Oculus VR came under fire last week after its CEO said the company will fund development of about two dozen “Oculus-exclusive” games for its virtual reality headset. The company has now responded to the complaints, saying some of those games may eventually come to other VR platforms.The spat started after Brendan Iribe, CEO of Facebook-owned Oculus, told a gaming magazine last week that the company’s Oculus Studios division has been funding games that will be exclusive to Oculus, such as Incomniac’s “Edge of Nowhere.”That led to complaints that Oculus is building a closed ecosystem for its headset that could fragment the VR industry before it gets off the ground.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Continue reading at 'PC World'
[ PC World | 2015-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After 25 years running Drawn and Quarterly, publisher and founder Chris Oliveros retired to write and draw his own graphic novel; 'The Envelope Manufacturer' will be published in January. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Acquires Kentucky-based Rather Dashing Games to enter "new growth area in publishing." The post Kalmbach Moves into the Board Game Industry appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2016-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Coronet has bought The Science of Game of Thrones by stand-up comedian Helen Keen. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been ordered to depose in an intellectual property dispute between Oculus and ZeniMax Media, as he has "unique knowledge" of his decision to buy and his valuation of the wearable virtual reality technology company. ZeniMax sued Oculus in May 2014 for exploiting... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2015-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The battle over breaking news escalated this fall with a trio of mobile products from major tech companies. In November, Facebook announced its stand-alone app called Notify on the heels of Twitter launching Moments the month prior. When Apple released the iPhone 6s and iOS 9 in September, it... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2015-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Katniss Everdeen may have come out on top of the weekend box office with an estimated $101 million in domestic ticket sales, but the new "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay -- Part 2" fell short of industry expectations and, unlike the "Twilight" and "Harry Potter" young-adult juggernauts, her "Hunger... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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TELL and Agatha Christie Productions (ACP) have launched a new storytelling app based on Christie's short story collection The Mysterious Mr Quin, starring "Game of Thrones" actor Gethin Anthony in the lead role. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The dystopian YA franchise that has made an indelible mark on popular culture has reached its final chapter with the release of Lionsgate's 'Mockingjay Part 2' on November 20. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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USC receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster is not the only Trojans starter who could be sidelined against Arizona on Saturday night because of injury. Receiver Darreus Rogers and linebacker Cameron Smith are trying to work through hamstring issues, and safety Leon McQuay III suffered a knee strain blocking... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookseller Philip Joseph, who co-founded UK bookshop chain Books Etc with his son Richard Joseph, has died. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PEN American Center is teaming with 12 U.S. publishers to monitor and address incidents of censorship in the translations of U.S. titles in the Chinese book market. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Malcolm Margolin, founder of Berkeley-based Heyday Books, will step down on December 31 after 41 years. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Traditional publishers, tired of competing with Facebook and Google for digital ad dollars, are taking steps to get more personal with their advertising. Among the big topics discussed during Advertising Week was how media companies like News Corp and Condé Nast are getting into the ad tech... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2015-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amelia Bonow is in hiding. She left her apartment here after her address was published online and the death threats began. Her crime? She had an abortion. And after the U.S. House of Representatives voted on Sept. 18 to defund Planned Parenthood, she updated her Facebook status with a proud... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cumulus Media, the second-largest operator of U.S. radio stations behind IHeartMedia, replaced company co-founder Lew Dickey as CEO after an 84% drop in the stock price this year, naming longtime magazine publishing executive Mary Berner to replace him.Mr. Dickey will remain on the board as vice... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2015-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oculus VR, the virtual reality technology company owned by Facebook Inc., is set to make several announcements Thursday in the final stretch before its first products start shipping early next year. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jeremy Tarcher, the founder of the publishing company Tarcher Books (now part of the Tarcher Perigee imprint of Penguin Random House), died September 20. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has revealed plans to build a rocket manufacturing plant and launch site from Florida’s ‘Space Coast’, the area around Kennedy Space Centre and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Bezos’ space start-up, Blue Origin, will invest $200m in new manufacturing facilities and... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Connect Books has bought the remaining 49% stake in Wordery to become the sole owners of the retailer. Wordery – an online bookseller – was established in October 2012 as a joint enterprise between Connect Books, which owned a 51% stake, and former Book Depository IT director Will Jones and... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Over the past three years, Quarto Publishing Group has channeled efforts to growing its cookbook catalogue, tripling its list from 35 cookbooks to more than 100, all while adding a personalized cookbook program. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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