Microsoft’s next-gen Xbox One console will change things up plenty when it comes to the company’s game business, but one thing that’s staying largely the same is the way it handles Xbox live accounts. Microsoft executives confirmed with Polygon after the Xbox One announcement on Tuesday that multiple accounts can be used on the same [...]
Microsoft might have calmed gamers’ fears by confirming that the Xbox One won’t need an "always on" internet connection to play, but the new console will still require Kinect to actually function. Naturally, this has sparked some concern that Kinect will be always watching you in your living room like some 1984-style spying device. But [...]
The new Xbox and PS4 are in danger of forgetting why gamers buy consoles in their rush to become "entertainment hubs", warned former CEO of EA John Riccitiello: it’s to play games, obvs. As Microsoft prepares to announce its next console tonight, Riccitiello has written a guest editorial for Kotaku advising it and Sony to [...]
Nintendo announced this morning that several of its unreleased Wii U games will be playable at 100 Best Buy stores across the U.S. and Canada during the week of the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in June. E3 is gaming’s biggest event, but these days Nintendo is more interested in interacting directly with fans. That’s evident [...]
Dear old Linux, what are we to do with you? Developed for just over two decades and it’s still barely made a mark on the consumer consciousness. There was a vague peak during the netbook fad – as it enabled companies to eliminate the extra cost of a Windows installation – but that quickly faltered [...]
Dear old Linux, what are we to do with you? Developed for just over two decades and it’s still barely made a mark on the consumer consciousness. There was a vague peak during the netbook fad – as it enabled companies to eliminate the extra cost of a Windows installation – but that quickly faltered [...]
Nvidia’s Android-powered portable video game system, the Shield, is available for pre-order today. That’s three days earlier than the previous pre-order date of May 20, and according to Nvidia’s announcement, the bump-up is at the behest of retailers. "Good news," it reads. "Our partners are so excited about SHIELD that they’re moving up the pre-order [...]
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Hands-on review: Xbox One Kinect
For the thousands around the world who watched Microsoft’s Xbox One reveal event over the Internet and on their Xbox 360 consoles earlier this week, it was about an hour filled with some fresh information on the company’s forthcoming console, though it also left them with a lot of questions. However, while the press attending [...]
Hands-on review: CTIA 2013: Cat B15
You probably know Cat or Caterpillar as the guys in yellow and black, makers of construction equipment and those boots the cool kids were wearing for a little while. Now you can add smartphones to that list, thanks to the Cat B15. Actually, the phone is made by Bullitt Mobile, a licensee of Cat, and [...]
Introduction Although the Canon EOS Rebel T4i (Canon EOS 650D in the UK) was the first DSLR to have a touchscreen, Canon sensibly decided that the touch controls should be in addition to rather than instead of the button and dial controls. This helped widen the camera’s appeal, making it attractive to novices upgrading from [...]
Review: DinoPC Titanosaurus Rex
The huge roar the Titanosaurus Rex makes when it boots up was probably not a deliberate play on the name of this latest DinoPC, but it will make you think some beast has inhabited your new machine and will probably scare off any mammal in earshot. Yes, we’ve got another big, pricey rig here with [...]