Ubisoft’s scientists have done the unthinkable and combined the two biggest new gaming genres of the last few years. The publisher revealed today that it plans to release Might & Magic: Chess Royale for mobile and PC on January 30. As the name suggests, it mixes together elements of auto battlers (think Auto Chess) and battle royale games (PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds and Fortnite).
In Might…
If you’re a veteran Nintendo gamer, you’ve likely dreamed of using a GameCube controller with the Switch — if just to recreate that 2001 vibe of playing Super Smash Bros. Melee in the family den. For mod creator Shank, that’s now a practical reality. The hardware…
Forget backward compatibility — Xbox One is ‘forward compatible’
January 13, 2020
I should be upfront and honest with you. I’m writing this story to say that I called it. What did I call? That Xbox One has forward compatibility with the next-gen Xbox. I said that on some random GamesBeat Decides podcast months ago, and I’ve definitely mentioned it on…
Nintendo is exploring ways to use AR
January 13, 2020
We might see new Nintendo AR experiences in the near future, perhaps either on the company’s Switch handheld (maybe something like its VR Labo kit) or on mobile.
Speaking in a recent interview with Nikkei (as reported by TweakTown), Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa said that AR is “one of the many aspects we are interested in.”
“Our hardware development teams evaluate all kinds…
19 Valve Index and SteamVR games to watch in 2020
January 13, 2020
It’s a new year and there are a heap of upcoming Valve Index games to look forward to.
Valve’s premium VR headset emerged as arguably the best device on the market in 2019. Its launch was propped up with hundreds of existing SteamVR games to experience all over again…
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX is coming to Switch
January 13, 2020
Nintendo announced today during its latest Direct broadcast that a remake of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team is coming to Switch on March 6.
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX also has a demo releasing for Switch today. Yup, today, so you can try it for…
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. Valve is…
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 this week…
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 game (or…
