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More and more people are getting their hands-on with the Oculus Rift. The VR-enabling headset is striking up a grass roots movement with developers who are making formerly unbelievable experiences in video games, a reality. Developers at Hyperkin recently put out a video that demonstrates the power of the Oculus Rift headset when used with a Kinect, giving the player full controller-less immersion in the world of Skyrim. The demonstration features the Kinect and Oculus Rift hooked up to a PC running Windows 8, and the results are nothing short of astounding....

When a game’s server is down, it’s annoying because you lose access to that one game. When a platform’s servers go down, it is aggravating because you can lose access to all of your digital games, friend list, and other features. PlayStation Plus is an online service that is known to run pretty well for the most part but can also run into its own issues. Here is how to check on the current server status for PlayStation....

Nintendo announced a slew of new games for the Nintendo Switch during its Direct presentation earlier today but, per usual, Japan got a little bit extra. Here are the announcements in case you only watched the U.S. Nintendo Direct: SaGa: Scarlet Grace SaGa: Scarlet Grace is the latest entry in Square Enix’s long-running RPG series that dates back to 1992 (or 1989 if you count The Final Fantasy Legend). The latest installment to come before it, Imperial SaGa, arrived for web browsers in Japan in 2015, while the most recent one released in the West was Romancing SaGa 2 last year....

Japanese pro Tekken player Tanukana has been fired from Osaka-based esports team Cyclops Athlete Gaming for saying something extremely offensive about short men on a recent livestream. According to Kotaku, 29-year-old Tanukana, which is an anagram of her real name Kana Tani, said in a February 15 livestream on Japanese streaming site Mildom, “Men who are under 170 cm (5 feet 6.9 inches) don’t have human rights.” She even went as far as to add that they should undergo a bone-lengthening surgery, even though the average height for men in Japan is 170....

The Steam release of Microsoft’s fantastic fighter exclusive Killer Instinct will support full cross-play between Steam, Xbox One and Windows Store users. Announced through the official Killer Instinct forum by community manager Rukari Austin, all players regardless of platform will be able to play with and against each other throughout the entirety of the game’s online multiplayer components. “Tucked away in this CU is a switch that will enable certain feature you’ve all been clamoring for, and that feature is indeed cross-play,” said Rukari....

The Professor Layton series from Level-5 has provided us with countless hours of entertainment on our DS and 3DS across six mainline entries and a crossover with Phoenix Wright, but the series has remained rather stagnant recently outside of the Layton 7 mobile game that was announced awhile back. Fans of the series have been wanting a true entry in the series and it looks like we may be getting that with the newly announced Lady Layton....

Last Cloudia has more than 100+ different playable characters in its universe. Due to this long array of selectable options, many new players cannot unlock most units as they usually either require long grind hours or are behind a payment wall, thus failing to understand the potential behind each character. So, if you are a beginner and do not know which characters are good in the early stages of the game, you can start with something like Roy Mustang, Maja, or Levi due to their well-rounded kit....

It was only a few weeks ago that League of Legends announced its next champion, Lillia. She’s an interesting new character with some cool abilities and a unique theme. I haven’t played her yet, but friends who have say she’s really fun and fluid. If you get the chance to, I recommend jungle players give her a go and get used to her kit. Before the community has had a chance to get used to her and the event though, Riot Games is unveiling the next champion for League of Legends....

Planning to utilize some curses within Cult of the Lamb? Cult of the Lamb has been getting lots of brilliant attention from across the gaming community, and with that attention arrives an abundance of new players to the fresh experience. Whether you are just getting started with the game or have been playing the game for longer than others since its release, you may want to learn about each mechanic in more detail....

Are you interested in using the AC Scratch Tickets in Phantasy Star Online 2? These tickets feature a variety of rewards, and if luck is favoring you, you have the opportunity to walk away with some excellent prizes. The trouble is being able to use these scratch tickets to figure out what rewards you’ve won after you receive them. You won’t have to go to too much trouble to use this item....

