Category: Gaming

GameStop cuts costs to deal with plunge in console sales

[ad_1] The retailer didn’t expect the situation to improve any time soon, either. It also unveiled a string of cost-cutting measures to stay afloat, including scrapping the company’s share dividend (potentially saving $157 million per year) and merging ThinkGeek’s online collecting sales with the main GameStop website. Just days earlier, GameStop had reshuffled its leadership […]

Xbox body wash is a necessary and terrible idea

[ad_1] So what exactly does Xbox smell like? According to the Lynx and Microsoft, it’s a “fresh scent of pulsing green citrus, featuring top notes of kaffir lime and winter lemon, aromatic herbal middle notes of mint and sage, and woody bottom notes of patchouli and clearwood.” If you went and took a whiff of […]

YouTube will offer 10 hours of live E3 coverage on June 9th

[ad_1] And yes, there will be gaming discussions. Google’s Phil Harrison will talk about the Stadia cloud gaming service at 2:30PM Eastern, while it’s safe to say there will be plenty of chats surrounding the day’s news. You’ll hear more about the schedule in the “coming days,” Keighley said. This is the fifth year of […]

IKEA launches gaming products focused on accessibility and esports

[ad_1] UNYQ designs and sells accessibility aids, using 3D printing to create personalized prosthetic limbs and support braces for people with conditions like scoliosis. It developed a method of scanning a person’s body to create 3D printed products which perfectly fit them. IKEA has taken inspiration from this technique for its series of gaming products, […]

Xbox and PlayStation gamepad support extends across iOS 13

[ad_1] During Apple’s WWDC 2019 keynote the company showed off so many things even our cut-down version of the event lasts nearly half an hour. One of the reveals was that tvOS 13 will be compatible with PlayStation 4 and Bluetooth-equipped Xbox One controllers — convenient for both Apple’s own Arcade gaming plans and any […]

‘Shenmue III’ delayed — again — until November 19th

[ad_1] Creator and director Yu Suzuki and publisher Deep Silver said while Shenmue III is almost done, “the game simply needs a little more refinement before being truly finished.” The crowdfunding campaign for the sequel took place in 2015, and the game was initially supposed to arrive in December 2017. The release was pushed back […]

Microsoft saved Minecraft Earth’s AR gameplay reveal for Apple

[ad_1] The AR tracking was impressive, allowing both presenters to collaborate easily. The demo also showed off a feature unique to iOS: occlusion, or the ability to show AR environments and objects behind real world things (in this case, one of the presenters). While we only got a brief glimpse of Minecraft Earth, the live […]

Coherence lets any developer create persistent online games

[ad_1] It’ll plug in to existing game engines, starting with Unity, and should launch in early 2020. Alpha and beta tests are slated for later in 2019. This is an ambitious concept, and there aren’t guarantees it will work as well as planned. Coherence’s pedigree might give it a fighting chance, mind you. Company chief […]

Square Enix’s answer to ‘Pokémon Go’ is ‘Dragon Quest Walk’

[ad_1] Players will also be able to build and decorate a virtual room with items collected through the game’s challenges and quests. Dragon Quest Walk will launch in closed beta on June 11th. However, the game has only been confirmed in Japan thus far, so international players will be forced to wait. A handful of […]