Mar 21, 2019

Those who hope virtual reality becomes the next phase of video games have been waiting expectantly for a “killer app” to justify the technology’s existence. For many, Sony’s PlayStation VR game “Astro Bot Rescue Mission” was that game. Released last October,, “Astro Bot” is a PSVR platforming game in which you control a small robot [...] 34 mins ago Wells Fargo Securities will pay an $800,000 civil penalty to settle a lawsuit with the Securities and Exchange Commission over Rhode Island’s failed deal with former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling and his now-defunct video game company, 38 Studios, The Boston Globe reports. The proposed settlement was announced on Monday and is awaiting approval [...] 1 hour ago Splash Damage has eight number one hits. It’s never laid off a single employee. And over the past eight years, it’s never missed a milestone. Studio founder Paul Wedgwood wants to share that success with other developers. After selling his company in 2017 for $160 million to Hong Kong company Leyou and leaving Splash Damage [...] 2 hours ago The Game Developers’ Conference is packed full of fascinating talks, where the industry’s biggest names can present and expand on aspects of game design that they find particularly interesting. But what happens when the speaker is only given approximately six minutes and 20 slides to give a full presentation? You get GDC’s Microtalks session. This [...] 3 hours ago “Tetris” is one of the most popular games in the world, one that many people consider to be a near-perfect experience. So when Enhance Games set out to make “Tetris Effect” for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation VR, the studio had to figure out whether or not it should even alter the core “Tetris” gameplay. That [...] 4 hours ago Most of us rarely consider just how difficult it would be to learn how to speak from scratch. But that’s the mission of one very odd upcoming game. Affable Games, a two-person team out of Brisbane, Australia, is currently developing “Speaking Simulator,” and they brought a demo of it to the Game Developers Conference. Sure, [...] 4 hours ago In an award show packed with indie game winners, Sony Santa Monica’s “God of War” still managed to snatch the Game Developers Choice Awards game of the year. The 19th annual Game Developers Choice Awards took place Wednesday night in the midst of the weeklong Game Developers Conference. The peer-voted awards recognize and celebrate the creativity, [...] 13 hours ago