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Early Access: Vital Development Tool or Cash Grab?

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Jun 19, 2018

Early Access: Vital Development Tool or Cash Grab?

Early access games are a pretty bizarre concept if you really think about it. In what other form of entertainment would you be willing to...

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Phosphor co-founder Chip Sineni discuss the success and impact of Fortnite: Battle Royale

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May 15, 2018

Phosphor co-founder Chip Sineni discuss the success and impact of Fortnite: Battle Royale

Phosphor co-founder Chip Sineni had a chat with The Chicago Tribune about how he and other Chicago game devs think Fortnite: Battle...

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What Crisis on the Planet of the Apes says about the future of VR

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Apr 6, 2018

What Crisis on the Planet of the Apes says about the future of VR

Crisis on the Planet of the Apes came out this week, and what they’re doing with locomotion mechanics is an interesting take on VR...

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Paragon reveals the gap between game devs and fans

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Mar 23, 2018

Paragon reveals the gap between game devs and fans

Online game with passionate fanbase shuts down, community screams in outrage, accusing the dev of pocketing money, betraying the...

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Mar 13, 2018

GDC tips for first-timers

GDC is on the horizon. For many aspiring devs, this year is their first time. And event as big as GDC, with so many experienced pros, can...

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Feb 20, 2018

Organizing UE4 Blueprints

Blueprint can be… frustrating. But it can be slightly less frustrating if you take the time to organize it neatly and logically. It...

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Dec 22, 2017

Audio in VR

When it comes to VR game development, we usually think of the visual element first. And it’s obviously super important! But sound is just...

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Nov 21, 2017

Creating Dense Foliage in VR: Part 2

This article reveals some important LOD techniques used to hit framerate when working with dense foliage in VR. Difficult even under...

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Nov 2, 2017

Creating Dense Foliage in VR: Part 1

As VR grows in popularity, new techniques for optimizing environments are rolling in all the time. Since I just wrapped on a VR project,...

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Oct 24, 2017

Optimizing mobile VR character art

VR is a resource-hungry beast. So are characters. Doing them both on mobile means that you have to start planning right away for...

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Oct 11, 2017

Mobile VR Design Tips

Mobile gaming is a huge market – and mobile VR is possibly the VR killer app waiting to happen. There’s obvious potential for the...

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May 19, 2017

VIDEOS AND STREAMING POLICY

PERMISSION FOR USE FOR VIDEOS AND STREAMS Phosphor Game Studios hereafter referred to as “Phosphor,” grants the following rights to the...

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Brookhaven will be supporting Sony’s AIM Controller for PSVR at launch!

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May 11, 2017

Brookhaven will be supporting Sony’s AIM Controller for PSVR at launch!

You can check out their blog write-up here! Here’s what we wrote: It was always our dream as little kids to be able to take the arcade...

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Ford built a High-Tech Hub in New York that Features our Future Mobility VR Experience!

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Feb 2, 2017

Ford built a High-Tech Hub in New York that Features our Future Mobility VR Experience!

Feel free to read it on Digital Trends here. Ford isn’t just a car company anymore. As a part of its effort to build a portfolio of...

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Jan 10, 2017

Our Partnership with Ford!

We’re proud to team up with Ford to help envision the future of technology and mobility in automobiles. Detroit Free Press checked out...

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Waypoint thinks Gemini: Heroes Reborn was “Totally Good!”

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Jan 9, 2017

Waypoint thinks Gemini: Heroes Reborn was “Totally Good!”

Patrick had this to say about the game: I almost put this on my list out of principle; it’s a game that should have been bad but wasn’t!...

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The Brookhaven Experiment unleashes on PSVR!

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Nov 4, 2016

The Brookhaven Experiment unleashes on PSVR!

We at Phosphor are huge fans of survival horror, going back to the original Resident Evil and Silent Hill games on Playstation. Virtual...

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GAMBLIT Brings The Brookhaven Experiment Into Casinos

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Sep 20, 2016

GAMBLIT Brings The Brookhaven Experiment Into Casinos

Venturebeat has their writeup about it here. Gamblit Gaming has teamed up with Phosphor Games to take the virtual reality shooter game...

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Brookhaven is reviewed by UploadVR: Bigger, Better, and Scarier Than Ever

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Jul 5, 2016

Brookhaven is reviewed by UploadVR: Bigger, Better, and Scarier Than Ever

Visit their site and check out the full review here! They gave it an 8/10. POSITIVES – Grotesquely beautiful visuals – Bone-chilling use...

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The Brookhaven Experiment is incredibly popular in China!

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May 12, 2016

The Brookhaven Experiment is incredibly popular in China!

CHICAGO, IL – May 12, 2016 – Phosphor Games today announced an agreement with Shunwang to put its soon-to-be released HTC Vive game, The...

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