Harmonix Music Systems’ crowdfunding campaign to raise $1.5 million for bringing the immensely popular rhythm game Rock Band 4 to PC failed today, reaching only 52 percent of its goal. In addition to new graphics, features and music, the latest iteration of Rock Band, which launc … | Continue reading
Right now, you can get in on Minecraft: Story Mode for just $0.49. That’s the equivalent of about two Google Opinion Rewards questions. | Continue reading
If you're considering a new GPU in the near future you may want to hold off that purchase. Current cards offer solid performance, but the next generation of 14/16nm cards is looking exceptional. | Continue reading
Earlier today, Sony released firmware version 3.50 (codenamed "Musashi") for the PlayStation 4. Social features like scheduled events and log-in notifications have made their way to Sony's console, but today's biggest news is the support for Remote Play on both Macs and PCs. At l … | Continue reading
The HTC Vive is here, and like any new piece of technology, it's a giant pain in the ass to set up.The tiniest mistake can send you spiraling into a day-long troubleshooting hole. Even once you have it up and running, VR is all so new that there's no "common sense" approach to us … | Continue reading
If you enjoy watching MOBA games in action as much as you like playing them, you’re in for a treat. In a newly released video clip, Valve showed off the experience for spectators following a DOTA 2 match in VR and it looks fantastic. In addition to watching the match progress on … | Continue reading
Samsung has introduced a bonus for Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge owners with a game pack featuring 16 freemium games through its Galaxy Apps store. | Continue reading
While virtual reality offers the promise to step into another world, the current crop of headsets don't really let you step anywhere. You're pretty much sitting on the couch the whole time. The HTC Vive tries to change that with its sensors and controls, letting you experience an … | Continue reading
I felt a cold sensation on my upper body as I reached into a virtual refrigerator for some equally virtual cheese.The HTC Vive is excellent at conveying a sense of "presence," the abstract VR concept that tricks your mind into thinking your virtual body is an extension of yoursel … | Continue reading
Microsoft's Build conference is mostly aimed at developers, but Xbox head Phil Spencer was on hand to talk about the future of that platform as well, and the major gaming enhancements and bug fixes coming to the Windows Store over the next few months. | Continue reading
Welcome back to Android Apps Weekly! Miitomo goes worldwide, LEGO Jurassic World is awesome, Cortana to get wicked new feature, and more Android apps news! | Continue reading
betaworks doesn’t often launch games, but when they do, it tends to stick. Just take Dots, for example, which ended up spinning out of betaworks as its own game studio. Today, the startup studio is launching its second game in the form of CHKN. Imagine that Minecraft had a baby w … | Continue reading
Ever since the news first broke about a major hardware refresh for the PS4, the internet has been abuzz with theories and leaks. Most recently, a post on the popular gaming forum NeoGAF claims that the "PS4K" will feature a significantly more powerful GPU and support for the UHD … | Continue reading
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel might be the most high-end shooter to arrive on the Android operating system, and it's going for way cheaper than the PC version. | Continue reading
LEGO Jurassic World has just made its way to the Google Play Store for $4.99! | Continue reading
The full version of Final Fantasy XV doesn't launch until late September, but luckily there's a new minigame coming to mobile devices that will tide you over until then. | Continue reading
Gaming fans will be delighted to hear that Square Enix has finally lifted the lid on the ‘Final Fantasy XV’ and it turns out there’s a lot more to it than just the game this time. At its special announcement event, the release date for ‘Final Fantasy XV’ was confirmed to be Septe … | Continue reading
Garena, a Singapore-based company that makes mobile gaming, e-commerce, and payment apps, said today that it has raised a $170 million Series D. Read More | Continue reading
Riptide GP: Renegades is bringing the nail-biting action of high-octane racing to transforming jetskis on your mobile device. | Continue reading
When a new category of gadget appears, it’s understandable when the vanguard devices aren’t the most well designed, or are resistant to disassembly and repair. Fortunately, that doesn’t seem to be the case with the first headset from Oculus, iFixit has found. Read More | Continue reading
Windows 10 will receive a major "Anniversary Update" this year -- we detail some of the biggest changes and what to expect from Redmond this summer. | Continue reading
SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft has, in recent years, done a fairly good job of moving its Windows 10 and Xbox gaming platforms closer together, but mostly in favor of the console and console games.That may be changing with the next big Windows update — the Windows Anniversary Update — … | Continue reading
If you've ever thought the holochess game from Star Wars would make for a great game in real life, you're in luck. | Continue reading
Not content to simply announce the long awaited-arrival of the Oculus Rift to consumers, company founder Palmer Luckey and Facebook (the parent company of Oculus) founder Mark Zuckerberg both engaged in unusually direct presentations to the public this week.See also: Oculus Rift … | Continue reading
