GamesBeat weekly roundup: Machine Zone gets Arnie, and Activision is making movies
It’s Friday, so let’s take a look back at the week. We’ve taken a break from some of the year’s biggest releases to write about...
Fantasy sports sites sue to keep doors open in New York
Top daily fantasy sports companies DraftKings and FanDuel filed lawsuits on Friday to contest an order to shut down their online gaming operations in New York state, asking a state court to rule that the games are not illegal gambling.
StarCraft II: Blizzard explains why Legacy of the Void isn’t the end of the series
Many StarCraft II players are still busy getting through Legacy of the Void. But developer Blizzard Entertainment is already looking toward the future. StarCraft...
Today’s tiny World of Warcraft news: Gnome hunters
World of Warcraft creative director Alex Afrasiabi brought gnome lovers to their tiny little knees today with an announcement via Twitter: They could finally...
Unity has democratized game development, but CEO John Riccitiello worries about too much VR hype
GamesBeat: Sounds like a reference to MaxPlay. In our centered world, I don’t know that 10 people with paintbrushes on the same canvas at...
Epic’s Tim Sweeney believes virtual reality will evolve more like console games than mobile
GamesBeat: What do you see as the consequences of some of the technology in VR and AR? You’ve been saying this year that if...
Bethesda says it shipped $750M and 12M copies for Fallout 4’s launch
Bethesda Softworks said that it shipped 12 million copies, or $750 million worth of postapocalypse role-playing game Fallout 4 to retailers for its launch...
The DeanBeat: In the VR industry, a thousand startups will bloom. Most won’t make it
We’re all trying to get a handle on virtual reality, and its cousin, augmented reality. Will it be a bust? Or will the two...
Gambling on virtual reality: the online casinos of the future
Virtual reality is a new medium, which is why it inspires as much mistrust as it does awe. Some view it as the stuff...
New Xbox One backward compatibility tutorial takes a cheeky swipe at Sony
Backward compatibility on Xbox One is a one-step process. Microsoft’s U.K. Xbox team has crafted a cheeky tutorial for Xbox One’s new backward compatibility...