The Microsoft Surface event was all about creators – one category that could have been ignored is gaming, despite its rich creative roots; Microsoft, however, owns the Xbox brand, so ignoring the gamers is not something Microsoft would do. The upcoming Creators Update for Windows 10 and Xbox One will …
Read More »‘Gwent’ from the Witcher 3 turns into its own game, closed beta from October 25
Technically it turned into its own game a long time ago; CD Projekt – the developers of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – announced that Gwent was going to become a standalone game back at E3 at the Microsoft event in June this year. Starting from October 25th, those chosen …
Read More »The Orange Box, Joe Danger 2 and Galaga Legions are coming to Xbox One
The Xbox Backwards Compatibility program was made available to players on the Xbox Preview program back in June of 2015; since then, Microsoft has been working with 3rd-party developers to add new titles to the list of compatible games consistently. The aim of the Backwards Compatibility Program is to bring …
Read More »Razer launches the new Blade Pro with a GTX 1080 and vapour chamber
The bits of electronics that power the technology of today have been getting smaller ever since their inception – everything new is a thinner, slimmer, lighter version of its previous self; at the same time, they also get more powerful, stronger and faster. The Razer Blade Pro is the sort …
Read More »Rockstar announces Red Dead Redemption 2 for Xbox One and PS4
Rockstar likes to launch a brilliant game every few years and then disappear into the abyss; this time, they are back, and they are bringing a sequel to Red Dead Redemption – but only on the Xbox One and PS4. It seems Rockstar intends to follow the same formula they …
Read More »Minecraft’s October Boss Update has been delayed because of creepers
Minecraft has hit a road bump – the October Boss update was announced three weeks back at MINECON, with a release date of October 18th. October 18th is here, and the update isn’t. Blame the creepers. Minecraft’s PR lead Aubrey Norris broke the bad news to players on Twitter and …
Read More »NVidia announces the GTX 1050 and 1050Ti, available starting October 25th
NVidia is back at it – today, they have announced these tiny little monsters that require no external power and operate strictly on the 75W or so that the PCIe connector is capable of providing. The GTX 1050 and 1050 Ti announcement follows NVidia’s trend – starting from the high-performance …
Read More »Samsung launches a new curved Quantum Dot gaming monitor
Samsung has globally launched the CFG70 quantum dot monitor today. Samsung claims that the CFG70 is industry’s first quantum dot monitor capable of a 1ms refresh rate. It was announced at IFA 2016 this year, along with CG791 – also a curved quantum dot monitor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGMJd2eVlfg The CFG70 comes in …
Read More »Microsoft remakes Mahjong as UWP application, adds 20 new puzzles
In its uphill push for UWP framework across the Windows platform, Microsoft today released a UWP version of Mahjong – the classic that has been with us since the Qing dynasty. Alright, Microsoft might not have been making Mahjong for that long; today’s update makes it the first version of …
Read More »FIFA 17 Mobile for Windows 10 Mobile is now available to play
EA takes its rights for using the FIFA trademark very seriously – FIFA 17 works on Xbox 360, PS3, Xbox One, PS4, and PC, and the latter three versions use EA’s flagship Frostbite engine developed by DICE. What EA also makes is FIFA Mobile, and with FIFA 17 we have …
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