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MSI’s sleek GS43VR laptop does virtual reality in a light, inexpensive form factor

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
October 7, 2016
4 min

A gaming laptop didn’t make a lot of sense around this time last year. But thanks to some major breakthroughs from graphics chip maker...

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Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview with hide Start menu app list option, ungrouping of service hosts

Posted byby GamesBeat
October 7, 2016
4 min

Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview for PCs. This build adds a new option to hide the Start menu app list, improvements...

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ESL touts 20 million unique viewers for Counter-Strike/Street Fighter V esports event

Posted byby Mike Minotti
October 7, 2016
1 min

Another competitive gaming showcase brings in massive numbers of spectators. The esports league managing company ESL announced that its ESL One New York event attracted 20 million unique...

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Ex-Sims chief Rod Humble gets his third life at Jam City

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 7, 2016
2 min

Jam City (previously known as SGN) has hired Rod Humble, the ex-CEO of Second Life developer Linden Lab and former head of The Sims...

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Dishonored 2 artists took inspiration from grandma’s scissors

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
October 7, 2016
3 min

If you guessed that Dishonored 2 seems like the kinda game where the developers poured over every minute detail of its design, well, you...

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GamesBeat roundup: VR breaks out with Google Daydream, PSVR, and Oculus

Posted byby Mike Minotti
October 7, 2016
3 min

Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! Google and Oculus kept us busy with their virtual reality announcements, and we also got to review the...

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Super Mario Bros. speedrun record broken by tenths of a second

Posted byby Mike Minotti
October 7, 2016
1 min

You might be good at some things, but you’ll never be as good at them as this guy is at beating Super Mario Bros....

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The DeanBeat: How Oculus’ Mike Abrash took my mind off Palmer Luckey

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 7, 2016
6 min

If anyone could take my mind off the missing-in-action Palmer Luckey at the Oculus Connect conference, it was Michael Abrash, chief scientist of Oculus,...