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Support for the PlayStation VR headset on PC may one day be a reality. Sony EVP Masayasu Ito was questioned about the potential for the upcoming console-bound VR hardware by Japanese news outlet Nikkei (viaEurogamer). While making it clear that the PS4 maker has nothing to show for the moment”, …
Read More »PlayStation VR could run on PC, Sony reveals
‘The possibility exists since the PlayStation 4 shares many of its parts with the PC,’ EVP Masayasu Ito says
Read More »How PC can save the Xbox
For all the challenges Microsoft has faced in the story of Xbox One, there’s no denying that the tech giant has been open to change. Its latest push on the gaming front is to unite its Windows 10 and Xbox One ecosystem with UWP – its new Universal Windows Platform. …
Read More »Valve wants to lower GPU requirements for VR
The virtual reality market might be opening up to a wider audience than first believed. Both Steam’s HTC Vive and the Oculus Rift have named the Nvidia GTX 970 or AMD 290 as the recommended cards for VR on PC. However, neither has yet specified their minimum requirements. And with …
Read More »Punch Club was pirated five times more than it was purchased, dev reveals
1.6 million units downloaded illegally, with PC accounting for almost 70 per cent
Read More »Encore opens indie publishing label
Octopus Tree currently working on three PC titles
Read More »AMD’s Radeon Pro Duo offers unrivalled VR graphics power
The battle to be the world’s most powerful graphics card is always shifting, and today a new beast sits on the throne. It’s called the Radeon Pro Duo, the unit houses two Fiji GPUs, amounting to 16 teraflops of computer performance and 8GB of on board RAM. Also included is …
Read More »Microsoft introduces cross-network play and MonoGame support
Xbox One and Windows 10 to allow playing with other PC and console platforms
Read More »Spencer concedes PC gamers may have little reason to buy an Xbox One
Xbox boss Phil Spencer has admitted that the number of Xbox titles making their way to PC may reduce the need for some corners of the market to buy into Xbox One. When pressed by Polygon on why a gamer with a decent gaming PC would need to buy Microsoft, …
Read More »Tim Sweeney’s five steps to fixing Microsoft’s UWP
“Microsoft has no right to impose its certification regime on software obtained outside of its store”
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