The Microsoft published open-world zombie smashing game Dead Rising 4 is getting a free trial for Xbox One players. Also, players can expect new difficulty modes and an outfit pack coming as a free update to the game soon. First up is the Xbox One exclusive Dead Rising 4 trial …
Read More »University of Cambridge engineers mixed reality blueprints with HoloLens
Microsoft’s HoloLens’s creative use across several industries is a testament to how much impact virtual and augmented reality can have on simple tasks. Technicians use HoloLens to maintain elevators, museums to make space where none exist, even NASA has found it useful for inspiring the young minds. The University of …
Read More »Codemasters announces Dirt 4 for Xbox One, PC and PlayStation 4
Codemasters have announced a sequel to their famous rally racing series – Dirt – that’s coming later this year. Arriving five years after the previous full installment of the franchise, Dirt 4 sure has made fans wait a long time. Dirt, or originally, Colin McRae Rally, was the first game …
Read More »Pioneer announces world’s first UHD Blu-ray player for PC
It’s the time for every cinephile to rejoice; Pioneer today announced two new Blu-ray disc drives for the PC, both capable of reading Ultra HD 4K Blu-ray discs. This is 2017, and PC disc drives are still a thing. They are still a thing because Blu-ray has much higher bitrate …
Read More »Microsoft reports higher-than-estimate Q2 earnings; revenue at $24.1b
Microsoft today published its earnings report for the 2nd quarter of fiscal 2017 – that’s the 4th quarter of calendar 2016. The company has managed to beat analyst expectations; the revenue sits at $24.1 billion GAAP ($26.1b non-GAAP) with the net income at a comfortable $5.2 billion GAAP ($6.5b non-GAAP). …
Read More »Ghost Recon Wildlands is having a three day closed beta in February
The upcoming Ubisoft game ‘Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands’ finally has a confirmed closed beta date. Players can start taking down the Bolivian drug cartels from the 3rd to 5th of February. The Wildlands closed beta will be available on all three platforms the game is launching on; namely the …
Read More »HP’s global laptop battery recall expanded; more batteries found hazardous
In June last year, HP announced a voluntary global recall of a few laptop batteries that came with its laptops between March 2013 and August 2015. Today, HP has drastically expanded the recall program; batteries or laptops purchased from March 2013 until October 2016 must be checked for a potential hazard. …
Read More »DICE reveals the first Battlefield One expansion ‘They Shall Not Pass’
The first expansion coming to Battlefield One is bringing plenty of new content for the World War 1 shooter. The expansion, ‘They Shall Not Pass’ is adding a multitude of content centered around France in WW1. Revealing the first details of the upcoming expansion on the Battlefield blog, the Swedish …
Read More »Microsoft offers $1500 prize to Windows Insiders for feedback on the program
Microsoft has opened up a survey asking for feedback from the Windows Insiders – not on Windows, but on the Insider program itself. Those who participate in the survey – and submit their Microsoft account email address – will join the Sweepstakes with a prize of $1,500. The Survey The …
Read More »Microsoft launches ‘Office 365 Germany’; will keep data within borders
Microsoft Germany today announced ‘Office 365 Germany’; the new offering is identical to Office 365 that’s already available across the European continent, but with a key difference. The datacentres that Microsoft has been building across Europe are paying off; Office 365 Germany will be provided as a service in parallel …
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