Edward Saatchi, CEO of Fable Studio and maker of Emmy-winning virtual reality experiences, participated in a thoughtful conversation about “virtual beings” at our recent GamesBeat Summit 2020 event. I called the session “We are who we pretend to be,” after the moral of story in one of my favorite novels, Mother Night, by Kurt Vonnegut. […]
Grand Theft Auto down: GTA 5 Online server status, Rockstar Games latest
Grand Theft Auto players have been hit by a number of GTA 5 Online server issues recently, which came after GTA V was – incredibly – made free to download. On Thursday May 14 Fortnite makers Epic Games launched the latest Mega Sale for their online digital store, and the best offer was to do […]
Rockstar Games server status: GTA Online outages, Red Dead Redemption 2, Social Club
Rockstar Games fans have reported a number of server issues these past few days, with GTA Online the main focus of players’ problems. Server difficulties for GTA Online fans began on Friday May 15 – a day after GTA V was made available as a free-to-download title on the Epic Games Store. This amazing offer […]
Weekend Hot Topic, part 2: Best video game graphics
GameCentral readers discuss the most impressive video game graphics they’ve ever seen, from Batman: Arkham Knight to Skyrim. The question for this week’s Hot Topic was suggested by reader Ishi, who asked what’s the most impressed you’ve been with a video game’s graphics? Was it purely because of the technical achievement or did the art […]
My favourite 5 old school FPS campaigns – Reader’s Feature
A reader looks back at his favourite story modes from older first person shooters, including Black and the first Far Cry. I do foray into the world of online multiplayer now and again, but not too often as, to be frank, I’m not very good, at least when compared to other gamers. I blame my […]
Grab This Unique Game Free On Steam For A Limited Time
Four Kings One War looks like chess at first glance, but it’s a much more complex game with a serious learning curve. If you’re interested in trying it out without having to pay a dime, the game is free to keep on Steam right now. Supporting one and two players, Four Kings One War features […]
Shoppable ads prove their mettle during lockdown
In the face of the global COVID-19 pandemic, consumer shopping behaviors that were steadily migrating online have taken an instantaneous leap forward. The new marketing reality that many retail brands viewed as being somewhere on the horizon is now literally on the doorstep, and it is perhaps best embodied by today’s shoppable ads. Shoppable ads […]
Beat Saber AR concept envisions little lightsaber fingers
We’ve seen a lot of funny and intriguing concepts for projects from Daniel Beauchamp, aka @pushmatrix on Twitter, but his latest reimagines for AR something that’s become an icon of VR design. The idea sees blue and red lightsabers coming out of the ends of fingers for a tabletop miniature version of Beat Saber. He tweeted three […]
Big PS4 exclusive gets delayed till 2021 due to coronavirus pandemic
PS4 games list has taken a hit with a highly anticipated exclusive getting pushed back to 2021 due to COVID-19. The exclusive in question isn’t a first-party PlayStation title such as The Last of Us Part 2 or Ghost of Tsushima. But for fans of one major genre the now delayed PS4 game was one […]
Facebook acquires Giphy to integrate with Instagram
(Reuters) — Facebook is acquiring Giphy, a popular website for making and sharing animated images, or GIFs, and will integrate it with its rapidly growing Instagram photo-sharing app, Facebook said in a blog post on Friday. The cost, which Facebook and Giphy declined to disclose, was placed at around $400 million by news website Axios. […]