In a turn of events that isn't exactly shocking considering it's a tactic others have used before, Microsoft purportedly offered to pay Youtubers to talk about the Xbox One. However, what's a little disturbing, is that Microsoft stipulated that if you took part, you'd have to remain completely silent on …
Read More »SK develops wireless broadband tech with 300Mbps speed
SK Telecom on Monday said it had developed a new wireless broadband technology that aggregates bandwidth from three bands and can support speeds up to 300Mbps. The South Korean company may commercialize the technology in late 2014. SK Telecom has successfully developed LTE-Advanced 3 Band Carrier Aggregation, which aggregates 3 …
Read More »Disney abandons Star Wars 1313 trademark
What little hope we had left of seeing the Star Wars 1313 project come back to life is now gone as Disney has officially abandoned the trademark,an update on the United States Patent and Trademark Office website has revealed: “No Statement of Use or Extension Request timely filed after Notice …
Read More »First details for next gen Hitman game revealed
If you played 2012's Hitman Absolution and were wondering when you would get your next chance to jump back in to the suit then you're in luck as Square Enix has officially revealed the next game in the Hitman series, which will launch on the Xbox One and Playstation 4. …
Read More »Asustek and Nvidia roll-out G-Sync upgrade kit for VG248QE display
For those gamers, who want to experience the highly-anticipated G-Sync technology now, Asustek Computer and Nvidia Corp. this week rolled-out a special do-it-yourself (DIY) kit that allows to add the GPU-display synchronisation technology to existing Asus VG248QE monitor. The kit requires significant experience with assembly of electronics and is clearly …
Read More »Nintendo reduces its Wii U sales forecast
It seems Nintendo's optimism has faded as it slashed its end of year sales forecast for the Wii U after the console failed to pick up steam over the holiday season. The company's financial year ends on the 31st of March, originally the heads over at Nintendo were expecting to …
Read More »Riot bans handful of Oceanic pro LoL players
Riot is continuing to enforce its professional code of conduct with its pro player base, with several in the Oceanic region being hit with the ban hammer, three of which came from the same team – which you would imagine is going to cause more than a few problems with …
Read More »Focus Interactive announces Call of Cthulu game with art
One of the best things about H.P. Lovecraft's novels and short stories, is that he imparts a great sense of yearning in them. The characters don't necessarily want to find out what's behind the cultist activities, or what Innsmouth's dirty secret really is, but they can't help it. Even when …
Read More »Steam Machines will ship only after Valve finalises everything
Over a dozen of personal computer manufacturers introduced their Steam Machines gaming systems based on Valve Software’s SteamOS at the Consumer Electronics Show last week. However, none of those PCs will enter the market before the software developer finalises its Steam controller as well as the operating system. The first …
Read More »Valve adds experimental support for VR headsets to Steam
Valve Software has added experimental support for Oculus Rift and other virtual reality (VR) headsets to Steam digital video game distribution platform. Owners of the VR gear can discover games that support virtual reality helmets in Big Picture VR mode. While at present the support poses interest only to select …
Read More »Win another STEAM game of YOUR choice this week!
This weekend we are running a little competition on our Facebook page – to win a STEAM game of your choice. All you have to do is join our funny Facebook comment thread and place a funny/entertaining caption to this image from Telltale Games ‘The Wolf Among Us'. It means …
Read More »Check your inbox- Titanfall trial invitations are being sent out
It seems that Titanfall is ready for testing as Origin account holders are starting to receive invitations for the Xbox One Alpha test, word of the invites began to spread on NeoGAF, where multiple users have received emails and have investigated further to check that these emails aren't part of …
Read More »BBM to come pre-loaded on Android smartphones
As soon as the Blackberry Messenger app went cross platform it became a hit, garnering over ten million downloads in its first 24 hours on both the Play Store and the IOS App Store. Thanks to the massive surge in popularity, you may find BBM coming pre-installed on several Android …
Read More »Blood Bowl II’s UI pictured
Cyanide's previous iteration of the Games Workshop tabletop fantasy (in the Tolkein sense of the word) football title did pretty well considering it's not one of GW's biggest properties, selling over a million copies in its llifetime – though the many different editions may have helped there. Still, a sequel …
Read More »Re-engineering SimCity to play offline took six months
The big problem with the latest SimCity game when it was released, was that it was an online-only game. This not only angered players that wanted to enjoy the game alone, in single-player mode – as they had done with previous generations of the game – but also because it …
Read More »Hero Forge will let you 3D print your own characteer
Board games and tabletop games, especially the more complicated ones with hundreds of components and models, can have some beautifully designed units to use on the battlefield, but if you want to customise them, you have to do it yourself. While that's a fun practice for those of us that …
Read More »Sony speaks out on Playstation Vita’s shortcomings
It's no secret that the PS Vita hasn't enjoyed the same level of success that the original PSP had, there's very few games for the hand-held and sale figures are often disappointing. So why has this happened? Sony UK Managing Director, Fergal Gara, has an explanation: “In all honesty, higher sales …
Read More »Win STEAM game of your choice, this week!
