Google Working on Second, Standalone VR Headset?

Google Working on Second, Standalone VR Headset?

Unnamed sources have informed the Wall Street Journalthat Google is working on a standalone VR headset focused in the midrange of the VR hardware spectrum, that doesn’t require a phone, a game console, or a computer. Sources told the paper that Google’s VR headset will consist of outward-facing cameras, high-powered processors, and a screen. The…

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Conversations with Creators Episode 2: Naughty Dog

Naughty Dog is an incredible place to create. Since our inception, embedded in the DNA of our studio culture is a desire to create character-driven games, combining story with ground-breaking mechanics to evoke emotional connections with complex characters and captivate the player with powerful gameplay. Two months ago Evan Wells, Anthony Newman, and the two…

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US: Nintendo Download for 3rd December 2020

This week’s Nintendo Download includes the following featured content: Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm & Exercise – Give your fitness routine an energetic uppercut this year! Jab and dodge to catchy pop tunes in this rhythmic boxing game. Get a personalized full-body workout by choosing from various trainers, each with different…

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Bungie has learned its lesson about vaulting content in Destiny 2 and won’t be so cruel with Marathon: ‘It doesn’t matter when you join’

These days, it’s hard to talk about Destiny without inevitably touching on its hated content vault. Whole chunks of the game, including the base story, some expansions, and seasonal content, were wiped from Destiny 2 and thrown into the abyss, lovingly called the Destiny Content Vault. The Final Shape’s story wrapped up a decade-long story…

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Overwatch 2 has killed any remaining hope for its future PvE missions, with the mode being scrapped in favour of going all-in on PvP

Blizzard has completely gutted its planned PvE content for Overwatch 2, and will instead “double down” on PvP. That’s according to a Bloomberg newsletter and information that PC Gamer also corroborated separately.  It’s a disappointing conclusion to an 18-month wait, albeit one that’s not all too surprising given last year’s cancellation of the game’s hero…

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Saints Row 1’s director is pitching a prequel that gets ‘back to the roots of what made SR 1 entertaining,’ but I mostly want to know what became of the Saints Row 2 PC patch whose developer died

Somehow, Saints Row returned. Well, kind of. In a giddy post on the Saints Row subreddit, a lead on the original game in the Saints Row series announced that someone, somewhere might be interested in firing up Volition’s (RIP) open-world crime games once more. Chris Stockman, who served as design director on the first Saints…

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