The Dota 2 mod Auto Chess ushered in a new genre, giving players a chance to show off their strategic superiority in draft-based battles. Drodo Studio appears to be moving away from Steam, bringing a standalone version of its game to mobile and an upcoming Epic Games Store release. Fear not, though, Valve faithful. The studio has created its own version […]

During Square Enix’s E3 2019 press conference, we saw new gameplay for the Final Fantasy 7 Remake along with a long-awaited glimpse of Tifa and what she’s like in combat. So far, we’ve only seen the characters from the very beginning of the game and members of a resistance group called Avalanche. Let’s take a closer look at these high-quality […]

For the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) 2019 this week Vertigo Games has announced its next major virtual reality (VR) project After the Fall. But that’s not all, the studio has been working to make flagship experience Arizona Sunshine even more accessible by porting it to standalone headset Oculus Quest.   There are quite a few developers excited by the wireless freedom of Oculus […]

There have been a number of virtual reality (VR) titles over the years that have gone for a local social aspect, like The Persistence which allowed non-VR players to help or hinder the VR player, or Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes which featured a printable manual for players to follow. Resolution Games, the team behind Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs will be making one […]

Blood & Truth tells the trials of the Marks crime family in London, fending off rivals in a bid for survival. Make no mistake: The milieu quickly leans on your Guy Ritchie-inspired assumptions, employing criminal shorthand for the easiest imaginations. It’s not nuanced, but it’s appropriate for the medium – a VR shoot-‘em-up that mainly parades enemies right in front […]

Epic Games just released another Fortnite Fortbyte puzzle piece and because I’ve still not had lunch I’m dispensing all niceties with today’s guide. The latest Fortnite Season 9 Fortbyte puzzle piece is Fortbyte 68, which comes with the clue ‘Found within a snowy Town Book Shop’. As is customary we’ll remind anyone who’s stumbled onto this page without fully knowing what you’re […]

During CES 2019 Russian technology startup Antilatency showcased the latest version of its tracking solution for location-based entertainment (LBE), dubbed ALT. This week the product has gone on sale, aiming to offer a cost-effective solution to virtual reality (VR) tracking in a miniature package. The entire system is based around the small ALT tracker which is powered by a USB […]

When Overwatch debuted its new “Academy” skin for Korean idol, war hero, and champion gamer Hana “D.Va” Song last month, few people more delighted than Kim. Kim, who asked to be kept anonymous, is a 22-year-old student living near Los Angeles. In many ways, she’s exactly what you might expect from an Overwatch fan. She plays with friends, cheers for […]

The whimsical worlds of Hayao Miyazaki found in iconic films like My Neighbor Totoro and Princess Mononoke are soon coming to life. A Studio Ghibli theme park has been rumored and vaguely promised for years, but now it’s finally happening.  Ghibli is partnering with the government of Aichi Prefecture and Chunichi Shimbun newspaper to build the park in the Aichi Commemorative Park (near Nagoya in central […]

Fortnite Fortbyte 79 was just released and since I’ve already had to write three Fortnite Season 9 guides today i’m going to be speeding through this fourth one at a pace that would make Sonic blush. For starters, Fortbyte 79 comes with the clue ‘Found within an Arcade’. Which is sort of vague, but also kinda easy. If you somehow stumbled on […]