Jeff Minter interview: Tempest 4000 VR plans, tricky levels, and curry text explained
Jeff Minter has made great games for decades, but his reboot of Atari’s 1980 arcade game Tempest made him an international icon — and...
HTC answers ‘death of VR’ stories with record Vive sales
A blog post from HTC's Vive team says that "news of the so-called death of VR comes once a year and is greatly exaggerated," then rebuts the claims with a surprising new detail: Vive headsets recently sold out while experiencing record-breaking sales.
The IndieBeat: Tehran Game Convention shows global politics won’t stop gaming’s growth
The nonprofit Iran Computer and Video Games Foundation (IRCG) has wanted to bring international game developers to Tehran for over a decade, and it...
Play NYC game festival’s Graffiti Games celebrates immigrant stories
This year’s Play NYC game festival will be at the Manhattan Center, a little over 10 miles from Ellis Island, where over 12 million...
Apple features Super Evil’s Vainglory in ‘Unleash’ video touting mobile gaming
Apple is highlighting gaming once again in a new commercial dubbed “Unleash.” It is aimed at showing that Apple’s A11 Bionic chip in the...
Guacamelee! 2 dives onto PS4 and PC on August 21
Drinkbox Studios’ pollo-infused Metroidvania Guacamelee! 2 enters the ring on August 21 for PC and PlayStation 4. It’s the anticipated followup to the indie...
Middle-earth: Shadow of War kills loot boxes with new update
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment today released a free update for Middle-earth: Shadow of War that removes the open-world game’s microtransaction store. Shadow of War came...
The IndieBeat: ArenaNet’s firings heighten concerns about company policies and harassment
It’s been a week since ArenaNet fired Guild Wars 2 narrative designer Jessica Price and writer Peter Fries without any warning, and the statements...
Microsoft’s 10-inch Surface Go starts at $399 and ships August 2
Microsoft today introduced its smallest (10-inch screen) and lightest (1.15 pounds) computer yet: the Surface Go. Powered by an Intel Pentium Gold processor, the...
Cat Nigiri found the solution for its Keen puzzler in Asia, not the U.S.
Keen’s turn-based combat combines sliding-tile puzzles and dungeon-crawling, and it features a cutesy cartoon aesthetic. It is developer Cat Nigiri’s latest game, and it’s...