Oculus VR, the company behind the much-hyped virtual reality headset Oculus Rift, announced on Monday that it had raised another $16 million from venture capital to help secure the product's consumer launch.
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Oculus Rift raises $16 million in preparation for consumer launch

Xbox Live director of programming Larry Hryb, AKA "Major Nelson," addressed the Reddit community last week at E3 to say that while Microsoft's Xbox One console won't be backwards compatible with Xbox 360 games, it will be compatible with the Xbox 360 console.
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Xbox 360 owners will be able to plug current-gen console into the Xbox One

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Game on: The sights of E3 2013

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VIDEO: Don't pre-order the next-gen consoles quite yet...

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Nintendo
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VIDEO: Nintendo president says their strategy is about games not hardware

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Final Fantasy XV's director on art, the modern setting and crazy hair

Blur Studio, which made the new trailer for "Batman: Arkham Origins" that debuted at E3 this week, is one of a handful of film and animation studios that work year-round to produce the many trailers that come out for blockbuster video games.
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A peek behind the curtain at the trailers gamers see at E3

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Amazon
Video games

Amazon is already out of 'Launch Edition' PlayStation 4

Titanfall
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Titanfall

'Titanfall' makes a big impact at E3

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Watch Dogs

Genre-blending 'Watch Dogs' has familiar bite

Controversial aspects of digital rights management such as always-online requirements and prohibitions against used games are fast becoming the defining issue of the next console generation.
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As furor over online and used-game restrictions intensifies, game makers picks sides

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New Kinect can track you so well ... you may not want it in your house

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'Dead Rising 3' brings mad, mad, mad undead world to Xbox One

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Xbox Vs. PlayStation: Why Sony has an edge

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Nintendo avoids hype, brings old standbys to E3

E3 2013 is in full swing, with the major console developers taking swings at one another. But what does it all mean to the consumer?
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microsoft

New games, specs add heat to next-gen console war

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VIDEO: With PlayStation 4 unveil, Sony comes out swinging

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Square Enix announced during Sony's E3 press conference that "Final Fantasy Versus 13" is still alive and kicking, only now it's called "Final Fantasy 15."
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'Final Fantasy Versus 13' is now 'Final Fantasy 15'

Sony finally put the PlayStation 4 console out on display Monday night at its E3 press conference.
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Video games

Sony finally shows what the PlayStation 4 looks like

Ubisoft is currently working on a brand-new massive multiplayer shooter set in a Tom Clancy universe known as "The Division," the company announced today at the end of its E3 press conference.
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Ubisoft unveils Tom Clancy game 'The Division'