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Halo studio chief leaves 343 Industries for indie game development

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
November 21, 2016
2 min

343 Industries studio head of FPS development Joshua Holmes has stepped down from his position as director of the Halo developer, the company announced today. Holmes is leaving behind the blockbuster publishing industry to make games on his own as an independent developer.

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Phantogeist is a first-person shooter that makes AR a social experience

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 21, 2016
2 min

The first-person shooter Phantogeist has debuted as a social augmented reality game on Google Tango. In this game from Chicago-based Trixi Studios, a friendly alien helps...

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Pokémon Go thanks players with this week’s double XP event

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 21, 2016
1 min

Niantic and The Pokémon Company International are giving special thanks to players of Pokémon Go by launching new benefits for logging in during the Thanksgiving holiday week....

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NBA 2K shoots for VR on November 22

Posted byby Mike Minotti
November 21, 2016
1 min

Come on and slam, and welcome to the VR jam. 2K has announced NBA 2KVR Experience, a basketball virtual reality game for PlayStation VR, HTC Vive, and Samsung Gear VR. This first sports VR game from the publisher will come out on November 22 for $15.

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Cozmo the sentient toy robot gets smarter with latest update

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 21, 2016
2 min

Anki debuted its sentient toy Cozmo, a cute robot toy that makes use of the company’s deep artificial intelligence research, in October. Now the company is...

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Amazon Appstore announces esports tournament for casual mobile gamers

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 21, 2016
1 min

The Amazon Appstore is launching an esports tournament dubbed Champions of Fire International for casual mobile gamers. The first-ever Amazon Appstore tournament will have...

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The brothers who started Vicarious Visions have created a new game studio

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 21, 2016
3 min

Game industry veterans Guha and Karthik Bala have formed a new independent game studio called Velan Studios in New York. The Bala brothers are best...

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Sony, Kabam, and Blippar: AR is the gateway drug to VR

Posted byby GamesBeat
November 20, 2016
2 min

https://www.facebook.com/WebSummitHQ/videos/1203373959728646/ Sony’s launch of its PlayStation VR (PSVR) headset could mark an inflection point in virtual reality’s steady march toward mainstream adoption. The headset is compatible...

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Fantastic Contraption’s Kaiju update adds resizable levels and giant monsters

Posted byby Jason Wilson
November 20, 2016
2 min

Ever since Fantastic Contraption [UploadVR review: 8/10] released alongside the HTC Vive earlier this year, it’s been a staple of any Vive gamer’s library....

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Is traditional game outsourcing on its death bed?

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 20, 2016
14 min

Streamline Studios has worked on big games such as Street Fighter V, BioShock Infinite, Killer Instinct, Final Fantasy XV, and Pillars of Eternity. But...

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