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Read More »Razer unveils $400 VR headset
Peripherals specialist Razer has revealed its second VR headset. Dubbed The Hacker Development Kit 2.0 (or HDK 2.0 for short), this is a $400 piece of kit that’s set for a July release, according to GamesBeat. The hardware uses Razer’s VR operating system, the imaginatively called OSVR. Razer claims that …
Read More »All games big and small: 505 talks Abzu and Assetto Corsa
Though back in the day 505 Games was best known for Cooking Mama, these days it produces a real variety of content. For every blockbuster like Payday 2, there’s an indie hit like Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons. And its upcoming release slate is just as diverse, with hardcore …
Read More »Nordic Games, Wired and Le Cortex form We Sing Productions
Publisher Nordic Games and developers Wired Productions and Le Cortex have formed a new company dedicated to the We Sing range of karaoke titles. We Sing Productions says it is working on products for multiple platforms, with the first game due to arrive this year. The title will be teased …
Read More »You can watch Ubisoft’s E3 press event at 9pm UK time right here
Ubisoft will be taking to the stage at 1pm PST (9pm for us Brits) to show us what it has in the works. Though Ubisoft has already announced what is likely the cornerstone of its end of year line-up in Watch Dogs 2, the publisher will have a number of …
Read More »Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26.2bn
Business-orientated social network site LinkedIn has landed an acquisition deal with Microsoft worth a staggering $26.2bn. The all-cash transaction values LinkedIn’s shares at $196 each. Currently they trade at around $131 having fallen by around 40 per cent this year. Microsoft previously paid $8.5bn for Skype in 2011 and $7.2bn …
Read More »Watch Xbox’s E3 press conference here at 5:30pm UK time
Microsoft’s E3 press event is taking place at its usual 9:30am PST slot in America (5:30pm for those of us in the UK). The platform holder has promised that this year’s show will be a ‘very special E3′. The press event is set to last 90 minutes – expect to …
Read More »FIFA 17 will be Frostbite’s biggest test
EA transitions its most crucial franchise to the DICE’s tech, but will it enhance or hinder the series?
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Read More »Microsoft revokes accidental free Fallout 4 downloads
A number of Xbox One owners thought they’d got lucky last week when they had seemed to grab themselves a free copy of Bethesda’s Fallout 4. The game’s price, and that of its Season Pass, was mistakenly dropped to absolutely nothing for a brief period, and word quickly spread online …
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