Teen school shooter created online game simulating mass attack

The teenager that opened fire in a remote Canadian school had created a video game to allow players to simulate a mass shooting.
Game Rant

Roblox is Removing Classic Faces, But 1 Player Has Taken Matters Into Their Own Hands to Preserve Them

One of Roblox's players takes the initiative to preserve classic head designs in the face of their removal from this online gaming platform.
Pocket Gamer.Biz

Roblox reports record 12.8m concurrent users for Bruno Mars virtual concert

Roblox described the event as its most-watched virtual concert by a single artist to date. Mars performed his new single I Just Might alongside the hit track Locked Out of Heaven. Roblox said the ...
Gizmodo

Developer Attempts to Sell ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ VR Mod to CD Projekt RED, Gets Bad News

Maybe don't try to sell your paid mod to the company whose Terms of Service you appear to be violating? Reading time 3 minutes While the idea of paying for mods has ...
GameSpot

This Cyberpunk 2077 VR Mod Was Shut Down Because It Wasn't Free

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. A VR mod for Cyberpunk 2077 was struck down with a DMCA by CD Projekt Red because the mod's creator was charging for it. Luke Ross is a modder known ...
Road to VR

‘Cyberpunk 2077’ VR Mod Taken Down Following Legal Complaint, But There May Still Be Hope

Luke Ross, the prolific VR modder, has been forced to remove his popular Cyberpunk 2077 VR mod, citing legal concerns from CD PROJEKT. And it seems to boil down to Ross having placed the VR mod behind ...
Futurism

Meta Lays Off Thousands of VR Workers as Zuckerberg’s Vision Fails

After years of failing to produce a profitable augmented reality platform, Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta is pounding one of the final nails into the coffin of its metaverse efforts — the ones that were once ...
CNBC

Meta's VR layoffs, studio closures underscore Zuckerberg's massive pivot to AI

Just over four years after Facebook changed its name to Meta, the company is scaling back its virtual reality ambitions. Meta is cutting about 10% of staff who focus on metaverse-related VR projects ...
Engadget

Meta has closed three VR studios as part of its metaverse cuts

Several of Meta's VR studios have been affected by the company's metaverse-focused layoffs. The company has shuttered three of its VR studios, including Armature, Sanzaru and Twisted Pixel. VR fitness ...
The Verge

Meta is closing down three VR studios as part of its metaverse cuts

Developers from Twisted Pixel Games and Sanzaru Games have posted about their studios being closed down. Developers from Twisted Pixel Games and Sanzaru Games have posted about their studios being ...
Deadline.com

Duffer Brothers Started Filming ‘Stranger Things’ Final Episode Without A Finished Script: “We Don’t Even Fully Know What’s Going On”

The Stranger Things documentary is giving insight into the filming of the fifth and final season of the Netflix series. In One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5, the Duffer Brothers ...