GamesBeat weekly roundup: Our verdict on PlayStation VR, and Overwatch gets spooky

Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, the Xbox One once again outsells the PlayStation 4, a mobile-game player who spent $2 million on one app is now leading a boycott against the title, and … well, just a ton of virtual reality news.

Enjoy, and have a great weekend!

Pieces of flair and opinion

• The DeanBeat: This player spent $2 million in a mobile game. Then he led a boycott.
• Batman: Arkham VR devs knew that suiting up was the key to becoming the Dark Knight
• If you’re an idiot in PlayStation VR, you’re an idiot in real life
• How PlayStation VR could ignite the mainstream virtual reality market
• A step-by-step guide to creating a monstrous MyCareer player in NBA 2K17

Above: Overwatch is getting some Halloween skins and themes.

Image Credit: Blizzard

News

• World of Warcraft director Tom Chilton steps down to lead a new Blizzard project
• Xbox One outsold PlayStation 4 again in September
• Pathbreaker Ventures raises $12 million to invest in emerging tech like VR and robotics
• Yo-Kai Watch movie comes to U.S. theaters … for just one day
• Hearthstone event at Blizzcon on November 4 could reveal the next expansion
• Buzz Aldrin stars in VR messages that will keep Mars astronauts from being lonely
• Battleborn gets a new campaign and multiplayer mode
• African Gaming League aims to jumpstart esports in Nigeria
• Civilization’s Grammy-winning composer Christopher Tin breaks down new theme song
• Only 6% of Americans will own a VR headset in 2016
• PlayStation VR will let you play 360-degree videos (and yes, that means porn) soon
• Newzoo: Esports has caught up with MLB and NHL with a key segment — male millennials
• Ubisoft classic Beyond Good & Evil is free on PC
• Nolan Bushnell’s Modal VR launches next-generation virtual reality platform for enterprises
• Overwatch unveils Halloween event as it passes 20 million players
• Harvard Business Review ranks Nvidia boss Jen-Hsun Huang as a top 10 best-performing CEO
• System Shock, Magic: The Gathering vets open new studio and make a puzzle game
• Equity crowdfunding comes into its own as Wasteland 3 raises $2.75 million
• Sony: PlayStation VR’s tracking problems come from sun and shiny surfaces
• Stanford and Microsoft: Games like Pokémon Go help you live longer
• How the creators of the Invasion and Asteroids are pioneering 360-degree VR films
• Why game design guru Jesse Schell is diving into VR and AR
• Here are the top 25 most-popular games on YouTube by country
• Faceit helping to bring esports events to the Las Vegas Strip
• Rock Band VR takes music games in a new direction

Above: Tentacles: Enter the Mind.

Image Credit: Flashbulb Games

Mobile and social

• Tentacles: Enter the Mind extends to iOS after developer reclaims rights from Microsoft
• Why Candy Crush Saga guru is so sweet on mobile VR games
• AppsFlyer drops knowledge to prepare mobile developers for the holiday download rush
• King launches live multiplayer card mobile game Shuffle Cats
• Spil Games to make mobile and web game based on Valerian sci-fi film
• FIFA Mobile gets makeover to appeal to a global smartphone audience
• Finland’s Koukoi Games raises over $1 million for a Hollywood-based mobile game
• Presence Capital investor predicts the 2017 market for AR/VR
• Coin-In uses social game rewards to get people into physical casinos

Reviews and interviews

• PlayStation VR is serviceable virtual reality with refined design and finicky tracking
• Watch Rez Infinite’s Area X — how VR finally got me into the classic trip
• Watch us play Rigs, the PlayStation VR mech shooter
• Watch us play Atlas Reactor, Trion’s original take on competitive strategy games
• Watch us play Overwatch: Jukenstein’s Revenge, a horde of Halloween horrors
• PlayStation VR game roundup: Batman, tanks, funky cubes, and more
• The Unspoken is like a dark Harry Potter spell duel in VR