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The jury remains out on the real market potential of virtual reality but analyst Superdata thinks it’s going to be a BIG hit. VG247 reports that the company has predicted that a whopping 70m VR headsets will have been purchased by the end of 2017. This represents around $8.8bn in …
Read More »Free-to-play PES 2016 rated by Australian Board
Konami may be about to release a second version of PES 2016 that scraps the game’s upfront costs. The Australian Classification Board has listed a title called Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 Free To Play. No platforms have been specified, and while its not stated you’d expect the game to be …
Read More »Steam’s autumn and winter sales dates leaked
It looks as if the first of two big Steam sales will kick off next week. ShackNews reports that messages in a Steamworks developer group date the Steam Autumn sale for November 25th. It will run until December 1st. It then adds that the Steam Winter sale will run from …
Read More »SLI and Crossfire support ruled out for PC’s Batman: Arkham Knight
Multiple GPU users have been told that the PC version of Batman: Arkham Knight will never make use of their available graphics cards. We’ve been working with our development and graphics driver partners over the last few months to investigate utilizing multi-GPU support within Batman: Arkham Knight,” a Warner developer …
Read More »Deux Ex: Mankind Divided suffers six-month delay to August 2016
Square Enix’s upcoming cyberpunk sequel Deus Ex: Mankind Divided has been delayed by six months for ‘quality’ reasons. That’s the news from head of studio at developer Eidos Montreal, David Anfossi, who announced that the game’s February 23rd launch would now take place on August 23rd next year. We’re confident …
Read More »Disgaea PC release set for Feburary 2016
Nipon Ichi’s popular tactical RPG series Disgaea is set to debut on PC early next year. Anew store page on Steamlisted by the company reveals the definitive edition of the original Disgaea will launch within the release window of February 2016. PC features include updated UI and textures, support for …
Read More »Steam top ten: November 8-14
Fallout 4 continues to top Steam’s weekly best sellers chart, taking the number one spot again during its launch week. Fallout 4’s Season Pass also found a place in the top five, finishing in fourth ahead of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Football Manager 2016 has stormed up the chart into second, …
Read More »NOW Fallout 4 has the highest non-Valve game concurrent player number on Steam
Fallout 4 has only been on shelves for just over a day and has wasted no time in breaking records. In the last 24 hours, the latest entry in Bethesda’s apocalyptic action RPG saw 445,546 players on Steam, making it the non-Valve game with the highest concurrent player number. That’s …
Read More »See what’s new in the Intel Internet of Things Developer Kit
Intel Developer Blog: Softtalkblog details some of the newest tools available
Read More »Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare 2 launches in February
EA and Popcap’s surprise hit Plants vs Zombies shooter spinoff Garden Warfare will receive a sequel release in early 2016. PvZ Garden Warfare 2 will feature the 24-player Herbal Assault mode, 4 player co-op Graveyard Ops mode, a dozen new multiplayer maps, six new character classes, and over 100 unique …
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