How Plantronics engineered an audio headset for PlayStation VR
Unlike the Oculus Rift, PlayStation VR doesn’t have built-in headphones, but that doesn’t mean you’ll have to settle for something ill-suited for virtual reality....
ReCore’s director details the Microsoft exclusive’s ties to Metroid and Mega Man
Modern blockbuster games still take inspiration from the classics. ReCore is one of Microsoft’s biggest exclusives for the rest of year, coming out for Xbox One...
How Paradox Development Studio makes its hit strategy games
Paradox Development Studio has been around in different forms since 1995, but it started operating as the studio we know today around the early...
Envelop VR hands-on: How its Windows ‘VR Shell’ stands apart from Virtual Desktop
Since late last year, I’ve been hearing about Envelop VR and its plan for a Windows “VR shell.” It would allow you to operate...
How Scalebound’s action master Hideki Kamiya views partnership with Microsoft
Platinum Games is known for over-the-top action, but Scalebound is taking that top, adding a few dozen miles, and clearing it in a single leap....
Machine Zone commands TVs in June as Overwatch, Xbox, and Lego march on
Arnold Schwarzenegger had cameos in all major sports broadcasts this month — and it’s all thanks to one hit mobile strategy game. GamesBeat has...
Are your traditional retention metrics useless?
At Kabam, we believe that the commonly used retention benchmarks today are holding the mobile gaming industry back. Traditional retention metrics simply do not...
Samsung Gear VR successor may be in the works
We’re just two months away from the anniversary of the reveal of the consumer Gear VR. So it’s time to wonder if a successor...
5 places Pokémon Go players should avoid for their own safety
Pokémon Go is out in the United States, and people are already finding monsters (and love?) in strange places. Thanks to Go’s GPS-powered gameplay, trainers...
The Elder Scrolls: Legends is not a mere Hearthstone clone
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft did something that few games have accomplished: help launch a new, $1.2 billion dollar “dominant category” in gaming. Blizzard Entertainment...