Video Games

Gaming company Ouya is reportedly looking into offering a new feature that will see gamers able to play Ouya games on TVs without the need for an Ouya console. Although Ouya started life as a Kickstarter project looking to produce $99 gaming consoles, it seems the company is now looking at ways in which it Continue Reading →

Microsoft is reportedly looking to port Xbox Live to Android and iOS, bringing its many functions to the mobile games that run on Google’s and Apple’s mobile operating systems. A recent Microsoft job posting notes ” We will create a modern framework that is open source, light-weight, extensible and scalable across various platforms including Windows Continue Reading →

With the runaway success of Candy Crush Saga, it’s perfectly natural to wonder just how many people are dropping coin in freemium mobile games. One firm’s answer, however, might surprise you. A very small number — 0.15 percent, to be exact — of total mobile payers contribute half of monthly in-game revenue, according to in-app Continue Reading →

Next month, an update will bring the popular Twitch video game broadcasting service to the Xbox One in a way that home consoles have never seen before. It will launch on March 11, just in time for Titanfall. According to AP, the update will allow Xbox One the ability to live stream games via Twitch Continue Reading →

Microsoft is making its Xbox One Media Remote official on Thursday. After details emerged briefly on Amazon last week, Thursday’s announcement confirms the Media Remote will be available in early March for Xbox One owners. The Media Remote will allow Xbox One users to navigate, launch, and control media apps, and it will also control Continue Reading →

If you want to run emulators on your iPhone (or iPad), you’ve basically got two options: Use this crazy workaround which involves rolling the date of your device back to 2012 and installing old, previously signed emulators. Alternatively, you can just bite the bullet and jailbreak and install any number of emulators that people are Continue Reading →

A report surfaced two days ago on Reddit that claimed anti-cheat software used by video game developer Valve was allowing the Half-Life 2 and Steam creator to spy on its users’ internet histories. Now, in a statement also issued on Reddit, Valve co-founder Gabe Newell has denied the accusation directly. The original report said that Continue Reading →

“With an infinite number of monkeys and an infinite number of typewriters, one will type Shakespeare’s plays.” — Émile Borel. There’s a fascinating social experiment currently underway right now: Up to 75,000 people are “playing” a single game of Pokemon Red over on Twitch.tv. In the five-and-a-half days since the stream started, over 9 million Continue Reading →

The Flappy Bird phenomenon shows no signs of slowing down, despite the fact that the original title was yanked out of the App Store by creator Dong Nguyen, whose newfound fame apparently became too overwhelming. But though “Flappy Bird” itself may be gone, the App Store’s top charts today are filled with clones that mimic Continue Reading →

Here’s a fun fact: If you use Steam for your games—let’s face it, you do—there’s a chance Valve’s Anti-Cheat System been taking a look at all the websites you visit and sending a list back to home base. Why? No one knows for sure. The discovery comes by way of SHG_Nackt who claims to have Continue Reading →