The Roundup: Reggie Retires, AR Advances, China’s Censorship Hits Games, And Cities: Skylines’ NYC Subways

By Matt Gerardi Welcome back to The Roundup, the New York Videogame Critics Circle’s weekly look at our members’ writing and news from around the world of videogames. This week, we’re celebrating Nintendo Of America president Reggie Fils-Aime, who announced his upcoming retirement, and we’re dipping out toes back into the worlds of Kingdom Hearts…

The Roundup: The Circle Speaks

By Harry Rabinowitz Somehow, I was convinced to start playing Dark Souls. 30 hours later, mistakes have definitely been made. Luckily for you, the Circle doesn’t make those kinds of mistakes in this week’s Roundup! Ben Gilbert outlines one of the HoloLen’s less well known features: an extremely limited field of view. Dan Ackerman talks Nvidia G-Sink, the technology…

The Roundup: The Circle Speaks

By Harry Rabinowitz E3 2015 edition! Samit Sarkar and Brian Crecente detail The Last Guardian’s move from PS3 to PS4 in an interview with president of Sony Computer Entertainment Shuhei Yoshida. Jeff Bakalar delivers CNET’s best of E3 slideshow. Chris Plante has his impressions of Guerrilla Games’ new IP, Horizon Zero Dawn. Jorge Jimenez experiences Halo…

The Roundup: The Circle Speaks

By Harry Rabinowitz It’s a bit snowy outside, isn’t it? Hope my fellow east coast residence are coping well. I can tell you one thing though, bad weather never stopped our members! Ben Gilbert discusses HoloLens, Microsoft’s newly unveiled “mixed” reality” headset, and what it means for the virtual reality marketplace. Chris Plante looks at how…