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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… …
Read More »The Division smashes Destiny’s new IP record
Tom Clancy’s The Division is the fastest-selling new IP in history, Ubisoft has declared. The game – which is already the biggest selling Q1 game in UK games industry history – has smashed Destiny’s new IP record by generating $330m in five days. It also tops Watch Dogs, which was …
Read More »PlayStation VR to launch in October for £349
Sony has delayed its PlayStation VR headset until October, and it will go on sale for 349. That’s significantly below the cost of Oculus Rift (500+) and the HTC Vive (700+). However, it is the same price as the PS4 was when it arrived in 2013 (350). PlayStation CEO Andrew …
Read More »386 Unity mobile games downloaded per second in 2015
Downloads rose to 578 per second in February 2016
Read More »Report: Chinese mining company buys Jagex for $300m
Shandong Honda has reportedly acquired the Runescape developer
Read More »UPDATE: Chinese mining company in talks to buy Jagex for $300m
UPDATE: Jagex is in talks over a proposed buy-out by Chinese mining company Shandong Honda. The news was initially announced by the Financial Times, but Jagex has told MCV that the deal hasn’t been signed yet, and the firm is continuing as normal. "Jagex has entered into a non-exclusive, non-binding …
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