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Sixense hires HTC Vive’s Joel Breton to run VR and AR content studio

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 21, 2019
4 min

Sixense Enterprises has hired former HTC Vive executive Joel Breton to run a virtual reality and augmented reality content studio, dubbed Sixense Studios, as the...

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Lone Echo II hands-on — Dodging electric fuzzballs in zero gravity isn’t simple

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 21, 2019
3 min

These fuzzball electric creatures took a liking to me in my demo of Lone Echo II, the new virtual reality game coming from Ready...

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Asgard’s Wrath is an ambitious, sometimes overwhelming action game for VR

Posted byby Mike Minotti
May 21, 2019
2 min

I have to admire Asgard’s Wrath. This VR Oculus exclusive has a lot of ambition. I played a demo during a pre-E3 showcase of...

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Phantom Covert Ops — How nDreams is making a covert stealth game in a kayak

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 21, 2019
5 min

Who makes a covert operations stealth game where you’re in a kayak? It sounds like a dumb idea, but I played a preview of...

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Phantom: Covert Ops is VR Metal Gear Solid in a kayak

Posted byby Mike Minotti
May 21, 2019
2 min

Don’t let Phantom: Covert Ops’ generic name full you. This is a stealth-action game set entirely in a kayak. It’s also a VR title...

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HQ Trivia aims for comeback with new cash prizes and a new host

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 21, 2019
2 min

HQ Trivia has seen some highs and lows over the past couple of years. The company saw a meteoric rise for its live trivia...

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IHS Markit: Cloud gaming earned $387 million in 2018, and could grow to $2.5 billion by 2023

Posted byby Giancarlo Valdes
May 20, 2019
1 min

Cloud-based gaming is starting to heat up. In a new report from market research firm IHS Markit, cloud gaming earned $387 million in 2018,...

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GamesBeat Summit 2019: 7 lightning talks in 39 minutes

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 20, 2019
2 min

Lightning round talks have been a staple at our GamesBeat Summit events for years. And at GamesBeat Summit 2019, we featured seven more talks...

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Double Fine and Bandai Namco aren’t ending the world when Rad launches August 20

Posted byby Mike Minotti
May 20, 2019
1 min

Developer Double Fine and publisher Bandai Namco announced today that Rad will launch on August 20 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC....

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Hearthstone is nerfing Rogue and Archivist Elysiana

Posted byby Mike Minotti
May 20, 2019
2 min

Blizzard Entertainment has announced a new wave of card nerfs that will be hitting Hearthstone on May 22. They will have a strong impact...

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