The first of the big consoles to go on sale in China is the Xbox One, with Microsoft nipping in ahead of their rivals to enter this potentially massive gaming market. Shanghai was the scene of the first Chinese Xbox sales, with the price tag being 4,299 Yuan. This works out at around £430.It is expected that Sony and Nintendo will release their own consoles in China before too long. The gaming revolution has been possible because of the lifting of a ban on games consoles that had lasted for 14 years. The ban was originally put in place...
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What are the differences between the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One? That’s one of the questions new buyers of games consoles need to ask themselves However, there is at least one person who doesn’t seem to think that there is all that much difference to bother about in the first place. Reggie Flis-Aime is the head of Nintendo in the US and he recently did an interview with Re/code. Among the issues that cropped up was that of exclusive content, where he feels that his firm is well ahead of the main contenders from Microsoft and Sony. Would...
Wouldn’t the world of gaming be a lot better if it included a bit more sand? Sure, you might never have thought of this before but once you do you’ll see that it makes sense. In fact, a new arcade machine made by the famous Japanese company Sega promises to bring sand to the gaming experience right now. You don’t even need to go the beach to play it. Sega has released a YouTube video on its own channel showing how children make shapes and landscapes in a box filled with a special type of sand. An image is that shown on the sand,...
The release of the twice yearly list of the 500 most powerful computers in the world is always pretty interesting. This year, it is again a supercomputer from China that tops the list, for the third consecutive time. The powerful Tianhe-2 machine was the top dog in the list, while China as a whole now has 20% more computers in the top500 rankings, climbing up for a total of 63 to 76. While the Chinese representation grew significantly, the number of US supercomputers on the list fell by 15%. Despite this, the US total of 233 means that...
Do you think that you could design a video game that would sweep the world and become a favourite of millions of games? Yeah? You want to go to Dundee then. No, really. The Scottish city is currently home to an international competition called Dare to be Digital. This is an opportunity for students to design a new video game that will beat off the hundreds of other entrants. The goal of Dare to be Digital is to get a working prototype of a new game sorted out in just 8 weeks. The event is already underway, having being launched by previous...
Could Zelda be the saviour of the Wii U games console? Nintendo has confirmed that the Legend of Zelda action game will hit the console next year. A short trailer of the game has been revealed and analysts are already wondering whether this title could be the one to finally make the console more popular with gamers across the world. It is expected that a lot of gamers will buy the console just for this game. The launch of the Zelda game on the Wii U is going to be timed to coincide with the 2015 E3 games show in Los Angeles. As well as...
So, it was true after all. We reported last summer than mystery surrounded the burial of a bunch of Atari’s ill-fated ET game in the New Mexico desert. It all seemed a bit far-fetched at the time but a dig at the supposed burial site turned up lots of old Atari cartridges. Yes, our old buddy with the big head and the urgent desire to make a phone call was there along with other games. The discovery was made by a group of people described as “video game archaeologists”. This is a type of career we have never come across before but...
There is some very good news for Xbox One owners who like to get instant access to an awful lot of their games. A question on the entertainment site Reddit was recently answered by Larry Hryb, and he said that the console will soon have external game storage. Who’s Larry Hryb and what would he know about it anyway? This guy is the Microsoft Xbox Live director of programming, so we guess that he knows his stuff. Larry is also known as Major Nelson in the world of the Xbox. He said in his online answer that “external game storage”...
So what is this Project Morpheus stuff from Sony all about then? Well, this is the name which has been given to the firm’s plans for a range of immersive headwear for gamers and for other uses. It isn’t the first venture by Sony into this territory – the HMZ-T1 was tried out a while ago – but it looks as though it could be the one which makes immersive gaming take off. Of course, people will be looking to make comparisons with the Oculus Rift headgear. While they both have a lot in common it has to be said that the Sony project...
Admit it; you’ve never really got over the lack of Pac Man, Frogger and Space Invaders in your life. Sure, some of the games around these days are alright but you secretly long for the return of simpler days and simpler games. Well, your wish has come true. Some of the classic and most well-remembered video games from back in the 1970s and 1980s have been put onto the internet for free use. The work of bringing these fondly remembered games to the internet was done by the Internet Archive. They have started off the collection with games...