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Apple Mulled Lowering Its App Store Commissions Way Back in 2011, Emails Show

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At the heart of Epic Games’ case against Apple is the company’s 30% App Store commission and its iron rule over in-app purchases. We now know, thanks to internal documents unearthed through the Epic’s lawsuit, that Phil Schiller, the top executive in charge of App Store, had floated the idea of cutting its infamous… Read more.

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‘Bulletstorm’ to Bring Skillshot Carnage in Standalone VR Version, Gameplay Trailer Here

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Among Meta’s avalanche of Quest gaming news today, the company revealed that Bulletstorm , the co-op shooter first launched on flatscreen in 2011, is coming to VR for the first time. Here’s how Incuvo describes the VR version: Back in 2011, Bulletstorm introduced the world to the “Skillshot.” Kick an enemy into a cactus?

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‘Ready Player One’ Book Sequel ‘Ready Player Two’ Arrives This November

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Ernest Cline returns with a follow-up to his 2011 sci-fi cult favorite. Exciting new for all you Ready Player fans. Penguin Random House imprint Ballantine Books today confirmed that a follow-up to Ernest Cline’s breakout hit Ready Player One will be arriving on store shelves this November. Famine, mass poverty, those sorts of things.

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‘Bigscreen VR’ To Host Live Q&A With Ready Player One Author Ernest Cline

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With the release of Ready Player Two —the highly-anticipated sequel to the 2011 science-fiction novel Ready Player One —just around the corner, social VR platform and VR theater experience Bigscreen VR today announced that it will be conducting a first-of-its-kind VR interview featuring series creator Ernest Cline.

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‘Batman: Arkham Shadow’ Trailer Massively Downvoted for Being a VR Game & Quest 3 Exclusive

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Basically, from the early ’90s until 2017, there’s been a Batman game released nearly every year, with standouts such as Batman: Arkham Asylum (2009) , Batman: Arkham City (2011) , and Batman: Arkham Knight (2015) garnering a pretty big following across console.

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Another Rockstar VR Game Could Be in The Works, According to Actor’s Resume

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Noire (2011) in 2017. Rockstar sits on an impressive amount of IP that could make its way to VR, although straight ports admittedly wouldn’t require fresh voice talent, like Rockstar’s VR port of L.A.

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Skyrim VR Looks Even Better As A Comic Book

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” Bethesda’s seemingly unkillable fantasy RPG was first released back in 2011 for PC and consoles and has since been ported to every platform known to man, including VR. VR mods bring the popular VR game to life in a whole new light. I know what you’re thinking: “another story about Skyrim ?

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