Recent GameStop chief executive officer Julian Paul Raines has died due to complications with cancer. The world’s largest gaming retailer confirmed the passing, and Mike Mauler, who stepped into the CEO role in February, issued the following statement: “We are profoundly sad to l … | Continue reading

The next Battlefield game is going back to World War II and has the name “Battlefield V” internally at publisher Electronic Arts. After breaking this story last week, I wanted to follow up with a handful of details that directly address some of the other leaks floating around tha … | Continue reading

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon is confirming that it bought game infrastructure and live operations company GameSparks to offer a wider variety of services to game developers. In confirming the deal, Amazon will offer GameSparks cloud services that compete directly with Microsoft, which acqui … | Continue reading

Capcom revealed that Monster Hunter: World has shipped over 7.5 million copies (including digital sales) since launching on January 26 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Capcom says that it is now its best-selling game ever, although it takes some creative math for that claim to be … | Continue reading

Netflix has announced a new feature that gives parents more control over what movies and TV shows their kids can watch. The video-streaming giant has long since targeted families, allowing parents to set up separate profiles for different people to improve content recommendations … | Continue reading

HP is announcing a new line of sanitizable and secure laptops, displays, and all-in-one desktops aimed at healthcare workers in hospitals and clinics. The new laptops are designed to be easily cleaned with germicidal wipes, without the worry that the moisture will damage the elec … | Continue reading

In a move that some might call unsurprising, Apple is reportedly planning to add a premium pair of over-ear, noise-canceling headphones to its audio lineup. But development struggles may delay their appearance from this year to next year. The report from Bloomberg corroborates an … | Continue reading

Qualcomm, KDDI, and NEC are announcing a new wireless networking home gateway based on the 802.11ax networking protocol, which is designed to deliver four times higher wireless networking performance. The new technology will enable stronger networks to handle the traffic from vid … | Continue reading

(Reuters) — U.S. e-commerce giant Amazon aims to launch its grocery delivery service in France as part of global ambitions to expand in food retail, though the move is not imminent, its general manager for France said in a newspaper interview.Amazon’s purchase of Whole Foods in t … | Continue reading

For the first time ever since the launch of both headsets in early 2016, the Oculus Rift has overtaken the HTC Vive on the monthly Steam hardware survey. The survey is entirely optional and scans a user’s PC for various hardware components, including any VR headsets that may be c … | Continue reading

GUEST: I struggle with NEO — currently the sixth most valuable cryptocurrency. It could be headed for a dominant position in the crypto world, but it could also be headed for self-destruction. I can’t figure out which. The China market-size angle I don’t react well to the line, “ … | Continue reading

The Oculus Go standalone VR headset should be with us in a matter of weeks or months, but we still haven’t been able to test the thing out for ourselves. Oculus’ John Carmack has given us a vague idea of what to expect from the device’s performance, though. Replying to a question … | Continue reading

Starbreeze’s StarVR headset is the star (sorry) of a new VR arcade that’s now open in Dubai. VR Park, as the arcade is called, was created by Emaar Entertainment and takes up two floors of the enormous Dubai Mall, itself occupying 75,000 square feet. You can expect experiences ra … | Continue reading

GUEST:   Virtualitics, the pioneering startup that merges AI and VR/AR with big data, recently announced the close of its $7 million Series B. The round was led by by Centricus, a global investment platform, and with participation by existing investor the Venture Reality Fund (‘T … | Continue reading

We like to refer to lots of third-person VR games as “train set VR” here at UploadVR, but Rolling Line takes that definition very seriously. Rolling Line is the latest from Gaugepunk Games, the team that brought you Frontier VR and Echo Grotto. It’s a model train simulator in whi … | Continue reading

Blockchain-based credit-score app Bloom saw record signups yesterday, following an announcement from credit-scoring powerhouse Equifax about further damages from its massive data breach last year. Equifax said Thursday that 2.4 million more consumers were affected by the breach t … | Continue reading

This week Amazon acquired smart home company Ring for a reported $1 billion. This comes after a mid-2016 attempt by Amazon to buy August Home for $100 million. It’s the latest attempt to make a business off of letting people come inside your house. Remember when people scoffed at … | Continue reading

Ubisoft acquired Atlanta-based developer Blue Mammoth Studio yesterday, adding more multiplayer online expertise to its portfolio. As part of the deal, it also now owns Blue Mammoth’s online Super Smash Bros.-esque game Brawlhalla. “The team at Blue Mammoth Games is expert at dev … | Continue reading

For the second year in a row, Greg Miller and Jessica Chobot hosted the DICE Awards, the big Las Vegas event where industry peers honor each other for the best games. Miller and Chobot are influencers, with big social followings. As influencers, they’re paving a new path for the … | Continue reading

ANALYSIS: As the 2018 Mobile World Congress wound down this week, next-generation 5G wireless technology was clearly the show’s biggest story, promising dramatically faster data speeds. But 5G’s secret weapon will actually be ultra-low latency, a concept that’s easily understood, … | Continue reading

EXCLUSIVE: Being a digital nomad isn’t always easy. Finding and financing places to work and sleep when you travel from country to country every few days can be a challenge. Even if you’re the type of nomad who stays in one place for a few months, it can still be hard to find a g … | Continue reading

Alex Schwartz, the CEO of Owlchemy Labs, has made virtual reality look easy. His company’s debut game, Job Simulator, is one of the big hits among VR games. Owlchemy followed that with Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality, and now it is working on Vacation Simulator. And while othe … | Continue reading

Some players are having trouble connecting to the PlayStation Network online gaming service. Sony has confirmed that its gaming and social features are experiencing technical issues that affect the PlayStation 4. “You may have some difficulty launching games, applications, or onl … | Continue reading

GUEST: Netflix recently released a notable foray into the world of science fiction with Altered Carbon, a series adapted from a novel by Richard K. Morgan. In the show’s vision of the future, humanity has learned how to store and transmit consciousness itself. The dystopian cyber … | Continue reading