The heroic mouse Quill is returning for more virtual reality adventures as Polyarc has announced Moss Book II for PlayStation VR during the July 8 State of Play. A brief trailer showed Quill traversing multiple new locales–one featuring icy terrain and another sporting a steampunk-style look–while fighting enemies both new …
Read More »Konami Teams Up With Bloober Team For New Projects, One Rumored To Be Related To Silent Hill
Metal Gear publisher Konami and the horror game studio Bloober Team are working together on new projects in the future. According to Bloober Team’s announcement, the “strategic cooperation agreement” will including “jointly developing selected contents and exchanging know-how.” In its own statement (via VGC), Konami said the deal allows the …
Read More »Funcom Buys Battlefield Dev's New Studio And Expands Into Romania
Funcom is making moves. The Norwegian publisher has acquired a majority stake in the Swedish game studio The Outsiders, which was founded by Battlefield’s David Goldfarb, while the company also announced plans to open a new studio in Romania. Funcom and The Outsiders were already in business together, as Funcom …
Read More »Tetris Effect: Connected Is Coming To PS4 In July, Supports Cross-Play And PS VR
Tetris Effect: Connected, an expanded version of Tetris Effect which adds multiple new multiplayer modes, is finally coming to PlayStation 4 in July, and it will include cross-play across all platforms as well as support for PlayStation VR. The game was previously an Xbox console exclusive, releasing the same day …
Read More »Facebook Buys Population: One Developer BigBox VR
Since its mammoth purchase of Oculus Rift in 2014, Facebook has continued to invest in gaming and VR-focused companies. Its latest acquisition is BigBox VR, the studio behind popular VR game Population: One, as reported by The Verge. Sometimes compared to Fortnite, Population: One has translated the battle royale genre …
Read More »Roblox Sued By Music Companies Over Unlicensed Use Of Songs
Roblox has become one of the biggest user-generated content platforms in the world, with tens of millions of users per month. As a result, creations frequently pop up that include unauthorized content like music, despite efforts from the Roblox Corporation. Now, in an effort to force the developer to take …
Read More »Roblox Is Hosting An In The Heights Tie-In Block Party
The latest cultural collaboration for massive gaming platform Roblox is In The Heights, the Lin-Manuel Miranda musical-turned-movie. To mark the release of the In The Heights film in theaters and on HBO Max, Roblox is hosting its own massive block party. The event is already running, and will conclude on …
Read More »PSVR Spotlight – All The Games Revealed In This Week's Showcase
In a new PSVR Spotlight, Sony showed off several new games that will soon be available on its virtual reality hardware for PlayStation 4 and PS5 through backwards compatibility. Sony didn’t mention any PS5 exclusive VR games or any updates on the new PSVR hardware that are currently being developed, …
Read More »Nerf's Roblox Blasters Reviewed By A Three-Year-Old
Nerf announced back in April that it would be collaborating with Roblox in order to create Roblox-inspired blasters. While these blasters aren’t hitting stores until the fall, GameSpot got their hands on most of the set. At the time of this writing, I’m 39 years old. I haven’t had my …
Read More »New Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness Trailer Features Zombie Rats And Its Own Hulk
If you’re in the mood for vomiting zombies, weird bioweapon monsters, and infected rats carrying a new strain of virulent mutagens, then a new trailer from Netflix for its upcoming CGI series Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness will probably appeal to you. While it’s not a red band trailer, the teaser …
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