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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.


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Activision experiences layoffs

GameInformer reported that it was “tipped off” at some changes over at Activision regarding staffing, with reason to believe that the area affected is the Minneapolis, Minnesota location. Activision confirmed that layoffs had taken place, “As announced on our earnings call, our games for core audiences did extremely well, but the casual audience has not yet emerged on the next gen consoles,” an Activision spokesperson told GameInformer.


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Kanye West releases trailer for his new video game

Yes, you read that right. Not only is Kanye a musician and a future presidential candidate for the 2020 elections, he’s also creating his own video game about his mom being sent to heaven. The game is called Only One after a song he wrote about his late mother Donda West.


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'Minecraft: Education Edition' announced

Microsoft and Mojang have just announced that Minecraft: Education Edition will be launching this summer for teachers and education institutions around the world to use. The Education Edition is actually an “expanded” version of an already existing program called MinecraftEdu. This special version of Minecraft has been used by teachers and other education institutions since 2011, and is a modded version of the game that is appropriate for classroom use.


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'Rocket League' dev hints at Xbox One release

The Rocket League team from Psyonix hasn’t made any major moves to platforms outside of PlayStation 4 and Steam, but a recent interview on the Red Bull website has some people speculating that the game will be announced for release before the end of the year. Psyonix CEO and studio director Dave Hagewood responded to a question in the Red Bull interview about a possible release of Rocket League for Xbox One.

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