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See How Far Virtual Reality – And Valve, And Oculus – Have Come

A couple years ago, I sat down for an in-depth chat with new Oculus Chief Scientist Michael Abrash. Back then, he was at Valve and John Carmack was at Doom creator id. Now they’re both at Oculus, which is insane. How times change. Give it a read here

Thank God For Handheld Game Consoles

Oculus VR, the company purchased by Facebook this week for $2 billion, brings to life a childhood fantasy, if your childhood fantasy was strapping a big black box on your head and trying not to vomit. I guess that’s a little mean. Lots of people love the idea of Oculus Rift, which by many accounts…

Valve’s Top VR Expert Jumps To Oculus

Valve’s Michael Abrash, who was just giving a talk about the wonders of virtual reality at the company’s Steam Dev Days in January and has seemingly led the company’s VR research, has taken a job as chief scientist at red-hot VR company Oculus. In announcing his move, Abrash also explained why Facebook’s controversial $2 billion…

The Original Pokémon Games, Recreated In Old-School SimCity. Dang.

Remember SimCity 2000? It was my go-to game in computer class back in middle school—and this is that it had nothing to do with another love at the time, Pokémon. Who knows how obsessed I’d be with SimCity if it had anything to do with Pokémon? The map above—which you can’t appreciate unless you see…

Everything Batman, Roku Streaming Stick, Walking Dead Season 3 [Deals]

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Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag still looks (mostly) beautiful. via 1foxman1

Titanfall and the Modern First Person Shooter

The evolution of first-person shooters has come a long way in the last few decades, but some might say that in recent years the genre has grown stale with age and over-saturation. If anything, though, this perceived stagnation has spurred the game development community to find fresh ways to innovate. Taking the now-popular “add more…

​A Shooter That You’ll Play in Two-and-a-Quarter Dimensions

You’re going to experience the next game from the folks who made OlliOlli in a different way. Not in two dimensions. Not in two-and-a-half dimensions. In two-and-a-quarter dimensions. Let’s get some perspective on that, shall we? Not a Hero‘s the next game from the Roll7 development studio, who notched a hit with their Vita-first side-scrolling…

Playstation Plus In April Will Shower You With Mercenary Kings, Batman

Playstation Plus is back with another six games to fill up your free time in April (or further extend your backlog). The highlight is certainly Mercenary Kings on the PS4, while PS3 owners get Arkham City and Vita gamers can take control of the excellent Velocity Ultra. Pick up a subscription and check out the…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Why We Love Challenges • Friends don’t let friends play Hardcore (A Diablo 3 Eulogy) • Engaged to the Unidentified: The Ani-TAY Review • Captain’s Log First Look: Locanimals • Why the Muv-Luv Saga is the Greatest Story I’ve ever Experienced TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To…

Love the color pink? Fan of Disney World? Then the new limited 2DS from GameStop is relevant to your interests. It’ll cost $129.99, have a carrying case festooned with Mickey Mouse to tie into Disney Magical World and will only be available at that specific retailer. Pre-orders start today.

Alien: Isolation Posters

Alien: Isolation posters

These Are Not The Cute Childhood Characters I Remember

DeviantART illustrator Tohad just can’t stop. He has to go through the 80s and the 90s (and our childhood), brutally altering every single character, whether it’s from a cartoon, a video game or a comic book. Just look what he did with poor ALF. He’s not the lovely alien neighbour anymore. Also, the name ‘Chuckie’…

Here’s one well-thought-out Diablo III fan piece by DevaintART artist 6kart, with Deckard Cain, Leah and Diablo himself in the background. After Diablo III’s storyline, I don’t think it was possible to care about Leah, but this changes things up. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest…

World of Warcraft-Themed Weddings Sure Look Fun

Jen and Nick didn’t meet online, but they’ve developed their relationship through playing World of Warcraft together. So as their relationship grew, they finally decided to build their entire wedding—a real one, not one in Stormwind’s Cathedral Square—around WoW Check out their photos below with loot tables, WoW weaponry, and with Alliance and Horde flags:…

Why Joss Whedon Is Already Apologizing for The Avengers: Age of Ultron

The new Avengers movie hasn’t started shooting in Seoul yet, but Joss Whedon is already telling the people he’s sorry for the mess and inconvenience the movie will bring. Filming starts in Seoul on March 30, but Whedon has already released an apology video, which is titled “Thank You Greeting.” The apology was released early…

One of the Most Twisted Game Trailers Ever Created

The song. The visuals. Oh goodness, the blood. This is awesome. Carmageddon: Reincarnation has been officially released on Steam Early Access yesterday, after a two-week “early early” access period limited to Kickstarter backers only. The car combat game’s alpha version debuted alongside this rather… fantastic trailer. Take a look: In case you’re not familiar with…

Free Expansion and iPad Port for Space Roguelike FTL Arrive Next Week

Exploded ships and frustration galore, now on the go—but only on iPad. If you’ve only got an iPhone, you’re out of luck. You’ll have to stick with the PC version On next Thursday, the much-hyped and much-awesome free expansion for FTL, the so-called advanced edition update, will be arriving alongside the exclusive iPad version of…

A Link to the Past running on a Galaxy Gear

Next generation Game & Watch Redditor lolerstomp shows off Nintendo games on a Galaxy Gear. Pretty cool (if you don’t mind your thumbs blocking the view).

Mike Tyson Finally Meets Street Fighter, Punches Dudes In The Face

Considering he had a character in the game – Balrog – based on him, it’s a wonder it’s taken someone this long to bring the worlds of Mike Tyson and Street Fighter together. It takes a while to warm up, but once he really starts swinging, it really gets going. Balrog Highlight (Mike Tyson Street…