Ubisoft announced the fifth season of its Entrepreneurs Lab, an incubator program in Paris and Singapore. The call for projects related to blockchain and social entertainment is now open until March 1.
Ubisoft is a big French video game company with about 16,000 employees, but it has been more open to experimenting with technology and startups than many big entertainment companies throughout its…
Steam makes it easier to find and download game soundtracks
January 9, 2020
Steam’s approach to game soundtracks has been broken, to put it mildly. It’s been treated as downloadable content for its associated game, forcing you to buy the game in question — and you could forget about having an easy way to manage your collection.
Hang around a large-enough Twitch channel and you’ll eventually see a sub or bit train — a moment where the hype kicks off and the streamer ends up with a mountain of donations. Twitch wants to seize on those sprees. It’s launching a Hype Train feature…
Arcadeo isn’t messing around with its first connected gaming chair. The Arcadeo Gaming chair has 10 haptic transducers positioned along its spine and seat, plus a 16-core multiprocessor that takes multichannel audio and turns it into physical vibrations. The chair connects to a PC, TV or console via USB-C — since the sensors are tuned to read audio, it works with any platform and any…
Sony had PlayStation boss Jim Ryan take the stage during the company’s Consumer Electronics Show keynote this evening in Las Vegas to talk gaming and reveal a logo. Surprise! The PlayStation 5 logo (pictured above) looks a lot like the PlayStation 4 logo. But if you look…
AMD reveals Xbox Series X ports in a sizzle reel (updated)
January 7, 2020
You might not have to wait for Microsoft to detail the Xbox Series X’s connectivity — AMD just did. As part of a sizzle reel for its CES presentation, the chip designer produced a 360-degree view of the Series X that put its rear ports on full display. And……
HyperX is jumping into new gaming categories yet again. Kingston’s games-focused division established a business selling memory. But then it got into gaming headsets, then mechanical keyboard, and mice. Now, the company is refreshing all of those products and launching a peripherals for mobile devices and the Nintendo Switch.
The HyperX ChargePlay Clutch for Nintendo’s hybrid home/handheld…
We’re in a strange new era of personal computing, one where our machines can twist into tablets, weigh just a few pounds, and pack in multiple screens. At CES, things are getting even weirder. Dell just unveiled the Concept UFO, a chunky portable PC with removable…
GamesBeat Decides 135: Tokyo Mirage Sessions on Switch
January 6, 2020
GamesBeat Decides is ready to welcome in 2020 before it ends. We have about two solid months where new game releases slow down. Then, in March, it’s going to get wild through the end of the year. So join us as we check in with Tokyo Mirage Sessions FE Encore and imagine…
Nintendo Joy-Con controllers get wireless-charging grip
January 6, 2020
I don’t like wires. They’re coarse and rough and irritating. And they get everywhere. Not like wireless. Wireless is soft and smooth. And it’s also a new charging option for your Nintendo Switch Joy-Con controllers. Wireless-power company Powercast is launching the Wireless Charging Grip that can recharge the Switch gamepads without having to ever plug in.
The new grip is launching on Amazon…
