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Amazon to Begin Selling VR Apps Through New HTC Partnership

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Amazon will soon begin selling VR apps on its massive digital marketplace through a new partnership with HTC. While Steam generally functions as the Vive’s defacto app store, HTC runs its own VR app store called Viveport. But the partnership with HTC affirms the company’s growing interest in VR.

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HTC Teases More AAA VR Content on the Way

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One of the biggest VR stories at E3 2017 was that Bethesda’s Fallout 4 (2015) , Doom (2016) , and Skyrim (2011) are all coming to VR this year. VR gamers have been hungry for AAA content and it while Bethesda’s announcement is a great step in that direction, HTC says you can expect more on the way. Photo courtesy Bethesda.

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HTC to Sell Shanghai Phone Factory for $91 Million, Invest Proceeds in VR Business

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Despite its major role in the growing VR space, HTC’s overall business continues to struggle financially, posting significant losses over the last two years. On Wednesday, HTC’s board made the decision to sell the factory to Shanghai Xingbao Information Technology as part of an effort to return the company to financial stability.

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Report: HTC Lays Off 1,500 Employees in Taiwan Manufacturing Division

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HTC is reportedly laying off 1,500 employees in its Taiwan manufacturing division, something Bloomberg’s Taipei bureau chief Samson Ellis reports to be around 22% of HTC employees. HTC has been in financial difficulty for the past few years, with stock prices falling since their all-time high in 2011. controllers.

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Rockstar to Bring ‘L.A. Noire’ to HTC Vive With Cases “rebuilt specifically for virtual reality”

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Noire (2011), the hit neo-noire adventure game for PC and console, is coming to VR in a series of cases taken from the original game that Rockstar says are being “rebuilt specifically for virtual reality.” Rockstar maintains its new VR game is “rebuilt specifically for a virtual reality experience on the HTC VIVE™ system.”

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Rockstar’s LA Noire Comes To HTC Vive This November

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Remember that amazing neo-noir detective action-adventure game from the creators of GTA released back in 2011? The post Rockstar’s LA Noire Comes To HTC Vive This November appeared first on VRScout. The blockbuster detective thriller gets its own VR rendition for the Vive in one of four new versions coming this November.

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‘L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files’ to Launch on HTC Vive December 15th, Pre-orders Now Available

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Noire (2011) was delayed last month to much chagrin. The game, which promises to deliver 7 of the original’s case files in all of their immersive glory, is now officially coming to HTC Vive December 15th. Rockstar Games’ partial VR port of L.A. The post ‘L.A.

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