How Oculus VR faced tragedy amid virtual reality’s great moment (interview part two) Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 31, 2013 9 min Oculus VR was readying itself for a stellar E3, the biggest video game trade show in June. The maker of virtual reality game goggles was... Continue Reading 9 min
How Oculus VR resuscitated virtual reality for games (interview part 1) Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 30, 2013 14 min Oculus VR has been on a rocket ride to mass awareness in the past year. Its toughest job: conquering motion sickness. Continue Reading 14 min
How Tencent is slowly transforming into one of gaming's biggest investors Posted byby Jeff Grubb July 26, 2013 2 min The Chinese company owns portions of Riot Games, Epic Games, and now Activision. Continue Reading 2 min
The GamesBeat E3 2013 Non-Award Awards: The stuff no one else is writing about Posted byby GamesBeat June 24, 2013 10 min It's time again for the most pointless kudos in all of games media: our annual E3 Non-Award Awards. Continue Reading 10 min
Eternal Darkness successor crowdfunding campaign now on Kickstarter Posted byby Jeff Grubb May 13, 2013 1 min Gamers can now contribute to Shadow of the Eternals on Kickstarter -- could this help push the game over its goal? Continue Reading 1 min
Eternal Darkness successor due for Wii U and PC; $1.5M crowdfunding goal Posted byby Jeff Grubb May 3, 2013 2 min A new studio called Precursor Games is planning on crowdfunding Shadow of the Eternals. Continue Reading 2 min
Epic prepping Call to Arms map pack for Gears of War: Judgment Posted byby Jeff Grubb April 19, 2013 2 min Epic has a new expansion for Gears of War: Judgment. Continue Reading 2 min
Why the web will be a global gaming platform Posted byby Jason Wilson April 12, 2013 3 min Players want their games available on any device. HTML 5 has the power to deliver them to their PCs, their consoles, and their mobile devices. Continue Reading 3 min
Required listening: SimCity, Tomb Raider, and BioShock Infinite composer Garry Schyman Posted byby GamesBeat April 4, 2013 6 min This month, Required Listening speaks with veteran composer Garry Schyman about his work on BioShock Infinite and how he used simple string ensembles to bring the floating city Columbia to life. Continue Reading 6 min
Unity’s David Helgason on why next-gen consoles are embracing indies (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 2, 2013 10 min Unity is cutting deals with everyone, and that's a sign that indie game developers are critical to every platform. Continue Reading 10 min