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Syfy is making a scripted virtual reality TV series for Oculus Rift
Plenty of video game studios have been hopping on the virtual reality bandwagon over the last few years, and now it looks like television networks are also eyeing VR as potentially the next big thing. Syfy has revealed that it is working on a new series called Halcyon, which will primarily be aired on television but will ...
Amazon’s Lumberyard game engine has “direct plumbing to AWS”
Amazon made the surprise announcement earlier this week that it would be releasing its own free game engine called Lumberyard, and in a recent interview with GamesBeat, Lumberyard head Eric Schenk explained how and why Amazon created the engine, as well as how it ties into the company’s other products, including Amazon Web Services. “Lumberyard started ...
Was the world not ready for Rock Band 4 and Guitar Hero Live?
For a short time, it was almost impossible to go to a party without seeing a group of friends playing either Rock Band or Guitar Hero, but the two game oversaturated the market with an endless stream of sequels that offered little more than a few new songs to play, and as a result, the rhythm game genre ...
Quantum Break PC release controversy proves gamers can hate just about anything
Gamers are a notoriously fickle bunch, and few people in the industry know that fact better than the head of Microsoft’s Xbox division, Phil Spencer, but even Spencer was left scratching his head when numerous Xbox owners reacted with anger to the announcement that Quantum Break would also be available on PC. Quantum Break is an upcoming third-person ...
Twitch’s 2015 retrospective shows esports is still a driving force behind the platform
Last year was a time of major growth for Twitch, the Amazon-owned livestreaming service for gamers, and today the site released a retrospective looking back at all of its major accomplishments for 2015, along with a few interesting stats about how viewers and broadcasters have been using the platform. “What did Twitch watch in 2015? ...
Even Ubisoft is finally sick of yearly Assassin’s Creed releases
Ubisoft Entertainment SA has been churning out new Assassin’s Creed games every year since 2009 (2007 if you count a couple of games for Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable), but the studio has finally decided to give the franchise a rest this year for the first time in nearly a decade. In a blog post, Ubisoft noted ...
Gamers care less and less about owning noobs as they get older, study finds
People play games for a variety of different reasons, whether its to challenge their mental prowess or to totally own some noobs, and according to game analytics firm Quantic Foundry LLC, those reasons can change significantly as gamers age. “According to the ESA, the average gamer is now 35 years old,” Nick Yee, Quantic Foundry ...
ESA exec refutes SuperData CEO’s claim that the organization is “irrelevant”
Earlier this month, SuperData Research Inc CEO Joost van Dreunen wrote an opinion piece criticizing the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), saying that the organization is becoming increasingly irrelevant and unhelpful to the video game industry as a whole. This week, Rich Taylor, the ESA’s Senior VP of Communications and Industry Affairs, wrote his own opinion piece refuting van Dreunen’s statements. “Last ...
Mad Catz lays off a third of its staff after lackluster Rock Band 4 sales
Things already looked bleak for game peripheral maker Mad Catz Interactive Inc after its CEO and two other top staff resigned the day before the company’s financials were released, but now the future of Mad Catz seems even more uncertain, as the company has announced that it is laying off 37 percent of its workforce. “Today, ...
Symantec warns of malware hidden in Hearthstone cheat programs
If you are the type of degenerate who feels the need to cheat at a free online card game like Hearthstone, then you probably deserve whatever viruses or malware you get out of it, but technology security company Symantec Corp has decided to issue a warning anyway about the shady nature of many Hearthstone cheat programs. According to ...
