Category: Gaming
The Ford GT will be the new cover star of Forza Motersport 6
Along with the announcement of the new Ford GT, Microsoft, Turn 10 Studios and Ford took to the North American International Auto Show, in Detroit, last week, announcing the all-new GT as the featured cover car in the next iteration of the acclaimed Xbox racing simulation franchise, Forza Motorsport 6, launching exclusively for Xbox One.…
How to use a Xbox 360 controller on PC
You've got a 360 controller, you've got a PC game - don't bother to shell out on a PC gaming controller or suffer with keyboard, and mouse - getting your Xbox 360 controller hooked up is a piece of cake. First of all, you'll need an Xbox 360 PC adapter - like the one pictured…
The UK Top 10 video games chart: GTA V holds on strong at the top
[nextpage title="Next"] Grand Theft Auto V comfortably holds on to its No.1 crown following its return to the top last week. FIFA 15 climbs a place to No.2, just edging ahead of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare which is down to No.3. With no new releases to speak of the Top 10 is made up…
Apple patents an iPhone thumbstick
Could the iPhone 6S or iPhone 7 be built for gaming? That isn't such an insane possibility if Apple's latest patent is anything to go by. Patently Apple has unearthed a patent for a replacement to the iPhone's home button, which will pop out of the frame if the phone when pressed in - creating…
Twitch adds a music library to avoid rights issues
Game streaming service Twitch has added a section to its website called "Twitch Music Library", featuring hundreds of royalty free tracks on Spotify and Soundcloud that streamers can use to make their streams a little bit more bearable. Whilst it may seem strange for a game streaming service to get into music, it actually makes…
WATCH: PS4 and Xbox One mashed together to create a ‘laptop’
Now this is some impressive hacking. YouTuber Eddie Zarick has managed to take both of the major consoles and combine them as some sort of godless chimera to create what he called the "PlayBox" laptop. With a built in 22" screen, the 'laptop' (which we'd guess isn't very comfortable to play with it rest on…
Guardians of the Galaxy reimagined as an 8-bit game
The space-based "super-hero" movie Guardians of the Galaxy was a big hit for Marvel in 2014 - and also a hit was the retro 1980s soundtrack, featuring songs such as Blue Swede's Hooked On A feeling, Escape (The Piña Colada Song) and Cherry Bomb from The Runaways. So what better accompaniment for the retro 80s…
GTA5 to get 22 new single player DLC missions?
Grand Theft Auto 5's Downloadable Content could encompass 22 new single player missions - at least according to some informed speculation. Usually reliable YouTuber DomisLive, who seems to play his life playing the game, has posted a video about some new details derived from the people who hack through the code in each GTA5 update…
New 3DS XL & Majora’s Mask coming on 13th Feb
Nintendo has announced this afternoon that the latest iteration of its 3DS hardware, the "New Nintendo 3DS XL" (yes, "New" is part of the name) will be available from the 13th February, along with the long awaited remake of the N64's second Zelda title. The news came via a "Nintendo Direct" broadcast, which also revealed…
Xbox One February system update detailed
Microsoft has released details on what to expect in next month's system update for Xbox One - with TV updates paying a big part. Perhaps the biggest gaming addition in the update is the creation of "Game hubs". Each game will apparently have a hub, and will be where you can go to find leaderboards,…