This weekend we are running a little competition on our Facebook page – to win a STEAM game of your choice. All you have to do is join our funny Facebook comment thread and place a funny/entertaining caption to this image from The Walking Dead. It means you can put …
Read More »Riot talks League of Legends Magma Chamber
Since League of Legends was debuted and people have been screaming at each other about how much their opponents suck, there've been the calls for one vs one matches. Often that was simply a “meet me here,” type of deal that was more akin to a fight after school than …
Read More »Magic the Gathering might be getting a movie
Anyone that's played the recent Magic the Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers games without much knowledge of the game's history, will no doubt have been surprised and even a little bored at the irrelevant story that surrounds the card game and is told to you in the form of swaying …
Read More »Oculus CEO talks VR game premium pricing
Oculus has a big year ahead of it. Its Rift is likely to pass from excitable curiosity, to even more impressive technical product, to a real piece of consumer hardware before the end of the year. Its launch could usher in a new medium of entertainment and new gameplay experiences …
Read More »First details about Windows 9 ‘Threshold’ revealed
Microsoft Corp.’s latest Windows 8 operating system has failed to meet expectations of millions of customers as well as the software giant’s own sales projections. Needless to say that Microsoft is working hard on improved Windows and today the first details emerged about the code-named “Threshold” operating system that is …
Read More »Microsoft Xbox One will not be the company’s last console
Last week’s launch of PlayStation Now service that can stream PlayStation games to various devices will affect the future of video games in general and game consoles in particular. Some people might think that if it is possible to stream a game, why buy a dedicated console? Nonetheless, the head …
Read More »Sim City is finally getting an Offline mode
Almost a year after its painful release, Sim City is finally getting an offline mode in the game's next update, developer Maxis has just announced. While an offline mode is much appreciated, it has raised an important question- How is it suddenly possible to have an offline mode now, when …
Read More »343 Industries hire professional Halo player
Halo 4 developer, 343 Industries, has just hired professional gamer Eric “GH057ayame” Hewitt, a professional Halo player who is best known for his competing as a part of Team Carbon. The studio's latest employee let the news out over the weekend after tweeting “Ready to get back to work?” followed by …
Read More »Beats Music to bring radio-like listening to streaming
You might think with the strength of music streaming offerings from companies like Amazon, Apple, Spotify, Pandora and Youtube, the illegitimate, often unrecognised but exceedingly popular cousin, that the landscape isn't ripe for another competitor – there's just not a lot of room left in the market. And you might …
Read More »Mewgenics debuts lust, cat birth
In its latest Caturday Update, the boys over at Team Meat have shown off their first bit of in-game footage, in GIF form, featuring an air-humping daddy cat and a spotty mother pumping out multiple kittens that are easily identifiable as children of their parents' lineage. If that sounds a …
Read More »League of Legends email verifies everything now
We all have that one game that we've poured enough hours into that we almost wish Steam would stop reminding us just how many: for me it's Mount and Blade: Warband but for many gamers, it's League of Legends. Of course with any such game, especially one that's 100 per …
Read More »Microsoft is not worried about Steam Machines, Oculus Rift
Microsoft Corp.’s Windows operating system has long been a darling of gamers thanks to its compatibility with a broad selection of hardware, software, application programming interfaces (APIs) and so on. Likewise, the Xbox consoles are admired by core gamers. However, powerful new platforms designed for video games are incoming and …
Read More »Intel develops 64-bit Android 4.4 for Atom-based devices
Until now, Intel Corp.’s success on the market of Google Android-based smartphones and tablets has been pretty mediocre since x86 microprocessors could not bring a lot of advantages to mobile devices. However, Intel’s latest system-on-chips support 64-bit processing capability, something no one else can offer for Android. Moreover, Intel has …
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