If you've ever wanted to more seamlessly merge your social media audience with your livestreaming audience, Facebook has now made available the tools to do exactly that.
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The long-running lawsuit concerning Oculus technology has finally come to a close, with ZeniMax being awarded a large sum of money over a non-disclosure agreement that, according to the ruling, Oculus co-founder Palmer Luckey violated. 
Classic Namco, Taito and Atari arcade games have made their way to Facebook. Even more than that, the social media giant has introduced a new way in which classic games from the aforementioned publishers can be played online, all from the comfort of your browser. 
The newest expansion pack for League of Angels 2 from game maker GTArcade has arrived for its more than 30 million users. The game spans localization for 45 different countries and continues to grow and expand across the Facebook community. 
Epic Games and Oculus have collaborated together for a new way for developers -- especially those classified as indie -- to cut operating expenses when developing games and apps for the Oculus Rift. Facebook Oculus will be stepping in to cover royalty fees for some VR projects. 
There are about to be a few less superheroes in this world as Disney Interactive announces the imminent shutdown of a pair of games featuring Captain America, Iron-Man and the rest of the Marvel universe. 
The lawsuit over virtual reality technology involving ZeniMax and Oculus is heating up, with statements filed by the former specifically calling out parties of the latter, including Brendan Iribe, John Carmack, Palmer Luckey, and even Facebook. 
Facebook and Blizzard have teamed up together to allow gamers to make use of some new integrated APIs in Facebook for streaming Blizzard games, and Blizzard will be implementing an API to make it easy to stream content from the game directly to Facebook. 
Over the past week or so, a lot of chatter has been kicking up about the Oculus Rift and its privacy issues. What kind of privacy issues? Very invasive privacy issues. Well, one U.S. Senator is not standing by idly while Facebook gleans personal information off its VR users with the Rift. 
This morning, EA Sports NCAA Football posted something very odd and cryptic onto Facebook after not having posted for quite some time. It was an extremely short clip depicting the beep of a lifeline. Most took the post as a meaningful way to announce the return of the franchise, NCAA Football. 
We have some bad news for those of you who like to stay active on social media through every electronic device imaginable: Sony will soon discontinue Facebook support on both the PlayStation 3, PlayStation TV and PlayStation Vita. 
SHOWTIME's horror series Penny Dreadful is getting its own video game. Midverse Studios is developing Penny Dreadful: Demimonde for a fall release. 
Oculus is starting to roll out more details about the Rift, the virtual reality headset. What sort of details did they make public? The system requirements and why the system requirements are as high as they are and what's required to process high-resolution and smooth frame-rate in high-end games. 
It’s been a long time coming, but it looks like we’re finally getting closer to pinning down an actual release date for the Oculus Rift. According to the developers, we should expect to step into a bold new world of virtual gaming in Q1 2016. 
New info has emerged regarding the public availability of the Oculus Rift. Apparently a limited public beta is being planned for the virtual reality headset, scheduled to go live in select markets for becoming widely available for the general public. Unfortunately there's no specific date for the launch. 
Well that didn't take long. New reports have already emerged that the Oculus Rift will get a complete re-branding from Facebook with a brand new interface and logo representation, in order to further tie the virtual reality device into the social media culture. 
Oculus VR, the company behind the Kickstarted virtual reality headset, the Oculus Rift, has been purchased by Facebook for $2 billion. 
It's no secret that Candy Crush Saga is the "it" game of 2013, that one title that everyone and their mother is playing while sitting on the couch, waiting in line at the grocery store or in the break room during work. Well, it looks like developer King is looking to capitalize on that success, primed to release the game's first batch of DLC starting today. 
While male gamers still out-rank female gamers when it comes to the amount of time they spend playing video games and are obviously more engaged on the core gaming front, it turns out that female gamers are a bit more likely to spend real money on microtransactions in casual games. 
The wave-blasting antics of Plants vs. Zombies is about to go multidirectional as PopCap Games announces the official release of Plants vs. Zombies Adventures for Facebook, offering a new way to play and social elements to keep you and your zombie-pulverizing friends connected. |
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