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“Minecraft was my quest really for the last year and a half,” says Oculus CTO John Carmack | #OC2
One of the biggest pieces of news to come out of the Oculus Connect 2 event in California this week was the announcement that Minecraft would officially be coming to Oculus Rift when it launches, and Oculus CTO John Carmack admitted on stage afterward that he had a difficult time waiting until the announcement to talk about ...
‘Rinse and Repeat’ creator rails against Twitch’s anti-nudity policy
Censorship is always a hot button topic when it comes to video games, and that extends to more than just the content that is allowed or not allowed in the games themselves. Popular live streaming site Twitch.tv may not have to deal with Standards and Practices, but the site has instituted its own content restrictions in the ...
Facebook launches Internet.org’s “Free Basics” app platform
Facebook has announced the official launch of its Internet.org app platform, which it is now calling “Free Basics by Facebook.” “Over the past few months, developers have adapted their services specifically for the Internet.org Platform requirements, and today, more than 60 new services are available across the 19 countries where free basic services are available,” ...
Samsung makes virtual reality cheap with $99 Gear VR | #OC2
Today at Oculus Connect 2 in Hollywood, California, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. exec Peter Koo announced that a new consumer version of Samsung Gear VR would be hitting the market at an incredibly low price point of $99 later this year. This is about half of the current price of the Gear VR Innovator Edition, which currently retails ...
Oculus Chief Scientist Michael Abrash on the core challenges facing VR | #OC2
Oculus VR made several announcements during its keynote at Oculus Connect 2 in Hollywood, California, including upcoming Minecraft support, partnerships with Netflix and Twitch, and a $99 price point for Samsung Gear VR. Despite all of the exciting announcements and demonstrations, one of the highlights of the event was a roughly 40-minute talk by Oculus Chief ...
Roblox wants to make you a console game dev with its new Xbox app
Despite being one of the largest entertainment industries in the world, game development has traditionally had a high barrier to entry due to the level of technical knowledge required to create games. That barrier has steadily been lowered over the last few years thanks to easy to learn (and free to use) game engines like ...
Console fanboyism “incredibly unhealthy for our industry,” says Xbox head Phil Spencer
The so-called “Console Wars” have been raging in the video game industry for around three decades, and console gamers have often drawn lines in the sand when it comes to which brands make the best systems. For example, the mid-1990s had the fight between Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis, which had its own attack ads like the “Sega ...
Riot hands out 2-year ban to pro League of Legends team for not paying players
Apparently not paying your professional eSports team is frowned upon by the organizations that pay out hundreds of thousands of dollars in tournament winnings, as Riot Games has just handed out a two-year ban to Team Immunity for failing to live up to its financial obligations. “Teams in the [Oceanic Pro League] sign an agreement with ...
Proposed voice actor strike could cripple video game production
Voice acting has become an essential part of the video game development process for many studios within the last two decades, with some games like the upcoming Fallout 4 boasting over 100,000 lines of recorded dialogue. We may soon get a chance to see just how entrenched the voice acting profession is within the video game industry thanks ...
Why Kickstarter has refiled itself as a Public Benefit Corporation
Kickstarter Inc has ceased to exist after the popular crowdfunding platform refiled its business as a Public Benefit Corporation (PBC), and this change has major implications for both the future of the company and its relationships with both campaign creators and Kickstarter backers. “Until recently, the idea of a for-profit company pursuing social good at ...