Counter-Strike 2 could succeed where Overwatch 2 failed
For Counter-Strike 2's launch to go smoothly, Valve needs to take some lessons from Overwatch's 2 less-than-perfect rollout.
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Best Buy is having a clearance sale on gaming laptops — from $580
Best Buy slashed the prices of different gaming laptops, and you can get one for as cheap as $580. Take advantage of the offers while the sale is still online.
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These were the best games we played at GDC 2023
This year's Game Developers Conference was full of eclectic games that stretch the idea of what a video game is. Here are 10 of our favorites.
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Resident Evil 4 makes the best use of PS5’s DualSense since Returnal
Resident Evil 4 isn't just a terrific remake; it's one of the best examples of how the PS5's DualSense controller can improve games.
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Escape Academy’s competitive escape room mode is the Mario Kart of puzzle games
We tried our hands at Escape Academy’s Tournament of Puzzles mode at GDC, which turns its escape rooms into PVP battles.
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Kill It With Fire VR Goes Hunting On April 13 For Quest 2 & PC VR (Updated)
Spider hunter game Kill It With Fire is coming to VR headsets later this year.
Update March 24, 2023: As confirmed during the Future Games Show, Kill It With Fire VR arrives on Quest 2 and PC VR on April 13, while it launches for the original PSVR and PSVR 2 later this year. Original article, published February 24, continues below with a new trailer attached.
This new VR version of the game is set for release on Quest 2, SteamVR, the original PSVR and PSVR 2. While we don’t have any VR gameplay just yet, you can check out the trailer for the flatscreen version embedded above.
The game will see you go to war with house spiders, tearing rooms apart and building new tools from household items to get rid of the arachnids menaces once and for all:
The leggy lurkers hide anywhere and everywhere. Even the odds collecting a bevy of weapons, utilising state-of-the-art spider-tracking technology, and mastering the new VRACHNID() gloves to better detect the eight-legged enemies. Follow the tracker and listen for the telltale squeaks indicating spiders, spiderlings, and other unholy abominations.
Smash arachnids with office supplies and frying pans, blast spiderlings with shotguns, and slice through eight-legged armies with ninja weaponry. Lob TNT at them for good measure. Still feeling phantom legs crawling around? Whip out that flamethrower and burn it all down.
Development of the VR release is being handled by Casey Donnellan, the same solo developer behind the flatscreen release, and published by tinyBuild. “Fans have been asking for a VR version of Kill It With Fire since the very first footage of the original game,” said Donnellan, in a prepared statement. “I’m really happy that we can finally put horrifying spiders on a screen less than an inch from players’ eyeballs!”
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Pico 4 US Launch Reportedly Halted At Last Minute Due To The TikTok Hearing
ByteDance reportedly halted the US launch of Pico 4 due to the TikTok hearing.
On Monday Pico seemingly teased a big announcement on Twitter, writing “A new journey begins” on “22 March 2023” with the hashtag #PICO4. But come Wednesday, nothing was announced.
The Verge’s Sean Hollister reports a Pico employee told him the company planned to release Pico 4 in the US, but decided to wait because of the congressional hearing regarding a possible ban or forced sale of TikTok. The hearing was announced on Wednesday and took place on Thursday. US lawmakers are concerned about possible Chinese government access to user data and influence over the content recommendation algorithm. ByteDance, the Chinese tech giant behind TikTok, acquired Pico in 2021.
A new journey begins
Save the date: 22 March 2023#PICO #PICO4 #VirtualReality #VR pic.twitter.com/xK27fkDMFw
— PICO XR (@PICOXR) March 20, 2023
Pico 4 launched in October as the first serious competitor to Meta’s Quest 2, but it’s currently not officially sold in North America. It’s powered by the same Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 Gen 1 processor used in Quest 2 but has a range of improvements: a slimmer and lighter design, higher resolution, wider and taller field of view, color passthrough, precise motorized lens separation, and controllers with high fidelity haptics.
While a significant chunk of Quest’s content library has been ported over, ByteDance has yet to offer standalone exclusive titles to match the likes of Meta’s Beat Saber, Resident Evil 4, Population: ONE, Onward, and Iron Man VR. Pico announced its first major exclusive, Just Dance VR, last year, set for a 2023 release.
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