Soon after Matthew Mengerink became YouTube’s engineering chief a few weeks back, he got a taste of the virtual reality footage Google has been working on but hasn’t released to the public yet. Continue reading YouTube works toward ‘melt my brain’ virtual reality
The Dota 2 International Championships took place last week, determining the winner of the grand Aegis of the Immortal trophy and distributing $18.4 million in prize money among the 16 participating teams. Beyond the mythical battles and skirmishes inside the game, the tournament was also an important event in the ongoing contest between YouTube and Twitch. The International 5 (TI5) was streamed live on both services as well as inside the Dota 2 game client itself — though this year, unlike any of the previous ones, I watched almost all of it on YouTube. What’s changed? Continue reading YouTube is now better at live streaming than Twitch
Although the doors to the Los Angeles Convention Center have closed on E3 2015, the buzz it generated continues. The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the world’s premier trade show for computer and video games and related products, always excites. This year, however, planned announcements in virtual and augmented reality, mobile and online platforms, artful indie games and, of course, big studio blockbusters raised expectations higher than ever before. Judging by the headlines alone – The Verge called E3 2015 “the best E3 in years” – the show delivered.
E3 truly is a worldwide phenomenon that dominates the global stage each June and drives conversations about the video game industry and the future of digital entertainment year round. Consider just a few of this year’s highlights: Continue reading E3 2015: A Bigger, Better Show Built For Everyone
What electronic sport is newly popular with the cyber athlete you ask? I present to you cars playing soccer. Rocket League, the sequel to Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars (kinda bummed that they didn’t go with 2 Supersonic, 2 Acrobatic), crashed the party and double jumped into the 5th spot of our Top 20. Added play bonus: If you grind enough, you may soon sport the Twitch Glitch flag like Jericho. Continue reading Top Games for July 2015 – Rocket League Edition
DJ Wheat spoke to Kristie Lu Stout from CNN about the state of e-sports and how the industry continues to rapidly grow. One topic they discussed was DOTA 2’s ‘The International’ tournament as the prize pool is over $18+ million. The embedded video wasn’t available, so click the link below to be directly taken to the page.
