FORTNITE'S latest update brought one big change players have been waiting for a long time -- but it's one that could make scoring a victory royale much harder if you take advantage of it. You can now use any Bluetooth or similar wireless controller that connects to your phone to play Fortnite, but it comes at a price. On the plus side you get a much clearer view of the action, have much more control and generally be much more comfortable playing. However, the downside is that you may find the quality of your opposition just got a serious boost. Because of Epic Games' input-based matchmaking, everyone playing with a controller is lumped into the same matchmaking pool, so rather than playing against other people also hobbled by touch-screen controls the second you plug a controller in you'll be matched up against console and PC players using controllers. They will, however, be playing on more powerful hardware, full-size screens and generally with better controllers -- so unless you … [Read more...] about Fortnite mobile controllers are here – but they’ll make your life MUCH harder
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Fortnite mobile head-to-head: Android vs iOS vs Switch
The arrival of Fortnite on Android completes the set - Epic's remarkable cross-play juggernaut is now available on pretty much every games-capable device running a modern GPU. We've looked at the console and iOS versions in the past, but with the Android release, we wanted to take a closer look at how Fortnite looks and runs across a gamut of mobile devices from top-end smartphones down to Nintendo's Switch running in mobile mode. The inclusion of the Nintendo hybrid is fascinating, revealing how low-level graphics APIs and a dedicated gaming focus allow for older mobile hardware to directly compete with - and sometimes even surpass - the outputs of today's top-end phones.For the purposes of testing the Android version - and specifically, installing the game while bypassing Google Play - Epic sent us a Samsung Galaxy S9+, one of the most powerful handsets on the market. The firm's PR company warned us in advance that graphics comparisons won't be particularly interesting as iOS and … [Read more...] about Fortnite mobile head-to-head: Android vs iOS vs Switch
Unity VR developers love Oculus Go – Unity Blog
Today at GDC, Oculus revealed some exciting updates on its new major platform: Oculus Go. We also got a sneak peek at a few of the first Oculus Go launch titles, described below, all of which are made with Unity. The Headset: Affordable and user-friendly When it launches soon, Oculus Go’s low price and unique features can help increase your potential reach as a developer. It’s an all-in-one headset and comes at the low price of $199, making VR accessible to a much larger audience. Oculus Go is also a user-friendly headset. It is binary-compatible with Gear VR and based on an Android OS, but because Oculus owns every level of the stack there are some special VR optimizations that you won’t see anywhere else. One of these optimizations is a new technology Oculus built with Qualcomm, called Fixed Foveated Rendering, which increases performance by focusing the eye on the center of the image. Oculus Go also features new processor technology called Dynamic Throttling, … [Read more...] about Unity VR developers love Oculus Go – Unity Blog
Fortnite vs. PUBG
Fortnite vs. PUBG: which game should you try? Should you play them on mobile or on desktop? 2017 was the year of the battle royale, and it is going from strength to strength in 2018. There are two major players: Fortnite vs. PUBG. But which is best? If Epic's battle royale game is your bag, find out everything you need to know about Fortnite season 4. PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has taken PC gaming by storm, racking up ridiculous sales numbers and zooming up Steam’s concurrent user chart. Since you can never have too much of a good thing, Fortnite introduced its own battle royale mode. Looking remarkably similar to its battle royale rival, at first, Fortnite Battle Royale took full advantage of the winning formula. But which is better between Fortnite vs. PUBG? The two might share many similarities, but there are enough differences to make them look, play, and feel distinct. So, all aboard the PCGamesN battle bus/plane, as we take Fortnite vs. PUBG, drop them on an … [Read more...] about Fortnite vs. PUBG
The state of virtual reality
One could argue that the age of virtual reality kicked-off during last year's Game Developers Conference, an event that nearly coincided with the launch of two of the technology's most important head-mounted displays in recent history: the Oculus Rift and the HTC Vive. Months later — virtual reality hype still continuing to build — E3 opened its doors, giving retailers, streamers, journalists and developers a chance to look at a flood of VR games, apps, accessories and the soon-to-be released PlayStation VR headset. That show — E3 2016 — was both the peak and turning point of virtual reality hype: highlighting the best and worst of technology in a setting almost designed to strip away nuance. Stories both exulted the big showing as a tremendous success for VR games and decried it as a massive misstep for VR. E3 demonstrated the worst of the tech, according to The Verge. E3 2016 was the moment VR gaming finally made sense, according to Vice. Cnet wrote that the … [Read more...] about The state of virtual reality