Like it or not, tablets, like the Apple iPad, and the range of Android based tablets available, have been on people’s shopping lists a lot more lately than PC’s have. Research firm Gartner says the worldwide PC sales have dropped by around 4.9%. It may not seem like much, but it is quite a considerable number. Mikako Kitagawa, principal analyst at Gartner said: “Tablets have dram...
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Microsoft staff will be joining lecturers from the University of Derby to judge at the company sponsored Games@Derby Event. Taking place on December 19th, Games@Derby gives students a chance to showcase the games they have created to industry professionals, with various awards presented to the students who create the best games. The 100 or so students involved in the event are all currently undert...
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One of the greatest video game franchises of all time made its mark yet again last week, when 343 Industries released Halo 4 worldwide. The launch has been classified as one of the largest entertainment releases of 2012. Within 24 hours, Halo 4 raked in $220 million worldwide. This beat out the biggest movies of the year. Halo is one of the most popular video game franchises to be ever created and...
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SurfCast, a much smaller operating system developer claims Microsoft stole the idea of ‘Tiles’ from them. ‘Tiles’ are basically “dynamically updating icons” as SurfCast describes the feature themselves. It allows Tile users to be able to look at the content of their computer’s current status without requiring an F5 or Refresh tap. Despite only releasing a ...
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Windows 8 will be coming out this Friday, and so far things aren’t looking great. Developers and game industry veterans like Gabe Newell and Notch have already lodged their complaints with Microsoft about the new Windows OS. Many feel that Microsoft is trying to compete with Apple by making the new Windows more app-centric, which leaves a lot of developers and users out in the cold. It is creating...
Read More »The soon to be released 32GB Microsoft Surface is highly unlikely to actually offer that much storage to us all, thanks to a beefy operating system that could leave purchasers with only around 20GB of free space. The news was revealed in a Reddit ask-me-anything session with the Microsoft Surface team, BGR reports. One Ricardo Lopez, test manager for the tablet, wrote on the site that, "After...
Read More »Microsoft Corp. is introducing Xbox Music to the masses. It is a music service, that will be going head to head with music services like Spotify, and Pandora (for the radio based streaming if you are lucky enough to be where this is available) Xbox Music will work with a whole suite of devices, including PC, phone, tablet, and TV through the Xbox 360, all possible through the power of the cloud, g...
Read More »Hollywood director David Fincher and visual effects lead Tim Miller will work with Microsoft on the launch trailer for Halo 4. Video games are a business, and as a business they require marketing. Indie developers might get successful if their game goes viral on Youtube content creators, like Minecraft did. Mainstream games might go a little too far with their marketing, such as "...
Read More »The first episode for Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn airs today. Does it tell an exciting story of heroism and sacrifice? Back in August a trailer for Halo 4 came out staring live actors that was meant to promote the video game. I thought the trailer was shot well, but confusing since it seemed to advertise a movie than a video game. Turns out I was right as there is a Halo 4: Forward...
Read More »EA, Nintendo, Microsoft, Game and Overclockers are amongst the first gaming companies to be confirmed for the first Gadget Show Christmas Games Zone. Gadget Show Christmas is the sister show to the Uk’s biggest tech event, Gadget Show Live. Gadget Show Christmas will take place at ExCel in London from Friday 30th November to Sunday 2nd December. The event’s organisers have promised tha...
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