Nomadic will launch Arizona Sunshine VR arcade in Orlando
Nomadic will open its first virtual reality arcade featuring the first-person shooter game Arizona Sunshine in Orlando, Florida. The San Rafael, California-based Nomadic will partner with...
HTC Vive will offer Ready Player One’s Oasis VR hub as Planet Ludus
In book and film forms, Ready Player One popularized the concept of The Oasis — a central hub connecting all VR experiences to one...
Estars launches interactive esports engagement platform for fans
Estars is unveiling an interactive engagement platform for esports events around the world. The Dublin-based company bills itself as a fan-first destination for everything esports,...
Enthusiast Gaming goes public in Canada to build game fan network
Enthusiast Gaming Holdings, an esports event and online community startup, has gone public through a reverse merger transaction on the TSX Venture Exchange. That...
Alienware’s m15 is its slimmest ever gaming thin-and-light laptop
Dell’s Alienware gaming division has launched the m15, the thinnest gaming laptop in the thin-and-light category. The machine balances the need for high-performance graphics...
New Nintendo Switch model coming from the company that released 6 3DSes
Nintendo is planning a revision of its megapopular hybrid home/handheld Switch console for 2019, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. The goal...
Blizzard’s Mike Morhaime leaves a legacy of quality and kindness for the video game industry
Mike Morhaime was not the primary leader of Blizzard Entertainment when he and his cohorts formed it (as Silicon & Synapse) 27 years ago....
Video: Why Tripwire Interactive finally agreed to publish other games
Presented by Intel While Tripwire Interactive is best known for making shooters like Killing Floor and Rising Storm, it’s hoping that it’ll also earn...
Blizzard Entertainment cofounder Mike Morhaime steps down
Blizzard Entertainment president and cofounder Mike Morhaime is no longer leading the gaming company he helped start in the 1990s. J. Allen Brack, the...
The RetroBeat: Mortal Kombat’s green screen tech returns in Super Kombat Fighter
Today, the original Mortal Kombat games’ use of live actors in front of a green screen may look … well, a bit quaint. But...