The latest word on the street is that Windows 9 might come without a price tag for some users. According to hacker group Wzor, the operating system will be offered either for free or at a discount to those who have purchased Windows 8.1 and upgraded it with update 2. The forum post mentions that this decision is still up for debate at ...
Read More »Saints Row 4: National Treasure Edition coming early next month
If you’ve never played Saints Row 4 before, now is your chance to get it on all the crazy fun. Deep Silver announced that a special edition of their open world action-adventure title will be hitting the PS3, Xbox 360, and PC on July 8th. Entitled Saints Row 4: National Treasure Edition, this is a bundle that includes both the main ...
Read More »Apple May Begin Producing New iPhones As Soon As Next Month
The clock is ticking on the time until Apple announces its next iPhone. And new reports now suggest that the tech giant could go into production on the new smartphone as early as next month. Bloomberg, citing its own sources that wished to remain anonymous, states that heavy competition from other smartphone makers like Samsung and HTC has caused Apple to ...
Read More »A new version of Android will be announced tomorrow at I/O
Google has given us one more thing to be excited for at tomorrow’s Google I/O conference: a new version of Android. According to a Bloomberg Businessweek interview with the new Android chief, Sundar Pichai, Google and Pichai “Want the world to understand what we are doing sooner,” and will reportedly unveil the next version of Android’s OS. He said that ...
Read More »Family Sharing and other Xbox One features still on the way
Both Sony and Microsoft teased us with a lot of features before the PS4 and the Xbox One were released. While the companies did deliver on some of their promises, there are a few features that are still nowhere to be seen. Earlier this month Sony’s head of worldwide studios Shuhei Yoshida said that the “suspend mode” and “friend-assist” will still be ...
Read More »Blizzard implements new XP system for Heroes of the Storm
Heroes of the Storm is still in its Technical Alpha testing phase, which means that there’s still plenty of work to be done and the game will likely undergo lots of changes until it’s ready for launch. The most recent change is aimed at the experience system. Until now Blizzard used something called bonus trickle xp, but in light of ...
Read More »Metro Redux release date announced
Deep Silver and 4A Games announced today that Metro Redux, the collection of the remastered versions of the survival horror games Metro 2033 and Metro: Last Light, will be released on August 26th for the Xbox One, Playstation 4, and PC, with a Europe release on August 29th. The Metro Redux package will be priced at $50, and feature “superior ...
Read More »Report says Crytek isn’t paying staffers; Ryse 2 cancelled
It looks like Crytek might really be in trouble after all. Sources who spoke to Kotaku say that the Crysis developer has been losing staff, not being able to pay employees, and cancelling projects due to financial and management trouble. The sources, reportedly unnamed employees, claim that some staffers have not been paid in months, and others have only been ...
Read More »The Crew beta now open for signups
Ubisoft has opened up signups for the closed PC beta of their upcoming massively multiplayer online racer, The Crew, which will begin July 23rd. Ubisoft gave the usual warnings that go along with beta testing, informing players that bugs, glitches, and all manner of missing features as the game is desperate for feedback from players. You can sign up here, ...
Read More »LeapFrog Unveils LeapPad 3 And LeapPad Ultra XDi
LeapFrog today unveiled a couple of new additions to their lineup of children’s tablets, the LeapPad 3 and LeapPad Ultra XDi. Both of the new tablets will give children access to hundreds of educational apps, books, games and videos in a highly durable design. Kids will also have an incredibly safe web browsing experience straight out of the box. The ...
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