Minecraft creator Markus “Notch” Persson isn’t the only Oculus Rift backer who isn’t pleased with the virtual reality company’s recent $2 billion acquisition by social networking giant Facebook. The Oculus Rift Kickstarter page is flooded with negative comments about the sale. “What a disappointing decision to cash out even before getting first consumer version out,” […]

PlayStation 4-exclusive racing game Driveclub will move forward without its game director. Col Rodgers confirmed to Videogamer that he left Evolution Studios and the Sony family entirely in February to form an indie startup called Big Red Switch Games. Rodgers said his exit from Evolution Studios was not tied to the recent wave of layoffs […]

The previously confirmed new modes for Respawn Entertainment’s multiplayer shooter Titanfall will not be locked behind a paygate, cofounder Vince Zampella said on Twitter. These modes will be release for free to all players, instead of being bundled with the game’s DLC. “DLC is in the works, not quite done yet though,” Zampella said. “Modes […]

One day, poor Battlefield 4 will pull something off without a hitch. But not today! Following yesterday’s bungled launch of the Naval Strike DLC on PC, developer DICE has now said that it is delaying the launch of the new content on Xbox One. There’s no word on a release date, although DICE says it’s […]

Bethesda has announced that the European release date for Wolfenstein: The New Order has been brought forward to May 20. The date shift means Bethesda is staging a simultaneous worldwide launch for the title, which will now be released on the same Tuesday across America, Europe, and Australasia. Bethesda is also offering eventual access to […]

Age of Wonders has returned, and this past week I spent a lot of quality time with the latest in this long-running strategy series. However, at the time of this writing, I have not yet been successful in playing Age of Wonders III online. This means I’m not ready to pass judgment on the game […]

Facebook’s acquisition of Oculus VR has reportedly led to plans for the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset to be rebranded with a Facebook interface and logo. According to The New York Times, a source involved in the deal revealed that Facebook will “eventually” redesign the Oculus Rift hardware to use the social media platform’s logo […]

Minecraft creator Markus “Notch” Persson has shed additional light on why Minecraft will no longer be developed for the Oculus Rift, following Facebook’s acquisition of developer Oculus VR earlier today. Following the announcement, Notch tweeted that plans for a Minecraft version of Oculus had been cancelled as a result of the deal. Writing on notch.net, […]

UPDATE MARCH 25 20:20 According to the Xbox support web site, all Xbox services are up and back to normal. Hopefully if you were affected by today’s issues, you’re still able to get in and play some Titanfall or Forza 5 tonight. The original story appears below Earlier today, some users were experiencing issues with […]