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Following the confirmation of PlayStation VR’s launch details last night, we now have a pretty clear picture of what virtual reality has to offer punters this year. Which means for many people it’s decision time. But what am I going to opt for? The only way to find out is …
Read More »Former Pixar animator reveals PlayStation VR interactive movie Gary the Gull
A former Pixar and Bungie animator is heading up development on an interactive movie for PlayStation VR. The game itself is called Gary the Gull, and the technology powering it will be made available to other developers too. It tells a story like a movie, but it’s interactive like a …
Read More »Gone Home dev’s Tacoma pushed back to 2017
Developer Fullbright has confirmed that its next title will not be released this year, as was previously the plan. Tacoma was announced at the tail end of 2014 and was due out between Q3 and Q4 this year. However, things have been pushed back by about six months and the …
Read More »Fifty Shades of Grey producer is making a Metro 2033 film
The Metro series is to branch out into the wilderness of cinemas. Hollywood producer Michael De Luca, whose credits include the 50 Shades of Grey movie adaptation (as well as a string of other hits such as The Social Network and Captain Phillips), has teamed up with author Dmitry Glukhovsky …
Read More »Lohan given go-ahead in Take-Two lawsuit
Lindsay Lohan has won her fight to have Take-Two’s attempted dismissal of her lawsuit rejected. Lohan is alleging that Rockstar intentionally used her likeness in Grand Theft Auto V. Now the New York Supreme Court has ruled that it cannot rely on Take-Two’s current denials and that Lohan’s case has …
Read More »Splash Damage is working on Gears of War 4’s multiplayer
London developer Splash Damage is once again back in the Gears of War fold, developer The Coalition has confirmed. Splash Damage had a hand in the recent Gears of War: Ultimate Edition, having previously worked on the likes of Return to Castle Wolfenstein and its own online shooter Brink. Now …
Read More »Game downloads added to ONS inflation index
The revenue generated by game downloads has officially become one of the measures by which the Office of National Statistics measures UK inflation. The ONS has a ‘shopping basket’ of goods that it tracks, with price changes used to gauge how inflation is shifting in the UK. City AM reports …
Read More »AMD’s Sulon Q offers wire, PC and console free all-in-one VR
There’s a new virtual reality headset on the block that looks to address two of the key problems with most VR headsets. The AMD Sulon Q is an all-in-one solution that is not only wire-free, but also does not require users to plus it into a PC or console. There’s …
Read More »AMD’s Radeon Pro Duo offers unrivalled VR graphics power
The battle to be the world’s most powerful graphics card is always shifting, and today a new beast sits on the throne. It’s called the Radeon Pro Duo, the unit houses two Fiji GPUs, amounting to 16 teraflops of computer performance and 8GB of on board RAM. Also included is …
Read More »ILM unveils Star Wars: Trials on Tatooine VR experiment
Let’s face it – if anything is going to sell virtual reality, it’s the chance to prance about with a lightsabre. Industrial Light & Magic and LucasArts have apparently inadvertently unveiled an experimental VR title called Star Wars: Trials on Tatooine. A trailer briefly appeared on the ILM website before …
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