Defiant Development, the Australian studio behind Hand of Fate 2, is effectively shutting down after nine years.
Writing on Facebook, the company explained it has struggled to keep up with the changing shape of the games industry, and suggested its "risky" approach to development had finally caught up with it.
Although the studio will continue to support its current roster of titles in caretaker mode, it has ceased development on all new projects, such as the work-in-progress A World in My Attic, and its staff are looking for new positions elsewhere.Come from VP-bet
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Facebook announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Oculus VR, creator of the Rift VR headset, for $2 billion — $400 million in cash and 23.1 million shares of Facebook common stock, plus an additional $300 million in cash and stock based on "the achievement of certain milestones." The news spread like wildfire across social networks and sparked a torrent of responses, including one from The Social Network man himself. "The Rift is highly anticipated by the gaming community, and there's a lot of interest from developers in building for this platform," stated Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in a Facebook post announcing the deal. "We're going to focus on helping Oculus bui…
Virtual Reality Developers Conference organizers are highlighting a series of VRDC Fall 2017 panels which will discuss how to create immersive, convincing spaces in VR.
This sessions is part of the conference’s Games & Entertainment track of talks, which encompasses experts from around the world sharing insight into developing and designing for virtual- and augmented-reality technologies.
If you’re coming to VRDC Fall 2017, which is happening September 21-22 at a bigger, better venue in San Francisco, you won’t want to miss this panel!
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Fortnite’s new Marvel-dominated season kicked off with a bang on Friday, flooding the island with all sorts of Marvel goodies like various weapons inspired by War Machine’s abilities, Captain America’s vibranium shield, and Doctor Doom’s gauntlets. Two of the items–Cap’s Shield and War Machine’s Arsenal, particularly when used in conjunction with the new hover jets–were overly difficult to fight against, which immediately led to a new meta in which you either had those items, or you were killed by someone who did.
Now, just five days into the new season, Epic Games has introduced several nerfs to Captain America’s Shield and War Machine’s Arsenal.
Captain America’s Shield will now break much more easily (by half, from 500 damage down to 250, according to dataminer FNAssist…