Gaming

Here’s what you’ll need to run Windows 10 VR headsets next year

Here’s what you’ll need to run Windows 10 VR headsets next year

Excited about forthcoming Windows 10 VR support? You should be, since it’s going to open up who gets access to virtual reality considerably, thanks to third-party headsets from established OEM partners starting at just $299. Minimum PC specs are now available, too – and The Verge points out they aren’t too demanding, which is great news. […]

Hands-on with Play-Doh Touch, the app that brings kids’ creations to life

Hands-on with Play-Doh Touch, the app that brings kids’ creations to life

Play-Doh has come to the iPad. With the newly launched toy set for kids, Play-Doh Touch Shape to Life Studio, Hasbro has made a solid attempt at bringing the joy of Play-Doh to digital through an iOS app that brings kids’ creations to life. But the combination of physical play and digital is not a skill set […]

Gaming analytics startup Mobalytics grabs $2.6 million in seed funding

Gaming analytics startup Mobalytics grabs $2.6 million in seed funding

After taking the top spot at Disrupt San Francisco’s Startup Battlefield, Mobalytics has been hard at work preparing to roll out their analytics-driven competitive gaming coach to more and more of the nearly 20,000 users who have signed up for early access. In the six weeks since Disrupt SF, the company has been raising capital so they can […]

NBA 2K17 will reward players for achieving Fitbit goals

NBA 2K17 will reward players for achieving Fitbit goals

Surely the inherent irony of never leaving the couch to play a sports video game isn’t lost on many players. And while the occasional innovation like the Wii, Kinect and VR have offered some opportunity to add a little movement to the process, the act of simulating one of the more athletic major league sports […]

Super Mario Run hits iPhone and iPad Dec. 15 with full unlock for $9.99

Super Mario Run hits iPhone and iPad Dec. 15 with full unlock for $9.99

Super Mario Run, the iOS game Nintendo revealed at Apple’s September event, will arrive on the App Store December 15. The game will be free to download, with some elements available to try, and a $9.99 one-time in-app purchase will provide access to the full game, which Nintendo says will include three modes. The game stars […]

HTC’s Vive VR headset gets unplugged via $220 wireless add-on

HTC’s Vive VR headset gets unplugged via $220 wireless add-on

HTC’s PC-powered VR rig is set to get one of the plusses of cheaper mobile virtual reality systems early next year, after the company announced a wireless add-on that will let users untether the headset from the gaming PC required to power it. So instead of worrying about getting feet tangled in the connector cable, Vive users will be […]

Telegram names first winners of its ‘fast and useful’ bot competition

Telegram names first winners of its ‘fast and useful’ bot competition

Messaging app Telegram has named the first wave of bots to win prizes via a $1 million BotPrize competition it announced back in April. The idea was to incentivize developers to build fast and useful bots — aka automated accounts — and thereby help it build out the bot platform it debuted back in June 2015. It said […]