Archive for the ‘Gaming’ Category
Real Racing 2 HD Hand On Video
We talked about Real Racing 2 HD’s AirPlay-based wireless mirroring feature for iPad 2 on iOS 5 at great length a few days ago and the folks over at Engadget got hold of the latest version of RR2HD and tested in on iPad 2 with iOS 5 Beta 1. During the WWDC keynote, Apple mentioned AirPlay Mirroring in passing, but it is the greatest iOS 5 feature and by this you get to stream all of the content on your iPad 2 onto your big screen TV via the Apple TV and with the beta software installed on the iPad 2 and Apple TV, it was just a matter of starting AirPlay mirroring from the multi-tasking bar………..
Kinect For Windows SDK Beta
Kinect for Xbox is one of our favorite technologies in recent times and with over 10 million units sold and Microsoft has taken the Kinect’s magic a step further by announcing the Kinect for Windows SDK beta. Developers will now be able to build Kinect apps using Microsoft Visual Studio and Microsoft did some live coding, showing how straight forward it is to work with. To get the full skeleton tracking you’re going to need the same sort of setup as on the Xbox 360 and Microsoft isn’t confirming any plans to integrate Kinect compatibility with any of its major apps……….
Angry Birds Rio Get Carnival Episode Update
Angry Birds Rio getting a new episode soon called Carnival, another new bird included and the new episode will come with 15 more levels for you to enjoy that are all carnival themed. Expect to see marmosets, balloons, colourful decorations to be among the items in this episode to give a bit more of a party theme to the game and the new episode isn’t the only thing included in the update…………
Angry Birds Gets New Underground Episode Update
Rovio launches a new version of Angry Birds or new episodes in what feels like rapid-fire succession and Phone version of the game has just been updated with 15 new levels and also unlimited use of the Mighty Eagle when you purchase it just once, it might take some of the fun out of the game……….
iOS 5 Turns Apple TV Into A Game Console
Ben Dodson who is a freelance developer based in London has been playing around with the AirPlay wireless features of the iOS 5 beta and through the help of an iPad 2, he could essentially turn his Apple TV into a game console. This is achieved through AirPlay Mirroring mode which is one of the new features of iOS 5 that displays whatever you’re doing on your iPad 2 on to the Apple TV and any app that uses Apple’s TV-out functionality can now wirelessly send a secondary display image to your AppleTV……….
Wii U Will Get Last-Gen Radeon
Wii U has last-gen Radeon inside, still more advanced than PS3 and Xbox 360, CryEngine-built software is already close to fully running on Nintendo’s next-generation console. At its heart is a chip similar to the R770 found in AMD’s last-gen cards like the 4890 and the ustom core also supports Direct X 10.1 and also Eyefinity-like multi-display tech for up to four SD video streams………..
PS3 Controller On Motorola Xoom
There have been already so much discussion about using an PS3 Controller with Xoom tablet on Android Forums and now we have brought the Guide for you, so you can also try this with your Xoom Tablet. A simple OTG cable can be used to connect and use PS3 controller with Motorola Xoom on 3.1 Honeycomb and also the latter is going to be the bottleneck at first………..
Videos: Life-Size Version Of Angry Birds
Watch real life Angry Birds fly through the sky near Barcelona, T-Mobile advertisement brings Angry Birds to life and made an advertisement featuring your favorite furious fowls as you’ve never seen them before, complete with exploding pigs. The video shows a rather impressive real life setup just like you would expect to see in the game and players use a phone hooked up to a huge screen to fling the birds………..
Nintendo Wii U Will Support One Touch Screen Controller
The new Wii U console will only be able to support one touch-screen controller at a time, Nintendo have confirmed and Wii U will come complete with just one new controller – and it won’t be sold seperately. With the new console being demoed at the E3 festival, most games have featured only one person using the controller with others have to use Wii-motes or Wii game pads…………
OnLive iPad/Android Tablet App
OnLive Player App could turn your Android tablet and iPad into a budget-friendly Nintendo Wii U alternative and the apps allow for tablets to be used as the screen and touch / motion controller, touch / motion controller for games on an HDTV, or screen for games being played with the new universal wireless gamepad………….
Nintendo Red Flare 3DS
Nintendo are releasing a new colour variant for the Nintendo 3DS in Japan, the Flare Red and it will be released on July 14th, alongside the release of Star Fox 64 3D. Nintendo are also introducing a new Wii package in Japan, consisting of two Wii Remote Plus controllers instead of one and the new Wii package will remain the same as the existing one, and Wii Sports Resort will continue to be included in it…………
iOS 5 Display Mirroring Via Airplay
Real Racing 2 HD update combined your iPad and TV for dual-screen gaming action will soon be able to ditch the wires and use AirPlay to beam every turn and crash to your flatscreen. You’ll need an Apple TV or other Mac device hooked up to your set nd the feature won’t be unlocked until iOS 5 hits. It should satisfy your curiosity for what playing a Wii U might be like until the new Nintendo console lands next year and you can download the game for $12.99 from the app store………
At E3 Nintendo shows Xbox 360 and PS3 footage in Press Conference
Nintendo has shown off in-game footage of games that hailed from the Xbox 360 and PS3 platforms in their E3 presentation. We all know that Nintendo does not intend to compete with the PS3 and Xbox 360 on the graphical front right from the very beginning, that’s why the Japanese gaming company decided to settle for an alternative yet creative method of in-game controls instead of pursuing graphical perfection.
Now Nintendo Wii U Have 25GB In Size
In a interview with Kotaku regarding the new Wii U console, one of Nintendo’s chief game designers, Katsuya Eguchi confirmed that the console will use a new proprietary disc format that will hold up to 25GB of data. Nintendo in a good place to run games that fill up a single-layer 25GB Blu-Ray disc, the format used by current console king of large game discs, the PlayStation 3.
IBM Microprocessors To Power Nintendo Wii U
IBM puts Watson’s brains in Nintendo Wii U and IBM’s embedded dynamic random access memory will help deliver a thrilling new game experience to Nintendo fans. The new memory technology, a key element of the new Power microprocessor that IBM is building for the Nintendo Wii U console. It’s a silicon on insulator design and packs the same processor technology found in Watson, the supercomputer that bested a couple of meatbags on Jeopardy awhile back and IBM wouldn’t give us the chip’s clock speeds………
