Epic shook up the payment model for its Unreal Engine Marketplace yesterday when it revealed it will now payout 88 percent of every sale to creators. This reduced Epic’s cut from 30 percent to 12 percent, and the company noted that it would still earn a profit from that — oh, and Fortnite is doing...
Roblox is one of the biggest games in the world due to its popularity with younger audiences. It is a free-to-play online experience for PC, mobile phones, and Xbox One where players hang out and compete in games that other players have built using a powerful toolkit. If someone spends the premium virtual currency in...
Until now, Google’s Daydream VR has been limited by support for only a single, basic controller, but that may be changing. Simultaneous multiple controller support has just been added to the Google VR software used by Daydream and Cardboard devices, though it’s unclear which headsets will actually support the feature. Spotted by Reddito…Read More Source:...
Augmented reality (AR) may not be a new medium, but with the rise of powerful mobile devices, it could be on the cusp of breaking into the mainstream. We reported yesterday that in the first six months of 2018 the number of AR startups grew by 50 percent, while the big tech firms continue to...
FEATURE: When virtual reality is at its absolute best, it’s magical — a chance to put on glasses that instantly transport you to another world. That’s why so many VR games use a first-person perspective to let you look through your character’s eyes. But some developers are instead using VR to make third-person games more...
Beat Saber’s formula — the rhythms of Dance Dance Revolution mixed with Fruit Ninja gameplay and Tron aesthetics — has proved popular with PC VR gamers, and Sony PlayStation VR owners will soon get in on the action. Speaking with GamesBeat this week, Beat Games CEO Jaroslav Beck shared some new details about the upcoming PSVR...
Having previously dipped its toe into virtual reality waters, Amazon is about to dive deeper with two new VR initiatives. The first will see Amazon offering HTC Viveport titles through its online store, while the second involves opening VR kiosks in 10 locations across India to promote next week’s Prime Day. Previously, HTC has sold...
Following its release of the first-person criminal underworld experience The London Heist for PlayStation VR in 2016, Sony’s London Studio has been working on the highly anticipated shooter Blood & Truth. But its lead designer believes even bigger VR advances are on the horizon. Speaking at the Develop: Brighton conference (via MCV), Mich…Read More Source: Sony...
Facebook today announced that it is testing augmented reality ads in News Feed as part of a push to attract more advertisers to video ad innovations. Facebook exec Ty Ahmad-Taylor made the announcement at an event in New York to promote ways companies can advertise on Facebook during the holidays. So far, Facebook has only...
PlayStation Network is having some connectivity problems, according to numerous complaints on social media. Sony Interactive Entertainment has not confirmed the outage on its PSN status website, but players on the PS4 and some services like PS Now on PC are encountering issues logging into their accounts. This outage is also preventing those affect…Read More...
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