25 Mar
Facebook has announced that is is acquiring Oculus VR for $2 billion. The deal will see Facebook pay $400 million in cash with the remainder made up of 23.1 million shares of stock valued at $1.6 billion. “Facebook plans to extend Oculus’ existing advantage in gaming to new verticals, including communications, media and entertainment, education […]
24 Mar
In an interview with Fortune, Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson said that the company plans to deliver “deep and immersive storylines” in their Star Wars games, in a similar way to what Rocksteady did with Batman for the Arkham game series. “What Warner Bros. did with Batman was take the core roots of that IP […]
24 Mar
Ouya has announced in a blog post on its website, that it is dropping the requirement for all games to have a free-to-try option on its console. “When we started OUYA, we originally decided against this,” wrote Bob Mills, in part. “Free to Try seemed like an obvious choice for an open platform. We knew […]
21 Mar
Bourne Identity director Doug Liman is close to signing a deal to direct the upcoming Splinter Cell film adaptation, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The Hollywood Reporter claims that Liman is in final negotiations to direct the film, which is being developed by Ubisoft Motion Pictures in collaboration with New Regency. Tom Hardy is rumored […]