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Read More »Bookies tip FIFA 16 to top 2015 UK sales race
FIFA 16 is favourite finish 2015 as the UK’s top selling game, according to Betway. EA’s football title currently has odds of 2/5, ahead of second place Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 at 7/2. Third favourite is Fallout 4 (8/1) followed by Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate (9/1) and Halo 5: …
Read More »Oculus Mobile SDK coming soon, Oculus Platform to follow
Mobile tools due in November, while marketplace will expand to include Rift early next year
Read More »Shower simulator Rinse and Repeat banned from Twitch
Rinse and Repeat is a game about taking a shower. Typically showers are taken when naked. And nudity is pretty much not allowed on Twitch. Rinse and Repeat is described as a ‘first person male showing game’. It’s made by developer Robert Yang and is unashamedly designed to explore homosexuality. …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate includes the series’ first ever transgender character
Ubisoft is staying true to its promise of more diversification with the reveal of a transgender character starring in Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate. Eurogamer reports that the game will feature trans male Ned Wynert, who appears as a supporting character who offers quests to main protagonists Jacob and Evie Fry. The …
Read More »Minecraft is coming to the Oculus Rift in 2016
The world’s biggest game will enter virtual reality next year. Brick-building blockbuster Minecraft is one of the games from moe than 200,000 developers that have signed up to create for the Rift platform, Oculus announced at its Connect 2 conference. Slated to launch next year, Minecraft VR will be the …
Read More »Maxis boss Lucy Bradshaw is leaving EA
The boss of whatever is left of Maxis, Lucy Bradshaw, is leaving EA after 23 years. EA’s Maxis unit is being integrated into the company’s mobile division, although a number of Maxis projects including The Sims 4 will be overseen by new Maxis group boss Rachel Franklin, who was formerly …
Read More »Oculus Rift VR headset will cost ‘at least $300’
It’s just a few short months away now, and slowly we’re getting a better idea of what the Oculus Rift will cost at launch. However, it doesn’t look as if consumers are going to get the chance to pre-order the device, at least not directly from Oculus itself. "There isn’t …
Read More »You can now watch Netflix in virtual reality
Netflix has launched an official app for Samsung’s Gear VR headset. The TV and film streaming service is now available for users of the smartphone-powered virtual reality device, the consumer version of which was also detailed. The app plonks viewers in a virtual cabin with a sofa and a screen-within-the-screen …
Read More »Samsung Gear VR headset costs $100, out this November
One of the first consumer-grade virtual reality headsets to make it to market has set a potentially market-changing price. The Samsung Gear VR was co-developed with Oculus, the firm behind the Rift headset. Unlike that device, which harnesses PC power, the Gear VR focuses on offering virtual reality provided by …
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