Song in the Smoke Delayed, Arriving in “a few Weeks”

Last week a Japanese event called “asobo Indie Showcase 2021” featured a lot of videogame announcements, one of which was 17-BIT’s upcoming virtual reality (VR) title Song in the Smoke. The showcase mentioned a release date for this month, 18th September to be precise, but it seems that was jumping the gun as 17-BIT has […]

Raytracing & DLSS Enhance The Persistence This Week

We’re starting to see more virtual reality (VR) titles make use of NVIDIA’s DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) technology which began last month with the likes of No Man’s Sky and Into the Radius. At the end of this week another will be added to that list, Firesprite’s procedural horror The Persistence. In doing so players […]

ARVORE’s ‘The Line’ Wins Primetime Emmy Award

One of the first virtual reality (VR) titles to offer native hand tracking for Oculus Quest, interactive experience The Line has just won another award. This time ARVORE’s heartwarming narrative has walked away with a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Innovation in Interactive Programming. The win marks the first time a Brazilian studio has won the […]