Space Hulk is a PC and mobile title currently in development by Full Control ApS, that's based on the 1989 Warhammer 40,000 board game from Game Workshop with the same name. In a new gameplay demo, one of the developers discusses a lot of the game's features, including customisation. The …
Read More »War Z producer gives ‘sage’ advice
Sergey Titov, executive producer of problematic, recycled idea-fest, The War Z, has been speaking out at the Games Developer Conference with some advice for anyone trying to release an online game, or one with micro-transactions. According to Titov, one of gamer's favourite features about The War Z, is that despite …
Read More »Would you deliver your neighbour’s food for a discount?
Walmart is looking into crowd-sourcing its delivery service, offering discounts to customers that deliver their neighbours' food. You'd need to tell the supermarket where you live, but once done, Warlmart says it would highlight delivery routes for customer orders. It's not something the grocery chain is expecting to implement soon, …
Read More »PC games sales made £13.24 billion in 2012
An organisation that combines the two giants of gamer chip creation, AMD and Intel, has announced through a new report that PC gaming grew once again in 2012, managing to generate well over £10 billion. Known as the PC Games Alliance, a non-profit organisation with aims to further PC gaming …
Read More »Ouya begins shipping, pre-orders at GAME, printable chassis
There's been a lot of news about the little console that could over the past 24 hours. Original backers are now receiving their first editions of the Ouya, GAME has announced it's taking pre-orders at £99.99 a pop and Maker Bot has announced a partnership with Ouya to make new, …
Read More »Panasonic to invest $2.7 billion for restructuring
Japanese electronics giant Panasonic, has announced a company restructuring with an investment of $2.7 (£1.8) billion over the next two years, with a particular focus on expanding the company's automotive and housing developments, while scaling back on consumer electronics. It's not clear from this fresh round of investment if job …
Read More »Who doesn’t have pretty face rendering tech these days?
It was only recently that we got a first look at Nvidia's impressive face rendering technology and during the unveiling of the PS4, we saw Quantic Dreams' excellent looking old man face. Now Activision is joining the throng of digital skin makers, releasing a bunch of screenshots and a new …
Read More »Corsair updates adds Dolby support to Vengeance headset
Owners of the Vengeance 2000 gaming headset rejoice, with a simple software update you can now get access to Dolby features, such as Dolby Headphone 2.0 and Dolby Pro Logic Ilx. Surround sound quality and game compatibility have also been improved. You'll need something like the Vengeance's 7.1 setup to …
Read More »Artists pick a side in Times Square piracy adverts
Brooklyn based band, Ghost Beach, has urged artists to “pick a side” in the piracy argument, with giant billboards in Times Square, displaying messages like “Piracy is Progress,” and “#ArtistsForPiracy,” right alongside “Piracy is Robbery.” The plan is to encourage people to discuss the current “problem,” of piracy via Twitter …
Read More »NZ Prime Minister was friends with head of GCSB spy agency
During the Kim Dotcom extradition trial, the New Zealand prime minister, John Key, has attempted to distance himself from the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) intelligence agency that performed illegal spying on the Megaupload founder. However it has now been revealed that they were more than just acquaintances and according to some, even childhood …
Read More »Secret court amendments fail
Several amendments to secret courts championing “justice and security bill,” have failed to go through, despite backing from several big name organisations, meaning beginning 8th May, when a new session of parliament is opened, more trials will be able to be held in secret. The reasoning for the bill, is …
Read More »Largest and lightest solar sail set to launch in 2014
NASA may have just got the Curiosity Rover back online, but researchers are already making plans for future projects, one of which is the 2014 launch window for the world's biggest solar sail, known as the Sunjammer project. A solar sail works by harnessing a combination of light and high …
Read More »Upcoming Wii U update will cut loads times
Due for release in April, a Wii U firmware update from Nintendo is set to cut loading times down by a significant margin. To showcase this, Nintendo released a short video that shows how much quicker the Wii U is able to get back to the main menu when leaving …
Read More »Danny Boyle: 3D movies a “phase”
While 3D movies are a popular additional feature of many big movie releases at the moment, not everyone thinks so, audiences and content producers alike. One big name that doesn't think they'll be around forever is Danny Boyle. Describing himself as appreciative of what some directors have done with it, …
Read More »Curiosity rover is photo sharing again
After a malfunction that booted the little guy into safe mode – we're assuming the intergalactic version of a BSOD – the Mars Curiosity Rover is once again transmitting pictures across the cosmos to our humble blue marble of a planet. Unfortunately however, the little guy may need to take …
