The Entire VR Industry in One Little Email The Daily Roundup is our comprehensive coverage of the VR industry wrapped up into one daily email, delivered directly to your inbox. Wallace & Gromit, Britain’s iconic stop-motion duo, are getting their own interactive VR experience on Meta Quest 2 next year, developed by series creator Aardman, Meta, […]
Cities VR Review: Skylines Experience Disappoints In VR
Cities: VR is available now, bringing a reworked version of the original PC game, Cities: Skylines, to Quest 2. However, while this new release retains a lot of the original’s spirit, the end product leaves a lot to be desired. Read on for our Cities: VR review. It’s a tale of two cities for Quest […]
CinemaCon Should Take A Lesson From Gaming Trade Shows
I’m pretty sure CinemaCon is trying to kill me, specifically. Among the many reveals were the first shot of Margot Robbie as Barbie, Olivia Wilde’s promise that Don’t Worry Darling will bring back “good movie sex” through a scene between Harry Styles and Florence Pugh, and a John Wick spin-off starring Ana de Armas called […]
TheGamer Podcast Episode 34 Is Out Now
The 33rd episode of TheGamer Podcast is out now and features discussion on the biggest news of the week, a deep-dive into PAX East 2022, and a ranking of all the Kingdom Hearts games. TheGamer Podcast is hosted by Eric Switzer and this week's episode features Jade King, Issy van der Velde, and George Foster […]
Understanding market variations in esports – Esports Insider
As a cornerstone of culture, video games have become an extension of various cultures around the world, as laid out in the Interactive Software Federation of Europe (ISFE)’s Guide to Esports. From the Starcraft 2 craze in South Korea to fighting games in the United States and Japan, video games and the competitions around them […]
uGameSquare Esports reveals 2021 financial report – Esports Insider
International gaming and esports company GameSquare Esports, the owner of esports agency Code Red Esports and esports organisations Complexity Gaming, LGD Gaming and R7 Gaming, has shared the financial report for 2021. The company recorded a revenue of CAD $13,6m (~£8.5m), most of which was generated by the company’s agency services department (CAD $10m). The teams […]
Leak Claims That The Super Mario Bros. Movie Will Have Musical Numbers, Mario And Luigi Will Have Brooklyn Accents
A new leak doing the rounds claims that Illumination's upcoming Super Mario Bros. movie is a musical and that Mario and Luigi will have Brooklyn accents. Beyond its recently-changed release date and a star-studded cast, there's not a whole lot that we know about the Super Mario Bros. movie. It's not just us that's being […]
Star Wars Jedi 2 Rumoured To Release For In 2023 For PS5, Xbox Series, And PC Only
The sequel to Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order is rumoured to be exclusive to PS5, Xbox Series, and PC when it launches in 2023. A second Fallen Order game has been one of the worst-kept secrets in the industry ever since the successful launch of the first game, with EA outright confirming that Respawn was […]
Pokemon Go’s A Mega Moment Is A Huge Leap For The Game
Pokemon Go's new Special Research, A Mega Moment, might be the next step in the game's continued evolution. Special Research was first introduced in the game as a meaningful way to catch Mythicals, which began with the very first (and, let's be honest, best) Mythical Pokemon: Mew. They involve doing a series of tasks, like […]
Activision Blizzard acquisition won't happen bets Wall Street
98% of Activision Blizzard shareholders have voted in favour of Microsoft’s buyout but many outside investors think the deal won’t happen. For a brief moment it looked as if Activision Blizzard’s shareholders might actually vote against the planned Microsoft acquisition, not only because one investment group advised against it but because the current share price […]