Tribeca Film Festival: Full VR & AR Listings, Every Dang One!

By Harold Goldberg Dubbed Tribeca Immersive, The Tribeca Film Festival’s VR and AR programs are jam-packed with narrative-oriented experience, some with game elements as well. The challenge for those who want to check these out during the April 26 to May 4 window is the sheer number of works placed within a fairly small footprint.…

Awards! Welcome Back The Daily Show’s Devin Delliquanti As Our Host!

We’re so happy to announce that the hard hittin’, humor spittin’, side-splittin’, never quittin’ Devin Delliquanti from The Daily Show with Trevor Noah will be our host for the 8th Annual New York Game Awards. Tickets are available now! This will be the third time that the Emmy Award-winning Daily Show writer has assumed the role of our host. That’s…

Awards: Jade Raymond Will Receive Our Legend Award On 1/22/19!

The New York Videogame Critics Circle is proud to present its Andrew Yoon Legend Award to Jade Raymond, co-creator of the Assassin’s Creed franchise, and founder of EA Motive and Ubisoft’s Toronto Studio. She’ll receive our Legend Award at the New York Game Awards ceremony on January 22nd, 2019 at SVA Theatre in Manhattan. Critics…

The Insight: Hitman 2 Works, But Needs More Creativity

By Shane Ferguson  Hitman: The Complete First Season was one of my favorite games last year. IO Interactive listened to fan feedback and knocked everything out of the park. The huge maze-like levels provided tons of ways to approach each mission coupled with multiple story kills, targets, personal and online challenges. All that encouraged replayability so…