what a bunch of skinflints
Man makes virtual playroom using Oculus Rift and three Kinects
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By cobbling together an Oculus Rift and three Kinects, Oliver Kreylos has built something stunning. When you stand in Kreylos’ “mixed-reality theatre” the three Kinects work to create a a "3D video" of you in virtual space. The virtual reality headset lets you look into this virtual space as though it were real. Raise your hand in real life and you will see it through the headset.
Because the environment is virtual, Kreylos can load in new sets and objects easily. Someone else with a similar hardware set up could load themselves into the same virtual space, even if they were on the other side of the globe.
You’ll need to watch the video to understand quite how incredible this is.
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’s story took over two and a half years to write
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Sounds like somebody needs a more reliable word processor.
After years of trashy CoD-science, conspiracy theories and murdered protagonists courtesy of Treyarch and Infinity Ward, Sledgehammer are taking the new Call of Duty’s Troy Baker-starring, Kevin Spacey-facing single player campaign very seriously indeed.
Advanced Warfare’s future tale of PMCs and AKs took two and a half years to write - and that’s discounting the time spent waiting for replacement, non-Spacey-chewed scenery.
Cry Harder: Ubisoft announces Far Cry 4
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Ubisoft have announced that their Montreal studio are working on a fourth Far Cry game, and that it will release later this year. As previously rumoured, Far Cry 4 will be set in a region of the Himalayas mountain range.
There will also be elephants, which should make Far Cry 3’s bears seem laughable in comparison. Elephants are rad.
Revised ETA: The Division delayed until 2015
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Ubisoft may have all eyes glued to them as they kick out Watch Dogs, Far Cry 4, and a fancy new Assassin’s Creed this year, but if we’re all honest, it’s their ultra-shiny, multiplayer apocalypse sandbox The Division that has our hearts fluttering the most. The end of 2014 can’t come quick enough.
Scratch that. Latest intel reports inform us that The Division will now be marching 2015. At ease ladies and gents, we won’t be closing car doors anytime soon.
Heavy Bullets shoots for Steam Early Access, is trippier than psychotropics
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There’s a new guy in town over in Early Access-ville, and he’s packing heat. He also sees in 256 neon colours, and hears a constant thudding beat in his head. His name is Heavy Bullets, and he’s a procedurally generated shooter full of blocky enemies and just six bullets to blast them all with.
Dota 2 International prize fund hits $5million, unlocks new 1v1 game mode
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The prize pool for Dota 2’s International 2014 tournament has been going crazy this week, increasing by $2.50 for every Compendium purchased. Clearly a lot of people have been buying the Compendium, with the kitty now containing over $5,000,000. This golden milestone also unlocks a new game mode for everyone: 1 versus 1.
Auto Club Revolution is going back to the garage, will emerge as a shiny new 2.0 version this June
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Auto Club Revolution has been burning up the track for two years, but developer Eutechnyx thinks it’s about time it had a full service. An oil and filter change, new spark plugs, new body panels, and a slick paint job is only just the start of it; Auto Club Revolution is undergoing a whole new refit, being upgraded to this season’s latest model: ACR 2.0.
Add some British to your game with The Stanley Parable Dota 2 Announcer pack
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Forget Nolan North, Jennifer Hale, and Troy Baker; the best voice in games today is Keavan Brighting, better known as the narrator of The Stanley Parable. Those British notes tickle your ear drums at just the perfect frequency. If you could hear that voice everywhere, narrating your every move, then you know you’d seize that opportunity in an instant.
Coming in close to perpetual narration is the announcer on Dota 2, and you can replace your generic voiceovers with Keavan thanks to the new Stanley Parable Announcer pack, available today.
Steam Reviews have been tweaked, now denote game version
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Valve have made a small but notable change to the way Steam Reviews are handled. With Early Access now a towering force on the Steam service, reviews for games will be marked with a tag that identifies what version of the game has been reviewed: Early Access or the full, completed product.
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