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Sony Has A Few Options to Help Them Win E3 2017

Since the dawn of time there has always been one winner of each E3, and this year will be no different. Sony has as good a chance as ever to take home that prize, but the competition is also as tough…

June 8, 2017 | 11:00 EDT

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What Would It Take To Relax, Talk About PC Gaming, And Win E3?

Returning for their third year holding a conference at E3 on the 12th of June, PC Gamer will be hosting the PC Gaming Show once again. Last year from their conference we saw a new line of Radeon…

June 8, 2017 | 09:00 EDT

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Valve's VR Lead and Portal Writer Chet Faliszek Leaving the Company

Valve writer and VR ambassador at Valve Chet Faliszek is leaving the company after 12 years of service. This news has been confirmed by Faliszek speaking to gamesindustry.biz. During his tenure at…

May 2, 2017 | 08:30 EDT

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Oculus Won't Be at the 2017 E3

Major VR company Oculus won't be making an appearance at this year's Electronics Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles later this year. This marks the very first time that Oculus has decided not to set…

April 30, 2017 | 05:59 EDT

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Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality Launches April 20

The Steam store page for Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality has been updated to include the game's release date: April 20, 2017. The game is being developed by Owlchemy Labs (creators of VR title Job…

April 13, 2017 | 09:30 EDT

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HTC to Add In-Game Ads Inside HTC Vive

HTC has pitched a new advertisement platform to developers and advertisers. This system can be integrated to show real ads in fictional VR environments. Innovative VR ADs are similar to native…

March 31, 2017 | 06:17 EDT

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Firesprite Announces Sci-Fi Horror Game 'The Persistence'

The British game studio Firesprite has announced a new sci-fi horror game titled The Persistence. This game, set on a deep space science vessel, you have to survive an experiment going horribly wrong…

March 13, 2017 | 09:13 EDT

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Spike Chunsoft Reveals Danganronpa PC Plans, and VR Release

Murder fans rejoice! The newest Danganronpa game finally has a confirmed PC release. Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony, was released in Japan on January 12 for Playstation 4 and Playstation Vita.…

March 5, 2017 | 09:30 EST

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Oculus Rift Price Drop to $499, $599 for Touch Bundle

The Oculus Rift has had a price drop to $499. Additionally, the Oculus Touch has had a price drop to $99, and the bundle of the Rift and Touch is now $598. The price is now around $200 cheaper as…

March 4, 2017 | 09:47 EST

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Valve is Developing Three "Full" VR Games

Valve won't tell you what other projects they are working on, but in some not-so-surprising news, Gabe Newell has revealed that Valve is currently developing three "full" Virtual Reality games. The…

February 10, 2017 | 09:30 EST

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VR-Only John Wick Chronicles Releasing Before Film

On February 10th, super-assassin John Wick returns to the silver screen in America with John Wick: Chapter 2. But, if you can't wait three days to get your Wick fix, don't fret - Starbreeze Studios…

February 7, 2017 | 10:00 EST

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Zenimax Awarded $500 Million In Case Against Oculus

Zenimax has been awarded $500 million by a Dallas, Texas jury today in a court case versus Oculus as reported by Polygon. The lawsuit initially began in May of 2014 with allegations that the Rift…

February 1, 2017 | 08:12 EST

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Final Fantasy XV May be Coming to VR and PC

New details about possible future updates for Final Fantasy XV have come to light after Japanese gaming publication Weekly Famitsu published an interview with the game’s director Hajime Tabata. As…

February 1, 2017 | 01:15 EST

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Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin Launching in February for PSVR

Fans of Psychonauts have been hoping for a sequel for a long time. Psychonauts 2 was announced during The Game Awards 2015 and, while it's not expected to come out until sometime next year, fans of…

January 30, 2017 | 02:53 EST

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Resident Evil 7: Biohazard Has Shipped 2.5 Million Copies

Capcom's latest zombie-thrashing game Resident Evil 7: Biohazard has shipped 2.5 million copies, according to a press release from Capcom. Resident Evil 7: Biohazard tells the story of Ethan Winters…

January 28, 2017 | 10:45 EST

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Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown Coming to Xbox One and PC

Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown will be coming to Xbox One and PC (in addition to PlayStation 4 and PlayStation VR) according to a press release on the game's official website. A new trailer accompanied…

January 27, 2017 | 12:09 EST

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Lethal VR Review - Non-Lethal

