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There’s only English (and dragon) language support at the moment, with others including French and Spanish being added later. In terms of when they’ll be released, Bethesda simply said “We’ll share those dates as soon we know them.” For now however, players can not only use the voice commands to perform shouts from within the game, but control followers, access the inventory, trade, look at the map, open enchanting or cooking menus and more. There’ve been a few reviews of the voice feature for Skyrim, with most finding it a bit gimmicky in some instances. However there are those that can really get into shouting at their Xbox. It’s also been said that certain clunky functions, like inventory access are vastly improved by a simple voice command. A similar feature in Mass Effect 3 that let you command your fellow freedom fighters by voice makes a lot more sense than its traditional pause and point, click. What are your thoughts on voice commands? Is it something you want in a game or see as unecessary?]]> The Power supply is a component that has become increasingly important in recent years as the wattage requirements for parts ramp up and customers become more aware of their system’s impact on the environment – and their wallet. Because of this many companies have begun producing PSUs, leading to a pretty convuluted marketplace, making it hard to decide which one to go for. While XSR doesn’t have the budget for a full power supply test run, we can do a couple of quick checks which will let you know whether you can put a unit on your maybe list, or strike it off altogether. Today I’m looking at the Thermaltake Smart M650w unit. Let’s see where it belongs. Other information released by the report revealed that the number of daily active users was up to 65 million. This represents a 3 million jump over this quarter last year. Monthly active users almost reached a third of a billion, sitting pretty at 292 million people. When quizzed about the firm’s financial loss – despite revenue increase – CEO of Zynga Mark Pincus said that it was due to a larger investment expenditure. “We’re pleased with the progress that Zynga has made in the first quarter growing our audience reach 25% year over year and nearly 20% quarter over quarter. Our team did a great job launching 5 new games across mobile and web including new hits like Hidden Chronicles, Slingo and Scramble with Friends,” he said. While Zynga has continued steady growth, some of its newer titles, sequels to popular originals, like Mafia Wars 2, haven’t been anywhere near as well received as their earlier counterparts. It’s thought that the company plans to expand into mobile phones outside of Facebook. Considering the popularity of titles like Farmville, it makes sense that the company would want to expand its potential audience. Source: GamesIndustry Mechanical keyboards have become increasingly popular over the last year, particularly as peripheral manufacturers sponsor pro-gaming teams, and today we’ve got one more: The somewhat redundantly titled Cooler Master Quick Fire Rapid, a tenkeyless mechanical keyboard available with your choice of Cherry MX Blue, Brown, Red and Black switches. Like many other manufacturers, Cooler Master started out in a specialised area (cooling) but has since branched out into a number of different areas, including peripherals. Corsair has followed a similar path and impressed me with their Corsair Vengeance suite of mechanical keyboards and gaming mice; can Cooler Master do the same? Set to be released on 15th June the advenutre game will cost £34.99. This is actually 11 days before the US release in a shock turn of events. Charged with discovering a cure for the dying leader of Nexus, four heroes must travel and fight together or apart to confront a growing evil. Reviews so far have the game as a game changer for the DS, opening it up for new types of gameplay thanks to it taking advantage of the handheld console’s social features. Currently there are other companies that have pre-order options for the title, so it’ll be interesting if those disapear after this announcement from GAME. While there is no release date, Play has it £10 cheaper at £24.99. GAME also has an upcoming special edition release of Assassin’s Creed III, with a bonus mission and weapons, showing developers and publishers do want to continue working with GAME. Hopefully it lasts this time. Source: Games Industry]]> In a bit of a chicken and egg scenario, gamers claim that they buy used games because retail prices are too high, and developers and publishers claim that prices are so high because so many used games are bought. The latter also implemented horrible, horrible DRM like Always On and Online Passes, to combat the used game industry’s billion dollar success. EK Gaming however is stepping out in front and saying enough of the sillyness, offering a unique and elegant solution that if adopted my many other retailers, could see the used game market endure, while allowing publishers to not bundle restrictive DRM with their games. It might even make them produce games that are unique, since they could afford to take a few more risks if they knew money would be made from the game for years to come, instead of just over the few months after release. “Publishers are spending record amounts of cash on new game development. This increase in dev costs is steering them in directions that don’t necessarily jive with gamers, causing them to take less risks on new and potentially exciting IP’s or game mechanics and sticking with tried and true properties that are more of a guarantee,” said CEO of EKGaming Mike Kennedy. “We want to share our used game revenue with them so they can continue investing in new gaming experiences without worrying about the negative effects used games could be having on their operations.” EK has also promised to offer a higher trade in value for games, offering gamers up to 30 per cent of the original retail value of the title.]]