I’ve been following Media Molecule’s Dreams with cautious optimism for three years now, not because I doubt the LittleBigPlanet developers’ ability to make a robust, accessible creation platform, but because I was worried the team wouldn’t realize the full potential of the app on PSVR. Creative platforms like Tilt Brush, Medium and Tvori make for some of the most compelling VR experiences on the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, and PSVR has been missing out on them for two years now. But Dreams’ possibilities go far beyond these virtual art studios. Now, my caution hasn’t yet been remedied, but recent signs suggest things are looking up. Media Molecule has understandably had to dance around the subject of VR in interviews and previews while the Sony marketing machine gets its messaging in order, but there are vital signs of life. For starters, an interview last month suggested that Dreams’ VR support will allow players to create within their … [Read more...] about Dreams could be PSVR’s most important game
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Giants’ drawn-out win over Dodgers has the feel of a game in October
Published 9:50 pm, Saturday, April 7, 2018 Fouled off. Again and again. And again. Seven times in all. On eleven pitches. But when Andrew McCutchen got ahold of the 12th pitch and lofted it high into the left-field bleachers, with his sixth hit of the day, he had just etched his signature into Giants-Dodgers lore. Sure, it was the first Saturday in April. Just the seventh game of the season. It was two teams simply trying to get back into the groove, back into rhythm, after an unexpected and unusual two-day break. And it became something epic. In the bottom of the 14th inning, more than five hours after the game started and after the Dodgers had taken the lead and looked on their way to a win, McCutchen won the game with a walk-off three-run home run. He rounded the bases and was mobbed by his new teammates. Doused with water. When the Giants got into their clubhouse, the rowdy celebration could be heard through the walls, as though it were a playoff game. A college … [Read more...] about Giants’ drawn-out win over Dodgers has the feel of a game in October
The DeanBeat: The joys and perils of gaming in 2018
The game industry is booming, with global revenues expected to hit $125.4 billion in 2018, according to market researcher Newzoo. But if you look under the surface, not everything is great. We can see winners and losers in various markets, regions, platforms, and game categories. We’re going to explore the state of games at our upcoming GamesBeat Summit 2018 event in just 10 days, and we hope we’ll come out of it with real perspective. It’s great to see resilience across so many categories, like esports, augmented reality, virtual reality, consoles, PC games, and mobile. If any one of those sectors weakens, the other can pick up slack. Economically, that’s good for any region, whether it’s an emerging market or the U.S. But the U.S. got a dose of bad news this week from the job site Indeed.com, which applied analytics to its trove of big data on game jobs. U.S. game tester and quality assurance roles are down 36 percent since last year and down 43 percent … [Read more...] about The DeanBeat: The joys and perils of gaming in 2018
Best free games 2018: the top free games to download on PC
Best free PC games to play today When you boot up Steam as often as we do, you start to notice a trend. Contrary to popular belief, PC games are expensive. And not only are they expensive, a lot of these titles don’t last long enough to justify a price tag five times that of a movie ticket. When your budget confines you to one or two games a year, the Call of Duty’s and Assassin’s Creed’s of the world become less enticing, and you start thinking about free games and how to obtain them.Though in the past, you may have been convinced that downloading legally questionable files from dubious sources was the only way to score games for free, we’re here to tell you that you can play the 45 best free games without upsetting your ISP. What’s more, many can be played online with friends, so if you have a group of people who also don’t want to spend a fortune on gaming, you can start organizing clans on Discord or TeamSpeak right now. From … [Read more...] about Best free games 2018: the top free games to download on PC
Comments for : First Nintendo smartphone game coming before the end of this year
posted on 08 May 2015, 09:30 4 1. Ahovking (Posts: 711; Member since: 03 Feb 2015) This is what will happen.. posted on 08 May 2015, 09:37 2 2. theguy2345 (Posts: 1216; Member since: 24 Jun 2014) And still the beast phones today are crap for gaming. The controls for games that try to emulate consoles all suck. Then on mobile, they try to nickel and dime you every step of the way. There are a few good mobile games, but they are rare compared to all the shovel ware. Yeah, the 3DS may not have the best graphics, but the games are truly top notch. One of the best RPGs of all time, xenoblade chronicles, is on the 3DS(Which reminds me, I need to start it this weekend). posted on 08 May 2015, 09:52 4 3. zunaidahmed (Posts: 1145; Member since: 24 Dec 2011) you don't need super tactile controls to play POKEMON, so yeah, mobile POKEMON is a good way to go forward. posted on 08 May 2015, 09:53 2 4. vergil9 (banned) (Posts: 517; Member since: 06 Apr 2015) Who's … [Read more...] about Comments for : First Nintendo smartphone game coming before the end of this year