Gaming

By Hugh Langley The Xbox One S, Microsoft’s slimmer, sleeker Xbox One, will arrive on August 2. The 2TB version will be rolling out to “select regions” on that date, Major Nelson announced on the Xbox Wire. The other models – 1TB and 500GB – won’t arrive until later on, with no specific date given.…

By Andrew Williams Introduction and software The Raspberry Pi 2 is great. It offers up to six times the power of the first-gen model, yet doesn’t cost any more or take up extra space. Step back a minute and you realise it’s only about as powerful as a budget phone like the Motorola Moto G.…

By Jon Porter If you’ve been waiting for Spotify to make its way to Xbox One after its arrival on PS4 last year then it might be time to stop holding your breath. A recent tweet from Spotify support, responding to a question, reads: “Hi! Right now we’re focused on our exclusive partnership with PlayStation,…

By Darren Allan You can’t possibly have failed to notice that the world has gone Pokémon Go crazy, and wherever there are folks trying to enjoy a new game, there will be people attempting to mess with that fun – and one way to do that is to bring down the Pokémon Go servers with…

By David Nield There’s only one winner when it comes to the mobile gaming hit of the year: Pokémon Go. As the game continues to roll out worldwide, local listings service Yelp has added a new feature that will be of interest to gamers – a filter to help you find nearby PokéStops. Before you…

By Nick Pino Star Wars fans with an HTC Vive will be able to put Yoda’s famous “Do or do not, there is no try” adage into practice on Monday when HTC makes “Trials on Tatooine,” the second licensed Star Wars game in virtual reality, available for free for all Vive owners. HTC made the…

By Jamie Carter VR headset analysis After decades of hype, is virtual reality being strangled at birth? Dedicated headsets like Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and Sony PlayStation VR look super-exciting, but most people are getting their first taste of VR as an online 360 video via something a lot more rudimentary. A survey in July…

By Parker Wilhelm Where do you Go from here? In case you took a break from the entire internet for a week and avoided going outside, there’s been sort of a craze lately with this little-known app called Pokémon Go. The augmented reality (AR) game has successfully ejected tens of millions players off their couches…

By Joe Osborne Only with an HTC Vive strapped to my face am I a crack shot with dual revolvers, a deft-handed swordsman and surprisingly spot-on with a mallet. If it weren’t for the headset’s vacuum-like seal on my face, I would spend a dangerous amount of hours in Nvidia’s new virtual reality (VR) carnival.…

By Hugh Langley As many people have pointed out, we’ve stepped into a cultural time machine: Blink 182 are back, a Clinton is running for President of the US, and everyone’s playing Pokemon. Now we’ve got another for the list: Nintendo is bringing back the NES. The company has announced the Nintendo Entertainment System: NES…

By Jon Porter Pokemon Go might be all everyone’s talking about right now, but weirdly the consensus is that the game itself isn’t that great. People love the experience, they love exploring their local environments, and they love meeting others as they play, but they’re less keen on the game’s mechanics. Part of this is…

By Nick Pino If you want to connect your Kinect to Xbox One S or Windows 10 PC, according to a new listing on Amazon, it’s going to cost you $40. Microsoft posted a new listing on the etailer for an “Xbox Kinect Adapter for Xbox One S and Windows 10 PC” with a listing…

By Nick Pino If you want to connect your Kinect to Xbox One S or Windows 10 PC, according to a new listing on Amazon, it’s going to cost you $40. Microsoft posted a new listing on the etailer for an “Xbox Kinect Adapter for Xbox One S and Windows 10 PC” with a listing…

By Kane Fulton Introduction Unless you’ve been hiding in a Poké Ball, coiled in the fetal position while squealing “Pi-Pika-Chu!” in a high-pitched voice for the past week, you’ll know that Pokemon Go has been something of a mega-hit. The premise of the augmented reality mobile game is simple: go outside, whip out your phone…

By Kane Fulton Introduction Unless you’ve been hiding in a Poké Ball, coiled in the fetal position while squealing “Pi-Pika-Chu!” in a high-pitched voice for the past week, you’ll know that Pokemon Go has been something of a mega-hit. The premise of the augmented reality mobile game is simple: go outside, whip out your phone…