AR technology company Niantic, best known for Pokémon GO, announced today that it will launch Lightship, an AR Developer Kit (ARDK) that will make building augmented reality experiences more accessible. This free, openly available technology will help Niantic lay the foundation for its vision of the “real-world metaverse.” In the program’s launch livestream, Niantic CEO […]
“I wanna be a paperback writer!”
How to Play Paperback. “You will need some people and a stack of books. The more the merrier.
1. A player presents a paperback novel to the group.
2. The player reads the description on the back of the novel.
3. Everyone listens very carefully and the…
Destiny 2 Made Xur Good Again
To some he’s a cryptic Agent of the Nine. To others he’s the Exotic Engram guy. My friends call him Pasta Face. Most know him as Xur, and after years of being obsolete he’s once again a weekly center of attention in the Destiny 2 universe. It feels goo…
From The Card Counter to Diana Ross: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment
Whether it is Vegas gamblers, Peruvian art treasures or one-off jazz collaborations you’re after, our critics have your plans for the week coveredThe Card CounterOut nowOscar Isaac (pictured, above) burns up the screen in the role of a former Guantánam…
Call Of Duty: Vanguard Pays Tribute To ‘Press F To Pay Respects’ Meme
People don’t remember much from Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, but they do remember the incredibly cringey scene where the game asks the player to press F to pay their respects during a somber funeral. Seven years later, the now-infamous meme has rea…
FGO公式、リリース前のゲームデータ解析情報の公開は「法的措置も辞さない」と警告
スマホゲー「Fate/Grand Order（FGO）」の公式サイトは1日、「解析情報の投稿、掲載について」という告知を行った。これによると同ゲームではゲームデータの解析を利用規約で禁止しており、セイントグラフやイベントCGなど通常のプレイでは得られない情報をデータ解析により取得し公開することは、ゲームプレイヤーの体験を奪うことになるとして、解析情報のSNS等への投稿やまとめサイト等に掲載がされた場合、法的措置を含めた厳しい対応を検討するとしている（Fate/Grand Order 公式サイトリリー…
Linuxゲーマーはバグの報告率が多く、かつレポートの質も高い
ΔV: Rings of Saturnというゲームを販売している開発者であるkoderski氏がバグレポートを分析したところ、LinuxゲーマーはほかのOSユーザーよりもバグ報告率が550％高いことがわかったらしい（reddit、GIGAZINE）。
同ゲームの販売本数は約1万2000本で、そのうちLinuxユーザーが購入した本数は700本ほど。販売数全体でのLinuxユーザーの割合は5.8％にすぎないが、全バグ報告1040件のうち約38％超はLinuxユーザーによる報告だったとのこと。なおゲー…
Sometimes The Best Name For A Rat Sidekick Is None At All, Says Apex Legends Dev
Last week, the folks at Respawn announced that Titanfall 2 antagonist Ash will be the next character to join the Apex Legends roster, complete with her very own adorable rat sidekick. The rat’s name? Well, that’s complicated.Read more…
“Pikmin Bloom,” an AR mobile game, is Niantic’s next collaboration with Nintendo
Niantic announced yesterday that its next augmented reality mobile game will be Pikmin Bloom, a collaboration with Nintendo. The free game is available now for iOS and Android in Singapore and Australia, but will roll out globally in the coming days. Like Pokémon Go, Pikmin Bloom will encourage players to get outside and explore their […]
Darkest Dungeon II Tries Something New, And It Mostly Works
Darkest Dungeon II is nothing if not evocative—a positive quirk it shares with the first game. When my party reaches the Mountain at its heart, they are brought low. This place has haunted their dreams for weeks—a different configuration for each of th…