Gaming

By Cameron Faulkner Oculus has stepped back from enforcing its Oculus Rift headset-checking, DRM-like feature. This controversial software was originally put in place to prevent HTC Vive owners who were using a homebrew application called Revive to access previously blocked-off Oculus Rift exclusive titles. But, as we pointed out last month, that plan backfired, to…

By Cameron Faulkner Oculus has stepped back from enforcing its Oculus Rift headset-checking, DRM-like feature. This controversial software was originally put in place to prevent HTC Vive owners who were using a homebrew application called Revive to access previously blocked-off Oculus Rift exclusive titles. But, as we pointed out last month, that plan backfired, to…

By Duncan Geere Five years ago, Gyorgy Levay lost both of his hands to a meningitis infection. The avid gamer could no longer use a traditional videogame controller. But now Levay, and two of his colleagues at Johns Hopkins University, has developed an alternative controller that can be operated by a person’s feet. Each sandal-like…

By Joel Burgess There aren’t many devices capable of running and displaying the latest triple A games titles on your lap, but MSI’s lightweight GS series have always managed to straddle both an entry level price and slimline design to make genuinely portable gaming laptops. But MSI may have outdone itself with it’s latest GS…

By Nick Pino HTC Vive Interview What a week we had. E3 2016 brought us two new systems – the Xbox One S and until now only rumored Project Scorpio – along with a half-dozen new titles to look forward to on the PlayStation VR when it launches. But while Sony had an audacious presentation…

By Parker Wilhelm A six-year-old lawsuit between Sony and Linux users has finally come to a close, resulting in Sony agreeing to pay PlayStation 3 owners a sum for removing the open-source OS from its console. The hubbub started back in March of 2010, when Sony removed the ability to install outside operating systems on…

By Kate Gray Don’t worry about Rare. Rare will be fine Nestled in the East Midlands countryside, surrounded by acres and acres of beautiful greenery, like the Secret Garden of games studios, is Rare HQ. It’s the kind of place you’d expect to find some boutique rehab centre, or the kind of celebrity plastic surgery…

By Darren Allan Bethesda has decided that the Doom demo should stick around, after there’s been plenty of interest in sampling the trial version. Originally, the demo – which lets you blast your way through the game’s first level – was only supposed to be available while the E3 show was in town last week,…

By Jon Porter Intro After what feels like an eternity of waiting, we are finally living in the age of VR. Consumer versions of both the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift have been officially released, Sony’s PlayStation VR is just around the corner, and that’s not to mention the dozens of other VR headsets that…

By Dave Rudden An E3 for the ages E3 2016 has come and gone, but this show has felt bigger – and more focused – than it has in years. A lot of that is due to the major shifts due in the industry over the next two years with a new console from Nintendo,…

By Jon Porter Introduction Hello Games has revealed that it has finally won a battle with Sky broadcasting over the right to include the word ‘Sky’ in the title of its game No Man’s Sky. The news came as a surprise to many, partly because the battle had been going on secretly for three years,…

By David Nield Well here’s an interesting final twist in the story of one of the most eagerly anticipated games of 2016: it appears that No Man’s Sky creator Sean Murray has been busy battling British pay TV company Sky for the right to keep the game’s original title. “Yay! We finally settled with Sky,”…

By Heidi Kemps Introduction E3 2016 has come and gone, and with it came the usual bevy of surprises, reveals, and confirmations of long-running rumors. But this year, as with every year, some games (and hardware) that we hoped to see at the show simply didn’t materialize. Maybe they’re not quite ready yet, maybe the…

By Kane Fulton Introduction Sequels and remasters dominated this year’s E3. From the new Zelda’s interactive open world to Bethesda’s stunning Skyrim remaster, a Frostbite 3-driven Fifa 17 and Konami’s Silent Hills-inspired Resident Evil 7, the expo had plenty to like for fans of existing franchises. Like the games themselves, peripherals are often improved, tweaked…

By Jake Tucker At E3, Phil Spencer was Santa Claus in a video game t-shirt, taking the stage to tell the Microsoft faithful what they’re going to want come Christmas. His appearance in an Xbox t-shirt might seem self-congratulatory from the head of Xbox, but he’s got plenty to celebrate. Spencer is the man that…