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This Week In The Business: Wasting VR
QUOTE | “I wouldn’t want to see virtual reality wasted on a few hardcore gamers because it has such a big opportunity to offer something to everyone” – Resolution Games CEO Tommy Palm calls on developers to make VR games for wider audiences, saying it will be a long time before hardcore crowds get the…
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This Week In The Business: Ubisoft Focuses On The Naughty Bits
2“The easy answer is that the original games were made by testicles for testicles. It sort of caters to the extremely reptilian, survival part of your brain.” – Ubisoft VP of editorial Tommy Francois explains why open-world games have been predicated on killing for so long. Francois also said there is a desire at Ubisoft…
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OnePlay Buys Desura And Indie Royale Brands, Will Resurrect Both In 2017
Desura was once listed alongside Steam and GOG as one of the better places you could buy games online. Over the last few years the brand, which also includes Indie Royale, exchanged hands a few times, before ending up with Bad Juju Games. Sadly, this is where the situation devolved, with Bad Juju failing to…
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This Week In The Business: Custom-Fit VR Forecasts
$US11.2 ($15) billion. That’s the amount people will spend on all VR in 2020, according to a forecast by IHS Markit.