> Xclio have one mission in life: Make high quality cooling equipment to the best of their abilities. They have a huge range of cases made for gamers and tech enthusiasts alike, and the Touch 767 is one of the most recent additions to their Full Tower range. The Touch 767 and Touch 787 are Xclio’s latest case design, a far mark away from the design of their almost iconic A380 tower. It’s all set up for water cooling and there’s enough spare fan slots that anybody who can invest in this case is looking at some serious cooling power. “We’re building the next generations of our products and technology right here in London and Skype is looking to hire a Software Development Engineer to contribute to the development of our experiences on Xbox,” says the job listing. The relevant experience and qualifications include: • B. Sc. in Computer Science or related field • Solid background and a broad range of experience in Windows development, experience with the following technologies is essential: C++/ C# and . Net • Experience building and shipping software within an Agile software development environment • Exposure to XDK, XNA and the Xbox platform or any experience in game development would be nice to have The job listing also notes that experience developing Windows 8 Metro experience would be a big bonus. It seems likely from this that the Xbox’s dashboard will be taking on a similar Metro feel to it in the future. But what will you be doing as part of Skype Xbox? “You will work in a dynamic environment on highly visible products, participating in all steps of the product lifecycle. You will be designing and developing next generation scalable services for millions of end users. This is a new team to Skype as well as the London office, so the positions will lend themselves well to people with a great startup mentality and the ability to make things happen.” Good luck]]> NeoGamr has been asking the company about it, but when quizzed about possibly dropping the long running service, Microsoft’s response was “no.” “Microsoft continues to support the Games for Windows platform, but we are making new investments in Metro style games. For the core PC gamer we launched “Age of Empires Online” last year and “Microsoft Flight” on February 29.” Microsoft is attempting to extend the Windows experience onto phones and tablets with the Windows 8 Metro launch later this year and it looks like there will be a taste of Xbox Live on the new operating system when it launches later this year. “When it comes to the living room, Xbox 360 was the number one selling connected TV device in 2011 and we have 40 million Xbox LIVE members. We are committed to delivering extraordinary entertainment experiences across devices in a uniquely connected way. Xbox LIVE on Windows 8 is a milestone in that journey. With the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, you’ll get a taste of some of the features we’re bringing with Xbox on Windows, but we’ll have more to share later this year as we get closer to launch.” “Microsoft continues to support the Games for Windows platform, but we are making new investments in Metro style games.]]> Tessellation is heavily evident and is showcased in a wire map segment of a human face. This is quickly followed up by a skinning of said person with an incredibly detailed skin texture. This was a technique used to show off the Cryengine 2 when it was being worked on – this takes it to a whole new level. Much of the video has the developer window open at the same time, showing the seamless real time editing of different scenes and visual effects. Real time reflections make the sea look fantastic and it moves in a very organic fashion. AI mapping is shown off, but its hard to discern much from it. Advances in computer controlled bots would have a big impact on gameplay so it’ll be exciting to see the first CryEngine 3 games land to test what advances have been made in this area. Other visual improvements include tweaked glass shattering animations, improved day and night cycles, as well as “filmic toning” to improve twilight lighting – making it have a much more sepia colour palette compared with the higher segments of the day. To check out the video yourself, head over to Eurogamer.]]>
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Tt eSports Shock a hAon Réamhrá Sa lá atá inniu mé ag amharc ar Shock na eSports TT amháin headset. I gcomparáid leis an mbliain roimhe TT eSports cluasáin ghlac mé le breathnú ar, tá na gamer i bhfad níos mó atá dírithe. Gné siad freisin fíorúil timpeall fuaime ba chóir a dhéanamh mór iad le haghaidh breathnú ar scannáin freisin. A ligean ar a fháil amach! Sonraíochtaí Pacáistiú Tagann an headset i mbosca geal agus bríomhar leis na gnéithe is mó ar an tosaigh. Tá an cúl eolas den chineál céanna i dteangacha éagsúla. Oscailt suas an bosca a fháil againn le péire éagsúla cupáin chluas, mála, treoracha, CD bogearraí agus leabhrán bharántas. An Headset Leis an cluasáin amach as an bhosca, is é seo cad a fheiceáil. Huaire siad suas go leor beag atá handy. Tá an taobh amuigh den cupán cluaise mogalra cé nach fuaime thagann tríd, agus ní mór dúinn freisin lógó TT atá soilsithe ag soilse nuair a bhíonn siad plugáilte isteach Níl an micreafón inbhainte ach a dhéanann sé huaire ar shiúl agus nach bhfuil sé in úsáid. Tá sé seo conas tá sé nuair atá sé unfolded. Is é an rialtóir déanta as plaisteach mothú deas agus nach bhfuil na cnaipí greamaitheach agus depress go héasca. Ar an taobh is dhá lasca ligean duit a chur faoi ghlas na rialuithe ar thaobh tosaigh agus cas na soilse amach ar an cupáin chluas agus ar an rialtóir. Seo iad na soilse ar: Is féidir leis an headband a leathnú go leor i bhfad atá úsáideach do gach duine, lena n-áirítear dom mo cheann mór. Leathanaigh: 1 2