Before Trent Reznor took to the stage in Dallas last night for a Nine Inch Nails show, the acclaimed musician got demo of the Oculus Rift virtual reality technology. Oculus VR CTO John Carmack wrote on Twitter, “Gave Trent Reznor a demo of some new VR teach before the NIN show tonight. He totally gets […]
The crowdfunding campaign for Star Citizen, the upcoming PC space simulator from Wing Commander creator Chris Roberts, has reached $51 million in funding. This is up from $49 million recorded just two weeks ago. At press time funding stands at $51,096,609 from 525,341 backers. The new funding milestone was recorded over the weekend following the […]
A designer who worked on action-RPG Sacred 3 has stated that sequel’s divergence from the deeper gameplay of previous titles in the series was pushed by the marketing department of publisher Deep Silver. Posting on the Steam Community page for Sacred 3, former Keen Games junior game designer Sascha Wagentrotz said, “The marketing department of […]
Creator of Minecraft Markus “Notch” Persson said on Twitter that he’s no longer angry that Facebook acquired Oculus VR. Oculus’ Chief Technical Officer John Carmack responded, offering to help port the game to the Rift. “And about now I’m officially over being upset about Facebook buying Oculus,” Persson tweeted on Friday. “I’m upset about there […]
The cost of subscribing to Blizzard’s MMORPG World of Warcraft will rise for the UK region when the Warlords of Draenor expansion launches on November 13. The announcement was made on the World of Warcraft forums for the Europe region by Blizzard community manager Taepsilum. According to the post, the recommended retail pricing of the […]
The cost of subscribing to Blizzard’s MMORPG World of Warcraft will rise for the UK region when the Warlords of Draenor expansion launches on November 13. The announcement was made on the World of Warcraft forums for the Europe region by Blizzard community manager Taepsilum. According to the post, the recommended retail pricing of the […]
Creator of Minecraft Markus “Notch” Persson said on Twitter that he’s no longer angry that Facebook acquired Oculus VR. Oculus’ Chief Technical Officer John Carmack responded, offering to help port the game to the Rift. “And about now I’m officially over being upset about Facebook buying Oculus,” Persson tweeted on Friday. “I’m upset about there […]
Japanese game developer Hiroshi Iuchi, who created critically acclaimed shoot ‘em ups like Ikaruga and Radiant Silvergun, announced that he’s currently working on a new shooting game at developer M2 for the PlayStation 4. Iuchi, who revealed the news on his official blog (via Siliconera), didn’t say much about the game other than its name, […]
Allen Murray, the Microsoft employee who largely created the technology that allows for ads on Xbox’s dashboard, says he’s sorry. As Murray explains in a post to his personal blog, the idea originated with good intentions. In 2004, Murray’s first job in the games industry was Program Manager on the Xbox team, where he worked […]
Creator of Minecraft Markus “Notch” Persson has taken the Ice Bucket Challenge, dumping a bucket of ice water on his head to raise awareness and donate money toward research to find a cure for ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. After taking the challenge, the soaked participant usually challenges other people to do the […]
