YouTube’s top game-trailer ads of 2017 — Minions get more hits than Star Wars: Battlefront II
The various Google brands are looking back on 2017, and YouTube is revealing its top videos of the year. That includes the “game trailer”...
Baton Rouge is transforming from a college town into a gaming hub
Though well-known for its diehard sports fans, excellent cuisine, and epic tailgates, Louisiana’s capital Baton Rouge has leveraged its film production industry, research university,...
Where Thoughts Go is an anonymous VR social space on an alien planet
Where Thoughts Go is a social network that takes the form of an ethereal virtual reality world. Visitors leave anonymous voice logs that appear...
CrossCut Ventures announces $125 million fund targeting L.A. startups
CrossCut Ventures is announcing it has raised $125 million for its fourth seed fund. The Los Angeles fund will invest in a wide variety...
The RetroBeat: You’re wrong — Mega Man 11’s art looks great
Mega Man 11‘s announcement brought me a lot of joy. This is my favorite game series. I’ve loved Mega Man as long as I...
Superhot’s Mind Control Delete is a standalone expansion for the stylish shooter
Superhot is expanding. Its first standalone expansion, Mind Control Delete, is entering Early Access on Steam later this month, with a full release coming...
Phantom Auto uses humans to remotely control self-driving cars in a pickle
Self-driving cars might not respond perfectly in every driving situation, which could be deadly, as passengers aren’t likely to be paying attention or able...
Pokémon Go will roll out 50 new creatures and weather effects
Niantic is adding 50 new creatures to Pokémon Go as well as dynamic weather in a major update for the mobile game. The dozens...
VR’s marketing conundrum — and how to fix it
Most VR content is built on game engines like Unity. VR creators are placing all their chips on the premium engines such as Unity...
Star Wars: Battlefront II should teach publishers to drop the sales pitch
Electronic Arts has an authenticity problem, and, in my opinion, it stems from how it talks to us about its games. Star Wars: Battlefront...