QUOTE | “Essentially, in this industry you need to do magic tricks. We did a magic trick with Party Hard, and we can’t do it again. If we have a game with Twitch integration, now every goddamn game has Twitch integration. We can’t do Twitch Plays Punch Club twice.” – Tinybuild CEO Alex Nichiporchik says the realities…
This Week In The Business: “Less Poking, More Stroking”
QUOTE | “My motto is less poking, more stroking.” – Funomena CEO Robin Hunicke addressing the problem of the “power grip” configuration in VR controllers like Vive and how there needs to be a more relaxed, finesse or “precision grip.”
This Week In The Business: “Less Poking, More Stroking”
QUOTE | “My motto is less poking, more stroking.” – Funomena CEO Robin Hunicke addressing the problem of the “power grip” configuration in VR controllers like Vive and how there needs to be a more relaxed, finesse or “precision grip.”
This Week In The Business: Who’s Going To Switch?
QUOTE | “I am most concerned about the target group of the device: who else but die-hard Nintendo fans will buy the Switch? The Switch lacks a killer feature, and I think it will be very difficult for Nintendo to win back the casual gamers that are mostly on mobile now.” – Analyst Dr. Serkan Toto is skeptical about the Switch’s potential for success.
This Week In The Business: Who’s Going To Switch?
QUOTE | “I am most concerned about the target group of the device: who else but die-hard Nintendo fans will buy the Switch? The Switch lacks a killer feature, and I think it will be very difficult for Nintendo to win back the casual gamers that are mostly on mobile now.” – Analyst Dr. Serkan Toto is skeptical about the Switch’s potential for success.
Rocksteady Hid One Hell Of An Arkham VR Easter Egg In Arkham Knight
A wall covered in writing in Batman Arkham Knight that baffled thousands of players for months was a brazen Easter Egg teasing October’s Arkham VR. It was hiding nearly in plain sight for nine months, ever since development studio Rocksteady snuck it into Arkham Knight via some DLC in January.
Snooker Champion Is Not VR Champion, Falls Over
Ronnie O’Sullivan is one of the greatest snooker players to ever pick up a cue. In the real world, he would kick your ass. In a virtual game of snooker, though, the dude has some problems. Mostly with the floor.
Mini Gaming PCs Are Ready For Virtual Reality
With recent advances from both AMD and Nvidia bringing mobile graphics processors within a breath of desktop power levels, PCs that make use of laptop tech to be tiny are more powerful than ever. I’m currently playing with Zotac’s GTX 1060-powered Magnus Zbox, and it’s handling VR like a champ.
Mini Gaming PCs Are Ready For Virtual Reality
With recent advances from both AMD and Nvidia bringing mobile graphics processors within a breath of desktop power levels, PCs that make use of laptop tech to be tiny are more powerful than ever. I’m currently playing with Zotac’s GTX 1060-powered Magnus Zbox, and it’s handling VR like a champ.
Batman, Resident Evil Appear To Be Timed PlayStation VR Exclusives
In another sign that the competition between expensive virtual reality headsets will be waged as a platform war, ads for the PlayStation VR releases tied to the Batman Arkham and Resident Evil series indicate they will be exclusive to Sony’s VR offering for quite some time.