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Valve psychologist explores controlling games directly with your brain

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 24, 2019
7 min

Mike Ambinder, a psychologist and researcher at Valve, packed a room at the Game Developers Conference with a talk on whether you can control...

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The truth about hypercasual games

Posted byby Jason Wilson
March 24, 2019
5 min

Hypercasual games have seen unprecedented growth over the past year. Using the average lifetime value of hypercasual players based on data from ironSource’s platform...

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Tobii launches eye-tracking SDK for AR and VR

Posted byby Jason Wilson
March 24, 2019
1 min

Eye-tracking specialist Tobii is honing in on VR and AR developers at the Game Developers Conference 2019 this week. The company yesterday announced the...

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Lual Mayen: From refugee to game developer

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 23, 2019
3 min

For 22 of his 24 years of life, Lual Mayen lived in a refugee camp in northern Uganda. His parents fled from South Sudan...

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Hellcouch — Your butt releases demons trapped in a couch

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 23, 2019
1 min

Of all the things I saw at the Game Developers Conference this week, Hellcouch was the weirdest. A lot of thought has gone into...

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Google Stadia has promise — if it can resolve these 3 questions

Posted byby GamesBeat
March 23, 2019
5 min

At the Game Developers Conference 2019 this week, Google stole the show by announcing Stadia, its on-demand streaming service for video games. Set to...

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Nintendo Labo VR will have over 64 minigames

Posted byby Jason Wilson
March 23, 2019
2 min

Missed the news? Nintendo’s getting into VR. At least, it sort of is. Later this year the beloved gaming company will launch a Nintendo Switch...

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‘Mortal Kombat’ actor returns as Shang Tsung in Mortal Kombat 11

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
March 22, 2019
2 min

Developer NetherRealm revealed a lot of new details about its upcoming fighter Mortal Kombat 11 today. Fan-favorite Noob Saibot is joining the roster, and...