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‘Meta Company is insolvent’ as AR company faces patent infringement lawsuit

Posted byby Jason Wilson
January 12, 2019
1 min

Since late last year we’ve been trying to get an update from Meta, the AR company, and its founder Meron Gribetz. A letter filed...

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Minecraft’s cats, pandas, and thriving Marketplace partners

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
January 11, 2019
2 min

The Minecraft Team at Microsoft has built a burgeoning Marketplace. And for the last several months in a row, it has worked to make...

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At CES 2019, VR and AR took small but meaningful steps forward

Posted byby GamesBeat
January 11, 2019
5 min

Ahead of 2019’s Consumer Electronics Show, I hoped to see several key developments with next-generation VR and AR headsets — dramatically higher-resolution PC VR...

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Bungie-Activision divorce analysis: Royalties, underperformance, and Destiny 3

Posted byby Mike Minotti
January 11, 2019
3 min

Bungie and Activision shocked the gaming world Thursday when the companies announced that they were no longer working together on the Destiny franchise. Activision...

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HTC Vive Pro Eye: Why the company added eye-tracking to VR

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 11, 2019
9 min

At CES 2019 this week, HTC continued to push the high end of virtual reality forward. HTC added eye-tracking to its new Vive Pro Eye...

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The RetroBeat: This Sonic the Hedgehog speedrun at Games Done Quick makes life better

Posted byby Mike Minotti
January 11, 2019
2 min

Awesome Games Done Quick is amid its annual speedrunning marathon. The event, which will go until Sunday night, has people playing through games as...

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Blizzard and NetEase extend Chinese publishing deal for Hearthstone, Overwatch, and more

Posted byby Mike Minotti
January 11, 2019
1 min

Blizzard and NetEase have made a deal to continue their Chinese publishing partnership through 2023, according to GameDaily.biz. NetEase, itself headquartered in China, publishes...