Enlarge / Artist’s conception of Sony executives welcoming the Switch version of Fortnite into working with their network in the future, perhaps? Sony Interactive Entertainment America President and CEO Shawn Layden offered some vague hope to PS4 players who want to play with those on other consoles this week. In response to a question from ..
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Video shot and edited by Justin Wolfson. Click here for transcript. We’ve tackled Hearthstone and Warframe, and now our peek behind the curtains at the unsolved mysteries of gaming continues with what could still justifiably be called the world’s most popular game: the MOBA mega-hit League of Legends. These are turbulent times for the monster ..
Enlarge (credit: Enhance Games) When the rhythm-puzzle game Lumines launched alongside the PSP in 2004, it maxed out that portable system’s two coolest features: a big, bold screen and room for tons of high-fidelity techno songs on a UMD. Lumines‘ striking aesthetic was largely thanks to the PSP difference, it seemed to declare, and it ..
That $59.88 price is looking downright quaint these days. (credit: Imgur) Fortnite owes much of its massively scaled success to the fact that anyone can download and play the game’s battle royale mode for free. But that free-to-play popularity hasn’t stopped people from paying heavily inflated prices of up to $450 for disc-based retail copies of ..
Enlarge / Lap-based keyboard-and-mouse solutions like the Razer Turret may soon be fully compatible with the Xbox One (credit: Razer) It has been just over two years now since Microsoft’s Phil Spencer promised that mouse-and-keyboard support for the Xbox One was “not years away, it’s more like months away.” Though that’s a promise Microsoft has ..
The American Vandal creative team chats with Ars at ATX TV Festival 2018. (video link) AUSTIN, Texas—Among the reasons Netflix’s American Vandal worked: dedication, not just to the bit but to the DNA. The creative team had an obsession with true crime documentaries, obviously. But they didn’t set out to make an homage, showrunner Dan ..
Valve’s march toward launching new virtual reality video games—perhaps up to three of them—got more interesting on Thursday with the announcement of an update to the company’s next official piece of VR hardware. After a quiet 2016 unveil, the “Knuckles” controller is back with a major revision. Dubbed Knuckles EV2, the mold-to-your-hand controller is still ..
Enlarge / A shot of the leaked DevMenu tool that lets users upload custom profile pictures on the Switch (including ones much less safe for work than this one). (credit: Mizumi / Twitter) Nintendo only lets users choose from a limited number of preset profile pictures (or custom-made Miis) for their online avatar on the ..
Enlarge / BEHOLD YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE! Batting a ball back and forth is one of the oldest concepts in video games, dating back to the days of William Higinbotham’s Tennis for Two oscilloscope experiments in the ‘50s. In the decades since, countless games have refined the idea of what virtual tennis can be, from as-faithful-as-possible ..
Video game collectible maker Fangamer is now seeking Kickstarter funding for the Flip Grip, a new Nintendo Switch holster that lets you more easily and portably play select games in their vertical “TATE mode” orientation. The Flip Grip was first publicly mulled last April by Retronauts podcast co-host and classic gaming expert Jeremy Parish, who’s ..
