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Are VR exclusives bad? It's complicated
"In a lot of cases a game is not gonna be made at all unless it gets a boost from something like a timed exclusivity deal"
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VR "kind of scares me as an investor" - Lasky
Mitch Lasky, venture capitalist at Benchmark, also believes Facebook's acquisition of Oculus may not have been a good thing for VR
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CryEngine 5 business model is built on "appreciation and trust"
Crytek's 'pay what you want' strategy targeted at the "next wave" of game developers, says MD Avni Yerli
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"Is there a space in games for the deliberately developmental game company?"
Robin Hunicke and Funomena are trying to find out, making experimental games without a 100% focus on profitability
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HTC Vive spearheads $10bn VR VC group
27 firms have joined with HTC Vive in the VR Venture Capital Alliance
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"From a publishing point of view, VR is just too risky"
A BIG Business Forum panel exposed a reluctance among smaller publishers to commit resources to supporting VR
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Starbreeze secures $9 million from Acer ahead of StarVR launch
Premium headset will ship in limited quantities this year, with full production scheduled for 2017
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Oculus: Our exclusive deals are good for the VR industry
Head of Content Jason Rubin also stresses that with the launch of Oculus Touch, "We're going to do it the right way this time"
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Oculus and Valve send mixed messages on VR exclusivity
Valve wants the VR market to be entirely open, but the belief that Oculus is trying to lock it down is built on a series of misunderstandings
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Newell weighs in on VR exclusives
Valve head says tying development funds to specific hardware is bad for customers and developers
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PlayStation VR demos hit stores starting tomorrow
Sony rolling out hands-on kiosks at hundreds of North American locations this month
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VR not ready for the mainstream - Fils-Aime
Nintendo of America president says the company will adopt VR once it's mass market approachable
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Michael Bay joins Rogue Initiative
Filmmaker teams up with upstart VR studio to make original interactive entertainment
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PlayStation VR likely to be in short supply - Sony
With big questions about consumer uptake of VR, expect conservative shipments of new headset
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"We're not creating haves and have-nots"
New consoles will not split the market, Sony says, but in its Project Scorpio VR push can Microsoft also keep that promise?
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Limitless scores close to $1m in seed funding
VR technology behind Gary The Gull that delivers "Pixar-quality VR characters"
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Is VR just a stepping stone to something bigger?
Hype for VR platforms may conceal fundamental limitations; but AR, just over the horizon, has the potential to revolutionise personal computing entirely
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eSports' "path to profitability farther off than VR" for publishers - Pachter
Despite the slow ramp up of headsets, VR should monetize better for publishers in the next few years, the analyst says
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"I'm doing this because I'm a gamer"
Ready at Dawn's Ru Weerasuriya says he puts fun and creativity above profit; he talks to us about VR and his new co-op melee game De-formers
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Microsoft seeking to control VR/AR ecosystem
Microsoft is inviting other manufacturers to build devices with Windows Holographic
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Facebook acquires VR audio specialists
Oculus-owning social network snaps up Scottish studio Two Big Ears
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Can local multiplayer translate to online VR?
Boneloaf's party brawler Gang Beasts works with everyone on the same couch, but can Coatsink recreate the magic across distance and through headsets?
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Daydream could make mobile VR matter
Weekly recap: Mobile VR gets a big push, Nintendo goes Hollywood, and E3 may mark the beginning of half-step console upgrades