May 20, 2016
Minecraft is headed to China
Microsoft is bringing Minecraft, the insanely popular game it acquired when it bought Mojang for $2.5 billion, to China. Read More Powered by WPeMatico
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May 20, 2016
The Europas — It’s time for a different type of tech conference
Let’s face it. Some tech conferences have lost their way. While TechCrunch Disrupt remains a firmly curated, media-driven, event, with hundreds of journalists attending, a couple of other…
Read articleMay 19, 2016
Razer is opening its first U.S. concept store in San Francisco this weekend
Razer, the billion-dollar firm often labeled the Apple of PC gaming, is finally opening its first concept store in the U.S. this weekend. Read More Powered by WPeMatico
Read articleMay 18, 2016
Glu Mobile launches Britney Spears: American Dream
Glu Mobile, the maker of games like “Kim Kardashian: Hollywood”, “Deer Hunter”, and “Diner Dash”, is today unveiling another celebrity-branded game. This time, we’re taking a caricatured look…
Read articleMay 17, 2016
Katamari Damacy creator is making an augmented reality game called Woorld for Project Tango phones
Keita Takahashi, creator of the famously bizarre ball-rolling game Katamari Damacy, has a new title, but it’s not for the PS4 or Xbox One — you’ll need a…
Read articleMay 16, 2016
This VR photography demo is like Pokemon Snap for action sports
Who remembers Pokemon Snap? The game was released in 1999 for N64 as a rail “shooter”, and let you take pictures of Pokemon while riding through different courses. But while…
Read articleMay 12, 2016
Disney Research uses RFID tags to create powerless, low-cost interactive controllers
The team at Disney Research is up to its fun old tricks, this time finding some new uses for off-the-shelf RFID tags. Along with researchers from Carnegie Mellon, Disney’s…
Read articleMay 9, 2016
Scoutible says its video games will find you a job
What if finding a job were as easy as playing a game? Scoutible thinks its smartphone games have what it takes to assess the aptitude and traits required for…
Read articleMay 9, 2016
Beam wants to turn gaming streams wildly dynamic
The gaming community is one of the most vibrant and powerful groups on the Internet. The power of platforms like Twitch to unite gamers interested in watching streams…
Read articleMay 6, 2016
West Ham becomes first English Premiership football club to sign an e-sports player
West Ham United has become the first football team in the U.K. to embrace e-sports after the club signed pro gamer and World Cup runner-up Sean Allen, aka…
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