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Sony Santa Monica Studio Prototyped A God of War VR Demo For PSVR

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For Microsoft it’s the Halo and Gears of War games. But for Sony, it’s changed with each console generation. So it was this grassroots thing at Sony – a lot of engineers liked VR and wanted to do something with VR. Tagged with: god of war , sony santa monica Facebook Twitter Reddit More.

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Microsoft Preparing VR Capable Xbox One for Use with Oculus Rift, Reports Suggest

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Microsoft may be preparing a new, much more powerful version of their Xbox One games console codenamed ‘Scorpio’ to power the Oculus Rift some reports are suggesting. See Also: GDC 2014: Sony Announce ‘Project Morpheus’ PS4 VR Headset.

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Facebook’s Customer Base Spells Success For The Oculus Quest

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When Facebook acquired Oculus in 2014, many were curious as to why a social media company, whose track record with hardware included a phone that failed just a year prior to the Oculus purchase, would be interested in buying the plucky VR startup for over $2 billion dollars. That’s where Facebook comes in.

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Xbox Game Studios Has (inadvertently?) Acquired Heaps of VR Development Talent

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A year ago, in response to Sony consistently delivering high-quality exclusives for PS4, Microsoft made a commitment to rejuvenating its first-party game development efforts and went on a shopping spree, acquiring a handful of respected studios to bolster its first-party game development talent under the Xbox Game Studios banner.

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GDC Summer Coming to San Francisco in Early August

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Before the postponement, a litany of companies stepped back from GDC 2020 such as Epic, Microsoft, Unity, Sony, Electronic Arts, Facebook, and Kojima Productions. The city of San Francisco, where GDC was set to take place, also issued a state of emergency only a few days prior.

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6 things we want from PlayStation’s answer to Xbox Game Pass

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PlayStation’s been losing the “hearts and minds” war against Xbox Game Pass for too long — it just doesn't have a service that can compete with Microsoft's "hundreds of games for $15/month" elevator pitch. Spartacus is a huge opportunity for Sony to fix this. Make it happen, Sony.

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Meta Faces FTC Injunction on Within Unlimited Deal

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According to the regulators, Meta launched a “campaign to conquer VR” in 2014 after buying out VR headset manufacturer Oculus. Microsoft Injunction Regarding the injunction, US regulators also filed similar complaints against Microsoft as it aims to buy out Activision Blizzard in a historic $68 billion USD deal.