Sunday, 17 January 2016
Metal Gear Solid Unreal 4 remake looks awesome – video
Metal Gear Solid remade with shiny modern graphics. Wouldn’t say no.
Shadow Moses is a fan remake of Metal Gear Solid built in Unreal Engine 4. Creator Airam Hernandez has released first video footage of the project, and it’s looking pretty damn special.
I didn’t realise how much I wanted this till I saw it. Both Metal Gear Solid 2 and Metal Gear Solid 3 have been remastered, but the original Metal Gear Solid has gone without an updated re-release, despite strong fan demand, because it needs a full overhaul rather than an HD brush up.
We know that Metal Gear will continue even now that Hideo Kojima has left Konami. Maybe a remake of the 1998 classic would be a good warm up for the new development team? Just sayin’.
source: vg247
Black Ops 3 the best selling game of 2015 “by a wide margin,” series crosses 250 million sales
Just how big is Call of Duty? Well, it’s so big that even Star Wars can’t bring it down! The NPD Group has revealed the best selling games of 2015, and Call of Duty: Black Ops III sits atop the iron throne once again, ranking as both the best selling game in December and the best selling game in 2015 overall. Activision even describes its victory as a “wide margin.”
This marks seven straight years of domination with a Call of Duty title being North America’s best selling franchise. Even Grand Theft Auto V, which saw most of its sales slow-burn to huge numbers and split over two years, hasn’t been able to dethrone it. Call of Duty: Black Ops III sold so many copies that it was also able to push the series’ total lifetime sales to over 250 million units, as noted by Activision’s Senior Vice President and General Manager for Call of Duty Rob Kostich.
“Call of Duty: Black Ops III was the top-selling title of 2015 globally by a wide-margin in both units and dollars sold-thru. This also marks the seventh year in a row that Call of Duty has been the No. 1 selling franchise in North America, according to NPD. In fact, Call of Duty has surpassed 250 million units sold life-to-date worldwide. This achievement is thanks to the amazing experiences created by all of our development teams, and would not be possible without the incredible passion from the Call of Duty community. We congratulate Treyarch on creating an incredibly engaging and an enormously fun game with Black Ops III and look forward to what’s to come in 2016.”
Star Wars Battlefront, which EA was hoping would put a solid dent in Activision’s hold on the shooter market, closed out as the second best selling game in December and the fourth best of the year behind Fallout 4 and Madden.
See the top ten games for both December and 2015 below.
Top 10 new physical software sales, all platforms, December 2015
- Call of Duty: Black Ops III (Xbox One, PS4, Xbox 360, PS3, PC)
- Star Wars Battlefront 2015 (Xbox One, PS4, PC)
- Fallout 4 (PS4, Xbox One, PC)
- Madden NFL 16 (PS4, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS3)
- NBA 2K16 (PS4, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS3)
- Grand Theft Auto V (PS4, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS3, PC)
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege (Xbox One, PS4, PC)
- Minecraft (Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS4, PS3)
- Minecraft: Story Mode – A Telltale Game Series (Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS4, PS3)
- FIFA 16 (PS4, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS3)
Top 10 new physical software sales, all platforms, 2015 total
- Call of Duty: Black Ops III (Xbox One, PS4, Xbox 360, PS3, PC)
- Madden NFL 16 (PS4, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS3)
- Fallout 4 (PS4, Xbox One, PC)
- Star Wars Battlefront 2015 (Xbox One, PS4, PC)
- Grand Theft Auto V (PS4, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS3, PC)
- NBA 2K16 (PS4, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS3)
- Minecraft (Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3, PS4)
- Mortal Kombat X (PS4, Xbox One)
- FIFA 16 (PS4, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS3)
- Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Xbox One, PS4, Xbox 360, PS3, PC)
source: vg247
Friday, 15 January 2016
Pokkén Tournament is coming to the Wii U this March
Nintendo announced that Pokkén Tournament will hit the Wii U on March 18, 2016.
I didn’t really think I wanted another fighting game for the Wii U after Super Smash Bros.released, but here I am looking forward to Pokkén Tournament. This title mashes Pokémon with a unique take on Tekken mechanics.
