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Arkham VR and Rocksteady's path to VR game development
At E3 Rocksteady cofounder Sefton Hill chats with Gamasutra about how Arkham VR was made, and why he thinks VR is uniquely well-suited to evoking emotional reactions in people.
June 16, 2016
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To get people into VR, Sony puts PSVR demos in stores this month
Sony has confirmed both a 10/13 release date and expectations of supply problems for PSVR, and now its going to try and drum up popular interest by putting demo units in retail stores this month.
June 16, 2016
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Twitter tags Zelda as the 'most talked about' game during E3
While this is more of a fun data point than a particularly useful insight, it does give credence (at least, if you care about Twitter mentions) to Nintendo's Zelda-centric marketing strategy for E3
June 16, 2016
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Xbox One mouse and keyboard support only 'months away'
"When we enable PC and mouse on console it'll be interesting to see how many of those creators think about running their PC and mouse-only game on console."
June 15, 2016
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Sony expecting PlayStation VR supply issues
"We have growing confidence that we'll be supply constrained with this product, but we'll do our very best to meet demand."
June 15, 2016
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Xbox boss Phil Spencer on Scorpio and the future of console cycles
"Consumer expectation is that, if you wanted to, you could go buy a new cell phone every year. I don’t want to get into that mode with a console."
June 14, 2016
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Microsoft says 'no' to the notion of Scorpio-exclusive Xbox games
As E3 2016 putters along, Microsoft executive Aaron Greenberg responds to people questioning whether or not some games might be exclusive to Microsoft's more powerful "Scorpio" Xbox with "no."
June 14, 2016
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Watch the Xbox E3 conference right here at 9:30 AM Pacific
E3 week begins this morning at 9:30 AM Pacific with Microsoft's Xbox event in Los Angeles, where the company is expected to talk up its lineup of video games and hardware for the year ahead.
June 13, 2016
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Watch the PlayStation conference at E3 2016 right here
This year's Electronic Entertainment Expo continues with Sony's PlayStation showcase at 6 PM Pacific, which the company will surely use to hype up its games and hardware plans for the year to come.
June 13, 2016
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Sony confirms release date for Playstation VR at E3
At E3 today, Sony set a firm release date of October 13th for their VR hardware previously known as Project Morpheus. They also announced VR titles in major franchise like Final Fantasy and Star Wars.
June 13, 2016
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With Serious Sam VR, Croteam takes the VR plunge
Croatian indie dev Croteam is getting into VR game development with Serious Sam VR, which is set to be published by Devolver Digital on Steam Early Access this summer.
June 13, 2016
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Microsoft gets deeper into eSports with Arena for Xbox
At E3 this week Microsoft laid plans to launch a new service on Xbox, Arena, designed to let people sign up for, compete in and watch tournaments for games.
June 13, 2016