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Read More »Steam Machines could launch in time for Christmas 2014
Steam controller to arrive October or November, according to hardware source
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: April 6-12
DayZ is back on top of Valve’s latest weekly top sellers chart on Steam. The Early Access title resumes its reign atop the board, following Goat Simulator’s triumph the week prior. The goat game still fared alright though, finishing in third behind Watch Dogs (on the strength of its pre-orders). …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: March 30 – April 5
Goat Simulator has emerged the unexpected victor on this week’s Steam top ten sellers chart. The indie beat out regular chart-topper DayZ for the top spot, with a discounted Age of Wonders III finishing behind the pair in third. Early Access hits Rust and Space Engineers finished fourth and fifth, …
Read More »SuperData: eSports viewership reaches 31.4m in US, 70m worldwide
Reserach group SuperData has released a new brief on eSports viewership, revealing rapid growth within the medium. According to the brief, over 70m individuals tuned in worldwide – with 31.4m coming from the US alone. SuperData reports worldwide viewership has doubled in the last year. eSports are a rapidly growing …
Read More »Industry vets Hocking, Swift join Amazon
Amazon has hired on Portal lead Kim Swift and Far Cry 2 designer Clint Hocking to join its internal game studio. Kotaku reports the two will join Amazon Game Studios’ growing talent pool. While Amazon has yet to confirm the hires, Hocking’s personal blog and Swift’s twitter account both allude …
Read More »Sweeney: VR will be bigger than smartphones
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has lofty expectations for the budding VR space, stating that he believes the technology will end up being bigger than the smartphone phenomenon. In an interview with Polygon, Sweeney explained VR has the potential to go beyond the enormous reach smartphones and tablets have established …
Read More »Valve’s Aaron Nicholls follows Binstock, Abrash to Oculus VR
Oculus has picked up another Valve VR expert in the wake of Facebook’s acquistion of the company, hiring Aaron Nicholls onto its research and development team. The company announced on Twitter that the former Valve researcher will join Oculus VR as a scientist, working alongside other former Valve veterans – …
Read More »Valve’s Aaron Nicholls jumps ship to Oculus
VR firm continues to pinch staff from Half-Life developer
Read More »Valve VR boss Abrash joins Oculus
Valve’s Michael Abrash has joined Oculus after three and a half years with the company. He has been appointed by Oculus as chief scientist just days after the firm was bought by Facebook for $2 billion. Abrash had been leading Valve’s own foray into virtual reality development but said the …
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