Game creation has become a big topic for ease-of-use software applications in recent years. Game Maker is one of the most popular examples as it was used to create several hit indie games such as Hotline Miami, Undertale, and Spelunky. RPG Maker also tops the list of simpler game creation tools, as well as Twine...
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IMAX VR Center Expands To Include HTC Vive, VR Gaming
Earlier this month we reported that IMAX’s first VR Centers, showing 360 degree companion content for films in cinemas, had been delayed into 2017, with no reason given. News from today could provide an explanation. IMAX just launched a website for its flagship ‘IMAX Experience Center’, set to open in Los Angeles, and it looks...
‘Unearthed Inc: The Lost Temple’ Review
Unearthed Inc: The Lost Temple is a puzzle adventure game that puts you in the shoes of a fresh recruit to a treasure hunting company. With telekinetic powers and an obligatory wise-cracking robot sidekick named Droid, you venture deep into the Amazonian jungle in search of the fabled Dragoon Egg. What follows is a magical adventure that at times...
Valve Invites ‘Onward’ Dev Dante Buckley To Work In Its Offices In January
Dante Buckley has had a whirlwind of a year. In August, the 20 year old released one of the Vive’s most beloved shooters, Onward. Next month, he’ll move into the offices of Valve itself. Buckley isn’t straight up joining the SteamVR maker, but instead moving into its offices in Bellevue, Washington to continue work on...
Valve Takes ‘Onward’ Developer Under its Wing
VR exclusive online military simulator Onward has been wowing room-scale VR audiences since its inception and now lone developer Dante Buckley has been invited to continue development under gaming giant Valve’s roof, at least for a short time. One of the most abmitious virtual reality titles to appear since the HTC Vive’s release, military simulator Onward...
Here Are 23 Of The 30+ Experiences Vive Is Showing At CES
We already know what HTC for Vive at CES: the next iteration of the VR headset. So, what is it showing? Apps. And lots of them. HTC revealed 23 of the more than 30 apps that the company is showing on the Vive in Las Vegas next week. We’ll see plenty of upcoming games like...
Update: Gear VR Ranked In Amazon’s Top Three Best-Selling Wearables Over Holidays
Update: Amazon has removed the Gear listing from its press release, replaced by a range of FitBit products. We’ve reached out to the company to find out why. Original story: Amazon has revealed its best-selling products for the holiday season, and Samsung and Oculus’ Gear VR has come out on top for our budding new...
‘Athena’ is a New Lighthouse Tracked VR Gun Controller from Ilium VR
Ilium VR are working on a new VR-centric gun peripheral which plans to use Valve’s SteamVR ‘Lighthouse’ tracking to bring realistic weapon control to virtual reality games. Shooting things in games is cool. Shooting things in VR can be infinitely cooler. Add in a dedicated controller that gives you the physical feel of a weapon and...
Accenture’s top 5 predictions for what will be hot at CES 2017
Roughly 177,000 people are expected to converge on Las Vegas next week for the Consumer Electronics Show. CES 2017 will have around 2 million square feet of exhibit space, and I’ll be there checking out the event with VentureBeat writers Ken Leung and John Brandon. We’ll all be trying to figure out what the big...
Watch ‘Escape Code,’ A Neon-Soaked 360-Film About Our Cyberpunk Future
Over the years there have been a lot of pieces of entertainment content, whether it be the mesmerizing tunes of Daft Punk, the dystopian world of Blade Runner, or the retro-futuristic landscapes of countless video games, that all seem to grow out of this idea of an eye-catching future that is still faced with horrible...