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PlayStation VR’s Price Will Make it a Market Leader Says Developers
Sales of Virtual Reality equipment on the PC platform appeared to have stagnated as users struggle to see the value proposition. Clearly, there was a huge rush from VR advocates on launch and this allowed for some pretty impressive sales numbers. However, the high entry price for the HTC Vive…
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Facebook Is Creating Its Own Gaming Platform For PC
After buying up the hugely popular game Farmville and the company behind the VR revolution’s Oculus Rift, you would think Facebook has had enough of the gaming industry. That couldn’t be further from the truth as the social media network is looking to launch its own gaming platform. The gaming…
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Valve is Paying Developers to Stop VR Exclusivity
Valve has established a great deal of consumer loyalty through the notion that they care about PC gaming and want to ensure each user has an enjoyable experience. The latest big innovation is unquestionably virtual reality which has the potential to offer a level of immersion never thought possible. Of…
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Dishonored 2 Devs Shocked By Testers Power Combos
When you start making something, there are always things you can never plan for and the same happens when you are making a game. Currently in development, Dishonored 2 looks to give players an even greater range of options when it comes to the combinations of tricks and powers available…
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Indie Developers Hope The NX is Powerful Enough
Nintendo’s upcoming console, codenamed NX is still shrouded in secrecy and no-one really knows what their next home console will entail. While there have been numerous leaks claiming to know about the system’s form factor and specification, it’s unconfirmed and shouldn’t be taken as fact. Whatever the case, it’s clear…
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Warren Spector: ‘I Really Haven’t Seen a Whole Lot of Progress’ in Mainstream Games
Warren Spector is a video game level designer who helped pioneer the concept of non-linear gameplay and the ability to cater to different styles. The most famous example is Deus Ex which gave the player the freedom to choose between stealth tactics or a more aggressive approach. Warren Spector also…
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Unity Vision Summit Attendees Receive Free HTC Vive
Virtual Reality is commonly perceived as the next step in entertainment and could revolutionize the way we all watch films, and play video games. Not only that, VR devices could theoretically be deployed in the medical profession to help diagnose patients from remote locations or instruct junior doctors how to…
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52% of Developers Are Working on a PC Game
Consumers tend to be quite vocal about their chosen platform and demonstrate a great deal of brand loyalty. It makes sense though as investing into one platform and swapping to another is a costly endeavour. During the last few years, developers have gauged the popularity of each system, to try…
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AMD Launches GPUOpen Sofware Development Package
AMD’s open source philosophy deserves a great deal of credit especially when you consider the competition utilizes proprietary features as demonstrated by NVIDIA Gameworks. During CES 2016, I had the pleasure of playing Star Wars Battlefront on AMD’s upcoming Polaris architecture. This open ideology is very impressive and showcases that AMD’s…
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UK Market Gaming Stats Revealed For 2015
The games industry is the same as any other market when it comes to analysing the performance of titles, consoles and revenue with the aim of finding trends in consumer preferences and company performance. GfK Entertainment has made a wide range of information available concerning the shape of the UK…
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Incredible Deep Sea Wonderland Constructed In Minecraft
Looking at this is satisfying, incredible and fantastically creative, oh right, need to explain it first. You know the game building phenomenon that is Minecraft, where players have the freedom to create epic structures’ and worlds, well a team of nine expert players have constructed a “deep sea” world which is…
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2K Australia, Developer of BioShock and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel!, Closes
Canberra-based 2K Australia, the studio responsible for developing the three BioShock games and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel!, is closing, a source has told Kotaku Australia. The source told the gaming website that “All hands are gone,” referring to the termination of every position at the company. 2K Australia, founded in 2000…
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Want to Play with Apple Watch Apps Before April? Now You Can
Everyone is raving over the Apple Watch, with immense anticipation building before its release. However, there are very few people that have even seen one, let alone used one of the elusive devices. So what if you wanted to give it a try before pre-ordering? A new page on the WatchAware site…
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Google Developing new Chromebook Pixel
Google’s Chromebook equivalent of the Nexus phones, the Pixel, is apparently due to for an update. The ‘showcase’ device designed to show off the potential of the Chrome OS, was first introduced over two years ago. Well, now a Google employee let it slip that a new one is on…
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iOS 9 to Focus on Stability, Public Beta to Come in the Summer
9to5Mac, the venerable source for Apple rumours, has said that iOS 9 will be heavily focused on stability and performance improvements. To achieve this, Apple will apparently have the first ever public beta for iOS. To date, the company has only issued betas to members of its $99 developer programme,…
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