23 Apr
2K Games has confirmed that the first Borderlands and several titles in the Civilization series will be offline “temporarily” following the GameSpy closure on May 31st. The games will “temporarily go offline while service is transitioned to Steamworks,” 2K explained. “During the transition, players will experience interruption of several features, including online play, matchmaking and […]
02 Apr
Oculus VR has announced via Twitter that Valve’s Aaron Michaels has joined the company. “We’re thrilled to welcome Aaron Nicholls to the team,” the company said. “He’ll be working out of the Bellevue R&D lab with Atman and crew.” “It’s been exciting working on VR at Valve,” Nicholls said on Twitter, in part. “Can’t wait […]
29 Mar
Valve’s leader of Research and Development, Michael Abrash, has left the company to serve as chief scientist at Oculus VR today. Abrash arrival at Oculus comes just after Facebook’s recent acquisition of the company for $2 billion, which Abrash addresses in a blog post on the Oculus VR website. “The resources and long-term commitment that […]
11 Mar
Former lead engineer on Valve’s virtual reality project, Atman Binstock, has joined Oculus VR as its new chief architect, the company has announced. Binstock will lead the new Oculus R&D team based in Seattle and their search for “exceptional engineers” interested in the research and development of the “future of virtual reality”. “Just over two […]