Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey embraces hookups, not romance
Romance options in video games are often stiff and boring. Studios like BioWare give players relationships to build and, eventually, consummate. But those experiences...
Google’s Project Stream gets test with Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey
Google has just stepped into the gaming-service arena. The company has revealed Project Stream. This is a test for its cloud-streaming platform. Think about...
Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey review-in-progress — Impossibly dense
For the second year in a row, Ubisoft is launching a new Assassin’s Creed game. Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey is the latest entry in the...
Nate Mitchell interview — How Oculus is staying the course in greenlighting VR games
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in 2016 that the social network had invested $250 million in virtual reality apps and games for the Oculus Rift...
Space Junkies hands-on — Ubisoft’s crazy VR arcade space shooter with jetpacks
Space Junkies is Ubisoft’s arcade shooter about flying around space in virtual reality, zooming about in orbital arenas with a jetpack and shooting your...
Rainbow Six: Siege proves that those ‘free weekends’ work
August was a huge month for game sales in the United States. Software spending was up 16 percent year-over-year to $285 million, according to...
Ubisoft explores how blockchain games can help players
A lot of people are dismissing blockchain as a lot of hype. While that hype can be nauseating, some very big companies, including French...
In defense of Assassin’s Creed III ahead of its remaster
An Assassin’s Creed III remaster is coming with Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey. This move has many fans raising their eyebrows. Despite selling over 7 million...
The DeanBeat: The blockchain hype train comes to gaming
Blockchain this and that. You hear it all the time now. I get pitched a few times per week, or sometimes per day, on...
How Ubisoft built player choice into Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey
The Assassins faction of Assassin’s Creed are all about freedom and free will. But the characters in Ubisoft’s long-running game series haven’t always offered...