After its highly successful Kickstarter campaign in 2012, Ouya had poor sales and financial troubles became substantial enough that the company was acquired by Razer in July 2015, as we reported at the time. Right after the acquisition, we also reported on indie developers claiming that Ouya owed them thousands of dollars. Since then, Ouya has been more or less on the down-low, and there hasn’t been much news to report on the platform, most likely due to the fact that its user base was very limited, no matter how devoted.Today Razer announced that it’s shutting down the Ouya Store, along with other similar services such as the Forge TV and MadCatz MOJO game stores, on June 25. Razer published an FAQ on its official website, addressing all concerns of users of those services. Most importantly, if users have any funds in their accounts, they can only be used on the game stores and are not permitted to be redeemed for use outside of the Forge TV, Ouya, and MadCatz MOJO … [Read more...] about Razer Shutting Down Ouya Store Next Month
Grid looks a lot like Grid in first gameplay trailer
We have our first look at the Grid reboot in new footage. If it weren’t for the updated UI, you’d be forgiven for thinking you’re watching the original game. 2019 Grid obviously looks better than 2008 Grid, but nowhere near a ten-year leap. The first ever gameplay is shown in IGN‘s video below. The footage mostly runs through a single San Francisco track with muscle cars before it switches it up for GT on another street circuit in Shanghai. Tight, enclosed street circuits is where the original Grid excelled, and it looks like the reboot won’t be getting rid of that. We sadly don’t get a proper look at car damage, which Codemasters confirmed is returning. The original Grid remains unrivalled to this day for its destruction physics (on real cars), so it’ll be interesting to see if it’ll be taken quite that far in the reboot. Subscribe to the VG247 newsletter Get all the best bits of VG247 delivered to your inbox every Friday! Enable … [Read more...] about Grid looks a lot like Grid in first gameplay trailer
Pokémon Go’s June community day features a fan favourite
Pokémon Go doesn't normally issue a trailer for its monthly Community Day events, but then June's big day stars something of a fan favourite. Slakoth, the sloth Pokémon, will be available to catch everywhere and its Shiny variant will become available for the first time.The sleepy creature eventually evolves into Slaking, one of the beefiest Pokémon in the game - even if it's not hugely useful for player battles due to its lethargic nature. It's best left in gyms as a bulky deterrent.As previously announced, June's Community Day will take place on Saturday 8th. Once again, you'll want to play 3pm-6pm local time, wherever you are in the world. As ever, lures will last for three hours. Incubators will be four times as effective. Here is the rather cute trailer: For more details about past events and future dates, see our main Pokémon Go Community Day page. … [Read more...] about Pokémon Go’s June community day features a fan favourite
The Best Memorial Day Gaming Deals (Switch, PS4, Xbox One, PC)
Somehow, Memorial Day (May 27) is nearly here, marking a day of remembrance for those who died serving in the US military, as well as the unofficial beginning of summer. Hopefully, you have a three-day weekend ahead of you and some extra time to relax, but even if this weekend is the same as any other, you can still get in on all the Memorial Day deals retailers are offering this week. We're rounding up the best Memorial Day gaming deals, including PS4, Switch, and Xbox One games, so you can save yourself some cash and secure some great games for your collection this holiday weekend.We'll continue to update this story as we find more notable deals, but you can check out the best games, consoles, and accessories currently on sale below.AmazonWhile Amazon hasn't posted a Memorial Day-specific sale, the digital store is currently offering some of the best game discounts available online. You'll be able to find many recent titles, first-party Nintendo games, and more marked down right now. … [Read more...] about The Best Memorial Day Gaming Deals (Switch, PS4, Xbox One, PC)
How to use AssetBundles with Unity WebGL
I have a Unity WebGL project that tries to load AssetBundles, but I get an error: Unable to open archive file: http://localhost:50212/StreamingAssets/Bundles/language_english The code that creates the AssetBundles: using UnityEditor; using System.IO; using UnityEngine; public class JC_Bundler: Editor { [MenuItem("Assets/Build AssetBundles")] static void BuildAllAssetBundles() { string path = Path.Combine(Application.streamingAssetsPath, JC_Bundles.Directory); if (!Directory.Exists(path)) { Directory.CreateDirectory(path); } BuildPipeline.BuildAssetBundles(path, BuildAssetBundleOptions.None, EditorUserBuildSettings.activeBuildTarget); AssetDatabase.Refresh(); } } I can see the AssetBundles do get created and it works on other Windows Standalone and Android platforms. The code that read the AssetBundle: public void PrepareLanguageAssets(SystemLanguage language, UnityAction onDone, UnityAction onFail) { StartCoroutine(LoadBundle("language_" + language, bundle => { if (bundle == … [Read more...] about How to use AssetBundles with Unity WebGL