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Sony Announces 4 Asia-Developed PSVR Titles Are Coming West

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Sony today announced four new titles for PlayStation VR at the annual ChinaJoy Expo in Shanghai—all of which have been confirmed to make it over to Western audiences. The games come as a result of a partnership between Sony Interactive Entertainment and what they call “some of Asia’s most exciting developers.”

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PlayStation Awards Honors 3 Top Titles for Helping Sell PSVR in Asia

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The PlayStation Awards took place in Tokyo last night, Sony’s annual award show that rewards PlayStation format titles based on sales in Asia. Whatever the case may be, here’s the top three titles Sony says played a crucial role in selling PlayStation VR headsets this past year in Asia: No Heroes Allowed!

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Sony, Ubisoft Bringing PSVR-Supported Titles To Expanded PS Plus Service

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Sony today revealed the first games to feature in its expanded PlayStation Plus service, with some small inclusions on the PSVR front. From Sony’s own output, games with optional VR modes like Concrete Genie and Wipeout Omega Collection are included. These tiers both include access to a wider catalog of PS4 and PS5 games.

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Top XR Events in 2021 That Should Be on Your Must-Attend List

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AWE Asia 2021. We start our list of XR events in 2021 with AWE Asia because of the sheer size of the opportunities to explore and network. If you can’t travel to China for AWE Asia, you can attend the event at home, in sunny California. Our Top Recommendations: Must Attend XR Events in 2021. When: September 2 – September 3.

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VR in 2016: HTC’s $799 Vive Brings Belief To VR Skeptics

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Key to HTC and Valve’s strategy was handing out Pre kits for free: I still remember the cheers when Valve told everyone at the Vision Summit a few months later that they would be getting a free Vive, and I still see people using the Pre today. Asia, Alliances, and Accelerators.

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Xbox teams up with Tencent’s Honor of Kings maker TiMi Studios

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TiMi operates a branch in Los Angeles and said in January 2020 that it planned to “triple” its headcount in North America, adding that building high-budget, high-quality AAA mobile games was core to its global strategy. Sony’s Playstation 5 just hit the shelves in China in late April.

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The Next Frontier of XR Hardware

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That’s the direction we’re going in right now and companies are laying their cards on the table in a bid to be the dominant force driving us forward through their own varying strategies. Sony Sony is also bringing out the PSVR2 , which is said to use eye tracking for menu selection and navigation of user interfaces.

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