At the start of a shooter, you'll often get to some segment where the main character must train their skills at a firing range. Lethal VR is like the virtual reality equivalent of that, basically…

January 13, 2017 | 09:00 EST

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HTC Announces VR Subscription Service For Vive

Today at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2017 HTC announced that Viveport, the Vive exclusive storefront, will be launching a monthly subscription service early in 2017. The purpose of their…

January 5, 2017 | 10:20 EST

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HTC Vive Unveils New VR Accessories To Expand Ecosystem

Today at the Consumer Electronics Show 2017 (CES) two new accessories were unveiled for the HTC Vive, they are called the ViveTracker and the Vive Deluxe Audio Strap. These are the first official…

January 5, 2017 | 09:53 EST

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Vive Developer Overflow Makes Custom App For Alzheimer's Patient

A redditor going by /u/Porespellar had an unusual request for the /r/Vive subreddit: the creation of a specific app in the hopes that it would help treat his father's Alzheimer's. Vive Developer …

December 30, 2016 | 11:53 EST

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Until Dawn: Rush of Blood Review - Headtrip

Until Dawn was a surprise hit for a lot of people. A horror version of the interactive story games that have been popular of late, Until Dawn saw eight friends try to survive in a house under assault…

December 21, 2016 | 01:00 EST

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Ark: Survival of the Fittest Development Ends, Ark Park Details

The strange story of Ark: Survival Evolved continues, as its spin-off works get reorganized. Developer Studio Wildcard has announced that they are going to be ceasing updates for the Ark: Survival of…

December 17, 2016 | 04:20 EST

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Surgeon Simulator: Experience Reality Review - The Reality of 2013

Put on your gloves, your mask, and your scrubs. It's time to do some surgery. Unless you already did that surgery the first time around. Surgeon Simulator: Experience Reality is a new version of…

December 17, 2016 | 01:00 EST

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How We Soar Review - Fly Like a Phoenix

When I got PlayStation VR, I expected my favorite games to be shooters, ones that would give you more control over guns than a controller can manage. While the few I've played with guns I've found to…

December 16, 2016 | 01:00 EST

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Batman: Arkham VR Review - I'm the Goddamned Batman

Let's be honest here: you wanted to be Batman at some point in your life. It's okay to admit it, everyone has. Now we have Batman: Arkham VR to finally give people the chance. Yet are we finally…

December 12, 2016 | 01:00 EST

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VR Spy Game I Expect You to Die Releases on Oculus, Going To PSVR Next Week

Ever wanted to live out your dream of being a super spy? If you own an Oculus Rift then you now have the chance, as I Expect You to Die has released on it. If you own PlayStation VR you'll be getting…

December 10, 2016 | 12:05 EST

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Khronos Group Announces Open Source VR API

The Khronos Group has announced it will be working to form standard API's for VR. They expressed their desire to “define a cross-vendor, royalty-free, open standard for access to modern virtual…

December 7, 2016 | 02:28 EST

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Oculus Touch Support Coming to The Climb and Overkill

While the rest of us are still waiting for mainstream VR to move past the early adopter phase, these early purchasers will get the chance to play an updated version of Crytek's climbing simulator The…

December 1, 2016 | 01:15 EST

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Open Source Virtual Reality Support Now on Steam

Open Source Virtual Reality (OSVR), the open source virtual reality SDK (and accompanying headsets), has been integrated into Steam. The details of the integration were reported by Gamespot prior to…

November 24, 2016 | 10:30 EST

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[Updated] Nominees for 2016 Game Awards Revealed

Update: We have updated this post to strike out Pokemon Uranium and AM2R from Fan Creations, since the Game Awards has removed them. Original story below The Game Awards is an award show that helps…

November 16, 2016 | 04:48 EST

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First Contact Entertainment Announces ROM: Extraction For Vive And Rift

Back in August veterans of the industry from Starbreeze, Blizzard, Treyarch, and Infinity Ward joined together to create a new video game development company called First Contact Entertainment. This…

November 11, 2016 | 02:13 EST

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Court Subpoenas Samsung in Oculus Case

A lawsuit regarding VR systems has just been updated with new information. The dispute between ZeniMax and Oculus has been raging for years at this point. Now, a new development has forced a third…

October 30, 2016 | 12:49 EDT

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Become A Blacksmith In Craft Keep VR

