GameCity, the Nottingham festival that celebrates the culture of video games, today announced the longlist for its second GameCity Prize. Envisioned as video games answer to the Bookers, the prize was introduced last year with considerable success, featuring games from Valve's megahit Portal 2 to indie developer Capybara Games niche iOS favourite Superbrothers. The prize focusses on design and cultural impact, rather than technological achievement which naturally offers a diverse set of titles for consideration. The initial candidates are decided by a secret 'Academy' of experts, before the shortlist is presented to a selection of jurors from cultural industries outside of video games. Last year's jury included writer Charlie Higson, musician Nitin Sawhney and Labour MP Tom Watson. Mojang's indie phenomenon Minecraft won the inaugural gong.
VRFocus reports on indie developer Triangular Pixels announcing its new title Unseen Diplomacy VR will be a GameCity exclusive.
The 2014 GameCity festival is currently running across Nottingham, UK, with plenty for virtual reality (VR) enthusiasts to see and do. But if hands-on with the likes of Pixel Rift and Smash Hit Plunder isn’t enough then perhaps you should turn your attention to Nix, a new VR compatible puzzle experience that has today been announced the winner of the 2014 Off The Map competition held by the British Library, Crytek and GameCity itself.
VRFocus - 2014′s GameCity festival in Nottingham, UK is shaping up nicely for virtual reality (VR) fans. Last week VRFocus reported that Pixel Rift, Smash Hit Plunder and Glitchspace would all be appearing at the event. Now it’s been confirmed that, following last weekend’s Play Expo in Manchester, Coatsink Software will also be bringing its VR puzzle title, Esper on Samsung’s Gear VR smartphone-based head-mounted display (HMD).
