IDC expects rebound after VR shipments fell an ‘artificial’ 33.7% in Q2 2018
Despite recording a 33.7 percent drop in worldwide shipments of VR headsets during 2018's second quarter, IDC is forecasting a sunny outlook for future quarters.
Social broadcasting platform Caffeine nets $100 million from 21st Century Fox as the duo launch a joint venture for content
Caffeine, the much-hyped social livestreaming platform unveiled by a duo of former Apple designers earlier this year, has raised more than $100 million in...
Far Cry 4 creative director’s new Typhoon Studios is ‘definitely not doing a battle royale game’
Three EA and Ubisoft veterans started Typhoon Studios in February, and they’re now ready to talk about their first game — sort of. The...
The Lord of the Rings universe is getting a free-to-play online game from Athlon Games
Athlon Games, a Los Angeles publisher of console and PC games, said it signed a long-term licensing agreement with Middle-earth Enterprises to develop and...
Battlefield V’s open beta begins with destruction in Rotterdam
Electronic Arts and DICE have just begun letting fans into the Battlefield V open beta test on PC and consoles. This is the publisher’s...
Rainbow Six: Siege’s Grim Sky launches new operators for Year 3 Pass owners
Ubisoft is performing maintenance on its popular military shooter Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege today in preparation of the launch of its next season...
Netflix’s The Witcher show finds its Geralt in Superman’s Henry Cavill
Netflix announced today that Henry Cavill will star as Geralt of Rivia in its upcoming fantasy show The Witcher. The grim fantasy franchise started life...
Marvel’s Spider-Man review — Spidey’s best game yet
Spider-Man has had a place in gaming since the Atari days, with the web-slinger starring in dozens of titles ranging from classics to, well,...
Secret Location’s Transpose is a time manipulation VR puzzle game
Secret Location is unveiling Transpose, a dream-like, gravity defying virtual reality game where you manipulate time back and forth to solve puzzles. The game...
For college esports, competition is only as good as the tech behind it
"An esports program is a key recruiting tool," Nilsson says. "That comes back to the network. If the network doesn’t support it as best it possibly can, they’re going to lose recruits."