We’re at a huge moment in tech and antitrust history with the litigation initiated by Fortnite maker Epic Games against Apple and Google. While the Google dispute has taken a backseat in the news, the conflict with Apple has gone hot because of that company’s retaliatory strike and a request for a temporary restraining order […]
Tencent Loses $42B in Market Value as Indian Stakeholders Weigh in on a Future Without PUBG MOBILE
The Indian government’s decision to ban the country’s most popular title, PUBG MOBILE was always going to have a ripple effect across the entire industry and the effects are already being felt. Having lost out on what was their biggest market for the game, Tencent has reportedly lost nearly $42B USD in market value in […]
Nvidia GeForce RTX 30-series vs GeForce RTX 20-series: Full spec comparison
Nvidia took the wraps off its GeForce RTX 30-series graphics cards on Tuesday, and they’re brimming with all sorts of new technology to push frame rates and visual fidelity further than ever, including revolutionary new cooling and memory designs. The presentation itself was a bit light on hard technical details, but the new GeForce RTX […]
Street Fighter V And PUBG Are September's PlayStation Plus Games
Next month, PlayStation Plus subscribers are invited to partake in one-on-one and one-on-ninety-nine battles. Both Street Fighter V and Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds can be downloaded and played for free starting on September 1. You’ll have until October 5 to download both of these excellent games. For Street Fighter V, Sony is introducing a number of […]
Vive Cosmos Rated Least Accurate Among Top Headsets in Controller Tracking Test – Road to VR
The Entire VR Industry in One Little Email The Daily Roundup is our comprehensive coverage of the VR industry wrapped up into one daily email, delivered directly to your inbox. Email Address Ever wonder how VR tracking systems really stack up? A research and engineering group called the Virtual Dimension Center (VDC) in Fellbach, Germany […]
Street Fighter V Gets Extended Free Trial With All 40 Characters
Street Fighter 5 has improved tremendously over the last few years, evolving into a premiere competitive fighter with a great roster of characters. If you’ve yet to try the game for yourself, you’ll have a chance to do so for a full two weeks, and the trial version features all 40 characters. That’s more than […]
HTC Vive is Giving Away Premium Passes to the Lost Horizons Music Festival
Live events have become all but non-existent in 2020 due to the pandemic so where possible a lot have ventured online. Last month Wookey Project Corp. owner of virtual social platform Sansar announced music and arts festival Lost Horizon was being put together by the team behind Glastonbury’s Shangri-La. Today, HTC Vive has revealed its giving Viveport […]
Pokemon Go Fest 2020 Will Be Very Different From Previous Years
Niantic’s annual Pokemon Go Fest event is returning once again this summer with some major changes. While the event is traditionally held in-person at Chicago’s Grant Park, this year developer Niantic is transforming Pokemon Go Fest into “an entirely global event in a virtual format.” Pokemon Go Fest 2020 will take place on July 25-26. […]
Da Costa, Rosenqvist to join Virtual Le Mans 24 Hours
Formula E championship leader Antonio Felix da Costa and IndyCar star Felix Rosenqvist will race in the Virtual Le Mans 24 Hours next month. Following the postponement of the real-life endurance race to September 19-20 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a partnership between Le Mans organiser ACO, the World Endurance Championship and Motorsport Games will […]
Adventure Lab launches co-op VR escape rooms with live hosts
Adventure Lab is launching virtual reality experiences that let you go on an adventure with your friends, accompanied by a human host. These experiences are like guided escape rooms, but you play remotely over the internet using the Oculus Quest VR headset. Although the San Francisco-based studio was founded in January 2019, this kind of […]