This video from Tokyo's VR Zone: Project I Can VR has been circulating the web today as it stretches the heartstrings of humanity itself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jx2YWzxvbs Guests were tasked with saving a small, helpless fuzz of cute from a plank on a skyscraper, and their reactions to the task are nothing short of hilarious. Torn between... Continue Reading →
Remasters Run the Video Game Industry
Resident Evil 6 has just become available on PS4. It's a graphical upgrade that also includes all maps and DLC from the original PS3 version as well as a new "No Mercy" hardcore mode for PC. The title comes in a stream of Resident Evil remasters that we're very much in the centre of. The games have seen... Continue Reading →
GVS Technology of vMocion To End VR Motion Sickness
It seems that VR companies have largely ignored the problem of motion sickness that accompanies use of their devices. With Rift headsets being shipped and received as we speak, Vive just around the corner, and PSVR preorders selling out across multiple sites, the technology wasn't shipped with the ability to not make people throw up... Continue Reading →
Call of Duty 2016 Set in Space
In a direct departure from the series' past ventures, this year's Call of Duty instalment will see a sci-fi space war setting. The game will not appear as a sequel to developers Infinity Ward's Ghosts, though that title did appear with a space-age introduction in 2013. Over the weekend, industry insider shinobi602 revealed on NeoGAF that the title will... Continue Reading →
GTA 6 in Development Right Now
Grand Theft Auto V was released over two years ago now, and though it smashed sales records, Rock Star are running out of time to rest on their success. Which is why they've announced that they're currently working on GTA 6. Techradar recently reported that the game is in development, though for full location and specifications... Continue Reading →
Sony to Announce PS4.5 Before October 2016
Since we first reported on the possibility of the PS4.5 console from Sony, more and more evidence has to come light legitimising the claim. Since Kotaku originally broke the story with the knowledge of the system and its uses, Eurogamer then let us know that Sony have the prototypes in the lab right now. The... Continue Reading →
4 Consoles Nearly Released by Rival Companies
And Atari seems to be at the centre of nearly every damn one of them. Sony PlayStation Possibly the most well known story revolves around the biggest console in the list. Sony was producing sound chips for Nintendo when they were approached to create a CD add-on for the Super Nintendo in efforts to compete... Continue Reading →
First Consumer Oculus Rift Delivered by Luckey in Person
Ross Martin was the first person to preorder the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset, after following the project since day 1 - though he didn't know it. After receiving an email asking him to confirm the delivery details, Martin was informed that the delivery would be made in person. Palmer Luckey, founder of Oculus Rift,... Continue Reading →
That Dragon, Cancer Sees Significant Sales Losses Due To Let’s Play Videos
We saw it with the movie industry when pirated VHS tapes exploded onto the scene. We saw it with the music industry in Metallica took on Napster, crunching down on illegal mp3 sharing. Then we made it legal. It seems now then, that the video game industry is going the way of the music industry... Continue Reading →
Indie VR Spotlight: Onward
Founded by Dante Buckley, who shows off his developments in the Dev blogs available on the site, Downpour Interactive will be bringing tactical first person shooter VR game Onward to head mounted displays. The title is still very much in development, however devs boast a stripped down fps concept with no HUD, limited respawns, and no crosshairs.... Continue Reading →