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Facebook has given its backing to next month’s Women in Games Awards, lining up as headline partner for the MCV and WIGJ event. The firm will also sponsor the Outstanding Contribution of the Year category of the special awards. Facebook is proud to sponsor this year’s Women in Gaming Awards,” …
Read More »Facebook backs the Women in Games Awards 2016
Facebook has given its backing to next month’s Women in Games Awards, lining up as headline partner for the MCV and WIGJ event. The firm will also sponsor the Outstanding Contribution of the Year category of the special awards. Facebook is proud to sponsor this year’s Women in Gaming Awards,” …
Read More »Facebook forms team dedicated to ‘social VR’
Oculus owner says that it wants to bring the structure of networks such as Instagram and WhatsApp to virtual reality
Read More »Facebook announces closure of Parse developer platform
Remote services for mobile apps and games to be fully shut down on January 28th 2017
Read More »Epic, Rovio and Google among Casual Connect Europe speakers
Facebook, Twitch, Unity and Wargaming also set to reveal development and industry advice at next month’s event
Read More »Facebook names Clash of King as best game of 2015
Chinese strategy game storms social network with more than 50m players
Read More »Games Media Awards 2015: This year’s event in pictures
The industry once again gathered last night to celebrate the Games Media Awards, and you can take a look at the pictures from the night right now. Among the biggest winners of the night were VideoGamer for Video Team, Eurogamer for Online Editorial Team, PC Gamer for Print Editorial Team …
Read More »Analyst predicts Oculus Rift will be sold at cost, ship 5m units in 2016
Facebook will sell the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset at cost in an attempt to boost early adoption, Credit Suisse has predicted. As reported by Barron’s, the analyst group reckons Facebook will hope to make money on the headsets via subsequent software sales. This model is not a million miles …
Read More »Sony pulling Facebook support from PS3, Vita
Sony is pulling support of Facebook on PS3 and Vita, with the app no longer available on the PlayStation Store as of earlier this month. Polygonreports the move goes beyond just the app’s removal, as Facebook integration is scheduled to be completely scrubbed from Sony’s current handheld and last-gen console …
Read More »Oculus fails in bid to dismiss ZeniMax lawsuit
Preliminary jury trial date set for August 1st, 2016
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