Oculus: ZeniMax lawsuit a ‘transparent attempt’ to profit from Facebook sale

Oculus VR has issued a legal statement denying ZeniMax Media’s claims that Oculus Chief Technology Officer John Carmack developed key VR technology while employed at ZeniMax, therefore entitling ZeniMax and its subsidiary id Software to compensation. “ZeniMax’s Complaint falsely claims ownership in Oculus VR technology in a transparent attempt to...

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Saints Row 4 National Treasure Edition bundles DLC for $30

A DLC-stuffed National Treasure Edition of Saints Row 4 ships to retailers on July 8, Deep Silver announced. The PS3, Xbox 360 and PC repackage was already unveiled for Europe, and it’s coming to the same platforms in North and South America, priced at $30. If you’ve kept up with...

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Natural selection: Evolve leads E3 Game Critics Awards nominations

Turtle Rock Studios’ Evolve notched six nominations in this year’s E3 Game Critics Awards, including Best Online Multiplayer and Best Action Game. The four-versus-one shooter is also up for the prestigious Best of Show award, where it’s competing with No Man’s Sky, Alien: Isolation, Batman: Arkham Knight, Shadow of Mordor...

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Humble Store raises $1 million for charity

Humble Bundle’s spin-off venture Humble Store has earned more than $1 million in charitable proceeds as of this week. The Humble Store offers a rotating selection of downloadable PC games at deep discounts, with ten percent of sale proceeds going toward the American Red Cross, Child’s Play, the World Land...

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Titanfall’s next update adds insignias, Titan burn cards

Titanfall will receive its fourth update soon, and developer Respawn offered a few details on it today. The update will add featured game modes to Titanfall‘s playlist rotation for limited periods of time as well as a “Marked For Death” mode, in which one player from each team is “marked...

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Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare crops up on PC

As promised, PopCap’s formerly Xbox exclusive, third-person shooter Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare is now available on PC. According to publisher EA, the PC incarnation of Garden Warfare boasts a new co-operative and multiplayer map dubbed “Jewel Junction,” alongside the numerous free updates issued to the console version of the...

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Wolfenstein: The New Order developer discusses potential sequel

Though a follow-up has not yet been officially announced, Machine Games is already plotting a sequel to its alternate-history FPS Wolfenstein: The New Order, creative director Jens Matthies told Giant Bomb this week. “We would love to do a sequel,” Matthies said. “We have a very, very clear idea of...

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Joystiq Streams: Space Engineers and the horror of the void [UPDATE: Relive the stream!]

At the moment, NASA is building a new Mars rover to launch sometime around 2020. The little robot successor to the Curiosity rover, who’s still chilling on the red planet collecting rocks and looking for water, will cost about $1.5 billion to make. The Center for Strategic and International studies,...

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Steam Summer Sale, day 6: Brothers, Metro, Murdered

Have you had enough yet? No? Good. The Steam Summer Sale rings in day six with Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons for $3, Murdered: Soul Suspect for $33.50, Metro: Last Light for $6.80, Call of Duty: Ghosts for $30, Splinter Cell: Blacklist for $7.50, Torchlight 2 for $5, Fallout:...

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Be quick or you’ll miss GOG.com’s Adrenaline Rush sale

GOG.com has kicked off its annual Summer sale, only this year it’s doing things a bit differently, and the best bargains will go to those who are ready to throw down cash at a moment’s notice. The next 24 hours have been dubbed an “Adrenaline Rush” sale. During the course...

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