John Carmack leaves id Software to focus on Oculus VR
For veteran gamers who enjoyed Doom und Quake, it's the end of an era -- id Software co-founder John Carmack has left the game studio to concentrate all his efforts on his Chief Technical Officer role...
View ArticleWeekly Roundup: Xbox One and Nokia Lumia 2520 reviews, the future of EA Games...
You might say the week is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workweek, jedoch, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Weekly Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at...
View ArticleOculus Rift-based virtual reality game could help restore 3D vision (Video)
Many will tell you that video games are bad for your eyes, but James Blaha doesn't buy that theory. He's developing a crowdfunded virtual reality title, Diplopia, that could help restore 3D vision....
View ArticleAlienware’s X51 now ships with AMD’s R9 270X graphics card (updated)
If Haswell innards weren't enough to incite a purchase of Alienware's X51 gaming PC, perhaps an extra choice of GPU could push you over the edge: Dell's little gaming-machine-that-can is now available...
View ArticleNothing says ‘war is hell’ like a $2,500 gold-leaf Battlefield 4 print
With the Battlefield 4 Premium add-on, EA's letting you score a dozen goodie-laden golden battlepacks for about $50 without, you know, earning them. But any plebe can do that, right Sedgwick? What you...
View ArticleDiablo 3 Auction House Finally Goes Offline
As Diablo 3 gamers have probably heard by now, the Auction House will be closing on the 18th of March and true to their word, it looks like Blizzard has since taken steps to deactivate the Auction...
View ArticleFinal Fantasy X | X-2 HD Remaster Arrives On PS3, PS Vita
We are glad to bring you word that Final Fantasy X | X-2 HD Remaster is now available on two popular platforms – the Sony PS3, as well as the Sony PS Vita. This would mean that a couple of classic RPGs...
View ArticleXbox One Launches In 26 New Markets This September
In November last year Microsoft released its much awaited next generation gaming console. Even though it has faced tough competition from Sony’s PlayStation 4 in the market, the Xbox One continues to...
View ArticleBlueStacks Signs On Ubisoft, Warner Bros. Interactive And GREE For GamePop...
The cross-platform mobile software company BlueStacks may be rethinking its approach to living room-based mobile gaming with the GamePop and its distribution model, but it’s still signing up big-name...
View ArticleWalmart Video Game Trade-In Puts GameStop At Risk
Walmart is one of the biggest retailers in the U.S., certainly one that is most frequented by millions of customers everyday. The retailer is now expanding into a new territory while offering its...
View ArticlePizza Hut app comes to Xbox 360, unstoppable force meets immovable gamer
Let's be frank: many dedicated console gamers among us have at least briefly dreamed of ordering food without having to lift our hands from the controller. That's about to be more than a fleeting...
View ArticleAMD details $999 Radeon HD 7990 graphics card, says it handles all top games...
We've seen plenty of the Radeon HD 7990 in action with Battlefield 4, but it's taken AMD a little while to furnish us with full specs and pricing. Now that all the info is here, in the run-up to...
View ArticleUnity stops offering Flash game engine licenses, cites a lack of Adobe love
Die Unity 4 engine has given Flash gaming a lot of TLC by simplifying web ports of complex projects. If you ask Unity Technologies, jedoch, that love isn't being requited -- and the company feels...
View ArticleNintendo’s digital game sales hit an all-time high
Nintendo's hardware sales may be in a bit of a stupor, but its downloadable games are a different story. During today's financial results briefing, the company's president, Satoru Iwata, announced...
View ArticleNext Xbox Games Will Reportedly Only Require Internet Connection If Publisher...
Despite the fact that Microsoft has already announced its plans for revealing next generation Xbox on May 21st, the rumors keep on coming in. According to a latest report which address the...
View ArticleNintendo now selling refurbished DSi XL and 3DS units from $100 and up
It's easy for us to go shopping for a refurbished Nintendo handheld at stores and auction houses, but not if we're looking for a huge bargain: small discounts and dodgy quality often make it wiser to...
View ArticleNintendo now selling refurbished DSi XL and 3DS units for $100 and up
It's easy for us to go shopping for a refurbished Nintendo handheld at stores and auction houses, but not if we're looking for a huge bargain: small discounts and dodgy quality often make it wiser to...
View ArticleMachinima launch for Xbox 360 has us watching more games than we play
When Microsoft piled on the Xbox media channels last year, we didn't realize just how long it would take for some of those channels to come to fruition. We're quite possibly on the cusp of new...
View ArticleWii U allegedly hacked, Nintendo addresses would-be pirates
While some people associate the word "jailbreaking" with prison riots or smartphone hacking, the most mainstream of cracking subcultures also takes on video game consoles. A mod chip developer known...
View ArticleG-Sync and FreeSync Explained: Variable Refresh Rates for Gaming
Go shopping for a PC display and you’ll see ones advertising support for technologies like NVIDIA’s G-Sync and AMD’s FreeSync. These work in concert with modern NVIDIA and AMD GPUs to provide a...
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