It's that time of year where all of the top Android handset competitors are releasing new flagship devices, We just recently had the HTC One M8, the Galaxy S5 and now LG is jumping in to the arena with the G3, which is expected to be announced on the 27th …
Read More »Star Citizen funding continues to grow- hits $43 million
Star Citizen seems to be hitting new funding milestones so often that it can be hard to keep up, the upcoming space simulator has now raised $43 million in funding despite having only just hit the $42 million milestone two weeks ago. Chris Roberts announced the milestone in a blog …
Read More »Here’s what Bioshock would look like if it were remade today
The very first Bioshock game was released seven years ago running on Unreal Engine 2 and while the game's visuals aren't bad, it certainly looks a lot better running in Unreal Engine 4. An Indie Developer who goes by “noodlespagoodle” on YouTube, has imported some of Bioshock's assets in to …
Read More »Oculus Rift experiment brings lag to the real world
We've all had to deal with lag while gaming at one point or another but what would happen if lag could affect us in the real world? A Swedish ISP conducted the experiment with some hacked Oculus Rift dev kits, to showcase lag in real world scenarios. The “Living with …
Read More »Ubisoft has announced the Watch Dogs season pass
As much as we might not like it, season pass DLC has become a common thing amongst new triple A titles, so it comes as no surprise that Watch Dogs will have its own $19.99 season pass which will bundle several DLC's together at a slight discount over buying them …
Read More »Google’s self-driving car is ready for the city streets
There hasn't been much news recently when it comes to Google's self-driving car but the company has finally given us an update. It turns out that Google has spent the last year or so fine tuning the car's software in an effort to make it ready for use on city …
Read More »Nintendo won’t be doing an E3 presentation this year
Nintendo won't be at E3 again this year, instead it will be hosting a Super Smash Bros tournament at Best Buy stores throughout the US on the day as well as hosting a Nintendo Direct conference for all of the big announcements. Nintendo opted to not do a big E3 …
Read More »Synology announces two new NAS devices
Synology, a company dedicated to creating high performance, reliable and cost effective NAS solutions has announced two new devices- the DS414j and EDS14. The former is a 4 bay NAS device aimed at home users who require up to 20TB of storage, while the latter is an all new device aimed …
Read More »Global PC games market revenue surpasses consoles
PC gaming is thriving at the moment, more people are moving up from consoles and the proof is in the sales, PC gaming is generating more revenue than all consoles combined- which proves that not only are we not all pirates but being able to buy games at cheaper and …
Read More »IE security flaw puts Windows XP users at risk
If you're still clinging on to the 12 year old Windows XP operating system then you might want to think about upgrading as a new security flaw has been found that allows hackers to gain full user permissions over your computer. This means that once a hacker has access, it …
Read More »Microtransactions are coming to Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare
Plants VS Zombies: Garden Warfare has gone down pretty well with console gamers so far and unlike the mobile versions of the Plants VS Zombie games, it has stayed micro-transaction free- until now. An upcoming update will add in the option to buy in-game currency which could potentially hinder the …
Read More »E.T. cartridges found in fabled Atari landfill
The Atari 2600's movie tie-in game, ET, didn't go down particularly well with gamers all those years ago and as a result, thousands of copies of the game were dumped in an undisclosed landfill site. Since then people have speculated as to where Atari dumped the games with some rumours …
Read More »Mad Max delay confirmed by new trailer
Mad Max, a post-apocalyptic video game based on the film series, has been delayed again, this time in to 2015. The game is being developed by Avalanche Studios and was first revealed at E3 2013 for release on the Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Playstation 4, Xbox One and PC. The …
Read More »Samsung might be working on a 7 Inch smartphone
Rumours are suggesting that Samsung is currently working on a 7″ smartphone, not a tablet or even a phablet but an actual smartphone, taking our screen sizes to the extreme. Samsung has been experimenting with new screen sizes for the last couple of years, bringing us phones like the 6.3″ …
Read More »Epic Games developing a title to push next gen graphics
Gears of War creator, Epic Games, is currently working on a new “high-end” game that will push the next generation of graphical fidelity. This was revealed by the developer's founder, Tim Sweeney, in an interview with Edge Online. The game will be powered by Unreal Engine 4, which recently became …
Read More »Get 6 months of Premium XSplit with MSI Gaming graphics cards
