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Oculus Rift price teased; new input solution to show at E3 in June
Oculus Rift price teased; new input solution to show at E3 in June
News out of the Code Conference comes via Oculus VR CEO Brendan Iribe, who drops a few more details on what you'll expect to pay and how the tech might evolve.
May 27, 2015
Cosmic Picnic is the next step for these former Battlefield devs
Cosmic Picnic is the next step for these former Battlefield devs
A coterie of Swedish developers have quit their posts at Ghost Games and EA DICE to found Cosmic Picnic, a new indie studio based out of Stockholm.
May 27, 2015
Smooth moves: Designing VR games that won't make players sick
Smooth moves: Designing VR games that won't make players sick
Gamasutra chats with a few VR game designers to figure out what they've learned about not making people sick, and how other developers can apply those learnings to their own projects.
May 27, 2015
Flash deal site sells game for $1 without developer permission
Flash deal site sells game for $1 without developer permission
UPDATE A British indie studio and its publisher are involved in a public imbroglio over the studio's game Standpoint, which was put on sale for a minimum price of $1 at a flash deal site without permission.
May 27, 2015
Get a job: Turbine seeks a Senior Mobile Engineer 2
Get a job: Turbine seeks a Senior Mobile Engineer 2
The house responsible for that Infinite Crisis MOBA and the venerable Lord of the Rings Online needs an experienced software engineer to work on mobile projects in its Needham, Massachusetts office.
May 27, 2015
Ex-AAA talent aims to shake up mobile with a game-like chat app
Ex-AAA talent aims to shake up mobile with a game-like chat app
A group of developers have left jobs at companies like Remedy and EA to launch Futurefly, a Finnish startup that aims to build mobile apps with built-in gameplay mechanics -- starting with a chat app.
May 27, 2015
Does Wi-Fi Makes People Sick? Probably Yes!
Does Wi-Fi Makes People Sick? Probably Yes!
Does Wi-fi signals affect our health? Does Wi-Fi cause cancer? Probably yes.
May 26, 2015
Capcom doubles down on HD remakes to escape its revenue slump
Capcom doubles down on HD remakes to escape its revenue slump
Capcom is focusing on HD remakes after managing to raise its profits during the 2015 fiscal year despite a steep drop in revenue -- thanks to cost-cutting efforts like focusing on digital over retail.
May 26, 2015
Nintendo of America promotes its indie devs with a Humble Bundle
Nintendo of America promotes its indie devs with a Humble Bundle
The folks behind Humble Bundle have partnered with Nintendo to sell a pack of 3DS and Wii U games from indie teams like Choice Provisions and Drinkbox Studios at pay-what-you-like prices.
May 26, 2015
Spotlight on Inti Creates, the studio behind Mighty No. 9 and Bloodstained
Spotlight on Inti Creates, the studio behind Mighty No. 9 and Bloodstained
Inti Creates spent the 2000s making Mega Man games, but has been reborn as its own publisher and developer for high-profile Kickstarter titles. Gamasutra talks to CEO Takuya Aizu.
May 26, 2015
Bloodstained's female lead, Miriam, reflects the game's audience
Bloodstained's female lead, Miriam, reflects the game's audience
"I think having a female hero is more motivating to male gamers, and I think women would like to control a female avatar, too," Koji Igarashi says in a new interview.
May 26, 2015
Oculus acquires Surreal Vision, a startup that brings the real world to VR
Oculus acquires Surreal Vision, a startup that brings the real world to VR
Startup brings tech that allows VR to scan and represent the real world -- what it calls "state-of-the-art 3D scene reconstruction algorithms."
May 26, 2015