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Just hours after it was revealed that the Oculus Rift would be setting back consumers 499 (or $599), the company’s founder Palmer Luckey took to Reddit for a Q&A. During the AMA (Ask Me Anything), Luckey was asked by one user why the messaging around the Rift’s price tag was …
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Read More »MCV AWARDS 2016: Have you made the list…?
It’s a new year and a new opportunity for your team to shine. And it starts this week as we announce the finalists of the MCV Awards 2016. We’ve had hundreds of nominations since lobbying opened late last year and tomorrow morning we’ll announce which companies and teams have been …
Read More »Adele’s 25 pips FIFA 16 to become the biggest UK entertainment launch of 2015… if we pretend digital doesn’t exist
Unsurprising, Adele’s 25 album was the UK’s biggest entertainment product of 2015 with 2.6m sales, according to retail trade body ERA. But it was very close between the smash hit album and the video game FIFA 16. FIFA 16 sold over 2.5m units, and was on sale for a much …
Read More »UK digital game revenue is double that of physical, says IHS
Forget yesterday’s GfK Chart-Track figures, UK game revenue actually grew by 10 per cent last year. Sales of physical disc-based games dropped 2.2 per cent in revenue year-on-year to 927.6m. But according to IHS estimates, digital game revenue was up 17.1 per cent last year, rising from 1.622bn to 1.899bn …
Read More »Oculus giving free Rift to early Kickstarter backers
Just shy of 7,000 people to receive free headset
Read More »Free Oculus Rift for early dev kit Kickstarter backers
The earliest and keenest supporters of the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset have just had some very good news. The company has confirmed that those who backed the Oculus Rift during its Kickstarter campaign at a high enough tier to get a development kit – some 6,955 people – will …
Read More »PS4 sales hit 35.9 million units
Sony has announced that cumulative sell through” of the PS4 has, as of January 3rd, reached 35.9m units. That follows unit sales of 5.7m units worldwide during the 2015 holiday season” which, presumably, represents the period from November 22nd to January 3rd. Worldwide digital and retail software sales have now …
Read More »Oculus Rift pre-orders go live in two days
Pre-orders for the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset will go live this week. The company has announced that customers will be able to lay down money for the device from 8am PST (4pm UK time) on Wednesday January 6th. Oculus founder Palmer Luckey will also be doing a Reddit AMA …
Read More »GTX 970 named as the entry-level GPU for VR on PC
The price of the headset is just the beginning of what looks to be the very expensive virtual reality revolution. Nvidia has named the minimum requirements for playing VR games on PC. The cheapest compatible graphics card is the GTX 970, which currently retails for around 250. Also compatible are …
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