Razer’s Ripsaw is far from the first game capture card, but it leapfrogs the competition nicely and takes aim at a growing population of streamers who are willing to pay good money for an easily set up solution with industrial-strength capabilities. Read More | Continue reading
Nintendo’s first smartphone application, “Miitomo,” now has a U.S. launch date: March 31st. In addition, the company says it will also be available in several other countries at the same time. While the company didn’t detail which countries will also receive the app, it will like … | Continue reading
Another day, another rumor about the Nintendo NX -- but major design choices and product focus will determine more about how this console compares to Sony and Microsoft than the specifics of its CPU choice or GPU technology. | Continue reading
The Oculus Rift has finally hit reviewers' hands and there's an interesting split between the tech press and more mainstream publications. The overall trend is positive, but the Rift's price and relatively limited launch content could slow mainstream adoption. | Continue reading
Today, the future became the present with the launch of the Oculus Rift. The reviews are in, but uncertainly hangs overhead with HTC and PlayStation’s VR headsets still on the way.Here are the tough questions that will determine what you should buy, the distribution of power betw … | Continue reading
Playing a first-person shooter with a mouse and keyboard is passé — prepare for the future, where cosmetics are the controllers of the future. Tune into Chloe Desmoineaux’s Twitch channel and you’ll spot her taking on foes in Counter-Strike using a tube of lipstick. She uses a mo … | Continue reading
Gaming giant Valve made waves when it released its revolutionary trackpad-based Steam Controller last June after two years in the making. Now, it’s looking to its community of users to help design accessories and alternative versions for the gamepad. The company has released its … | Continue reading
Longing for the days of the sticky floored arcades of your youth and long nights spent with the the Atari 2600, but can’t be bothered to dig through your mum’s basement to find all the bits and bobs to throw yourself into a retro-gaming binge? Aren’t you in some industrial-streng … | Continue reading
Niantic Labs is giving us the first official look at this highly anticipated mobile game that brings the Pokemon universe to the mobile market. Pokemon GO looks beautiful. | Continue reading
In the world of gaming accessories, “budget-friendly” is not a word frequently used. Naturally, one of the biggest players industry, Razer, aims to change that with the Blackwidow X. The newest set of keyboards added to their existing lineup, the Blackwidow X has changes made not … | Continue reading
Sony has announced the formation of ForwardWorks, a new company built to develop PlayStation mobile games for smartphones. | Continue reading
It looks like Sony will follow Nintendo’s cue and focus on mobile gaming. The company announced today [in Japanese] that it has formed a new business unit that will bring PlayStation titles and IP to iOS and Android devices. Read More | Continue reading
Two months since Sony announced it was merging its PlayStation division firms into a single entity, its gaming arm has formed ForwardWorks, a new company that will focus on developing mobile games. Set to begin operations on April 1 — the same day as the recently named firm Sony … | Continue reading
The last chapter of the long-running hack-stealth adventure game Republique has finally arrived! | Continue reading
Scrabble is a classic board game where you create words to score points. You can now play on Android with the best Scrabble games for Android! | Continue reading
The Famous app got itself banned from Apple’s App Store about a month ago. They sidestepped the ban by promptly launching an Android version instead, and is today back on an iOS device near you in the form of a web app. For the new version, the company recycled much of the game m … | Continue reading
Apple is reportedly in talks to buy Imagination Technologies, its longtime GPU supplier. The move would shake up the mobile graphics market and give Apple ownership of MIPS as well as its own ray tracing division. | Continue reading
When is a game not a game? When it becomes art, a collection of found objects, and a memorial. That’s what Ryan and Amy Green created when they made That Dragon, Cancer, a luminous game inspired by the life of their son Joel. Doctors diagnosed Joel with an Atypical Teratoid Rhabd … | Continue reading
Microsoft might be investigating the idea of opening its own market for used games, buying them back from people's accounts for a percentage of the original cost. It's an interesting idea, but would gamers (and publishers) bite? | Continue reading
Amazon wants you to start downloading apps from their store so badly that they’re willing to give you $5 of credit when you download any eligible $3 title. | Continue reading
This week kicks of the seventeenth Humble Mobile Bundle, and we’ve gotta say, this might be one of the best humble collections we’ve ever seen. | Continue reading
We just got a peek at actual Pokemon Go footage in which some lunatic wastes a Masterball on a Bulbasaur. | Continue reading
Quantum Break was supposed to be a game-defining title on Xbox One with a full 1080p resolution. Unfortunately, final code tests show that's not the case. | Continue reading
We're only three months into 2016, and it's already turning out to be a very strange year for console gaming: Microsoft came out publicly in favor of upgrading the Xbox One, and a new report today says that Sony is planning on doing something very similar. | Continue reading