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Microsoft Acquires ‘The Mage’s Tale’ Studio inXile Entertainment

Road to VR

The studio behind first-person VR dungeon crawler The Mage’s Tale (2017) , inXile Entertainment , has been acquired by Microsoft Studios. ” SEE ALSO Microsoft Acquires 'The Mage's Tale' Studio inXile Entertainment community””].

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This AR Go-Kart Experience Is Basically Real-Life ‘Mario Kart’

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Back in 2017, Nintendo partnered with VR Zone Shinjuku to create Mario Kart GP VR , a location-based VR port of its 2005 arcade racing game, Mario Kart GP. We’ve seen several attempts at replicating the kart-racing formula using immersive technology in the past.

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‘Sin City’ Director Robert Rodriquez to Debut VR Action Series ‘The Limit’ This Summer

Road to VR

Robert Rodriguez, the director of films such as Sin City (2005) , Planet Terror (2007), and the Spy Kids franchise, just wrapped production on a newly announced VR action series with The Fast and the Furious franchise actress Michelle Rodriguez. Immersive entertainment studio STXsurreal will be releasing the series on its app this summer.

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‘Angry Birds Movie 2 VR’ Studio Raises $2M to Continue Development on AR/VR Games

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The investment is earmarked to help the studio expand its games portfolio through new projects with Hollywood film studios and world-famous media and entertainment companies, the company says is a press release. XR Games previously worked with Sony and Rovio to create its Angry Birds-themed VR title. “We

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Donald Glover and Phoebe Waller-Bridge Are Mr. and Mrs. Smith in a New Series for Amazon

GizModo VR

In a move straight out of our fanfic dreams, Fleabag ’s Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Childish Gambino himself Donald Glover will executive produce and star in a new series based on the 2005 movie Mr. and Mrs Smith for Amazon Prime. Read more.

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Neil Gaiman's Anansi Boys Welcomes Whoopi Goldberg as the God of Birds

GizModo VR

Here’s some more casting news for the highly anticipated Amazon series based on the 2005 novel Anansi Boys from author Neil Gaiman : Whoopi Goldberg has been announced to play the book’s main antagonist, the God of Birds. Read more.

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Watch Obi-Wan Kenobi's Final Dual With a Revenge of the Sith Upgrade

GizModo VR

Back in 2005, audiences saw Obi-Wan (Ewan McGregor) and Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) fight to the near-death on the lava planet in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. No matter what happened on Disney+’s Obi-Wan Kenobi , there was no way it was going to match Mustafar. George Lucas’ visuals in the… Read more.

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