You can watch Hulu + Live TV on your PlayStation 4 console. Live TV’s PS4 debut comes nearly three years after Hulu first launched the service, and more than a month after Sony shut down its competing PlayStation Vue service. The company didn’t say why it took it so long for it to bring Hulu […]
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Game Developers Conference postponed to the summer due to coronavirus
Game Developers Conference has followed Mobile World Congress and Facebook’s F8 developer conference as the third technology expo to be canceled. Hopefully it’ll be the last. The Game Developers Conference advisory board had no option other than to cancel the event. With EA, Kojima Productions, Microsoft, Epic Games, Sony, Facebook, Unity and Amazon withdrawing and […]
Latest Stadia update hints at free tier launch, YouTube streaming features
Google’s Stadia streaming service hasn’t had the smoothest launch. Between missing features and less than stellar performance, the platform is, at the moment, more about future promise than current potential. The latest update to the Stadia app hints that some of those features might be coming soon, including the highly anticipated free tier, YouTube streaming, […]
Plague Inc. pulled from the App Store in China amid coronavirus outbreak
Plague Inc., where you create a disease with the goal of spreading it across the world, has been removed from the App Store in China amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. “We’ve just been informed that Plague Inc. ‘includes content that is illegal in China as determined by the Cyberspace Administration of China’ and has been […]
Microsoft’s new Xbox One dashboard now available with updated home screen
Microsoft is rolling out its new Xbox One dashboard design to all consoles this week. The new design focuses on overhauling the home page of the Xbox One dashboard, with frequently used games and apps available immediately. The new Home design also includes the ability to add or remove rows to customize it further, and […]
HTC opens pre-orders for its $899 Vive Cosmos Elite VR headset
HTC has announced via Twitter that its new previously unveiled PC VR headset designed for “elite gaming” is now available to preorder for $899. The new headset offers a combined pixel resolution of 2880 x 1700 offering and 88% increase over the original Vive VR headset. check out the quick promotional video below to learn […]
Microsoft reveals more Xbox Series X specs
Microsoft revealed new details on its next-generation console, the Xbox Series X confirming specifications on what the company calls its “superior balance of power and speed” for its new hardware. The next-gen Xbox, Microsoft said, will be four times as powerful as the original Xbox One. The biggest new confirmation is that the Xbox Series […]
HTC is prototyping an AR headset that looks like sunglasses
HTC has announced updates to the Vive Cosmos, its lineup of consumer-ready virtual reality headsets. But it’s also testing a more streamlined mixed reality device codenamed “Project Proton.” While the Proton is just a prototype, HTC shared concept images of its design, shedding some light on the company’s goals. The Proton headset seems functionally similar […]
Google Stadia is coming to Samsung, Asus, and Razer phones on February 20th
Google’s cloud gaming service, Stadia, has been exclusive to Pixel phones since its launch three months ago, but that’s changing this week. On February 20th, Stadia will hit 14 Samsung models, plus the Asus ROG Phone. Here’s the full list of the 19 newly supported phones, which includes the Samsung Galaxy S20 line that’s releasing […]
Sony reportedly battling to keep PlayStation 5 price down
Sony is struggling to keep costs down on the PlayStation 5 as the console hurtles toward its big debut later this year. Bloomberg reported that the cost to build the machine has risen to $450 per unit, a big increase on the PS4’s $380. The financial outlet’s analysts are saying that the sticker price for […]
Microsoft’s Project xCloud preview extends to iOS devices
Microsoft has announced the Project xCloud preview is now also available for iOS devices. Previously, the preview was only available for Android. Project xCloud remains in preview for now, with plenty of beta-testing needed before it fully launches. If you have signed up to be a tester, you will have access to a library of […]
Microsoft will pay up to $20,000 for Xbox Live bugs
Microsoft has launched a bug bounty program especially for Xbox Live network and services, and it’s paying bug hunters up to $20,000. Like any other bug bounty program, the payout depends on the security vulnerability’s severity and starts at $500. The biggest payouts will be handed out for critical remote code execution and elevation of […]
YouTube TV arrives on PS4 ahead of PlayStation Vue shut down
PlayStation Vue subscribers on the January 30th, will lose live TV service. But the death of Vue doesn’t mean PS4 users will have to move to different hardware for their live and on-demand fix, as YouTube TV is now available on the console. The service has a solid lineup of channels and DVR functions for […]
PlayStation 5 launch date ‘leaked’
Message board website 4chan does not have a great reputation in terms of accurate consumer technology leaks, which is why a supposedly official Sony PS5 info dump recently was widely discredited. The leak, which can be now viewed on Reddit, was incredibly detailed, listing not only when and how the PlayStation 5 was to be […]
Microsoft opens up its Xbox Console Streaming preview to the world
Microsoft has also quietly been working on Xbox Console Streaming, a function that allows Xbox owners to play any owned and installed Xbox One, or Game Pass title on their Android smartphone or tablet with minimal effort. The feature has been available to select Xbox Insider program testers for a while now, but Microsoft is […]