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Apple Arcade won’t save us from the scourge of freemium gaming, but it’s a start
Apple’s subscription gaming service won’t make free-to-play games obsolete, but it will give us lots of high-quality alternatives.
Valve Index Controllers review: These revolutionary VR controllers need patience to hit full potential
Valve's Index Controllers have the potential to be a huge leap forward for motion-tracked controls and virtual reality, but it'll take patience—and a lot more developer support.
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is now available worldwide
The official release date is June 21, but the game is in the App Store and live a day early.
AMD and Samsung partner up to bring Radeon graphics to mobile devices
Your next Galaxy phone might rock Radeon graphics inside, after AMD and Samsung's newly announced partnership.
Valve Index impressions: An eye-opening headset that pushes enthusiast VR further
Valve's new VR headset makes huge FOV improvements, but its finger-tracking controllers are going to take some brain retraining.
Microsoft's augmented reality Minecraft tease is a reminder of its world-shattering HoloLens demo
Microsooft ends its Build keynote with a teaser of what looks like an augmented reality version of Minecraft. In a sense, we've already seen it, as part of Microsoft's killer HoloLens demo a few years ago.
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite launches in Australia and New Zealand
Can Niantic recreate the success of Pokémon Go?
Valve's $999 Index VR headset promises 'high-fidelity virtual reality' with revolutionary controls
Valve's Index VR headset is loaded with cutting-edge tech designed to appeal to virtual reality enthusiasts.
Magic Leap hands-on: Magic, sure, but augmented reality is still a long way away from mass consumption
Next week Magic Leap One devices will start showing up in select AT&T stores, but at more than $2,000 this very-much-prototype tech is hard to recommend even to early adopters.
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5G could be the foundation of next-gen 'cloud VR'
AT&T, Ericsson, and a number of companies showed off streamed VR to headsets, using 5G to minimize nausea-inducing latencies while keeping the resolutions high.
Hands-on: The $399 Oculus Rift S kicks off the next gen of PC-based VR by appealing to the masses
The overhauled Oculus Rift S keeps pushing VR towards the mainstream by sticking to a wallet-friendly price and reasonable resolutions.
Angry Birds AR: Isle of Pigs coming soon exclusively to iOS devices
Fling your feathered friends in augmented reality with this latest incarnation of the hit mobile game series.
Microsoft ports Xbox Live to Android, iOS to extend the reach of Xbox
Microsoft announces an initiative tied to the Game Developers Conference to bring games on Android, iOS and Switch to its Xbox Live platform.
PCWorld's March Digital Magazine: Intel Xeon reviewed
Enjoy the best of PCWorld.com in a curated Digital Magazine for Android and iOS.
Gamevice review: A good iPhone game controller, but not for Fortnite
You need to press hard to use the Gamevice's trigger buttons, and that's of little use in frantic gaming battles.
The 5 iPhone and iPad games you need to play from January 2019
From 'Tacticool' to 'Roterra,' January's games can whisk you off to a winter wonderland.
ESPN+ Sign up: Get Amped Up For The Big Game With Exclusive Content
With an extensive library of on-demand football documentaries, and new original content featuring big names like Peyton Manning, ESPN+ will get you ready for the big game -- available on Apple TV, Roku and the rest.
Apple’s gaming subscription service has tough challenges ahead of it
Can Apple create a game subscription service that will attract game developers with a steady revenue stream?
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HTC reveals two new VR headsets, the untethered Vive Cosmos and gaze-tracking Vive Pro Eye
Only the HTC Vive Cosmos seems worth your attention, though.
