Categories Posted inin Gameplay Do Not Feed the Monkeys, or how I learned to stop worrying and love the surveillance state Posted byby GamesBeat November 18, 2017 3 min Do Not Feed the Monkeys preys on the fear that drives people to put tape over their webcams. In it, you’re tapped into surveillance...
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Google Blocks and Unreal helped an artist make a game in two weeks Posted byby Mike Minotti November 18, 2017 3 min Artist Jarlan Perez recently worked with Google to test out a VR-first creation process. Perez built a fully interactive game in two weeks that...
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Star Wars: Jedi Challenges hands-on — wielding a lightsaber in augmented reality Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 18, 2017 3 min Disney wants you to be immersed in Star Wars this fall as The Last Jedi film comes out in December. And one of the...
Categories Posted inin Gameplay How Bethesda brought The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim to VR Posted byby Mike Minotti November 18, 2017 4 min The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR is available now for PSVR and PC. With hundreds of hours of gameplay between the core campaign, side...
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Punch mechs and manage mercs in Battletech Posted byby GamesBeat November 17, 2017 4 min The release of the XCOM reboot in 2012 has ushered in a new golden age of strategy/tactics hybrids. The formula seems simple: intricate turn-based...
Categories Posted inin Business Metroid Prime turns 15 as the franchise finally becomes relevant again Posted byby Mike Minotti November 17, 2017 1 min One of Nintendo’s greatest games is celebrating its 15th anniversary. Metroid Prime came out for the GameCube on this day in 2002. Metroid Prime...
Categories Posted inin Business PSN is down for many PlayStation 4 owners Posted byby Jeff Grubb November 17, 2017 1 min Update at 3:05 p.m. Pacific time: It looks like PSN is back up and running for most people. PlayStation Network is not working for...
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Star Wars: Battlefront II almost had way more Overwatch-style hero skins Posted byby Jeff Grubb November 17, 2017 4 min During the development of Star Wars: Battlefront II (read our review), developer DICE began work on a mode that played like Overwatch and featured a...
Categories Posted inin Entertainment Octorock gives some of Zelda’s best songs a metal twist Posted byby Mike Minotti November 17, 2017 1 min The Legend of Zelda has some of the best music in gaming. It’s melodic, epic, and memorable. It also works pretty well when translated...
Categories Posted inin Business Candy Crush Saga: 2.73 billion downloads in five years and still counting Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 17, 2017 9 min Candy Crush Saga is the most popular mobile game in the U.S. after a dramatic comeback in the third quarter. As the mobile game...