Now that we have all that GOTY 2014 nonsense out of the way, we can get down to some business as usual. It was CES a few weeks ago and while Valve may have been conspicuous by their absense, there was unsurpisingly a strong VR presence: Oculus were there showing off their latest wares, but it was Razer who stole the headlines with their new open source solution, OSVR. There's also been a ton of new game announcements & leaks, from Sci-Fi strategy opuses like Total War: Warhammer and Sid Meier's Starships to new kickstarter hopes Identity and Shadowrun: Hong Kong (which is actually more of a sure thing, having almost reached it's penultimate stretch goal at time of writing). And then there's the spectacularly underwhelming early access launch of Sony's, H1Z1, which so far seems to be more of a cynical landgrab than a worthy Day Z clone. All this and more in the first news-packed #NOTplaying Podcast of 2015!

Razer announces OSVR: http://www.roadtovr.com/razer-hacker-dev-kit-osvr-sensics/

Also, notable by it's absence and which was the main story of CES last year: Valve/Steam Machines. http://www.trustedreviews.com/news/valve-confirms-no-steam-machine-presence-at-ces-2015

Steamleft - new web app tells you how long it will take to finish every game in your steam library. http://steamleft.com/

Identity, A MMORPG real life simulator, be a hunter, car racer, fireman, policeman, politician, cartel member, bank robber, drugs manufacturer.... https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/asylum/identity/description

More Shadowrun - 250k in 1 day on Kickstarter http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-01-14-shadowrun-hong-kong-launches-kickstarter-succeeds-goal-in-two-hours?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialoomph

Pneuma: Breath of Life - Steam & Oculus Rift Announcement Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yk4Ab1i3vc

Total Warhammer http://uk.ign.com/articles/2015/01/14/total-war-warhammer-leaks-thanks-to-art-book?utm_campaign=ign+main+twitter&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

Sid Meier's Starships announced http://www.gamespot.com/articles/firaxis-reveals-new-interstellar-strategy-game-sid/1100-6424728/

Ninja Theory's Hellblade coming to PC: http://www.pcgamer.com/hellblade-is-coming-to-pc/

Bioware's Shadow Realms being retooled for multiplatform launch. Won't be seeing it until 2017 now... http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-01-08-bioware-austins-shadow-realms-being-rebooted-report?utm_source=eurogamer&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=net-daily

H1Z1 'No questions asked' Refunds http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2015/01/18/sonys-no-questions-asked-h1z1-refunds-dont-go-far-enough/

Over 2000 MSDOS Games now playable in your Browser https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_msdos_games

Grim Fandango Remastered now available to pre-order from GOG http://www.gog.com/game/grim_fandango_remastered?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=social_media&utm_content=preorder&utm_campaign=preorder_grim_fandango_remastered%3Fpp%3Df53eac2e4221f1794509de8d786a143b5016901f

Third & Fourth Monsters announced for Evolve: The Wraith http://youtu.be/DvMWFtF4DSo & TheBehemoth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QFp9pZg0hM

Also their crazy DLC plan: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-01-15-untangling-evolves-convoluted-dlc-plan

Assassins Creed Movie now coming out Christmas 2016 http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-01-06-assassins-creed-film-now-due-christmas-2016

Tom Francis, creator of Gunpoint and ex-PC Gamer writer is making a youtube series about how to make a game. For idiots. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUtKzyIe0aB2HjpmBhnsHpK7ig0z7ohWw

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