Tag: gaming
Report: The next Xbox will be called Xbox Infinity
Number, numbers, numbers; when it comes to marketing a new tech product, the bigger the number, the better the gadget, right? PlayStation 4 > PlayStation 3, quad-core processor > dual-core processor. Got the hang of this yet? Microsoft certainly seem…
EA nab FIFA license until 2022 – FIFA 23 on its way (eventually!)
Games publishing and development superhouse Electronic Arts has extended its license with FIFA until 31 December 2022, giving the company the most lucrative football license in all of gaming for the best part of a decade. Enough time to get…
VIDEO: Lose your head with the Oculus Rift guillotine simulator
Ready to see some "cutting edge" technology at work? Then check out the above video of the promising Oculus Rift virtual reality gaming headset running Disunion – a guillotine simulator. It's a bit like The Six Wives of Henry VIII…
Sweat levels and eye control to power Valve's next-gen games
It's not just bigger worlds or more realistic graphics that Half-Life developers Valve are aiming for with their next-generation games, but also whole new ways of playing. The company behind the Steam PC digital download gaming platform are also looking…
VIDEO – Call of Duty: Ghosts teaser trailer revealed
Activision have revealed the first official teaser trailer for the next instalment of the Call of Duty franchise, and you can catch it in the YouTube video embedded below. Called Call of Duty: Ghosts, the next in the first-person shooting…
Apple tease gaming plans with multiplayer patent
Apple have filed yet another gaming-focussed patent, this time focussing on multiplayer gameplay. One of 42 other patent successfully filed this week with the U.S Patent and Trademark Office, it depicts a system that would allow gamers to initiate in-game…
Lawsuit filed against Gearbox and Sega over Aliens: Colonial Marines disappointment
In space no-one can hear you scream. But they probably can hear you in the courtroom. Developers Gearbox and publishers SEGA are being sued over Aliens: Colonial Marines by plaintiff Damion Perrine, who claims that "Gearbox and Sega falsely advertised…
VIDEO: Three new Grand Theft Auto 5 trailers revealed – GTA V trio of playable characters showcased
Three new Grand Theft Auto trailers have been released by Rockstar, focussing on the game's three playable protagonists Michael, Franklin and Trevor. Hit the embedded video above to check them out. It's the first new footage of the eagerly-anticipated open-world…
Game Dev Tycoon boasts ingenious meta anti-piracy measure with in-game profit-halting pirates
Anti-piracy measures and DRM are often a sore point in the gaming community. While all reasonable gamers want developers to reap the rewards of increased sales for a good title, no-one wants their game restricted by over-zealous security measures. Developer…
Xbox 720 real name to be Xbox Infinity?
Get those erasers out – your Christmas list may need revising. A new leaked logo for Microsoft's forthcoming next-generation console may be called the Xbox Infinity rather than the Xbox 720. Currently doing the rounds on Twitter and Reddit (shared…
