Graffiti Games debuts as new game publisher with 3 titles for 2018 Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 28, 2018 2 min Newly formed independent video game publisher Graffiti Games revealed today that it will fund and publish three games for 2018. Alex Josef, a longtime PR... Continue Reading 2 min
Final Fantasy XV for PC is getting ridiculous Sims 4 outfits Posted byby Mike Minotti February 28, 2018 1 min Final Fantasy and The Sims: These aren’t two franchises you usually expect to see in the same sentence. But they’re coming together in an... Continue Reading 1 min
H1Z1 exits Early Access with the Auto Royale vehicle-only mode Posted byby Jeff Grubb February 28, 2018 2 min The first huge battle royal shooter has finally left Early Access on Steam, and it is getting a new vehicle-only mode to go along... Continue Reading 2 min
3D Realms shows neo-retro shooter Ion Maiden Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 28, 2018 3 min 3D Realms is under new ownership and is trying to breathe life into the old-style shooter games, as evidenced by the announcement of Ion... Continue Reading 3 min
The Blackout Club is a co-op whodunit where teens take on a suburban terror Posted byby GamesBeat February 28, 2018 2 min The teens in The Blackout Club aren’t sneaking out of their houses for the sake of mischief. Instead, they’re acting like a gang of Scoobies,... Continue Reading 2 min
Facebook launches Women in Gaming initiative Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 28, 2018 3 min For the past two years, Facebook has worked to build a community of women within the gaming industry, and now it is formally launching... Continue Reading 3 min
In Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden, a human, a duck, and a boar walk into an apocalyptic wasteland Posted byby GamesBeat February 28, 2018 1 min Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden is what happens when a duck, a boar, and a human with stone skin walk into an apocalyptic... Continue Reading 1 min
How and why our experiments with virtual reality motion made us ill Posted byby GamesBeat February 28, 2018 8 min Experiments with VR motion controllers show improving immersion increases the risk of VR sickness and that the ill effects are a varied and complex... Continue Reading 8 min
Defiance is getting a reboot from Trion Worlds without the SyFy TV show Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 28, 2018 2 min Defiance was one of the most ambitious online games conceived by a startup. Trion Worlds launched the game to mixed reviews in 2013, and... Continue Reading 2 min
ESRB’s loot box warning label is about placating politicians Posted byby Jeff Grubb February 28, 2018 3 min The Entertainment Software Ratings Board revealed a new form of self-regulation for video games today. In the “near future,” the ESRB will assign a... Continue Reading 3 min