Microsoft wants to teach students to code with Minecraft
Today Microsoft announced Code Builder, a tool that lets Minecraft players build structures inside the game with JavaScript. Microsoft announced the news at an education-themed event in...
Microsoft unveils Windows 10 S, an education edition limited to Windows Store apps
At its education event in New York City today, Microsoft announced a new edition of its latest operating system: Windows 10 S. Available on...
How Watch Dogs 2 stayed ahead of current events
For Watch Dogs 2, the truth turned out to be stranger than fiction. At the GamesBeat Summit today in Berkeley, California. (watch it here),...
Nintendo ‘Switches’ up the console ad-spending charts
This biggest winner during March Madness might be Nintendo. After a gangbusters February for industry spending, gaming brands took it down a notch during...
How mixed reality is transforming the TV game show
The quaint TV game show is becoming more exciting, and it has nothing to do with goofy stunts or reality hijinks. Thanks to mixed...
Zelda: Breath of the Wild DLC details: Trial of the Sword, Hard Mode, and more
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild already has dozens of hours of content, and Nintendo is revealing how it’s going to add to...
Call of Duty studio Sledgehammer wrestled over doing Advance Warfare 2 or WWII
Making games is a huge group effort, and oftentimes the people that make up those groups don’t agree on what to do next. One notable...
‘Rogue One’ screenwriter breaks down gaming’s advantage over film
One of the people who came up with the story for the most recent Star Wars movie has written about games and crafted their stories....
Modern VR is ‘like the dog who catches a car but doesn’t know what to do with it’
The modern virtual reality market is new, but the idea of virtual worlds has existed in fiction for decades. Austin Grossman is a sci-fi...
Epic’s Tim Sweeney: The tech for the metaverse is about 3 years away
We’ve overcome some of the early roadblocks that are preventing us from living every moment in virtual reality, and Epic Games founder thinks we’ll figure...