MSI has teamed up with XSplit Gamecaster in order to give a six month XSplit premium license to anyone who has purchased or will purchase an MSI Gaming branded graphics card between the 15th of April and the 31st of May. Both AMD and Nvidia cards from the low end …
Read More »Devs still struggling to hit 1080p, 60fps on both next gen consoles
It has been evident for a while that the Xbox One wasn't built for 1080p gaming and while some developers are managing to hit the resolution, many are still struggling. On the flip-side however, Sony's Playstation 4 is hitting 1080p more often than not although it seems to be struggling …
Read More »Bungie has released more Destiny gameplay footage
Destiny will be Bungie's first game since it parted ways with the Halo franchise, so as you can imagine, gamers are very interested in seeing what they do next. However, so far Destiny gameplay footage has been scarce and the developer hasn't given much away about the game, luckily though, …
Read More »SanDisk announces 15 nanometer NAND Flash
SanDisk announced the availability of its 15 nanometer technology today, making it the most advanced NAND Flash manufacturing process in the world. The 15nm technology will be available in both two bits-per-cell (X2) and three bits-per-cell (X3) architectures. “We are thrilled to continue our technology leadership with the industry’s most advanced …
Read More »Ubisoft employee teases new Prince of Persia
An Ubisoft employee went ahead and teased a new Prince of Persia game on Twitter yesterday, however, following on from the tweet, Drew James, an Ubisoft Reflections Engineer, had his Twitter feed pulled offline. The Twitter profile for @UbiDrew, now redirects to a 404 page. The take-down of the account was …
Read More »SOE reveals H1Z1 monetization plans
Sony Online Entertainment recently announced its free to play title, H1Z1, another zombie survival game. Like with any free to play game, monetisation will play a huge part in the title's success so trying to keep things fair and balanced is key. SOE had its first monetisation planning meeting this …
Read More »Codemasters announces GRID Autosport
GRID Autosport will be the next installment in the racing series, Developer, Codemasters, revealed today. The game will be coming to the PC, Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, leaving out Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony's new consoles. Codemasters said on its blog that GRID Autosport is an attempt to fix the …
Read More »Netflix to raise subscription price for new customers
Netflix has announced that it is going to be raising its subscription prices slightly for new customers within the next two to three months. It isn't going to be a huge increase though, Netflix CEO, Reed Hastings, said that the company's goal is to do “a one or two dollar increase, …
Read More »LG reveals details of its upcoming G-Watch
LG has revealed some details of its upcoming Android Wear powered ‘G-Watch', the watch will be one of several wearables launching with the Android Wear operating system and while no release date was revealed, it will probably launch this year, much like the Moto 360. The G-Watch will be similar …
Read More »Apple and Google are battling over mobile exclusives
Gamers are pretty used to the idea of platform exclusives on consoles and PC but it isn't something we've really had to deal with on mobile devices until recently, as now Apple and Google are battling over exclusivity deals with App developers more aggressively than ever. With gaming apps being …
Read More »Sony to release 4K Bravia TV’s with Playstation Now support
Sony has revealed that its upcoming line of Bravia 4K TV's will feature Playstation Now support, the gaming equipped TV sets will launch in June and range from $2099 for a 49 Inch model all the way up to $24,999 for an 85 Inch TV. The new 4K sets were …
Read More »Major ESO bug allowed players to infinitely dupe items
The Elder Scrolls Online faced its first major bug over the weekend which allowed guild members to infinitely duplicate items through the guild banking system. Zenimax has had to shutdown the feature for now while it fixes the error. Since TESO is an MMO, keeping the economy balanced is very …
Read More »Eve Online Dev suffered $21 million loss in 2013
CCP Games, the company behind EVE Online has announced that it suffered a $21 million loss during its 2013 fiscal year. CCP also recently had to cancel its upcoming MMO: World of Darkness, which was based on the role playing board game series. The loss was quite a big hit …
Read More »Another patent troll is trying to sue Nintendo
Nintendo was only just recently cleared of a 3DS patent infringement case but the company won't be out of the court room for long as another company is trying to sue Nintendo, this time over the Wii U and its gamepad. Secure Axcess is suing Nintendo of America as well …
Read More »Facebook launches ‘Nearby Friends’ real time location sharing
Facebook has begun rolling out a new ‘Nearby Friends' feature that shares your real time location data with friends so that you can see how far away you are from each other. The feature is strictly opt-in but that probably won't stop the privacy concious becoming concerned. The feature is …
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