Xbox One S Shows Performance Boost with Some Games
Microsoft’s revamped Xbox One, the Xbox One S, is now available for purchase. The new console is smaller than the original and supports 4K video streaming and HDR. But one feature that is not touted by Microsoft is that the console contains a boost in performance. The Xbox One S’s CPU is unchanged, but the GPU sees a boost in speed, from 853 MHz to 914 MHz. ESRAM bandwidth is also bumped up, from ...[Read More]
Blizzard Unleashes the Ban Hammer on Overwatch Cheaters
Everyone hates cheaters. Well, everyone who plays by the rules does. Blizzard does as well. Yesterday, Overwatch cheaters were hit with the one thing more lethal than Pharah’s Barrage: Blizzard’s ban hammer! The latest banwave targeted players who use a “triggerbot”, which automatically shoots for players when their cross-hairs are over an enemy. It also targeted users of “aimbots”, which improves...[Read More]
Retro Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist (GEN)
Release Date: December 11, 1992 Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami The Nintendo vs Sega console war of the early 90s produced some very intriguing subplots. There was the way the console manufacturers attacked each other in commercials. There was also the Mortal Kombat blood controversy. However, one hidden subplot helped fuel the console war even more, and the subject of today’s retro review is ...[Read More]
Pokemon GO Facing Difficulties after Latest Update
After the runaway success Pokemon GO enjoyed at launch, a slowdown was inevitable. The issues now facing developer Niantic, however, go way beyond a mere slowdown. The chain of events began with a bug involving the game’s Pokemon tracking. When it was working, nearby Pokemon would be listed on screen with a series of one to three steps which would approximate how far away they were from the player...[Read More]
Xbox One Summer Update Begins Rolling Out
The Xbox One summer update has begun to roll out to users this weekend. This update may take a few days as not everyone will receive the prompt to update immediately. The summer update includes two big additions: Background Music and Cortana. As its name implies, Background Music allows users to play games while listening to music. It will work with Pandora out of the gate, and support for iHeartR...[Read More]
Never Tried: Rainbow Six: Siege
I am not an FPS fan. The few readers who have followed me thus far know this. I am also not a big online multiplayer participant, save for the few times I dare enter the Street Fighter IV ranked room, vodka in hand to cushion the pain of my defeat. (For the record, I am better than average in the SF IV matches I play when I try. I accede to trophy hunters; they are kindred souls!) So when Rainbow ...[Read More]
Jason Bourne Review
Cast: Matt Damon (Jason Bourne), Tommy Lee Jones(Robert Dewey), Alicia Vikander (Heather Lee), Vincent Cassel (“Asset”), Julia Stiles (Nicky Parsons) Director: Paul Greengrass Synopsis: It’s been 10 years since Jason Bourne walked away from the agency that trained him to become a deadly weapon. Hoping to draw him out of the shadows, CIA director Robert Dewey assigns hacker and co...[Read More]
PS Vita Hacked, Allowing Full System Access
When the PlayStation Vita was announced, one of Sony’s aims was to harden the system. Their previous portable console, the PSP, was exploited regularly, allowing users to run homebrew applications like emulators. The PS Vita, meanwhile, has stayed relatively locked since its 2011 launch. That has now changed, as Team Molecule released an exploit that fully unlocks the Vita hardware. The exploit, n...[Read More]
The Mini NES Of My Dreams – WITH CARTRIDGES!
I got home from watching Jason Bourne (pretty good movie, by the way) and was too wired to go to sleep. Out of habit, I went on my computer and fired up Feedly to see what news tidbits crawled past while I was out. I found a Destructoid article whose title made my eyes click hard. “Someone made a custom mini NES that takes cartridges.” Wait, what? I want you to take a good, hard look at daftmike’s...[Read More]
Rise of the Tomb Raider for PS4 Includes Preorder Bonus
Sony recently announced a release date of October 11th for the PlayStation 4 version of Rise of the Tomb Raider. Recently, Sony added another tidbit: if you pre-order the game on PSN, you will get the previous game, Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition as a bonus. The retail release of Rise of the Tomb Raider will not include the previous game with a pre-order, but it does include physical items like a...[Read More]
Four Region-Exclusive Pokemon in Pokemon GO can Hatch From Eggs
Pokemon GO Masters who were bummed out that they could only nab certain Pokemon by booking a few international flights can rest easy. Interviews of Pokemon GO players by the BBC and Eurogamer seem to confirm that it’s possible to get region-specific Pokemon without having to call a travel agent. The four exclusive Pokemon – Tauros for North America, Mr. Mime for Europe, Farfetch’d for Asia, ...[Read More]
Amazon Lists Then Removes Destiny Collection
For the second day in a row, online retailer Amazon temporarily lists then removes a game. This time, Amazon listed Destiny: The Collection on its UK site for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Twitter user Lifelower spotted the listing of the Destiny collection title and managed to take a screenshot of it before it was taken down. The listing had no specifics on what was included. It could be a re-r...[Read More]