

Despite the drubbing Oculus Rift has earned itself for having sold out to FaceBook, a slew of dedicated designers have refused to give up on it (or at least have nowhere better to turn yet) – with one such developer creating an interactive breast-groping simulator featuring haptic breast controllers for maximum interactivity, a long desired invention that for many may yet be the Rift’s killer app.
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Microsoft’s decision to finally unbundle Kinect from the Xbox One and in the process equal the PlayStation 4 in price has been hailed as the last of its humiliating Xbox Onw climb-downs, which have seen such amazing new features as support for used games and the ability to function without an Internet connection added in response to consumer demand.
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Gamers desperate for VR have been checking their calendars in disbelief with the news that Facebook has bought VR headset maker Oculus Rift for 2 billion dollars, in what has already been decried as “the greatest sellout in gaming history.”
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Sony has announced its own head-mounted display for the PlayStation 4, dubbed “Project Morpheus” and finally heralding the arrival of VR on mainstream consoles.
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By way of promotion of the upcoming advent of Idolmaster: One for All, Namco Bandai and Hori have made a trio of suitably idolatrous PS3 controllers available, each adorned with the silhouette of one of Idolmaster’s cute signature idols – albeit with more in the way of tacky plaid than pretty art, though they at least provide a relief from the usual onslaught of DLC.
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Upcoming sex ’em up To Love-Ru Darkness Battle Ecstasy has finally revealed how it intends to take advantage of the PSV’s touch panel – in the form of TTT (“Trouble Touch Time”) and its “lucky sukebe gauge”…
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The frosty reception enjoyed by Nintendo’s newly unveiled 2DS hand-held looks to have already frozen over completely, with confirmation that it has only one screen under its casing and somehow still weighs more than the 3DS doing little for its reputation as anything but “joke hardware.”
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The latest desperate U-turn Microsoft has been forced into in an effort to rescue the Xbox One launch is to rescind its insistence that the console’s camera and microphone be connected at all times for it to work, perhaps in recognition of the fact nobody in their right mind would trust a US company not to turn the entire system over to the NSA as soon as it was launched…
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Microsoft has announced the Xbox One will only go on sale in “select” Asian markets, and only at the end of 2014 – with Japan conspicuously absent from the list.
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After much teasing, Sony’s PlayStation 4 has finally been unveiled, leading to such high praise as “at least it looks better than the Xbox One,” although in fairness most seem reasonably pleased with it.
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Microsoft has finally unveiled the new Xbox, dubbed the Xbox One and due “later this year,” although with the better part of their presentation being given over to TV and EA Sports precious little of the actual game line-up was on show.
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Sony has finally revealed a fleeting and rather indistinct glimpse of their social wonder-console the PlayStation 4, though the suspense over the console’s design which they have so assiduously cultivated looks set to continue until its formal unveiling on the 10th of June – so far all that has been gleaned from their new video is that it “square.”
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