Google Daydream SDK now supports multiple controllers for some devices
Until now, Google’s Daydream VR has been limited by support for only a single, basic controller, but that may be changing. Simultaneous multiple controller...
Mail.ru will invest in Made with Unity games
In 2017, Mail.ru announced that it would invest $100 million in games, and some of that cash will be going to developers who use...
Apple defends end of OpenGL as Mac game developers threaten to leave
Introducing four new operating systems simultaneously gives Apple the annual opportunity to bury bad news under good headlines, and 2018’s WWDC was no exception:...
NBCUniversal announces 6 GameDev Challenge finalists
NBCUniversal is announcing six finalists for its Universal GameDev Challenge, where it asked indie game developers to propose games based on its brands such...
Social VR’s best platform is the open web, not walled gardens
That mainstream appeal for VR continues to elude the mixed reality industry in Western markets is a point I touched on last week when...
Unity will release its Carte Blanche VR creation tools in October (updated)
Unity had some big VR news to share at its Unite Tokyo conference earlier this week. According to tweets from the event, which wasn’t...
Shader Forge is now open-source and free to all developers
Unity plugin Shader Forge has contributed to the stylish looks of games such as The Chinese Room’s Dear Esther and Monomi Park’s Slime Rancher,...
AR experience Terminal 3 puts you in the boots of a U.S. customs officer
The augmented reality experience Terminal 3 tells the stories of Muslims who face additional screenings whenever they want to enter the United States. Players take...
Tencent is the biggest fish in the $22 billion game investment pond
In game-industry deal-making, there’s Tencent, then there’s everyone else. The Chinese behemoth led or participated in over $4 of every $10 invested in games...
Unity lets developers use Kin cryptocurrency to reward gamers
Game engine creator Unity Technologies has teamed up with messaging app company Kik to enable game developers to use Kik’s Kin cryptocurrency to reward...