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Awesome Games Done Quick returns with a week of game speedruns for charity
Awesome Games Done Quick (AGDQ) has once again returned with its week long livestreaming marathon in which various gamers complete speedruns of dozens of games while taking donations for a charitable organization. The event itself is taking place in Herndon, Virginia, just outside Washington D.C., but you can catch all of the action on the ...
Esports organization MLG reportedly sold all of its assets to Activision Blizzard
Major League Gaming (MLG) has been one of the biggest names in organized esports for almost the entire history of the professional gaming industry, but now it looks like the tournament organizer may be selling off its brand to Activision Blizzard Inc for the sum of $46 million. According to a report by Eports Observer, MLG ...
Oculus delays release of Touch motion controllers for Oculus Rift
Everything appears to be moving along right on schedule for the release of the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset, but it seems that the company has run into a bit of trouble with its Oculus Touch motion controllers, which are meant to go with the device. “On the path to perfecting Touch, we’ve decided that ...
Fight over royalties behind the removal of ‘Descent’ games from web stores
Older games often seem to disappear from online storefronts with about as much frequency as random shows or films disappearing from Netflix, and we usually get about the same amount of explanation. After the removal of the Descent series from GOG.com, it looked like we would once again be kept in the dark on what exactly ...
Hackers crack the PlayStation 4 to install Linux and play Pokemon
It is hard to believe that it has already been nearly six years since Sony Corp announced that it would be eliminating the OtherOS feature on PlayStation 3, which allowed users to replace the console’s operating system with another one, most commonly a distribution of Linux. At the time, Sony cited security concerns as the ...
Valve opens up about the bug that exposed some Steam user info on Christmas
An unusual system glitch occurred last week that allowed Steam users to view personal account information of random strangers last week, which included email address and purchase history. Steam owner Valve Corp was forced to temporarily suspend service while it worked to resolve the issue, but even after service was restored, the company said nothing ...
Oculus VR announces cartoony platformer ‘Lucky’s Tale’ will come free with Rift
It is always great when multimedia devices launch with software to show off their capabilities, and to that end, Oculus VR announced today that every Oculus Rift device will come with a free copy of Lucky’s Tale, a cartoony platformer created by Playful Corp that appears to be reminiscent of games like Mario 64 and Banjo-Kazooie. “We always ...
‘Batman: Arkham Knight’ was the biggest AAA screwup of 2015
There are certain expectations fans have when it comes to triple-A games, the handful of big-budget franchise titles released by major studios each year. One more of the more reasonable expectations is that with millions of dollars in the development budget, a triple-A game should at least be playable on an average system without any serious stability issues, ...
Assassin’s Creed movie releases new production stills with star Michael Fassbender
You have to hand it to Hollywood, it really won’t give up on the idea of making a video game movie no matter how many of them utterly suck. There are already a few major video game adaptations releasing next year, including the highly anticipated Assassin’s Creed film starring Michael Fassbender. This week, the studio behind the ...
Louis Vuitton uses ‘Final Fantasy’ character Lightning to model new fashion collection
High-end French fashion house Louis Vuitton is launching a clothing and accessory line inspired by video games, and the company has tapped an actual game character to model the new line: Final Fantasy XIII’s Lightning. The ad campaign is part of Louis Vuitton’s Spring-Summer 2016 collection. Creative director Nicolas Ghesquiere revealed Lighting as the new face ...
