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Oculus Tells Devs: “Now is the Time to be Thinking About VR”
Virtual Reality is often perceived as the future of entertainment and has the potential to offer unique experiences we never thought possible. Currently, there is a huge range of VR devices including Google Cardboard, the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. Sadly, these units incur a rather hefty early adopters fee…
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RUST Assigns Characters Their Gender By Your SteamID
Rust is a popular open world survival game, with you foraging and hunting in order to survive and build a shelter to survive in a barren wilderness amongst friends and foes. With over 100,000 positive reviews and only around 22 thousand negative reviews, the game can be considered a success…
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Let The Hype Commence – Bethesda Hiring for ‘Bleeding-edge of RPG Development’
It’s no secret that Bethesda is working on a new game, they’re a development studio, it’s what they do! However, with Fallout 4 now out of the way, and smaller teams working on patches and DLC releases for the game, the main teams will be moving onto the next big…
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Brigador Developer Defends $20 Price Tag
Brigador is an isometric real-time strategy game created by independent studio, Stellar Jockeys released on October 16th 2015 under Valve’s Early Access programme. The overall reception thus far has been extremely positive and the gameplay is reminiscent of the Syndicate series. Despite this, some users have questioned the game’s $19.99/£14.99…
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Rodeo Games Disbands After Lacklustre Warhammer Game
Rodeo Games was an independent studio specializing in digital adaptations of Warhammer board games. Given the Warhammer license, you would have expected to hear more about the developer but their creations have gone under the radar. Their latest and sadly final title, Warhammer 40,000: Deathwatch was originally an iOS game…
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Knack II is Reportedly in Development
Knack is a platforming beat ’em up directed by Mark Cerny, who famously worked on iconic games including Crash Bandicoot, and Spyro the Dragon. As a result, the initial E3 showing was designed to showcase the PlayStation 4’s capabilities and unique experiences possible on Sony’s latest console. However, the game…
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52% of Developers Are Working on a PC Game
Consumers tend to be quite vocal about their chosen platform and demonstrate a great deal of brand loyalty. It makes sense though as investing into one platform and swapping to another is a costly endeavour. During the last few years, developers have gauged the popularity of each system, to try…
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Tesla Model 3 Will Be Released
Tesla has been pioneers in the electric car field, this has helped by charismatic CEO Elon Musk who has pushed Tesla firmly into the mainstream with innovations that capture consumer imagination. Tesla now plans to launch the “Model 3” with speculation that it will be unveiled at the Geneva Motor…
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Logan Streondj Warns That Robots Will Declare War By 2040
The continual advancement of AI is compelling at the very least; the notion that machines will have the ability to experience human emotions and abilities has opened the door to a whole new world of potential possibilities. But, are machines really a threat to mankind? Sci-fi author Logan Streondj thinks…
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DICE Confirms ‘Next Battlefield’ is Now in Development
One of EA’s most successful products is the Battlefield series which offers large maps, tactical gameplay and astounding sound effects. It’s often perceived as a more authentic military reproduction compared to Call of Duty and continues to attract a large following. Sadly, Battlefield 4 suffered from horrendous launch bugs on…
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Hololens Predicted to Focus on Enterprise Instead of Game Development
Microsoft’s Hololens utilizes a high-definition stereoscopic 3D head-mounted display, and spatial sound which allows developers to create truly unique experiences using augmented reality. This revolutionary VR technology has been demoed by Microsoft and showcased its potential to revolutionize gaming. Theoretically, it’s possible to interact with worlds in a tactile manner…
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Mozilla Describe Thunderbird Client as “a Tax” on FireFox Development
Mozilla’s Thunderbird e-mail client is often overlooked and hasn’t received any major updates since 2012. Nevertheless, I still find it quite useful and think it’s a pretty good piece of software to organize multiple e-mail accounts. Clearly, Mozilla is right to focus on Firefox development as a large quantity of…
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Entire Skyrim Map Recreated in Unreal Engine 4
Modding a game is one thing, it can be a demanding hobby that requires quite a lot of knowledge of a game’s engine and the ability to modify its assets, but porting an entire games world from one engine to another, that’s completely bonkers. However, that’s exactly what Polycount member DRIVEJUNKY95…
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A Portable Blood Cleanser Being Developed by Harvard Researchers
Science and tech are compatible with each other when it comes to developing new ideas for a variety of applications. This is certainly evident in the health sector which has seen a wide scope of innovations which in turn have been implemented to save lives. Portability is essential and Harvard…
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