Epic Games shows real-time ray tracing in Unreal Engine with Star Wars demo
At first, when I looked at the Star Wars scene featuring two First Order stormtroopers and Captain Phasma, I thought it was a film....
Designing for VR accessibility means dialing down from, or sometimes up to, 11
For the past year, Lori Landay has worked on using virtual and augmented reality to help people on the autism spectrum tackle challenging experiences...
Heroes of the Dorm fan that nails this year’s bracket could win $1 million
Blizzard Entertainment’s annual Heroes of the Storm college tournament, Heroes of the Dorm, is now down to 64 teams. And if a fan can...
What gaming stories can learn from the world of professional wrestling
Video game story writers could learn something from professional wrestling. That’s what independent developer Luis De Leon of 2401 Studios argued at this year’s Game...
GamesBeat Summit: KSV’s Kent Wakeford on the explosive growth of esports
The latest speaker to join our GamesBeat Summit 2018 event is Kent Wakeford, the cofounder and chief operating officer of KSV eSports International. Wakeford will chat...
Roblox draws more than 50 million players a month to game world
Roblox has built a Lego-like virtual world where kids and teens can create their own games, and now it is drawing more than 50...
Gosu.ai raises $1.9 million to automate game training advice
Alisa Chumachenko, the founder of Game Insight, is back with a new startup called Gosu.ai, which she bills as a training lab that combines...
International Mobile Gaming Awards celebrates indies and considers the future of the industry
Indie games took home most of the prizes in tonight’s 14th annual International Mobile Gaming Awards (IMGA) ceremony. Titles like Tender Claws’ meta adventure...
Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview with Cortana and Windows Mixed Reality improvements
Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview for PCs with Cortana improvements and Windows Mixed Reality fixes. This build is from the RS4...
Nintendo Switch sets records as PlayStation 4 tops February’s sales chart
Nintendo Switch’s unprecedented sales success continued through the end of its 12th month, but Sony’s PlayStation 4 outsold its competition in February. The NPD...