Gaming

By Hugh Langley Late last year, Amazon launched Echo, its voice-controlled speaker with attitude. Although it looks like little more than a futuristic cylinder, Echo can answer questions or perform tasks by being spoken to. Now Amazon wants you to play games on it. Speaking at GDC 2015, Amazon Developer Evangelist David Isbitski invited developers…

By DealsRadar MWC 2015 is in full swing and we’re finding plenty of good deals on top mobile phones to coincide. Yesterday we had a bargain on the world’s thinnest smartphone and today we’ve got a great deal on an iPhone 6, so let’s jump right in. TODAY’S HOT DEALS iPhone 6: Carphone Warehouse is…

By Michael Rougeau Finally Google is letting users combine the mediocrity of Android gaming with the terrible experience of using touchscreen/accelerometer game controls. That’s right: soon you won’t need multiple Android TV game controllers to play splitscreen Mario Kart knock-offs on the big screen – just a few friends with Android phones and not a…

By Michael Rougeau Finally Google is letting users combine the mediocrity of Android gaming with the terrible experience of using touchscreen/accelerometer game controls. That’s right: soon you won’t need multiple Android TV game controllers to play splitscreen Mario Kart knock-offs on the big screen – just a few friends with Android phones and not a…

By Nick Broughall After what seems like an eternity of waiting, Netflix has finally confirmed its Australian launch date. From March 24, Aussies will no longer have to pay for a VPN in order to stream the latest season of House of Cards without delay. Complete with a solid lineup of Netflix content from launch,…

By DealsRadar Welcome to a new week of hot deals on tech and games! As you’re probably aware, MWC 2015 is in full swing and so we’re going to kick off with a fantastic deal on a hot smartphone. TODAY’S HOT DEALS Smartphone: The R5 is currently the thinnest smartphone in the world, and it’s…

By Kate Gray Twitter is like a catchy song. At first, you hate it. Why does everyone like this? It’s awful, it’s full of people complaining and being aggressive and taking photos of their cats and food and themselves. Then, you start to get drawn in by its charms. You tentatively set up an account.…

By Kate Gray Twitter is like a catchy song. At first, you hate it. Why does everyone like this? It’s awful, it’s full of people complaining and being aggressive and taking photos of their cats and food and themselves. Then, you start to get drawn in by its charms. You tentatively set up an account.…

By TechRadar If you listen carefully you’ll hear a whooshing sound. It’s the sound of faraway planes, trains and automobiles carrying hundreds of hacks to Barcelona, because next week sees the biggest event in the mobile tech calendar: MWC 2015. Inevitably that means lots of leaks, stacks of speculation and tantalising teasers – so we…

By TechRadar If you listen carefully you’ll hear a whooshing sound. It’s the sound of faraway planes, trains and automobiles carrying hundreds of hacks to Barcelona, because next week sees the biggest event in the mobile tech calendar: MWC 2015. Inevitably that means lots of leaks, stacks of speculation and tantalising teasers – so we…

By DealsRadar It’s the end of the week and we’re finishing up with some more TechRadar Deals! TODAY’S HOT DEALS Xbox One: This one was so popular last time out we thought we’d include it again as the deal is still available! You won’t find a new Xbox One any cheaper than this anywhere, it’s…

By Dave Rudden Vita’s past and present We just passed the three-year anniversary of the North American launch of the PlayStation Vita, and some proper perspective may be in order: When the PlayStation Portable turned three in 2008, the PSP Go (as ill-fated as it was) was still yet to come, and big-name games like…

By Dave Rudden Vita’s past and present We just passed the three-year anniversary of the North American launch of the PlayStation Vita, and some proper perspective may be in order: When the PlayStation Portable turned three in 2008, the PSP Go (as ill-fated as it was) was still yet to come, and big-name games like…

By Hugh Langley It’s that time of year again, where Imagination Technologies announces its plans to make your gaming graphics look even more awesome, and we translate all the numbers and letters to deliver the cold, hard facts. This year is a big one – Imagination is introducing a new family of GPUs called the…

By Hugh Langley It’s that time of year again, where Imagination Technologies announces its plans to make your gaming graphics look even more awesome, and we translate all the numbers and letters to deliver the cold, hard facts. This year is a big one – Imagination is introducing a new family of GPUs called the…