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Fallout 4: a tour of the buggy, janky mess — and why I don’t want Bethesda to ‘fix’ it

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
November 10, 2015
1 min

Fallout 4 is broken in the same ways that all Bethesda Game Studios’ projects are broken, and I love it even if it looks...

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Overwatch impressions, Part 3: the three new BlizzCon heroes

Posted byby GamesBeat
November 10, 2015
4 min

I spent the weekend spent playing the three new Overwatch team-shooter heroes that Blizzard introduced during the annual BlizzCon convention, and they offer some interesting new...

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How an injury drove one artist to make a tower defense-meets-Pokémon game — and a woman-led studio

Posted byby Mike Minotti
November 10, 2015
6 min

I met Lynn Hogan at the MGF mobile games conference in Seattle in October, and I immediately became interested in her story. She’s a former concept artist (her career in that field was heavily impacted by a nasty injury) who’s now the chief executive officer of Fat Loot games, which she cofounded.

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Digi-Capital unveils its first global best-in-class AR/VR benchmarks

Posted byby Jason Wilson
November 10, 2015
3 min

Digi-Capital has completed the first technical benchmarking of augmented reality/virtual reality head-mounted displays (HMD) globally, and we would like to thank the AR/VR CEOs and CTOs...

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The new $100 Oculus-powered Samsung Gear VR opens for preorders in the U.S. today

Posted byby GamesBeat
November 10, 2015
1 min

We knew it was coming some time in November, but Samsung has confirmed that the new Oculus-powered Samsung Gear VR is open for preorders...

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Maingear’s Drift PC brings 4K gaming and the SteamOS to the living room

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 10, 2015
2 min

Gaming computer maker Maingear is announcing the Drift, a 4K gamer PC that runs Valve’s SteamOS and lets you play Steam games in the...

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The Call of Duty: Black Ops III cover star is actually a Phoenix reserve police officer

Posted byby GamesBeat
November 10, 2015
1 min

One of the year’s biggest video game releases has turned Phoenix reserve police officer Andy McDermott into a local celebrity. McDermott is the cover and marketing...

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How Logitech’s betting on bold design to ditch its ‘mice and keyboards’ legacy

Posted byby GamesBeat
November 10, 2015
5 min

Logitech is a brand synonymous with PC peripherals and accessories, but the Swiss company has been delving into an increasing number of categories in...