A new start-up has emerged in the Hyperloop project designed and published by Elon Musk. Hyperloop Technologies is a mysterious start-up that came out of nowhere to let us know that they are working on the super-fast transportation lines, but they aren’t following in the same path Elon Musk described originally. While Elon Musk envisioned the Hyperloop as a means ...

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and Kendra Albert, a law school student, have requested a new exemption to the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA). It would allow fans of abandoned games to revive them without exposing themselves to legal risks. Section 1201 of the DMCA is an anti-circumvention provision that makes it illegal to remove Digital Rights Management (DRM) and “other technical protection measures.” ...

Roll7, the developer behind one of the best indie titles in 2014, has revealed a trailer for the game’s sequel. OlliOlli 2 will feature many of the same mechanics as the original game in the series, however Roll7 will be refining many of those mechanics in this title. The biggest change is the shift away from pixelart, however fans of the original ...

A while back, at Sony’s E3 conference in 2014, a mention of the classic duo of Ratchet and Clank being revived for the PlayStation 4 was made when footage of their upcoming movie was shown.  However, nothing was specific and there was only radio silence for the past few months on the possible reboot. Today, however, Insomniac Games has announced their intention ...

Homeworld is one of the classics of the real-time strategy genre, so it was expected that many were excited by the recent announcement of the remastered edition by Gearbox Software at PAX South. Today, the development team released the first story trailer for Homeworld Remastered that provided a refresher of the basic premise of the two games and additionally highlighting the improvements that ...

The Samsung Galaxy J1 was officially launched today on Amazon. We were expecting a low-end device with a very low price that could compete with the offerings within the Android One program, as well as other mid-range and low-end smartphones in the entry-level markets around the world. The Samsung Galaxy J1 did manage to be one of the least interesting ...

The Xiaomi Mi3 is still one of the most popular handsets in China and across the world, but voices say Xiaomi is too slow to roll out the latest MIUI based on Android 5.0 Lollipop. The software seems to be in testing as the company has called for volunteers to test out MIUI based on Android 5.0 Lollipop on older ...

The second expansion for Housemarque’s shoot-em-up Resogun will be released next week. Over on the PlayStation Blog, Ian Pickles from XPEC Studio Europe gave an in-depth explanation of what will be coming in the update. In addition to the soon-to-be-released Defenders, Housemarque’s last content update for the game, Resogun Challengers, is being made available to all players today for no ...

Veterans of the well-known British developer Rare have created their own studio. Playtonic Games was founded by six artists, programmers and designers from the studio that created games, like Banjo-Kazooie and GoldenEye 007. GamesIndustry.biz has confirmed that the six founding members are Gavin Price, Steven Hurst, Chris Sutherland, Jens Restemeier, Steve Mayles and Mark Stevenson. The new studio’s first title will be ...

Blizzard has announced the introduction of The Lost Vikings, a new character for Heroes of the Storm. Directly from the 1992 platformer title with the same name, the trio (Olaf, Baleog and Erik) is now playable as a hero in Blizzard’s MOBA. Considered to be one of the hardest characters to master, The Lost Vikings can be controlled separately. Each viking ...