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God Of War Director Talks PS5, Says This Will Be An Easier Console Transition Than Most

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Cory Barlog, the director of PS4 exclusive God of War, is gearing up to develop for PS5. Barlog was a guest in the most recent episode of Animal Talking, Gary Whitta's Animal Crossing: New Horizons-hosted talk show, and Whitta asked him about the PS5. After some joking around, Barlog jumped into some insight into what we should expect from the system."The SSD is just amazing," Barlog says, saying that developers will no longer need to go to great lengths to hide loading screens. "There's some really cool stuff I think

Infinite Fleet Raises $3.1 Million in Oversubscribed Round Led by…

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HONG KONG (PRWEB) August 06, 2020 Infinite Fleet, the revolutionary sci-fi massively multiplayer online (MMO) strategy game created by Blockstream CSO and Pixelmatic CEO Samson Mow has completed a funding round totaling $3.1 million through a private security token offering (STO). Infinite Fleet is an online strategy game in which thousands of players command fleets of customizable spaceships and play cooperatively to fend off an alien threat, leaving their legacy in the game’s lore via its unique directed narrative feature. The game draws inspiration from space real-time strategy (RTS) and

Microsoft Flight Simulator VR Support Confirmed For Fall, But Only On Reverb G2

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Great news; Microsoft Flight Simulator VR support has been confirmed, but only for one headset right now. Polygon confirms that the ultra-realistic flight sim will add support for the upcoming HP Reverb G2 headset when it launches later this fall. The game itself is launching on August 18th but won’t have any VR support at that point. Microsoft Flight Simulator VR Support Confirmed [embedded content] Reverb G2 is being produced in partnership with Microsoft itself under the company’s Windows Mixed Reality platform, so starting here does make sense. That said,

Innovecs Announces Media Partnership with Emerging Europe

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CEO Night | Media Partnership Announcement Innovecs upgrades the CEO Night format and partners with Emerging Europe to keep up with sector-leading companies and share the insights of their leaders. NEW YORK (PRWEB) July 30, 2020 CEO Night is a series of online thematic discussions with CEOs and senior executives of Ukrainian and international businesses, produced by InnoHub platform & multimedia studio. Speakers discuss ways to develop companies and technology, current global trends, and share success stories. “At Innovecs, we always strive to be on the edge of digital transformation.

VR Gaming Ads: Testing the Waters; An Interview with Faultline

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I recently had the pleasure to be interviewed by Rafi Cohen for Faultline Magazine. Please find the full piece below.In its pursuit of the mobile gaming market, PubNative, a German app-focused supply-side platform (SSP), is tentatively exploring the possibilities of VR. Speaking to Faultline this week, the company’s founder and CEO, Ionut Ciobotaru admitted that his “interest is just exploratory.”“For now, VR just doesn’t have the critical mass to be monetizable for ad companies,” he added.The company has set gaming as its next key market for growth in the world

Combining VR With Esports To Train The Next Big Soccer Star

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VR leads the way for a new generation immersive training technology.No doubt about it, eSports is one of the fastest-growing industries in the world. Competitive gaming is now considered a full-fledged sport, meanwhile professional, amateur, and school athletes have already begun incorporating VR and other virtual simulators as part of their training.Cue the American Youth Soccer Cooperative for Esports (AYCE), an organization focused on combining cutting-edge VR technology with esports experts to train athletes in a digital environment. [embedded content]The first big move for AYCE is having Indiana Soccer partner

Layers Of Fear VR: Porting A Horror Classic To Oculus Quest

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Following the release of Layers of Fear VR on Oculus Quest we caught up with Bloober Team to talk about their work in VR horror and what the future holds. [embedded content] Layers of Fear VR Developer, Bloober Team, Q&A: UploadVR: When did work on the Quest version of the game start? Szymon Erdmański, Game Producer at Bloober Team: We started toying with the idea of bringing Layers of Fear to the Quest sometime in the fall of 2019. We wanted to experiment with this new medium, as we feel

How the Tokenization of the Gaming Industry Empowers Players

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Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, one thing is clear: The video games industry is thriving. As people around the world find themselves with more time on their hands thanks to government-mandated lockdowns and a partial economic shutdown, video game sales have skyrocketed. Despite being overshadowed by some of the more glamorous uses for blockchain technology, the gaming industry may be poised for a generational leap forward with the advent of asset tokenization — a practice that could expose the gaming industry to a whole new wave of investors while simultaneously unlocking

Sony invests $250 million in ‘Fortnite’ developer Epic Games

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Sponsored Links Mike Blake / Reuters Sony is making a significant investment into Fortnite developer Epic Games. The $250 million deal will give the PlayStation maker a minority stake in the company, which is also makes the Unreal Engine developer platform. In a statement, the companies noted they have “an already close relationship,” and that the investment allows them to “broaden their collaboration.” “Epic’s powerful technology in areas such as graphics places them at the forefront of game engine development with Unreal Engine and other innovations,” Sony CEO Kenichiro Yoshida said