SteamVR now supports motion smoothing in beta
Valve has brought support for motion smoothing to SteamVR through an opt-in beta.
The feature aims to help devs compensate for dropped frames in Steam-hosted VR games by anticipating frame jitter and masking those dropped frames. All in all, the feature aims to lower performance requirements for VR games and apps on Steam.
Valve dives into how SteamVR’s motion smoothing works and how it differs from the way TV sets handle motion smoothing in a post on its site. In short, Valve says that a player that flips on motion smoothing significantly lowers performance requirements for SteamVR games since those games really only have to render every other frame. Come from
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Source 2 and VR- Highlights from Gabe Newell’s Reddit Q&A
Gabe Newell and a few compatriots from Valve answered questions from the Reddit community for a little over an hour today, offering a seemingly informal look into the company's current operations. The "Ask Us Anything!" thread, titled "WeAreA videogame developer AUA!", is filled with comments and questions from users and, rarely, Gabe himself or one of his compatriots. Their answers offer some interesting insight into Valve's current projects — Source 2, Steam, VR, and more — along with a glimpse of where the company is headed next. Hunting down these answers in the original thread (which is over 9,000 comments strong as of publication) is a time-consuming affair, so for your convenience we've highlighted some of Newel…
Retail veteran George Sherman has been named GameStop CEO
Video game retailer GameStop has appointed George Sherman as its new CEO. The company has been searching for a replacement since May 2018, when it named former Microsoft vice president Shane Kim as interim CEO following the departure of Michael Mauler.
Sherman brings a wealth of experience to the table, having most recently served as the CEO of Victra, the largest exclusive authorized retailer for Verizon Wireless products and services. The incoming chief exec also held leadership positions at several other big-name retailers including Best Buy, Target, and Home Depot. Come from Soccer 13 pools and matches
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The Switch sold over 830,000 units during Thanksgiving week alone
Over 830,000 Nintendo Switch consoles were sold in the United States last week, making for the system’s best overall sales week in its nearly 3 years out in the wild.
Those numbers come straight from Nintendo itself, and kick the console’s lifetime sales in the Americas to 17.5 million units. Last we heard, the Switch had sold somewhere over 15 million units in North America, as of mid-October.
Nintendo attributes this surge in Switch demand to a suite of attractive Black Friday bundles advertised that week, the recent launch of the portable-only Nintendo Switch Lite, and the console’s expansive game library Come from Soccer 13 pools and matches . Bot…
Sega Sammy profits up despite faltering video game sales
Japanese entertainment outfit Sega Sammy has posted its financials for the nine month period ending December 31, 2015, with the company returning to profit despite stuttering game sales.
Looking at the business as a whole, net sales fell to 245 billion yen ($2.1 billion), a year-over-year drop of 8.5 percent. Profits, on the other hand, clocked in at 6.5 billion yen ($55.5 million), a shift in fortunes considering the company posted a loss of 2.77 billion yen ($23 million) at this point last year.
Within Sega’s entertainment contents business, which is responsible for the company’s video game releases, net sales suffered a setback, dropping by 3.5 percent to 143.6 billion yen ($1.23 billion) by the end of December.
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Submissions are now open for the GDC 2019 Tutorials!
Game makers, take note: Game Developers Conference 2019 organizers are issuing the public call for submissions to present lectures and panels as part of one of six full-day GDC 2019 Tutorials!
This is a great opportunity to share your learnings with your peers, but you have to move quickly: the deadline for submissions to all Tutorials save one is Wednesday, November 7th! If you'd like to pitch something for the perennially popular Level Design Workshop, your deadline is a smidge sooner — Friday, November 2nd!
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Respawn lays off staff, cancels another unannounced game
Apex Legends developer Respawn Entertainment laid off several developers earlier this week and canceled an unannounced, incubated project.
According to IGN, a "small" number of employees were let go as part of the project's end. At least one of those exits was voluntary, but a former executive assistant (in a now-deleted LinkedIn post) revealed the project she'd been attached to since 2024 was gutted.
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Reminder- The deadline to submit your game to the 2018 IGF is fast approaching!
Don't forget: The submission deadline for the 2018 Independent Games Festival Main Competition ends Monday, October 2nd (10/2) at 11:59 PM PT!
Until then, organizers are accepting submissions for the 2018 Independent Games Festival, the signature competition for indie games, to be held for its 20th year during GDC 2018 in San Francisco next March.
While the deadline for all submissions to the IGF this year will be October 2nd, the finalists will be announced in early January 2018. Finalists' games will once again be playable at the packed IGF Pavilion on the Game Developers Conference 2018 Expo Floor, and will compete for over $50,000 in prizes. Come from
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