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Google’s top game designer explains why you should be developing for Google Cardboard
While companies like Valve Corp and Oculus VR are touting the power of their respective Virtual Reality devices, Google went in the complete opposite direction when it released Google Cardboard, a specification for VR “devices” that are essentially a cardboard box specifically designed to hold a smartphone in front of your eyes. They are basically one notch ...
Kickstarting the Coolest Bus in Texas
It is a strange set of circumstances that leads to someone waking up one day and suddenly deciding “I think I’m going to buy a bus.” As you might expect, beer was definitely involved, but not in the way you might think. Well, not entirely in the way you might think. In 2014, brothers Evan ...
Disney’s ‘Big Hero 6’ is coming to Kingdom Hearts III
It is starting to look like there may be the slimmest chance that Kingdom Hearts III might finally release sometime within our lifetime, as Square Enix Holdings Ltd. and The Walt Disney Company continue releasing actual, totally not made-up details about the upcoming game that has supposedly been in development for nearly a decade. The latest ...
Nintendo fires employee after his appearance on a gamer podcast
Badmouthing your employer and its customer base is rarely a good idea, especially when you do it in a public forum, but that is exactly what (former) Nintendo Co Ltd employee Chris Pranger did earlier this month. Pranger worked in Nintendo of America’s Treehouse localization division for several years, right up until his August 3rd appearance on the Part Time ...
Geoflik lets you request anyone’s location without invading their privacy
The ability to share your location with a friend using your smartphone is nothing new, and there are more than a few options available. Unfortunately, most of those options require that the users on both ends of the equation have the app on their phone, and many have also raised a few privacy concerns, especially when ...
EA exec thinks Konami and Kojima should just “kiss and make up”
Konami Corp’s tumultuous relationship with Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima has occupied the attention of the video game industry rumor mill since the studio began removing his name from the box art for his games in March, and with the ongoing silence of both parties regarding what is really going on, those rumors have only ...
Signs that Legion may actually fix World of Warcraft
Despite the many gloom and doom articles proclaiming the end of World of Warcraft after Blizzard Entertainment Inc released its most recent subscription numbers, the game remains one of the most popular MMOs on the market and likely is not going anywhere anytime soon. Still, losing nearly half of your subscribers in a span of few ...
Fallout Shelter finally arrives on Android, iOS gets update with new features
Bethesda Game Studios head Todd Howard overjoyed iOS-using Fallout fans when he announced the immediate release of Fallout Shelter at E3 in May. The free-to-play vault management game was an immediate success, briefly overtaking Candy Crush Saga as one of the highest-earning App Store games. As the excitement over the game quickly swept across social media, the release left thousands of ...
Leaked Fallout 4 gameplay footage loses its last refuge on Pornhub
Fallout fans are desperate for any details they can find on Bethesda Game Studios’ next entry into the series, Fallout 4. The studio successfully showed nearly 10 minutes of gameplay footage at this year’s Quakecon without any of the attendees shakily recording the screen with their crappy smartphone cameras, but they were not so lucky at ...
ESL’s new game tournament drug testing policies prohibit marijuana, steroids, and more
It may seem strange to imagine that people would take drugs to be better at video games, but the problem is apparently so widespread that the Electronic Sports League (ESL) has instituted sweeping drug policy reforms, which includes randomized testing of competitors for drugs like Adderall, marijuana, and steroids. “Our main goal is and always will ...
