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Google’s Project Tango phone can turn any room into a game world

Google has announced Project Tango, a new phone with highly customized hardware and software designed to allow it to track its motion in full 3D, in real-time, as you hold it. Project Lead at Google’s Advance Technology and Projects (ATAP) group Johnny Chung Lee said the phone’s sensors make a “quarter million 3D measurements every […]

Reality Check – Titans in Real Life? The Science of Titanfall

Cam investigates the science of real life Titans in this week’s Reality Check.

Thief delays support for AMD’s “groundbreaking” Mantle API days before launch

Just a few days before it releases Thief, developer Eidos Montreal has announced that the PC version of the game will not support AMD’s “groundbreaking” Mantle graphics API. Mantle is AMD’s alternative to Microsoft’s DirectX, which aims to greatly improve graphical performance on compatible games and AMD Radeon graphics cards. Thief was going to be […]

Oculus Rift suspends shipments due to component shortage

A community manager for Oculus VR said that the company is going to suspend sales as it runs out of inventory due to a shortage of components used in the Oculus Rift developer kit. “Certain components used in the Oculus Rift developer kit are no longer being manufactured, meaning they are no longer available to […]

New Releases: Thief, Garden Warfare and Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2

This week Thief arrives along with Plants Vs. Zombies Garden Warfare, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2, Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy and Resident Evil 4 arrives on PC in HD.

PS4, Xbox One get space shooter Strike Suit Zero in March

Developer Born Ready Games has announced Strike Suit Zero: Director’s Cut is headed to the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in March for $20. First released in 2013 on PC, Strike Suit Zero is a space combat shooter that lets you pilot a ship that can stop on a dime and transform into a nimble […]

Sony developing Console Wars movie

Sony Pictures is developing a movie based on Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation. Described as a “behind-the-scenes business thriller,” the book “chronicles how Sega, a small, scrappy gaming company led by an unlikely visionary and a team of rebels, took on the juggernaut Nintendo and revolutionized the video game […]

Gearbox sues over new Duke Nukem

Current owner of the Duke Nukem IP Gearbox Software has filed suit against Apogee Software and Interceptor Entertainment over the companies’ intentions to release Duke Nukem: Mass Destruction. Earlier this month, Interceptor Entertainment, the developer of the recent Rise of the Triad remake, and 3D Realms launched a teaser website for Duke Nukem: Mass Destruction, […]

Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z – Dev Diary 3

Check out the third developer diary bringing out the dead for Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z.

Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z – Bringing out the Dead

Check out GameSpot’s third exclusive developer diary for Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z.