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If you're going to the Gamescom conference in Germany next month, you'll be able to play a bunch of Ubisoft's upcoming games. These include

Ubisoft is also bringing its Rabbids VR project, called Rabbids Virtual Reality Ride, to the show. It uses a motion seat an a VR headset to make what is basically a Rabbids roller coaster.

In addition, there will be several competitions and events happening in Ubisoft's booth. Attendees can compete in the Just Dance World Cup qualifications to try and make it to the finals at Paris Games Week in October. Ubisoft will also hold a competitive Rainbow Six Siege competition for the best Rainbow Six players in the world.

Gamescom takes place August 5-9 in Cologne, Germany. Watch GameSpot all of Gamescom week for news, impressions, and videos from the conference.

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Episode 87 has come and gone, but the memories of topics like GoatVR and our controversial Last of Us conversation will stay with us until the end of time. Other topics we touched on included the PLAY Summer event line-up being brought to us by PlayStation as well as the continued speculation and curiosity that is Yager and Deep Silver splitting up over Dead Island 2. Join us for excitement! Intrigue! Vinyl records and more!

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Think of the current gaming industry and you might imagine massive teams of developers, artists, writers and managers. Youd be right, of course. It takes literately thousands of people to create games such as Assassins Creed, Call of Duty and Grant Theft Auto; but thats not how it has always been. In the early days of gaming, teams of one or two created the entire experience, from level design and coding to distribution. Recently weve seen a renaissance of indie development teams in mobile gaming, but alas, the majority of big-budget handheld games are now created by a handful of conglomerates, including EA, Gameloft and Warner Bros. So in the current age of massive development teams and big budgets, where can we find the few remaining indie developers with unlimited talent and creativity? Virtual reality gaming.

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If there were ever a franchise that would lend itself well to virtual reality, it has to be Star Wars. Director Rob McLellan agrees, as he's been working on an extremely impressive tech demo along with the help of Craig Smith (VFX) and video game studio HammerheadVR.

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Digital Foundry talks to The Astronauts about the transition to PS4 and the move to Unreal Engine 4. Support for Virtual Reality is also something Adrian Chmielarz, the game's creative director, has talked passionately about exploring. While admitting that VR would require a very "different Ethan Carter", Chmielarz demonstrates a lot of enthusiasm for the idea. It's something he would clearly love to do, and there's the hope that it will result in a spin-off product of some sort. DF certainly would love to see a version of the game created for VR, though it's clear that this would likely be impossible to implement on PS4's Morpheus platform without a radical re-think of the existing game.

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Marcus Estrada writes: "Virtual reality - is it a fad or the future of video games? I certainly don't know the answer to this question, but there's no doubt that copious companies out there are viewing it as a serious upcoming contender in the gaming scene. We already have a host of headsets on their way, but that's not all. KATVR is one Chinese company that has decided to take things to the next stage with a massive device to allow for free walking through virtual spaces."

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My how time flies. It's already the 20th anniversary for the Virtual Boy, Nintendo's worst gaming invention to date. I know a lot of people would love to put the blame on the Wii U for being terrible, but actually it's a neat little system with poor third-party support. The Virtual Boy? It was terrible from the start.

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Nintendo's most famous failure is getting on a bit

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PlayStation LifeStyle had the fortunate chance to chat with the studio about its upcoming PlayStation 4 project, VR development and working with Sony. Representing the studio and answering the questions are Rebellion CEO Jason Kingsley, and Battlezone Lead Game Designer Steve Bristow.