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What kind of experience should virtual reality deliver?

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 18, 2017
21 min

Virtual reality is in its infancy, and we’re still trying to figure out what kind of experience it can deliver for the masses at...

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Blackstorm Labs seizes the HTML5 instant games opportunity

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 18, 2017
3 min

Facebook opened up a new gaming platform with Instant Games for Messenger in November. And Blackstorm Labs seized the chance to launch its own...

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Hitman’s first year saw 250,000 player-created contracts, 70 puddle failures, and coconut murder

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
March 18, 2017
1 min

Square Enix’s latest Hitman debuted one year ago, and now the publisher and developer IO Interactive are looking back on 12 months of the...

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Zelda: Breath of the Wild is too big to worry about spoilers

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
March 17, 2017
2 min

I’m going to spoil something about The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild for you: You can catch and ride a skeleton horse. Are...

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Microsoft releases fifth Windows 10 preview in a row with only bug fixes and improvements

Posted byby GamesBeat
March 17, 2017
2 min

Microsoft today released yet another preview build of the upcoming Windows 10 Creators Update with no big features — just bug fixes, really. Build...

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Here’s how Zelda megadorks control their smart homes

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
March 17, 2017
1 min

Using your voice to lock your front door or change the temperature in your home is outdated. You need to get on the new...

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Hearthstone: Journey to Un’Goro may slow down a fast metagame that irks players

Posted byby Mike Minotti
March 17, 2017
5 min

Pirates could be going from Hearthstone’s dominant faction to crab food. Blizzard showed off 11 new cards for Journey to Un’Goro, the next expansion...

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Warner Bros. names game veteran Russell Arons as Machinima boss

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 17, 2017
2 min

Warner Bros. has named Russell Arons as the general manager of Machinima, the digital video entertainment company that Warner acquired in November. Arons was...