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Read More »Will humans lose out to AI in eSports too?
Robots are taking our jobs. It’s a simple fact about our unstoppable march towards the future that we don’t want to acknowledge, but at some point we’ll all have to accept. First agriculture, then manufacturing, and now games have fallen to our silicon-brained superiors. The latest victim of this assault …
Read More »PlayStation Camera sales up by almost 1,000% overnight on Amazon
Sales of the PlayStation Camera and PlayStation Move controllers have shot up on Amazon. Videogamer has spotted that PlayStation Camera sales are up by 975 per cent on Amazon UK. The firm sells the product for 39. Meanwhile, the PlayStation Move controller has seen sales rise by 305 per cent …
Read More »PlayStation VR can be used with non-virtual reality PS4 games in ‘cinematic mode’
Sony’s brand new PlayStation VR tech will be able to play games and watch video that were not designed for virtual reality. In a press release – as reported by Polygon – PlayStation announced that the tech has a cinematic mode which allows users to play games and watch video …
Read More »So which VR headset am I going to buy?
Following the confirmation of PlayStation VR’s launch details last night, we now have a pretty clear picture of what virtual reality has to offer punters this year. Which means for many people it’s decision time. But what am I going to opt for? The only way to find out is …
Read More »PlayStation VR bundle including Camera and Move controller launching in America
Sony is revealed it is launching a hardware bundle with everything consumers need for PlayStation VR. Speaking to TechInsider, an unnamed Sony rep sitting in on an interview with PlayStation’s Shuhei Yoshida said that a bundle that comes with the PlayStation VR headset, Camera and Move motion controller would be …
Read More »Ubisoft announces social VR game Werewolves Within
Classic party game Werewolf is coming to Virtual Reality via Ubisoft. Under the name Werewolves Within, the game will ask four to eight players to uncoverthewerewolves that have been terrorising the medieval village of Gallowston. It’s due this year for ‘major VR platforms’ and is being developed by Ubisoft’s Red …
Read More »From Software, 2K Games, Capcom, Konami, Square Enix and 225 more working on PlayStation VR games
There are 230 companies making a VR game. These include companies we’re already familiar with, such as Crytek, Climax, NDreams and Harmonix, but also a number of surprise names. For instance, Dark Souls creator From Software has a VR game in the works, as does 2K Games – whose CEO …
Read More »Finally, EA backs virtual reality with Star Wars ‘experience’
Electronic Arts is the second major third-party publisher to develop a Virtual Reality project. Despite attracting support from a number of high profile developers, including Crytek, Rebellion and Creative Assembly, big third-party publishers have been reluctant to jump into the VR sector. Take-Two told MCV that it was waiting to …
Read More »From the archive: PlayStation’s VR gamble
Christopher Dring asks PlayStation Europe boss Jim Ryan about the plans for PlayStation VR following the hardware’s brief appearance during Paris Games Week in October. IHS says you’ll sell 1.6m VR headsets and generate $500m by the end of 2016. Is that what you expect? No idea. Sorry, that’s not… …
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