Summer Games Done Quick 2018 raises over $2.12 million for Doctors Without Borders
The speedrunning marathon Summer Games Done Quick 2018 just wrapped up a week of great (and fast) gaming that streamed live on Twitch, and...
VR hit Beat Saber is getting a multiplayer update
Music-based rhythm games are great. Some of my favorite gaming memories involve being huddled around plastic guitars and drum sets in Rock Band or...
Elijah Wood: Transference’s Hollywood collaboration comes from a ‘genuine place’
For some, the phrase “Hollywood and video games” doesn’t have positive connotations due to a history of bad licensed products, canceled projects, and terrible...
GamesBeat Decides 86: Hammond is very good
On this week’s GamesBeat Decides podcast, hosts Jeffrey Grubb and Mike Minotti talk about Summer Games Done Quick, Mario Tennis Aces online, and more....
Oculus details its Varifocal half-dome VR prototype
Last month, we reported on a talk by Douglas Lanman of Oculus Research (now Facebook’s Reality Labs) from the 2018 SID Display Week event. The fascinating...
IP owners are too careful, and it’s stifling creativity in games
Popular books, hit films and TV series, characters from graphic novels, and even toys can all be translated into the digital space, allowing fans...
May 2018’s top 10 Minecraft Marketplace creations: that city livin’
A report claims that Microsoft is going to implement a new feature into Xbox One called Xbox Community Content that will bring mods and...
PlayStation Network, Xbox Live, and more down due to Comcast outage
PlayStation 4 and Xbox One owners are complaining about connectivity issues on social media today, but the problem seems to stem from a Comcast outage...
Battlefield V feels so good, but I’m playing it wrong
The Battlefield V closed alpha test went live yesterday, and this is giving a number of fans their first chance to try the World...
ProBeat: Windows 10 dropping Sets (again) is for the best
Microsoft has lately been releasing Windows 10 builds on a weekly cadence. Because of a bug last week, however, this week's build brought more than the average number of improvements (and bugs). And yet, the highlight of this build was not what was added, but what was removed: Sets.