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Desktop-level gaming in the convenience of a laptop – that’s the pitch of a new line of Nvidia components than can now be found in a range of manufacturer laptops. Ars Technica reports that companies such as MSI, Lenovo, Asus, Razer and Alienware have begun to offer hardware that now …
Read More »Nintendo NX may have detachable, customisable buttons
New information about upcoming portable/console hybrid gleaned from updated patent
Read More »You can now buy Xbox Live credit via text message
Did you know you’re able to buy Xbox Live and PSN credit and content via text message? BuyGameCredit.com has announced that a range of Xbox Live content is now available to buy through its service. It works by having buyers text a specific code to its number. The charge is …
Read More »New firm Metapixel aims to raise the bar for full-body scanning
Wants to become the “Warner Bros of the virtual reality age”
Read More »A Mass Effect remaster? EA says HD remakes are go
A remastered version of BioWare’s Mass Effect Trilogy could be in the works at EA. Last year EA COO Peter Moore explained that remakes of old games did not then interest the publisher, saying: It feels like pushing stuff out because you’ve run out of ideas. I don’t know where …
Read More »Intel announces wireless VR headset Project Alloy
Leading chip manufacturer Intel has revealed its own entry in the VR space, an all-in-one device currently titled Project Alloy. ‘All-in-one’ means the headset already contains compute, graphics and sensors, and is powered by batteries, according toVentureBeat– no need to connect to a computer. Instead, it will connect with a …
Read More »Intel enters virtual reality market with all-in-one Project Alloy
New VR headset unveiled, requires no computer, senses the environment around you
Read More »Twitch to acquire Curse
Streaming platform Twitch has announced its intention to acquire online tech company Curse. Curse was founded ten years ago and provides a number of services such as game-specific online community tools, a PC mod manager and secure VOIP. In all it attracts around 30m users per month across its network. …
Read More »Telltale and Night School’s Mr Robot game confirmed, released
Catchily-titled Mr Robot:1.51 exfiltratiOn is a mobile narrative adventure from Oxenfree devs
Read More »Read about Microsoft, Project Scorpio and PS4 Neo in the first daily of MCV@Gamescom
Gamescom is finally here and MCV is on the frontline, ready to deliver daily magazines across the three days of the show. For this first day, we speak to Xbox marketing boss Aaron Greenberg about Microsoft’s bet on FIFA 17 to boost its new Xbox One S console sales, as …
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