Currently, Pokkén Tournament is eating up Yen in Japanese arcades. It’s been known for a long time that it would hit home consoles, and today’s news from Nintendo simply puts a solid launch date on the title.
The game will sell for $59.99 of course, but Nintendo also announced an amiibo card system for the game.
People that buy the first production run version of the game will also receive a special Shadow Mewtwo amiibo card, which can be tapped to the Wii U GamePad controller to unlock the Shadow Mewtwo playable character in the game.
Shadow Mewtwo? Shadow Mewtwo.
Will you be picking up Pokkén Tournament?
source: technobuffalo
China's Baidu may look to invest in Zomato, BookMyShow and BigBasket
Baidu Inc is in talks to invest in Indian e-commerce start-ups including Zomato, BookMyShow and BigBasket, a spokesman for China's top online search provider said on Wednesday.
"The Indian market represents an enormous opportunity for us to connect more people with services, and we plan to put more resources there in the future," the spokesman told Reuters by email.
Baidu declined to comment on possible investment amounts or time frames.
India's technology start-up market is booming as more and more people shop online, in a country where about 20 percent of a population of 1.3 billion are connected to the Internet.
The e-commerce market could grow in terms of the value of goods sold to $220 billion by 2025 from $11 billion in 2015, Bank of America Merrill Lynch estimated.
That growth potential has attracted investment from global technology giants such as China's Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and Japan's SoftBank Group Corp.
Zomato is India's leading restaurant search provider, while BookMyShow is the country's top online seller of movies and events tickets. BigBasket is an online grocer.
Zomato and BigBasket did not immediately reply to emails seeking comment. BookMyShow could not be immediately reached for comment.
source: firstpost
Thursday, 14 January 2016
Twilight Princess HD leak reveals new amiibo dungeon
We don’t know all that much about what Nintendo’s doing for the The Legend of Zelda: The Twilight Princess HD on the Wii U. We know that it’s getting HD graphics, of course, and that it ships with a Wolf Link and Midna amiibo.
Thanks to an information leak by Amazon France, we might know a little bit more. It looks like the amiibo that ships with the game will unlock a brand new dungeon.
NeoGAF user GhostTrick spotted and translated the Amazon.fr listing for Twilight Princess HD. Here’s their translation.
Unlock bonuses with “The Legend of Zelda” amiibos: Tap all the amiibos for the Zelda series to unlock bonuses in the game, such as regenerating your life, or getting arrows for your bow. The new Wolf Link amiibo even allows you to get into a new dungeon: “The Twilight Cave”. The data recorded on this Amiibo can even be transfered to the next episode on Wii U.
The Twilight Cave hopefully features the same dungeon quality that Twilight Princess was known for. Not to get on a soapbox here, but I felt that Skyward Sword‘s dungeons relied a bit too much on backtracking for difficulty padding.
source: neogaf
Sony is sending out PlayStation Plus extension to make up for outage
Wait a minute! Was there a PlayStation Network outage this month?… Oh, there it is we wrote about it . I didn’t even notice.
Anyway, if you were affected and had your dreams ruined by not having access to PlayStation Network, or you just want a free extension at the expense of Sony, the company will be accommodating for the lost time. VG247 reports that Sony is sending out extensions via emails this month to those who were affected.
The extensions cover PlayStation Plus, PlayStation Now, and video rentals. There is no mention of how to claim your extension, but VG247 guesses it will just happen automatically because that’s what happened the last time.
Seriously, when did this happen? What was I doing?
source: vg247
Wednesday, 13 January 2016
Top 5 Intel Gaming Laptops - CES 2016
Razer Blade Stealth & Core
Key components
EVGA SC17
Lenovo Y900
link: gamesandecomm
Aorus X7 DT
spec and price not yet reveled.
Razer Blade Stealth full specs:
Razer Core full specs:
ASUS GX700
Key components
EVGA SC17
This 17-inch gaming notebook comes with an Intel Core i7 6820HK, a GeForce GTX 980M (not a real GTX 980 asNVIDIA announced it?), 16GB of DDR4 memory, two 128GB Samsung SSDs and a 4K display (3840×2160).
Lenovo Y900
link: gamesandecomm
Aorus X7 DT
spec and price not yet reveled.
