AR/VR Weekly: Social good dons a headset
Augmented and virtual reality are setting out to accomplish a lot of things. They provide entertainment. Social VR helps us connect to others. Both...
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds gets 6 core-plus CPU optimization
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is getting an update today that includes optimization for CPUs that have 6 or more compute cores. That patch, which also fixes...
West of Loathing review — a Southwestern tour of the moo-pocalypse
West of Loathing is a surreal role-playing game with an unapologetically silly sense of humor that would make Mel Brooks proud. It’s the latest title...
StarCraft II is now a laboratory for AI research
Blizzard’s partnership with DeepMind, a firm that specializes in machine learning, has culminated in the release of the StarCraft II API, which is available...
This indie game offers a counterpoint to the Google manifesto
Elizabeth Sampat is an award-winning game designer who’s worked on blockbuster titles like Plants Vs Zombies 2 and Subway Surfers. She also makes small, intensely...
Lawbreakers gameplay: Watch us play the new zero-gravity character shooter
Lawbreakers is the first game from Cliff Bleszinski’s Boss Key Productions, is out now for PC and PlayStation 4. It is a team-based hero shooter...
Hearthstone: Knights of the Frozen Throne — when the expansion and solo quests will launch
Hearthstone: Knights of the Frozen Throne is introducing 135 new cards, and Blizzard announced today that it will go live on August 10 at...
Enjoy the salty tears of Dota 2 fans upset about Valve’s Artifact card game
In the world of fantasy video games, you are nothing until you get your own digital card game. That’s why Dota 2, Valve’s multiplayer...
Call of Duty World League finals start this week with $1.5 million at stake
The Call of Duty World League will come to a head this week with a finale tournament in Orlando, Florida, where a prize pool...
GamesBeat 2017: 4 speakers to address the challenge of mobile gaming
GamesBeat 2017 will take place at San Francisco’s beautiful Fort Mason on October 5-6, and we’re delighted to announce our next four speakers. This...