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Psychonauts 2 met its $3.3 million crowdfunding goal today, 11 years after the first game

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January 6, 2016
1 min

Double Fine Productions’ cult psychological game Psychonauts will have a sequel. The company posted the follow-up game on Fig with a funding goal of...

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Star Trek: Timelines is a mobile game fans should actually care about

Posted byby Mike Minotti
January 6, 2016
8 min

Star Trek fans haven’t had a great game based on the franchise in a long time. Well, a mobile release might fix that. Disruptor...

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Xbox Live, Outlook, Bing down as Microsoft services experience outage (update)

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
January 6, 2016
1 min

Updated at 1 p.m. PST: After a hiccup, it looks like Xbox Live, Bing, and the rest are coming back online. Microsoft has told...

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Oculus founder: ‘We are not making money on’ $599 Rift; it is ‘obscenely cheap’

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
January 6, 2016
1 min

We found out today that it’s going to take $599 to get the top-tier virtual reality equipment in addition to the cost of a...

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Square Enix closes cloud gaming-based Shinra Technologies division

Posted byby Mike Minotti
January 6, 2016
1 min

It looks like Square Enix is jumping off the cloud gaming train. The publisher has closed Shinra Technologies, a division working on cloud-based technologies...

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First Oculus Rift shipment sells out despite $599 price point — new preorders now shipping late

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
January 6, 2016
2 min

Updated at 8:50 a.m. PST: Rifts are now shipping in May. If you didn’t act quickly, you may have missed out on your opportunity...

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You can now preorder the Oculus Rift for $599, starts shipping on March 28

Posted byby GamesBeat
January 6, 2016
2 min

As promised, you can now preorder Oculus Rift, the company’s virtual reality headset, from shop.oculus.com. The price and timing have also been revealed: The...