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Oculus details its Varifocal half-dome VR prototype

Posted byby Mike Minotti
June 30, 2018
1 min

Last month, we reported on a talk by Douglas Lanman of Oculus Research (now Facebook’s Reality Labs) from the 2018 SID Display Week event. The fascinating...

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IP owners are too careful, and it’s stifling creativity in games

Posted byby GamesBeat
June 29, 2018
5 min

Popular books, hit films and TV series, characters from graphic novels, and even toys can all be translated into the digital space, allowing fans...

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May 2018’s top 10 Minecraft Marketplace creations: that city livin’

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
June 29, 2018
3 min

A report claims that Microsoft is going to implement a new feature into Xbox One called Xbox Community Content that will bring mods and...

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PlayStation Network, Xbox Live, and more down due to Comcast outage

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
June 29, 2018
1 min

PlayStation 4 and Xbox One owners are complaining about connectivity issues on social media today, but the problem seems to stem from a Comcast outage...

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Battlefield V feels so good, but I’m playing it wrong

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
June 29, 2018
2 min

The Battlefield V closed alpha test went live yesterday, and this is giving a number of fans their first chance to try the World...

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ProBeat: Windows 10 dropping Sets (again) is for the best

Posted byby GamesBeat
June 29, 2018
3 min

Microsoft has lately been releasing Windows 10 builds on a weekly cadence. Because of a bug last week, however, this week's build brought more than the average number of improvements (and bugs). And yet, the highlight of this build was not what was added, but what was removed: Sets.

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Shawn Layden: 9 takeaways from Sony’s worldwide game studios chief

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 29, 2018
7 min

Shawn Layden is the guy at Sony who goes on stage at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) or the PlayStation Experience event, wearing a...

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Virtual Fighting Championship is a first-person VR Street Fighter

Posted byby GamesBeat
June 29, 2018
2 min

Competitive gamers have dreamed about a compelling first-person fighting game ever since Capcom redefined side-scrolling fighting with Street Fighter II. Now Australian indie developer...