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PlayStation VR is almost useless without the camera

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
October 5, 2016
2 min

From the beginning, Sony has said that the PlayStation VR headset is $400. That was never the full story because you also need to own...

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Ubisoft relaunches Uplay Store in time for Watch Dogs 2

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
October 5, 2016
2 min

Ubisoft doesn’t want to split all of its revenues with retailers. The French publisher announced today that it has relaunched the Uplay Store. This...

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Washington state tells Valve to ‘stop facilitating gambling’

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
October 5, 2016
2 min

The government of the state of Washington isn’t down with gamers gambling virtual items, and it has asked one of the primary companies enabling...

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VR guru John Carmack offers his candid opinions on virtual reality apps

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 5, 2016
2 min

John Carmack is enough of a rock star in virtual reality circles to fill a room at a conference, even if all he is...

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PlayStation VR has a 10-foot problem

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
October 5, 2016
2 min

Sony is making VR for the masses. To do that, the company has potentially skimped on important technology that could cause problems for a...

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Ex-Runescape devs announce Lightseekers, an ambitious-but-risky take on Skylanders (update)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 5, 2016
4 min

Former designer who worked on the popular Runescape game have created a new startup PlayFusion and a new game Lightseekers that it hopes will represent...

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Blizzard, Infinity Ward vets raise $5 million to make VR games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 5, 2016
1 min

First Contact Entertainment has raised $5 million to make high-end virtual reality games. The Los Angeles company has recruited a team of developers from...