Oculus VR will not have a booth at E3 this year

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Oculus VR has had a notable presence at E3 since 2014, but the company has confirmed it will not have a booth at this year's convention. The news comes via VentureBeat, and while no reason for the absence was forthcoming, the company won't be the only major game industry player choosing to skip the event. EA, Activision and Wargaming won't be there, either.

Oculus used last year's convention to showcase its Oculus Touch peripherals and, the year before that, the version of its Oculus Rift headset which would launch to retail in early 2016. As VentureBeat notes, it's possible that Oculus just hasn't anything new to show at this stage. Not having a booth doesn't mean company representatives and spokespeople won't be there.

Still, it's been a turbulent few months for the company: its former, increasingly controversial figurehead Palmer Luckey left under mysterious circumstances in March, and its legal battles with ZeniMax have been heated, to say the least. So heated, it prompted a written response by John Carmack himself.

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Interstellar

Lots of companies seem to be skipping E3 this year.  I'm not sure if that means they just don't have anything to show, or if there are deeper reasons.



Planetary

With the lawsuit with Zenimax and having to pay $500 million, this was quite expected


Sweg Lord

Not surprising since Nintendo recently announced that they're also skipping E3
Guess E3 is a thing of the past now eh


Planetary
FLYGM said:

wow thats cool!

Wait, what? Did you even read the title of this news post?




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