Tuesday, 12 January 2016
Big reshuffle at Flipkart: Binny Bansal named CEO and Sachin Bansal executive chairman
In a major top management rejig at Flipkart, Binny Bansal will be the new CEO in place of his co-founder Sachin Bansal, who would become Executive Chairman of India's biggest e-commerce company.
Binny till now was the Chief Operating Officer (COO). Sachin along with Binny launched Flipkart in 2007.
In a statement, Flipkart said Sachin "will provide strategic direction for Flipkart, mentor the senior leadership and look for new investment opportunities."
"Binny as the Chief Executive Officer will now be responsible for operationally driving the company and be accountable for Flipkart's overall performance.
"All the business areas - Commerce, Ekart and Myntra will now report to Binny. All corporate functions including human resources, finance, legal, corporate communications and corporate development will also report to Binny," the statement said.
The management change comes amid talks of Flipkart, which is valued at around USD 15 billion, preparing for an IPO in the United States. Binny Bansal, as the COO, was till now responsible for overseeing the company's critical supply chain and logistics business.
"Today, we are in a very strong leadership position with over 60 per cent market share of the m-commerce market, 50 million customers and clear leadership in smartphones and fashion. "The journey ahead is equally exciting and challenging. Flipkart has all the necessary ingredients of brilliant talent and great technology to win this next phase as well," Binny Bansal said the statement.
Additionally, the Bengaluru-based company also announced that Mukesh Bansal will continue to lead the company's commerce platform, its core business, but will also take additional charge of Flipkart's burgeoning ads business.
He will also continue his role as the Chairman of Myntra, the online fashion retail business acquired by Flipkart for a reported USD 370 million, in 2014. The company will continue to build world-class customer experience, expand supply chain infrastructure to reach all parts of India, drive innovations in mobile commerce and bring in disruptive technologies, Binny Bansal said.
"E-commerce in India is going through its most exciting phase and Flipkart has played a pioneering role in shaping this very remarkable journey. We believe Flipkart can play a transformational role in improving commerce in India and improve the quality of lives of millions of people across the farthest corners of the country," Sachin Bansal said.
"In the next phase of journey, it will be our endeavour to fulfil this responsibility and prove India can produce a world-class internet company that can outshine any global behemoth. We also want to continue to play a pivotal role in shaping the internet and the commerce ecosystem of India," he added.
Prime World: Defenders 2 launched on Android
The popular tower defense game, Prime World: Defenders has finally seen its sequel launch on Android. Prime World: Defenders 2 picks up where the original left off, packing monsters, runes, spells and battle in a frenzy of TD action. For those that don’t know, Nival game studio’s twist on the familiar tower defense genre is the addition of an in-game collectible card game.
With 29 bosses, 40 towers and 20 spells with which to win those towers, Prime World: Defenders 2 isn’t short on action either. The collectible cards come into play as the towers and spells that you acquire along the way.
There’s 47 different achievements to unlock and everything is tied into Google Play Games. When you win a level you’ll be granted coins and, as you probably guessed, there are in-app purchases to jump start your progression. Fortunately, pay-walls don’t interfere with the gameplay, which moves along at a nice pace without having to fork over any additional dough.
Game : Play Store
source: androidauthority
Thursday, 7 January 2016
MSI announces Vortex - Badass Gaming PC in a Cylindrical box at CES 2016
MSI announces "Vortex", it's a gaming PC featuring Skylake Core i7 6700k (yes K) processor with upto two GTX 980s in SLI. Those 980s are in MXM form factor.
the Vortex sorta looks like Mac Pro on the outside, even on the inside they have a blower fan on the top just like Mac Pro
Vortex has the following I/O ports on the back
- 4 x USB 3.1
- 2 x USB 3.1 Type C (With Thunderbolt Support)
- 2 x HDMI ports
- 2 x Gigabit Ethernet
- 2 x Mini Display Ports
- 3.5mm Microphone and Headphone Jack
- Upto 6 Display outputs
MSI is promising that it'll 22dB at idle and Under 30dB underload.
This small foot print has 6.5L capacity.
MSI is saying that it's not the Final Product.
Pricing & Availability: Around $2000 for 960 in SLI with 6700k and Around $3000 for 980 in SLI with 6700k. It isn't launching until Q2 2016.
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