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Warner Bros and Lego are collaborating on what appears to be a Minecraft competitor in Lego Worlds. An image posted on the Eurobricks forums shows a flier advertising the upcoming game reading Explore. Discover. Create.” The ad indicates Warner Bros is publishing and TT Games is developing the title. There’s …
Read More »Oculus VR acquires Surreal Vision
Oculus VR has announced its acquisition of Surreal Vision – a tech startup that specializes in genereating real-time, 3D worlds. A new post on the virtual reality firm’s website states Surreal Vision is one of the top computer vision teams in the world. According to Oculus, the company’s tech generates …
Read More »GOG refusing to sell Hatred, according to dev
Hatred developer Destructive Creations has announced GOG will not carry its controversial shooter Hatred when it releases next week. The studio claims the digital storefront has refused to distribute the game.” Hatred was previously delisted from Steam’s Greenlight pages, before Valve approved the game for release on its popular distribution …
Read More »Nintendo strove for global Humble Bundle, says NoA
The unfortunate region lock situation surrounding Nintendo’s Humble Nindie Bundle promotion is something the company hopes to change, a Nintendo of America rep claims. Damon Baker – an employee of Nintendo of America’s marketing department – said as much on Twitter, explaining the company spent months trying to make the …
Read More »Microsoft confirms Cortana for iOS and Android devices
Microsoft has confirmed reports that its Cortana voice application will release for iOS and Android platforms. In a post on the Windows Blog, Microsoft vice president Joe Belfiore revealed the app will act as a companion to Cortana on Windows 10. "Today, we’re announcing a Cortana application for Android phones …
Read More »UPDATE: Nintendo and Humble team up for Humble Nindie Bundle
Nintendo has partnered with Humble for its first ever Humble Bundle promotion to feature Wii U and 3DS titles. The latest Humble Bundle offers up Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition on Wii U, Woah Dave! for Nintendo 3DS, and Mighty Switch Force! for Nintendo 3DS for whatever individuals want to …
Read More »Second annual Oculus Connect set for September
Oculus VR has announced its Oculus Connect 2 developer conference will take place this September. The second annual Oculus Connect will return to the Loews Hollywood Hotel from September 23-25, with registration for the event kicking off sometime next month. Keynote speakers will include Oculus CTO John Carmack, chief scientist …
Read More »Fire Emblem: Awakening nearing 2m sales
Fire Emblem: Awakening is nearing – and possibly already surpassed – 2m sales, according to developer Intelligent Systems. VG247 points to a new promotional page for the upcoming Fire Emblem: If, which confirms the game has sold 1.79m copies as of December 2014. Five months have passed since the figure …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers: May 17-23
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has dethroned Grand Theft Auto V in Steam’s latest weekly top ten sellers chart. In fact, The Witcher as a franchise had itself a very nice week. Along with the first place finish for Witcher 3, CD Project Red’s release also filled the list with …
Read More »YouTube rolls out support for gaming-focused livestreams
YouTube is finally looking to acquire some of the growing video game streaming pie, with the video service announcing the launch of 60 frames per second live streaming. A new post on the YouTube Partners & Creators Blog announces the Twitch-like service, which is available now as an early preview …
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