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AC/DC rocks VR with Stern pinball table on Samsung Gear headset

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
September 6, 2016
2 min

Rock band AC/DC has one of the most rock ‘n’ roll pinball tables ever, and Stern — the designer of the machine — is bringing the group’s game into virtual reality. The AC/DC table will join a number of other classics in The Stern Pinball Arcade for the Samsung Gear VR mobile virtual reality headset.

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The Game Awards — and its new trailers for game releases — scheduled for December 1 in Los Angeles

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
September 6, 2016
1 min

The Game Awards show is coming December 1 in Los Angeles, and not only does it bring an Oscars-like treatment to the industry, it also...

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Niko: China’s mobile game market will hit $8.3 billion in 2017

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
September 6, 2016
2 min

China implemented tough new regulations this summer for mobile games, but that isn’t expected to dramatically slow the market. Market researcher Niko Partners predicts...

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Epic Games announces game jam for its VR Funhouse mod tools

Posted byby Mike Minotti
September 6, 2016
1 min

European independent developers are going to try to make interesting VR experiences in just a couple of days. Epic Games, HTC, and Nvidia are teaming...

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Pokémon Sun and Moon take place 12 hours apart from each other

Posted byby Mike Minotti
September 6, 2016
1 min

Are you more of a night person, but hate that you can never catch Pokémon while the sun shines in your game? The next generation...

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RealTimeVFX launches community platform for visual artists

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
September 6, 2016
1 min

Veteran visual effects artists have created a community platform dubbed RealTimeVFX to help educate artists who are working with video games, virtual reality, augmented...

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World of Warcraft: Legion Day 7 journal — going far in Suramar

Posted byby Mike Minotti
September 6, 2016
2 min

I’m at the max level, but that doesn’t really mean much. I’m still locked out of a lot of the content in World of Warcraft’s latest expansion until I earn some better gear and finish more quests. The work of a death knight is never over.

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Disney’s shutdown of Marvel: Avengers Alliance games shows the difficulties of mobile

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
September 5, 2016
2 min

If Disney can’t succeed with a mobile game, then you know that the $36 billion mobile game market is truly difficult. Late last week,...

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Lytro’s Immerge VR demo shows the promise of lightfield video

Posted byby Jason Wilson
September 5, 2016
4 min

An astronaut steps out from the lunar lander in front of me, beginning the familiar “one small step for man” line before a voice...

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Call of Duty: Black Ops III Salvation DLC arrives Monday on PS4

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
September 5, 2016
2 min

Activision is about to wrap up another full season of downloadable content (DLC) for Call of Duty with tomorrow’s release of the Salvation Pack for...

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