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No one knows what Capcom's Development Division 1 are working on at the moment, but we've now been given a little insight. According to its latest Integrated Report (via GamesIndustry), the team is actually dabbling in VR at the moment Resident Evil producer Jun Takeuchi said: At present, we are focusing our energy on challenging the virtual reality (VR) game market,"[...]

It is a VR only game and seems to have you walking around an island in order to solve several puzzles The game launches on October 30th, with this launch trailer announcing the title. https://youtu.be/XwJ9fiH2KswVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Land's End: A VR Adventure from the creators of Monument Valley (https://youtu.be/XwJ9fiH2Ksw) The only real[...]

I really can't wait to see how this works out. https://youtu.be/q4zr5Eq_F5gVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: VR PORTAL – Aperture Robot Repair (https://youtu.be/q4zr5Eq_F5g) I've been hearing a lot about the various Vive demos of late The headset has been doing the rounds at various conventions and the like, as it gears up for its[...]

When the PlayStation 4's Vr solution Morpheus comes out, the device is going to need games to sell There are no two way about it In order to convince the skeptical that VR can come to consoles, major titles will have to support the headset to survive. No Man's Sky, one of the games that has received[...]

Thus far, the HTC and Valve joint VR headset, the Vive, has remained somewhat of a mystery Only a handful of industry folk have tried it out behind closed doors, but word is very exciting From what my birds have told me, this might be the very best VR device set to release. If you want[...]

Nintendo were probably the first major game publisher to jump onto the VR wagon back in 1994 with the famous VirtualBoy That was an absolute mess of a console, but it showed the company getting behind virtual reality in a big way. It seems they've changed its tune in the ensuing 21 years, mind Nintendo of[...]

Putting that inside of a VR world and letting the player experience it…it could be very powerful. You can check out the trailer here I can't wait to check it out at E3: [youtube]https://youtu.be/t2jVBC5idRI[/youtube] Insomniac Games are most well known for their colourful and vibrant worlds in Ratchet and Clank and Sunset Overdrive[...]

What's for sure though is that price is significant, and it will surely scare off more than a few people as a headline story. The price of VR is going to be important to the future of the devices I want to see it take off, but at the same time, you can't expect consumers en[...]

However, it's clear the time of consumer VR is not too far away. Oculus announced today that the consumer unit of their device will launch in Q1 of 2016 There are many details absent such as the expected price, but it was revealed: The Oculus Rift builds on the presence, immersion, and comfort of the Crescent Bay[...]

Despite being a few years old now, Crysis 3 on Ultra settings is still used as a benchmark for new graphics cards. With VR set to take off, thinking about what the company could do in VR is pretty exciting If you want just a glimpse at what's possible, check out this video This was made[...]

Hypothetically, if VR were to take off, one of the really interesting possibilities would be seeing what existing franchises did with it Could we get some kind of Gears of War, The Last of Us or Halo experience inside of a VR headset, that put us in those environments? Existing in these franchise could be very[...]

From most accounts, the Vive is the best VR headset showing right now This has made me wonder what the initial buy-in cost for the tech will be, especially because it comes bundled with two controllers that help make the experience smoother. While we don't have a number yet, HTC Connected Products Marketing boss Jeff Gattis has admitted[...]

I'm pumped for VR experiences I do believe the technology is ready to be adopted into homes by gaming and entertainment enthusiasts After using the tech a whole bunch, I know I want a headset in my house. But then, I'm not exactly a casual or mainstream consumer The question of whether the tech will take[...]

VR has been the talk of the video game landscape over the last few weeks, seemingly encompassing major player after major player There is one entity that has remained ever silent on the technology though Xbox thus far have not committed to a VR unit yet Of course, there is Microsoft's HoloLens, but that feels[...]

With the VR arms race heating up, I've long said that the first device out will likely be the most successful With Valve's Vive generating the most buzz at the moment and touting a 2015 release date, the long runner Oculus has a mighty task to overcome. Unfortunately it looks like it might fall behind in[...]

I've been struck by motion sickness while using VR before During a pretty intense firefight in Eve: Valkyrie, I really almost felt like keeling over in my Oculus headset. According to Valve CEO Gabe Newell, this isn't an issue at all for the Vive In a piece in the New York Times, Newell confidently stated: zero percent[...]

If you are joining us for the first time, this is the podcast where me, Laura Kate Dale and Andre Miller sit down with a special guest to talk about the video game news of the week. As stated last week, we said we'd be back with an awesome guest, and we've delivered. Contributing Editor at Wired[...]

So, it looks like all the major VR devices are beginning to draw their lines in the sand The Vive is due at this year and now Sony's Project Morpheus has given us a time frame. In a PlayStation blog post, division boss Shuhei Yoshida announced that the headset would be coming "in the first half of[...]

So that Valve VR headset I was talking about earlier this week? It's been announced today as the Vive and the gaming super-power is partnering with mobile company HTC to bring it to consumers Holiday 2015. The headset was announced in Barcelona at the Mobile World Congress today The device will be able to pair with[...]

Valve have been fiddling with the idea a VR prototype for a while now, but they have been a little quiet about the whole thing for a few years. That silence will break soon though as the company has announced that it will be revealing the tech at the upcoming GDC in March On the company's[...]