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Looks like he's not entirely gone...

John Carmack Has New 'Full-Time' VR Job, But Is Not Quite Gone From id

As for the Rift move, don't forget he's the one that basically introduced the device to the world back at E3 2012 so it's not entirely unsurprising that he wants to become more involved.

super_furry wrote: »

In no other sphere of media would the downright bullying by Beer be tolerated. Could you imagine if some Sky Sports News reporter was to launch a similar attack on Wayne Rooney for not talking to them? Gaming needs to grow up, starting with the media that covers it.

Having watched Beers obnoxious rant, the first thing that struck me was Beers sense of entitlement, the feeling that somehow Fish or Blow owe him a comment. I have listened to Beer before (he sometimes guests on the weekend confirmed podcast which I listen to now and again) and he doesn't always come across as the total arsehole that we was in this case. I think some of his comments were fuelled by his desire to keep with his schtick as the 'annoyed gamer'.

degrassinoel wrote: »

does being an "annoyed gamer" appeal to people? if that's the case i could easily outstrip him in the schtick department

It does. His show is quite interesting. Yes, he is not perfect and do **** ups like anyone, but a lot of stuff that he talks about is from a point of view of a gamer, not publisher, reviewer, developer, just a dude, who wants to take all of your money.
His video on that Riptide torso was briliant, but then he droped ball completely on that achievement "Bros before hoes "

Kiith wrote: »

Origin is now offering a full refund on games for up to 24 hours after purchase. F*ck you E... Oh wait, that's actually pretty brilliant. It's only on EA games at the moment, but still, it's pretty good.

http://www.kotaku.com.au/2013/08/origin-now-lets-you-return-ea-game-downloads-for-full-refunds/

Nice to see systems like this being implemented alright, I do wonder will third party publishers sign up though. The ToS seem open enough to dissuade certain folk from trying to take abuse it too so fingers crossed it's here to stay.

Bad news for Age of Empires Online player who prefer the official servers.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-08-20-games-for-windows-live-is-ending-for-good-in-july-2014

Wonder if this will go for all Windows Live games such as Dark Souls

Xenji wrote: »

Bad news for Age of Empires Online player who prefer the official servers.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-08-20-games-for-windows-live-is-ending-for-good-in-july-2014

Wonder if this will go for all Windows Live games such as Dark Souls

So Microsoft was pushing fully digital gaming services with Xbox one and at the same time shut down games for Windows completely. As much as I hate the damn thing it's a very bad way of showing people how awesome digital platform is. Same way they shut down games for Windows, same way they would have shut down Xbox one in the future. At least now you will still be able to have discs of games and play them even after all MS servers died off.

Huh? WTF WAS THAT?!

*The little music in the end of trailer makes me want to go and resub EVE

EVE: Valkyrie (formerly EVE-VR) is a multiplayer dogfighting shooter set in the EVE universe that uses virtual reality to give players the sense of being a real pilot in an EVE Online fighter. Coming 2014.


They needed to work on this even with no VR and dont bother with Dust 514...

how much will this oculus rift cost when/if its released?

First Diablo 3 Expansion Pack

Reaper of Souls is the first expansion for Diablo III. Blizzard revealed a whole new act, a new hero called The Crusader and the act boss: Malthael.

What has been revealed so far, behind closed doors:

The expansion is called Reaper of Souls.
The new, playable, mid-range melee class is The Crusader.
The level cap is increased to 70.
The final boss will be Malthael, the angel of death.
Endgame, itemization and the paragon system will be updated.

http://kotaku.com/diablo-iii-gets-its-first-expansion-pack-1176592023

Icyseanfitz wrote: »

sad to see guys who made their name from the pc gaming scene abandon it must have gotten bags of money to do so as releasing on ps4 only seems like a bad business plan until it has a decent user base

I highly doubt they've abandoned the platform, more likely the team of six are going to concentrate on getting the PS4 version released with the aid (both technical and financial) of Sony and then moving back onto the PC version. When the exclusivity deal with Sony expires (probably a couple of months) I'm quite sure we'll see a PC version.

gizmo wrote: »

I highly doubt they've abandoned the platform, more likely the team of six are going to concentrate on getting the PS4 version released with the aid (both technical and financial) of Sony and then moving back onto the PC version. When the exclusivity deal with Sony expires (probably a couple of months) I'm quite sure we'll see a PC version.

tbh there isnt much difference between a pc and a ps4 as there both x86 systems, so they would be able able to make both at the same time, now if it was ps3 only yeah that would need a dedicated team but its not, both the one and ps4 systems where made to be very very similar to a pc setup for ease of developing

wouldnt be the first dev to abandon (put less effort) the pc for the consoles and it wont be the last