Excalibur Games have announced their new VR experience, Craft Keep VR, coming to Steam Early Access on the 10th of November. In the past, Excalibur has released titles such as Jalopy, Circuit…

October 27, 2016 | 09:15 EDT

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John Carmack Shares Thoughts On VR, Cautions Developers to not "Coast on Novelty"

During last week's Oculus Connect event, a conference held in San Jose in California that VR developers use to showcase their new games and technology, prominent games developer and Oculus CTO John…

October 10, 2016 | 09:30 EDT

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Vive Storefront Viveport Launches With Discounts

The HTC Vive has now been publicly available last April and while the majority of its game content comes through Steam, Viveport will be mainly a hub for Virtual Reality experiences and apps. While…

September 30, 2016 | 01:15 EDT

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The Censored Gaming Recap (19th - 25th September 2016)

Welcome to the Censored Gaming Recap. In these articles, we take a look back at all of the latest happenings in the world of censorship and then round them up in a special weekly feature. This time…

September 28, 2016 | 02:00 EDT

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Social VR Platform myVR Announced For Mobile Devices

Today Artem Fedyaev and John Gonzalez, co-founders of the web-based discovery platform myWebRoom announced a new social experience for VR that they are calling myVR. While the majority of VR…

September 22, 2016 | 11:38 EDT

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Insomniac's Feral Rites Price Drops 3 Days After Launch

Pricing in the gaming market is mostly static; a new AAA Game is $60, and an indie game is typically priced around $10 or 15. Indies sometimes experiment with other price points at $5 or less, or at…

September 17, 2016 | 08:30 EDT

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Accounting Announced From Squanchtendo

Earlier this month Gears of War producer Tanya Watson and Justin Roiland, one of the co-creators of Rick and Morty announced that they had formed a VR studio called Squanchtendo and today they…

September 13, 2016 | 04:34 EDT

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Rick and Morty Creator Founds Gaming Studio Squanchtendo

Justin Roiland, co-creator of popular Adult Swim cartoon Rick and Morty, has founded a gaming studio called Squanchtendo as reported by Gamnesia. The announcement came in the form of a comic…

August 29, 2016 | 10:15 EDT

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Ubisoft Announces VR Titles Release Dates

Ubisoft recently ramped up their holiday line up this year at Gamescom with the announcement of several release dates to their virtual reality titles. Alongside the release of PlayStation VR this…

August 18, 2016 | 10:00 EDT

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Nvidia Announces Mobile Pascal GPU's

Nvidia has refreshed its mobile GPU lineup with new Pascal chips. Today, they announced the release of mobile variants of the GTX 1080, 1070, and 1060.Unlike previous generations of mobile GPU’s,…

August 17, 2016 | 08:30 EDT

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Russian Company Announced Sci-Fi Racing Game, Thick Air

Russian studio PeopleGottaPlay have announced that they are preparing their non-violent sci-fi drone racing sim Thick Air for early access release in September 2016 on PC. They are also currently…

August 16, 2016 | 10:52 EDT

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The Steam VR Weekend Sale Is Live

Steam has launched the VR Weekend Sale according to an announcement by Valve. The sale includes games that support either the HTC Vive or Oculus Rift as well as titles that support both headsets.The…

July 30, 2016 | 11:00 EDT

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Star Wars Celebration 2016 - Battlefront DLC, Visceral's Game, and More!

Star Wars Celebration 2016 is currently underway in London, and although there's plenty of movie and television related news coming out from the celebration concerning Rogue One, Episode 8, and …

July 17, 2016 | 11:15 EDT

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Idolmaster Cinderella Girls Viewing Revolution for PlayStation VR

During a tanabata festival live broadcast Bandai Namco made the announcement that their Idolmaster series would be getting the VR treatment. Idolmaster Cinderella Girls Viewing Revolution will be…

July 7, 2016 | 09:57 EDT

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OSVR Developer Fund Tries to Open VR Development

Razer recently announced the launch of the OSVR Developer Fund for their open source virtual reality headsets.The OSVR Developer Fund consists of $5,000,000 to be dispersed to qualifying developers…

July 1, 2016 | 09:30 EDT

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VR Game Giant Cop Loses Vive; Gains Oculus Support

The virtual reality game Giant Cop is stuck in a precarious situation after it pulled away from an HTC Vive launch for the game in favor of the Oculus Touch.The news comes as a shocker for many who…

June 26, 2016 | 04:45 EDT