An Enchanting Table is a form of interactable item in Roblox Bedwars that grants unique abilities/powerups to each player. Each team or player (solo mode) will get a broken Enchanting Table inside your home base. To use the Enchanting Table in Roblox Bedwars, you must repair the Enchanting Table in the first place and select any enchantments of your choice. Repairing an Enchantment Table in Roblox Bedwars To repair an Enchantment Table in Roblox Bedwars, you must spend eight Diamonds....

In each home region in Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin, near the Quest Board, you’ll find a large pot with what looks like a grinning face on the front. This is the Prayer Pot, and it offers Riders all sorts of different boons that prove useful for adventuring—for example, obtaining more items out in the wild, or earning extra EXP points during battles. You can level up the Prayer Pot by frequently using charms....

If you are a Call of Duty Zombies veteran, you will likely not enjoy the beginning rounds of each match. The zombie spawns are really slow, followed up by the shambling enemies moving at a snail’s pace. However, there is a way to challenge yourself right from the beginning with the use of the Rampage Inducer, which has returned on Shi No Numa in Call of Duty: Vanguard. Here is how to do it....

Yae Miko’s Story Quest, the Divina Vulpes Chapter: Act I—The Great Narukami Offering, can be unlocked with one Story Key from the quest menu after completing the following prerequisites: All Inazuma Archon Quests until Chapter II: Act III—Omnipresence Over MortalsRaiden Shogun’s Story Quest, Imperatrix Umbrosa Chapter: Act II—Transient Dreams The quest follows a mysterious urban legend about an incantation that can grant wishes. After playing through the first few bouts of dialogue and completing the exorcism, Yae Miko will wage a war against the hit light novel called A Firsthand Guide to Summoning Spirits after it took Inazuma by storm and forced the Yae Publishing House’s latest work to flop....

The next generation of wireless broadband is said to bring widespread changes to the way we communicate and connect, and we got a glimpse of that yesterday at India Mobile Congress 2018 venue. “Our team at Qualcomm has been preparing for 5G deployment for three years now”, said Malladi, as he began addressing a room full of journalists. The completion of each step in the process, according to him, was a huge milestone as it enabled the team to start working with infrastructure partners for equipment based on the specifications....

The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has officially announced a blockchain-based payments platform that it says will provide “highly secure and tamper-evident transactions” via a distributed ledger system. Called ‘Vajra’, or lightning, the platform has been designed to automate the process of clearing and settling payments for NPCI transactions. NPCI claims that the new technology will bring real-time visibility into transactions, thereby reducing disputes and improving back-end operations at banks....

Apple’s iPhone 14 and the iPhone 14 Plus haven’t performed as nicely as the iPhone 14 Pro models considering how the non-Pro models offer nothing much and remain highly-priced. Rumor has it that this might result in a change in strategy with next year’s iPhone 15 lineup to sell more standard iPhone 15 models. A recent report by Naver suggests that Apple might consider bringing new strategies for the iPhone 15 lineup to cater to different people....

Sony has been slowly expanding their 1st party titles to the PC platform With From Software’s other succeeding works — Dark Souls, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, and the upcoming Elden Ring — all spanning multiple platforms, the question remains: will the Demon’s Souls remake finally break free of its PlayStation shackles and release on PC? Demon’s Souls first appeared on the PlayStation 3 in 2009 and quickly became the reference point for challenging mainstream games....

Niantic is on a roll with Ultra Beasts in Pokémon GO. They have been adding Ultra Beasts since Pokémon GO Fest 2022, with the most recent addition seemingly being Guzzlord. Guzzlord was teased during the Halloween Event celebration and appeared in the background of the game’s new loading screen. Is Guzzlord good in PvP battles? Guzzlord is a Dragon and Dark-type Pokémon. The only family of Pokémon that share these typings in Pokémon GO are Deino, Zweilous, and Hydreigon....

Hypixel is one of the most popular community servers for Minecraft available. Tons of Java players love to jump into games on this server and interact with many other competitive players. It has come a long way from its origins when it was just a YouTube channel focused on making Adventure Mode maps for the game. However, problems can pop up every now and then with the most popular of services....