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Valve writer Chet Faliszek has said that virtual reality does not inherently cause motion sickness. Instead, Games Industry reports that Faliszek told an EGX audience that the blame for any sickness experienced by players must lie with developers, as the hardware itself is now good enough to avoid such problems. …
Read More »iPhone 6s and 6s Plus once again break Apple sales records
Apple’s latest smartphone has, once again, broken sales records for the company. It has been announced that between them the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus sold 13m units in their first three days on sale. This betters the 10m sold by their predecessors the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6s …
Read More »James Binns signed to curate LGC 2015
Network-N’s managing director James Binns has once again been appointed to curate this year’s London Games Conference. Industry veteran Binns, who launched his first media website PCGamesN three years ago, has been key to the event for the past few years – and is currently finalising the programme for the …
Read More »VIDEO: Halo 5 Guardians TV trailer is bad news for Master Chief
We suspect this is not the spoiler it appears to be on face value, but regardless Microsoft’s TV spot for Halo 5: Guardians strikes a downbeat chord for fans of its main star. The video, which you can see below, depicts the global announcement of the death of the Master …
Read More »Twitch is introducing video uploads
Streaming giant Twitch is to introduce YouTube-style video uploading. CEO Emmett Shear confirmed the news during his TwitchCon 2015 keynote, along with a number of other new features. With YouTube currently embarking on a big drive to pry some streaming market share from its rival, Twitch video uploads will potentially …
Read More »John Carmack wants to make virtual reality esports stadiums
At the end of hisOculus Connect 2 talk,John Carmack talked a bit about social applications for the Oculus Rift and VR. Heexplained the problems of convincing people that VR can be a social place, and how Oculus has beendeveloping frameworks for multi-userVR applications. One of his ideas: virtual esports arenas. …
Read More »Here’s why eSports is coming soon to a TV near you
Turner Broadcasting is bringing video game tournaments to network TV in 2016. Although ESPN hasdabbled lightly in eSports coverageover the last year, Turner Broadcasting is the first television network to go all-in with eSports. Beginning in 2016, Turner Sports president Lenny Daniels says the network will cover Valve’sCounter-Strike: Global Offensive(CS:GO) …
Read More »The remaster plan: Is it time for publishers to leave the past alone?
Dark Souls, Banjo-Kazooie, Zelda, Resident Evil, God of War, Devil May Cry, Final Fantasy, Grim Fandango, Borderlands, Gears of War, Journey, Saints Row… 2015’s release schedule reads somewhat like a greatest hits of the games industry. These aren’t really new releases, of course. They’re titles from the last three decades …
Read More »No campaign mode for Rainbow Six: Siege
It seems that Call of Duty isn’t the only game that’s doing away with its single-player mode. It was announced on Friday that the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of Call of Duty: Black Ops III will not contain a single-player mode. Now PCGamesN confirms that Ubisoft’s upcoming Rainbow Six: …
Read More »Band of misfits: How the Renegades went from challengers to winners
With one game separating each team from a spot in theLeagueChampionship Seriesand their professional gaming dreams, it was the most important champion select of their lives. Most teams would be nervous and tense, focused on surviving a moment they might remember with joy or regret for years. Renegades, though, was …
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