City of the Shroud tactics game experiment starts on August 9
Abyssal Arts announced today that the first chapter of City of the Shroud, a tactics game that tries to buck the genre’s usual tropes...
Skyrim PSVR patch improves PS4 Pro graphics and Move controls
Bethesda is releasing a free patch that promises to improve Skyrim PSVR's performance in a variety of ways, with PlayStation 4 Pro and PlayStation Move users seeing the biggest benefits.
OpenAI’s bot can now defeat skilled Dota 2 teams
Artificial intelligence researchers at OpenAI have developed a system -- OpenAI Five -- that can defeat teams of skilled Dota 2 players.
Trion acquires Gazillion assets and expands publishing partnerships
Trion Worlds has acquired the assets of online game company Gazillion Entertainment, and it is also expanding its publishing platform for massively multiplayer online...
How Sheffield Doc/Fest 2018’s VR showcase beat E3
Dan Tucker is apologizing again. We’re stepping over cables, ducking under scaffolding and trying to hear each other over the drone of drilling on...
GungHo aims for broader audience with Ninjala bubblegum game
GungHo Online Entertainment has been printing money with its Puzzle & Dragons mobile game in Japan. But the Tokyo company is trying different strategies...
Tencent drums up an audience for its mobile esports game in the West
For the first time, Tencent, the world’s largest game company, had a big presence at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the big game trade...
When anyone can make games, ‘soul’ will make some rise to the top
As exciting as the democratization of game development may sound, it's problematic in practice. Pretty soon, it's going to be easier than ever to make a game, but harder than ever to convince people to give it a chance.
Game Boy emulator Gearboy has an Oculus Go port
Nintendo’s Game Boy was one of the first all-in-one portable gaming systems in the world, and now you can play its huge line-up of...
HTC Vive’s Libraries Program will bring VR headsets to 110 libraries
Almost a year ago to the date Oculus announced an initiative to bring VR headsets to 90 different California libraries. Now, HTC has announced the Vive Libraries...