Archive for the ‘PC’ Category

EA Now Giving Employees More Paid Parental Leave Time

Publishing giant EA is expanding its paid parental leave program for its employees. The Battlefield and Mass Effect publisher this week announced that US employees who have been with the company for more than a year can receive 10 weeks of paid parent leave following the birth or adoption of a child. This is for […]

Software Pirates Worried About PC Games Becoming Too Hard to Crack

By 2018, anti-piracy measures on PC games will be so advanced that it may bring about an end to pirated games. That’s according to a Chinese cracking group that goes by the name of 3DM. 3DM forum founder Bird Sister said in a blog post that efforts to crack the Denuvo anti-tempering measures for Avalanche’s […]

Can a $600 Oculus Rift Succeed?

Peter and Justin tried the latest version of the Oculus Rift at CES 2016 the same day the price was announced. Fresh from a demo, they discuss if the Oculus Rift will find mainstream success.

Psychonauts 2 Reaches $3.3 Million Crowdfunding Goal

Psychonauts 2, the sequel to Double Fine’s highly-revered platformer, has reached the largest crowdfunding target goal for a video game ever. The Psychonauts sequel hit $3.3 million on January 6 with five days left in the campaign. Double Fine revealed Psychonauts 2 and launched the campaign at last year’s Game Awards. The company is known […]

GS News – Oculus Rift Price Revealed; ReCore Delayed

A Rick and Morty game similar to Pokemon was announced, the Oculus Rift’s minimum specs were revealed, and another Microsoft exclusive was delayed.

Eve: Valkyrie Alpha Begins This Month

People who pre-ordered the Oculus Rift won’t have to wait to play Eve: Valkyrie as long as they own a Rift DK2. Signups for the Oculus launch title’s alpha have opened and you can’t even sign up without owning the headset’s development kit. The alpha test starts on January 18 and to sign up you’ll […]

GS News: Star Wars 7 Pinball Tables Landing Soon

Zen Studios and Lucasfilm have reached an agreement to bring tables based on Star Wars: The Force Awakens to Pinball FX 2, Zen Pinball 2, and Star Wars Pinball across platforms.

You Can Preorder Oculus Rift Without Paying Upfront

Customers who preorder an Oculus Rift will not be charged a cent until their order actually ships. Oculus Rift creator Palmer Luckey confirmed the information via Twitter today. Luckey went on to announce that Rift all preorders also reserved a spot for Oculus Touch, the controllers designed specially for virtual reality experiences. We won’t lock […]

Square Enix Shuts Down Cloud Gaming Platform Shinra Technologies

Square Enix has announced the closure of its cloud gaming platform, Shinra Technologies. The news was shared by the company earlier today via its website. The press release details “booking of an extraordinary loss” of approximately $2 billion yen ($16.8 million) and cites a lack of investors as one of the reasons for the company’s […]

GS News – Free Oculus Rifts and Rise of the Tomb Raider PC Release Date Announced

Sony apologizes for yesterday’s PSN outage, Rise of the Tomb Raider’s minimum PC specs have been revealed, and Kickstarter backers of the original Oculus will get a free Oculus Rift.