Netflix won’t stream real games, but EA, Google, and Microsoft will
The tech world was buzzing today with a report that Netflix will stream Telltale Games’ Minecraft: Story Mode — an initiative that looked like the video subscription...
Chrome 67 arrives with Generic Sensor API and BigInt support
Google has released Chrome 67 with the Generic Sensor API, WebXR Device API (origin trial), Web Authentication API, BigInt support, plus the usual security improvements and new developer features.
Game biz analyst Michael Pachter takes on E3, esports madness, and cloud gaming
Michael Pachter, currently at Wedbush Securities, has been an analyst on video games for decades, and he is never shy about sharing his opinions...
Google and LG detail 1443 PPI screen for VR (Updated)
Google and LG’s recent tease of a breakthrough 1443-pixel per inch (PPI) screen for virtual reality headsets raised plenty of questions, and a new research...
Google’s standalone AR headset is reportedly ‘not unlike’ Microsoft’s HoloLens
Google is still developing a standalone augmented reality headset that can overlay digital objects on the real world, according to a report in WinFuture. This...
Everything Google announced at I/O 2018
The first day of Google’s 2018 I/O developer conference came and went, with the tech titan announcing a ton of features, products, and other...
Google debuts ARCore 1.2 with Sceneform, Augmented Images, Android and iOS Cloud Anchors
At the Google I/O 2018 developer’s conference today, Daydream product manager Nathan Martz introduced ARCore 1.2, a new version of the company’s augmented reality...
Google Play Instant opens to all Android developers
At its I/O 2018 developer conference today, Google opened Google Play Instant to all Android game developers. As the name indicates, these are Android...
How to watch Google’s I/O 2018 livestream
Google’s biggest event of the year, its I/O developer conference, is back, overlapping annoyingly with Microsoft’s Build 2018. I/O 2018 is being held in...
Google Chrome’s autoplay blocker has an unintended victim — web games
Google rolled out its Chrome 66 update last month, and its biggest feature is that autoplaying content will be muted by default. This might...