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Valve releases tool to determine PCs ability to handle VR

Is your PC ready to handle a $799 HTC Vive virtual reality headset? If you aren’t sure, then Valve has just released a free tool that can help PC owners find out if their specifically crafted gaming PCs have enough juice to survive VR technology. The 1.9 GB free download is available through Steam and will take your PC through a two minute sequence and, based off of the feedback it receives from the experience, will determine whether or not a PC has enough operating power to be able to handle VR technology.



Monomyth sets up 'Need to Know' Kickstarter

Monomyth Games, based in Adelaide, Australia, started the Kickstarter for its debut game, Need to Know, a bureaucracy-em-up along the same theory as Lucas Pope’s Papers, Please. Need to Know features the player as a new employee at the Department of Liberty, a highly enabled surveillance body that specializes in information-gathering and espionage. The video features the player scouring through documents, text messages, emails and other forms of communication as he decides what to do with what he knows.


CHECKPOINT: Devilish Prices, Pokken Tournament, and MORE

The Devil We Know was denied a certain price on Steam, Pokken Tournament is heating up, and Marvel might have some cheaper cosplay options available in the future. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=582257961 Hosts: Conner Nolan & Mallory Huxford Camera: Aidan Kearney & Nolan Leahy Teleprompter: Nolan Leahy Music: Lex Bravary Graphics: Lauren Lucas, Sam Noble, & Kelsey Hayes Producer & Editor: Michael Robb Executive Producer: Kelsey Hayes