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Video: See how Epic made Bullet Train and went off the rails of VR
In this VRDC 2016 talk Epic Games' Nick Donaldson and Nick Whiting explain exactly how (and why) the studio's remarkable Bullet Train teleportation-driven shoot-em-up was built for VR.
May 24, 2016
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Sony expects to sell another 20 million PS4s by March 2017
Sony expects to sell 20 million PS4s during this fiscal year, and anticipates that sales in its Games and Network division will rise by 8.3 percent to 1.68 trillion yen.
May 24, 2016
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Uncover your hit game idea faster - on the importance of moving on
Successful games are almost NEVER born on the first, second, or third try. In this post, Tyler Brown of Bulldozer Games shares his observations on methods he's learned in the Indie Games Industry to help developers find their "hit game" faster.
May 24, 2016
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Uncharted 4 surpasses 2.7 million sales in first week
Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End has surpassed 2.7 million units in combined worldwide physical and digital sales in just one week.
May 23, 2016
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Report: Tencent preparing to take over Clash of Clans developer, Supercell
Chinese internet giant Tencent is in talks with Supercell’s majority shareholder, SoftBank, about a potential takeover deal.
May 23, 2016
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Watch Google devs share lessons learned from VR game prototyping
From VR dogs playing poker to sticking a Vive controller in a watering can, Googlers at I/O give a broad-spectrum breakdown some of the things they've learned from experimenting with VR game design.
May 23, 2016
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Skill-based, first-person gambling game coming to Atlantic City casinos
Casino-game startup GameCo has entered into a partnership with 505 Games to put a "first-person action" title into casinos.
May 23, 2016
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Oculus puts the kibosh on 'hack' that let Vive owners play Rift games
UPDATE Oculus VR updated its Oculus app this week, and among the changes are new "platform integrity" DRM checks that seem to block games in the Oculus Home hub from launching without a Rift.
May 20, 2016
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Twitch signs on to stream the eLeague, TBS' televised eSports venture
TBS and media firm WME | IMG will start broadcasting eSports on cable television next week, and Twitch has signed a multi-year deal to stream coverage  of the venture on its platform.
May 20, 2016
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Developers weigh in on working with Google's Daydream VR platform
Google announced ten development partners while showing off its new Daydream VR platform, we checked in with a few to get their thoughts on developing for Google's new product.
May 19, 2016
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Study: Smartphone sales are rising, and most of them are Android
Market research firm Gartner reports worldwide smartphone sales are up year-over-year for the first quarter of 2016, and Android devices make up an increasing majority (84.1%) of those sales.
May 19, 2016
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SF-based Make School adds VR dev to its summer schooling program
Heads up, would-be VR devs: The Make School, a relatively new two-year "product academy" based out of San Francisco, has added a new virtual reality development track to its summer academy program.
May 19, 2016