What do you buy for the gadget lover in your life who has, frankly, everything? They’ve already got the latest phone. Games consoles are piling up in their room and even their watch, their hat and their socks are probably smart these days. Well, you could start by not being so miserable when it comes to the gaming gifts you give them. How can you expect this fine and delicate creature to enjoy their game playing time when they have to use a yucky plastic Xbox One like the commoners use? Instead, you want to get yourself down to good...
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Owners of the Xbox One have been warned to ignore a prank that could make their console completely unusable. The “joke” started out on the 4Chan site, where it was pointed out that you could follow a specific set of instructions to make the device play Xbox 360 games. The sequence of buttons and menu choices which you make are to turn it into the device which developers used to test games. Sadly, if you aren’t a developer than following these instructions will result in a situation which is technically known as a “bricked” Xbox. ...
Microsoft has confirmed that sales of their flagship Xbox One games console sold over 1 million units within 24 hours of launch. The arrival of the new console has been a joyous moment for most buyers, but some have reported major problems. These frustrations have spilled over to the Microsoft website, Facebook and Twitter. Voice control problems It seems that a small number of users have experienced problems with the new voice control feature. @metarlee said, ‘XBox One voice control is cool but after a few mins, feels like a dumb...
Sometimes in life you need to make a choice between treating your partner to something special or playing some games on your PlayStation. It’s a tough choice or at least it used to be, until some genius came up with the frankly insane idea of turning the PlayStation controller into a jacket. The jacket helps you give massages while you play you play your favourite games. The idea is really very simple. As your long suffering partner sighs when you whip out the PlayStation again you delight them by putting a soft and flexible vest type...
The people behind the classic Myst game are looking for cash to start a new venture. The name of the company is Cyan Worlds and they want to raise $1.1 million, which is £679,000, in order to produce their latest game. They have turned to the crowdfunding website Kickstarter to try to get the money together. Initial response has been good too: I’m giddy to back the Myst founders’ new deep exploration (no violent shooting) video game Obduction on @Kickstarter http://t.co/ygMt34Gxx6 — Kevin Kelly (@kevin2kelly) The...
The new Valve Steam Controller has just been revealed to the world and it looks pretty interesting. The announcement comes hot on the heels of announcements detailing a new Linux based operating system and the new Steam Machine games console. The controller comes with a couple of trackpads and gives the player haptic feedback in the form of different sensations which they feel as they play. The word from games developer Valve is that the Stream Controller will give players a better option rather than the “compromises” which come with...
It is hard to believe that the original Grand Theft Auto game is now 16 years old. Since that 1997 release the series of games has sold over 125 million copies, with the new game being hugely anticipated by fans of the all action racing games. This is the first new instalment since 2009 and the world is ready for more driving mayhem. However, some lucky gamers got their fix of controversial, borderline sleazy action unexpectedly early this time around. The game’s developers, Rockstar North, had put an embargo on the sale of Grand Theft...
You probably thought that you would never be interested in playing a computer game about ash dieback. You were wrong. As you may already be aware, a large percentage of the ash trees in the UK are under serious threat because of the condition, which is caused by a fungus known as chalara fraxinea. Now, scientists believe that one of the best chances of beating it is to get lots of people sitting in front of their computers and playing away. The Fraxinea game is designed to help analyse the genetic data relevant to the disease. It is now...
It seems safe to say that we all love a giant space battle from time to time. Well, that is exactly what just happened on the 28th of July. A five hour battle was waged in the heavens for control of a number of planetary systems and thousands of ships were involved in the action. Hang on though, it didn’t really happen, did it? Ah, it was a battle on the Eve Online game. This was one of the biggest ever video game battles in the history of, well, big video games battles. Around 4,000 players took part in the coming together of two different...
The Angry Birds games franchise seems to have been about forever but there is still life in the format yet. The previous game – Angry Birds Star Wars – proved to be hugely successful, which means that we shouldn’t be too surprised to discover that the next instalment is going to be called Angry Birds Star Wars II. Lots of New Characters The developer of this series of games is Rovio and the Finnish software company expects to get the new game out on the 19th of September. As with the previous versions of Angry Birds, it will be available...