Category: Video games
Twitch moves closer to broadcast TV
Popular game streaming service Twitch is introducing a new feature to the platform that brings Twitch closer to being a TV network. The new Host Mode will allow users to embed other channels within their own, broadcasting other people's content when they're not online themselves. Viewers will be able to subscribe to the original channel…
Nvidia announces Shield Tablet for mobile gaming
Graphics card-maker Nvidia is expanding its Shield line of handheld Android gaming devices with a new tablet that works with a separate controller. The 8-inch Shield Tablet - which can also stream games from a PC - is powered by a 32-bit Tegra K1 chip with 192 GPU cores. The tablet comes in several different…
Rip-off Britain: UK shoppers pay more for technology
It's something that people in the UK have always suspected, but now Which? has made it official – Britons pay far more for new technology products than consumers in the US. The consumer watchdog compared the prices, excluding tax, of 13 identical products ranging from televisions and games consoles to desktop applications and security software and…
Xbox One sales double after Kinect-less release, says Microsoft
In news that will surprise nobody, it seems that forcing people to buy a peripheral they do not want does not make good business sense. Microsoft's Xbox Wire blog is reporting that Xbox One sales have doubled in the US since the launch of the non-Kinect bundle. "Over the past month, we’ve seen a strong…
Anita Sarkeesian posts latest "Tropes vs Women" video
Feminist Frequency has just posted up its latest instalment of its 'controversial' YouTube series Tropes vs Women, looking at the issue of how women are frequently used as background decoration in videogames. You can watch the video below, which takes…
