steve Jobs held a press conference during the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. As Jobs was...