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Microsoft HoloLens emulator now available, letting developers skip the $3k dev kit
Earlier this month, Microsoft announced that it would be releasing a development emulator for its holographic augmented reality headset, HoloLens, allowing developers to test out their holographic apps without having to purchase the physical dev kit. Today that emulator has finally arrived. Here’s Microsoft’s description of the emulator: The HoloLens emulator allows you to test holographic apps ...
Xbox Dev Mode turns your retail Xbox One into a dev kit | #Build2016
Phil Spencer, the head of Microsoft’s Xbox division, took the stage at Build 2016 today to talk about the benefits of developing games on Windows, and Spencer made a point to highlight the openness of the platform. “Windows is and will continue to be an open development ecosystem where anyone can build, deploy, sell, and ...
Valve runs into legal trouble in Australia over Steam refund policy
It seems that Valve Corp’s Steam refund policy came too little too late to prevent the company from being found guilty of breaching Australia’s consumer protection laws. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has ruled that Valve violated Australian Consumer Law (ACL) by not offering a refund policy for games or other programs purchased ...
Ubisoft launches new game studio in the Philippines
Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry developer Ubisoft Entertainment S.A. is opening yet another AAA game studio, but this time the game maker is turning to the Philippines for its newest location. While the majority of the work on Ubisoft’s biggest game franchises come from the studio’s Canadian locations, particularly Ubisoft Montreal, the developer has a large number of ...
Should Blizzard have removed Tracer’s “sexualized” victory pose from Overwatch?
Blizzard Entertainment has been criticized in the past for the way it has sexualized female characters, particularly in the earlier days of World of Warcraft when male armor models looked at least somewhat practical while many female armor models were essentially metal bikinis. Blizzard has worked hard to overcome that reputation, which might explain why the studio was so ...
PlayStation 4.5 rumored to be announced soon for an October release
Rumors recently sprang up suggesting that Sony Corp might be working on an upgraded version of the PlayStation 4, nicknamed PlayStation 4.5 or PlayStation 4K, which would be capable of handling 4k game and video resolutions. According to The Wall Street Journal, that upgrade could be arriving by October of this year, just in time for the ...
Harvard team booted from “Heroes of the Dorm” tournament for cheating
Team Ambush, a competitive gaming team from Harvard University, has been disqualified from Blizzard Entertainment’s upcoming Heroes of the Dorm tournament after one of its members was caught cheating. According to Blizzard, one of the Harvard students involved with Team Ambush shared his Battle.net account, which is used to log in to Heroes of the Storm, ...
Nintendo NX controller leaks confirmed fake by their creators
The rabid Nintendo fan base can breathe a collective sigh of relief, as two sets of images that allegedly leaked the design for the controllers for the upcoming Nintendo NX console have been confirmed to be fake. Interestingly, this confirmation came not from Nintendo Co Ltd, but from the people who actually created the hoax images. The source behind the ...
Sony launches new company to bring PlayStation games to smartphones
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc (soon to be Sony Interactive Entertainment) has announced the creation of ForwardWorks Corp, a new company whose purpose will be to develop PlayStation titles for iOS and Android. In a press release, Sony said that ForwardWorks will be leveraging existing PlayStation game IPs and characters to create “full-fledged game titles in the ...
Doom co-creator and Oculus CTO John Carmack awarded BAFTA fellowship
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has announced that it will be awarding a fellowship to John Carmack, co-founder of Id Software and current CTO of Oculus VR, putting him in the same ranks as Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto and Valve Corp founder Gabe Newell. Carmack’s work has had a profound impact on ...