Read More »Google discontinues Blocked Sites, replaces it with Chrome app
Google has continued its recent trend of shutting down some of its services, with today's Blocked Sites following on from Google Reader earlier this month. However, the search giant is at least offering an alternative this time: the Personal Blocklist Chrome extension – though of course you'll need to be …
Read More »New Nvidia driver gives Bioshock Infinite, Tomb Raider a boost
A new Nvidia driver release has given Bioshock Infinite, Tomb Raider, Sniper Elive V2, Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Civilisation V, Call of Duty Black Ops II and a host of other games, big performance boosts for all contemporary GPUs. We're not just talking a couple of frames here either, but …
Read More »Aria PC launches GPU deals to celebrate Bioshock Infinite launch
While I'm sure I wasn't the only one that stayed up late last night playing Irrational's new Bioshock Infinite, some of you may be waiting till you can afford a new high end GPU so you can appreciate the beauty of Columbia. Well that wait may be over, as our …
Read More »Faux BBC and CNN news emails contain malware
If you've been getting lookalike news emails from CNN or the BBC in the past few days, you could have been hit by a malware attack and it may well be worth doing a few safe mode scans with popular anti-malware software, if an AVG report on the Blackhole exploit …
Read More »Supermarkets to focus more on games
Supermarkets Asda, Morrisons and Sainsbury's are all set to begin pushing games in their local convenience stores, as well as the smaller outlets. This is thought to be an effort to cash in on the problems with other high street retailers Blockbuster and HMV. “We already sell major releases from …
Read More »HMV removing closing signs, possible buyout imminent
It's thought that with HMV's rental payment looming, someone or some entity is going to swoop in and save it, as a few stores have begun removing “closing down” signs from their windows. The particular outlets that have got rid of the woeful signs, include: Stockport, Manchester Market Street and …
Read More »What’s cool about the Wii U? It plays Wii U games.
This is one of Nintendo's big selling points, that it's hoping will help turn the tide of very sub-par sales of its new console, with new marketing information. In it, the Japanese firm highlights the differences between the Wii and the Wii U and would you believe it, the Wii …
Read More »Did NZ give Dotcom residency, to make his arrest easier?
This is the question being asked by more than just Kim Dotcom today, after it came to light that when his residency request was stalled due to previous criminal convictions in 2010, Dotcom was suddenly, inexplicably given it, after correspondence between police, FBI and immigration officials. This all happened back in October …
Read More »China loves Linux
While you would think that China, with its restrictive web and seeming dislike of personal freedoms, would be all about locked down operating systems, it's not. In fact, it's such a fan of Linux, that the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, is teaming up with British firm Canonical, …
Read More »Isohunt has to keep filtering search results
Today torrent search site Isohunt lost an appeal against the MPAA which would have seen it able to halt the filtering of its search results. However, backing up the initial 2006 ruling that forced the filtering into place, the court did not rule in the site's favour. Isohunt has been …
Read More »Nintendo to meet with UK retailers over poor performance
After a whole host of unofficial price cuts at UK retailers that are looking to shift their stock of Wii U consoles, Nintendo has pledged to meet with them to help assuage fears that everyone is going to make a big loss on the company's new machine. Despite the price …
Read More »Asteroid that killed dinosaurs was actually a comet
It's generally accepted that whatever created the 180km wide Chicxulub crater in Mexico was the giant rock that wiped out all non-bird-like dinosaurs around 65 million years ago. However there's a new suggestion that it may not have been an asteroid, but a comet. The reason behind this thinking was …
Read More »Riot Games owner has a 40 per cent stake in Epic Games
The parent company of League of Legends creators, Riot Games, Tencent, now owns a 40 per cent stake in Epic Games after its $330 million buy up of shares last year, giving it the chance to add a couple of its own executives to the Unreal developer's board. These are likely …
Read More »Kotaku is mad about the IGN Bioshock exclusive
All the big gaming review sites are sitting on their own review of Bioshock Infinite, since they've had the game for a few days and have been beavering away to make sure that they had their review ready for Monday, when the official NDA is lifted and everyone can say …
Read More »ISPs begin block of KickassTorrents, H33T and Fenopy
The blockade of a fresh batch of file sharing websites has begun, with the major ISPs in the UK blocking their customers from accessing Fenopy, Kickasstorrents and H33T. Of course this won't stop 99 per cent of visitors who already have ways around the blocks thanks to a plethora of …
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