Snap Games launches leaderboard games for friendly battles
Snapchat has been adding games as a way to keep friends engaged with each other. And now the company’s Snap Games division is introducing...
Animoca Brands acquires Power Rangers game developer nWay for $7.69 million
Animoca Brands has agreed to acquire nWay, the developer and publisher of Power Rangers: Legacy Wars, for $7.69 million. nWay is a game developer...
Oculus friends lists now has text chat … if you link account to Facebook
More than five years after launch, Oculus now has text chat, as long as you link your ID to your Facebook account. This means...
Where Thoughts Go is an intimate social VR experience on Oculus Quest
The intimate and award-winning social VR experience Where Thoughts Go: Prologue is now on the Oculus Quest. In it, you discover anonymous audio clips...
Oculus Quest update adds AMD support for Link and your voice
Oculus Quest system software v12 is now rolling out, adding Voice Commands, AMD support for Link, and experimental controller-free hand tracking. Voice Commands will...
In advertising, the ‘gamer’ demographic is useless
In marketing and advertising, knowing who your audience is, how they’re changing, and how best to reach them is the job. That’s the work,...
The RetroBeat: Christmas Nights is the best game for the holidays
Christmastime is my favorite part of the year. I love decorating my tree, listening to the festive music, and watching holiday movies. But when...
Xbox Series X: How humongous is Microsoft’s next-gen console?
Microsoft introduced the name and design of the Xbox Series X on Thursday night during The Game Awards. And a lot of people are...
The DeanBeat: Do blockbuster games require more people to make than movies?
We saw plenty of blockbuster games — some still in the making — last night at The Game Awards, an event that is often...
Fast & Furious: Crossroads lives video games a quarter-mile at a time
Project Cars developer Slightly Mad Studios is about to deliver something that is simultaneously fast and furious. During The Game Awards tonight, Fast &...