Categories Posted inin Business Eutechnyx's overhaul of free-to-play Auto Club Revolution adds VR support for Oculus Rift Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 14, 2014 2 min Version 2.0 of the PC online game will feature Oculus Rift virtual reality functionality. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Oculus VR continues to suggest that it’s the subject of a shakedown Posted byby Jeff Grubb May 5, 2014 2 min Facebook acquired Oculus VR for $2 billion, and now Skyrim publisher Zenimax is asking for royalties. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Oculus VR’s John Carmack: The Rift uses ‘zero lines of code that I wrote while’ at Zenimax Posted byby Jeff Grubb May 2, 2014 2 min The Doom co-creator defended himself and his company from accusations from his former employer. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business The DeanBeat: Walking the line with unpopular video game causes (update) Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 2, 2014 4 min The dispute between ZeniMax and John Carmack over the Oculus VR technology isn't easy to figure out. Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business Doom co-creator John Carmack under fire for allegedly taking ‘proprietary technology’ to Facebook’s Oculus VR Posted byby Jeff Grubb May 1, 2014 3 min Zenimax says it owns key technology that makes the Oculus Rift work since Carmack developed it while still an employee of id Software. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Virtual reality: Sony’s refreshingly honest thoughts on Oculus Rift, not needing triple-A, and similarities to the Wii U (exclusive) Posted byby GamesBeat April 29, 2014 9 min Shuhei Yoshida, the president of Worldwide Studios for Sony Computer Entertainment, gives his honest thoughts on all things Project Morpheus, the upcoming virtual-reality system for the PlayStation 4. Continue Reading 9 min
Categories Posted inin Business Riding on virtual reality fever, Virtuix raises $3M round for Omni VR treadmill Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 24, 2014 2 min The Facebook-Oculus deal has validated the VR market. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business The next contraption for your makeshift holodeck comes in July: A $500 VR treadmill Posted byby Jeff Grubb April 10, 2014 2 min If you preorder from this point forward, however, you won't get it until September. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business The year of the deal? Game industry already has more than $5B in mergers and acquisitions in 2014 Posted byby Jeff Grubb April 2, 2014 2 min Blockbuster deals around the world have '14 on pace to demolish 2013's record year for acquisitions in the game market. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Oculus founder responds to death threats in the wake of Facebook buyout (updated) Posted byby GamesBeat March 31, 2014 2 min Palmer Luckey says that he expected some backlash, but not the barrage of hate that has targeted his employees and their families. Continue Reading 2 min