Oculus Rift: Valve promises to take virtual reality to the masses

For a few years, back in the early 90s, virtual reality (VR) looked like the obvious future for video games. Here was a technology capable of truly immersing participants in the digital environment; the essentially alienating presence of the 2D screen would be gone for ever, to be replaced by computer-generated realms that we could step into and exist in.

Battlefield Hardline beta test arrives February 3

Hoping to both stress test its servers and drum up an extra bit of pre-release hype, publisher EA has announced plans for a five-day beta test of its imminent cops versus robbers shooterBattlefield Hardline scheduled to begin on February 3.

Tetris is back - for the PS4 and Xbox One

During the summer of 1992, between my first and second years at university, I was working at a video game studio in Leamington Spa. We were supposed to be coding a game called Tank Commander for the PC, a long forgotten battle simulation – but one day someone brought in a Game Link cable, which allowed the connection of two Nintendo Game Boy consoles together. Of course, we immediately loaded up the Tetris competitive mode, in which any lines you cleared on your own screen would be cruelly transferred on to the bottom of your opponent's stack. Work ground to a halt and didn't really start up again for several days.

The Witcher 3:PC System Requirements Announced

CDProjekt Red have announced the system requirements for the forthcoming Witcher 3 on PC, and unsurprisingly they’re quite hefty.

Microsoft Announce Forza 6 For Xbox One

Microsoft and Turn 10 Studios have just announced the existence of Forza 6 following the North American International Auto Show in Detroit yesterday where several of the cars being included in the game were shown off.