How Niantic is preparing for AR’s ubiquitous future
When he was a child, John Hanke was obsessed with pull-out maps from National Geographic magazines, spending hours poring over names and topographic features....
How Garena’s Free Fire competes with Fortnite and PUBG Mobile
Mobile apps are a difficult business to succeed in. The competition in mobile gaming is even tougher. Where can you grow your game? Where...
Facebook’s Jason Rubin: Oculus Rift 2 would need ‘radical new tech’
The Oculus Rift S was introduced to a somewhat mixed reception last month. Oculus touted a device that made it simpler and easier to get into...
‘Lightsaber battle’ will be in Vader: Immortal VR
A panel at the upcoming Star Wars Celebration will detail “breakthroughs” with “lightsaber battle” in Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series. The panel...
Bose AR shows off augmented reality audio games
Bose is the last company you’d expect to make a pair of glasses. But that’s what it is doing with Bose AR, which enhances...
How Equinix enables multiplayer gaming across the internet
Jim Poole sees a lot of games coming through his network, only they’re not so readily identifiable as games. Poole is an executive at...
Gain 3x users with effective social and game content moderation (VB Live)
Social networks today are undergoing a massive paradigm shift as companies realize that content moderation and positive reinforcement can actually increase user retention and...
Xbox TV maintains lead for game industry ad spend in March
Xbox held its lead in March with 35.8% of the total gaming-industry spend on national TV advertising. Meanwhile, Nintendo and chart newcomer Respawn Entertainment...
Super Mario Odyssey, Zelda: Breath of the Wild will work with Nintendo Labo VR
OK, someone may need to pinch me. It appears I’m dreaming. Nintendo just announced that two of its biggest Switch games will get support...
The Division 2 review — second chances and big wins
The Division 2 is a game about a second chance for a fictional post-apocalyptic world and a second chance for the developer and publisher...