‘Borderlands 2’ is coming to the PlayStation VR

If you’re a fan of Borderlands 2 and own a PlayStation VR, you’re going to like this news. 2K and Gearbox Software just announced that it’ll be bringing the 2012 game to Sony’s virtual reality platform. Borderlands 2 VR will retail for US$49.99 and will come to the US on December 14^th. The game will include the original campaign as well as the original four playable Vault Hunters. This time around though it’ll be single player.

There are going to be some VR-specific new tricks, though. One is called Bad Ass Mega Fun Time or BAMF Time, for short. This will let you slow the speed of the game to give them time to plan attacks. You’ll also be able to teleport around the map and drive in vehicles from a first-person perspective. Borderlands 2 VR will also support Sony’s PlayStation Move motion controllers.

Source: Polygon

Facebook tries to take on Amazon Echo Show with Portal device

The timing might not be the best one but that doesn’t seem to be slowing the company down. Facebook just launched Portal and Portal+, two devices that will let you make voice and video calls to other Facebook and Messenger users. The smaller Portal is like the Amazon Echo Show with a big 10.1-inch display with a 1,280 x 800 resolution and a 10W dual speaker. It has four far-field microphones and a 12-megapixel wide-angle camera.

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OnePlus 6T launch to happen on Oct. 30

While we’re speculating whether the OnePlus 6T is dropping on October 30, what we do know is the company will launch the phone then. OnePlus just confirmed the launch date on Twitter and on its website, claiming it will be its biggest event ever. Happening at Pier 36 in New York, the livestream will start at 11 a.m. ET (8 a.m. PT) on the company’s site and YouTube channel, so better mark that date and time if you want to check out OnePlus’s newest innovation.

Google + for consumers will shut down by August 2019

Google + will not go out with a bang, or even a whimper. The long irrelevant play at creating a social media platform tied to Google services will instead be extinguished with hushed apologies for the recent discovery that Google had allowed a known exploit to exist without notifying its users.

Google + was once a vibrant and alternative to Facebook and Twitter which offered a good place to post and dialogue about various interests and ideas. The service, which was available on the web and then on mobile, lost traction and eventually withered due to poor management and promotion. Google has apparently pivoted it as an enterprise tool, but the consumer service will end next year.

The recent discovery that a three-year old vulnerability was left open by Google has sped up the service's demise. The Wall Street Journal reported that Google knew and kept secret information about the exploit that affected 500,000 user accounts and exposed even private user information.

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