For over 30 years, Twin Galaxies has been recognized as THE world's premiere electronic games referee, having judged contests and high scores submitted
by console gamers, arcades and PC gamers worldwide!
None of this was more apparent than in those visual / performance comparisons for multi-platform games where, if anyone from the PC crowd dared mention the superiority of the version of the game on their platform of choice, they would be shot down
by console gamers for reasons elucidated above.
Localization is tolerated to a higher degree
by console gamers, but is a real problem that will annoy most PC gamers.
Not exact matches
The overall
games market will continue climbing to $ 83 billion
by 2016, but mobile and online will increasingly make up the lion's share after surpassing
consoles and PCs this year.
With Pokemon GO still taking the world
by storm and Nintendo's new Switch
console flying off the shelves, 2017 looks set to become another bumper year for the resurgent
games company.
By claiming the electronics they ordered had shown up damaged, the couple scored GoPro cameras, Xbox game consoles, Samsung smartwatches, and Microsoft Surface tablets by creating hundreds of fake online identities to conceal their crime
By claiming the electronics they ordered had shown up damaged, the couple scored GoPro cameras, Xbox
game consoles, Samsung smartwatches, and Microsoft Surface tablets
by creating hundreds of fake online identities to conceal their crime
by creating hundreds of fake online identities to conceal their crimes.
Analysts said the Switch is likely to offer a richer
game lineup than its predecessor as the new
console is powered
by processor chips based on
game developer - friendly architecture
by designer ARM.
Get $ 10 to spend
by Prime Day when you stream a Prime video for the first time on your compatible Fire TV, Smart TV, streaming media player,
game console, mobile phone, or tablet.
There's also Ouya, the Kickstarter - funded, Android - software - based
console that launched in June with an aim to further shake up the business
by offering inexpensive, independently developed
games for the TV.
U.S. Supreme Court justices expressed support on Tuesday for Microsoft's bid to fend off class action claims
by Xbox 360 owners who say the video
game console gouges discs because of a design defect.
But there's a reason previous
game consoles had been developed
by huge companies like Sony and Microsoft: It's an expensive process.
By launching in the U.S. first, the network has also been able to fine tune the experience before expanding internationally, which is why Shudder is available on the major platforms — iOS, Android, Apple TV, Chromecast and Roku — except for
game consoles.
Atari released its considerably more successful Pong
console in 1975, followed
by the 2600 — the first real hit home video
game machine — in 1977.
I read the funniest thing the other day courtesy of The Wall Street Journal: «Google Inc. is developing a video
game console and wrist watch powered
by its Android operating system, according to people familiar with the matter, as the internet company seeks to spread the software beyond smartphones and tablets.»
Evolution's developers, Jeff Sember and Don Mattrick (who now heads up Microsoft's interactive entertainment business), went on to form Distinctive Software and became one of the largest publishers of video
games not owned
by a
console maker in the 1980s.
By next year, the hordes of Candy Crush and Clash of Clans players will even be outspending
gamers on Xbox, PlayStation, and other
consoles, according to a new report.
There are about 223 million
game -
console owners in the world right now — but there are 500 million smartphone owners walking around, and that's expected to reach 1.5 billion
by 2015.
But when approached
by a New York Times reporter, despite the copious signs of
console game success all around him, Boatman seemed to be more interested in a whole different type of
game: the simple, cheap apps that millions of people around the world were starting to download to their smartphones and iPads.
People who have been able to buy a
console are generally impressed
by its features and
games.
«First - party bundles (
games developed
by the
console maker) cost around $ 2 and have a perceived value of $ 50, so they make a ton of sense,» he says.
Earlier this month, Sony announced that it was dropping the price of its PlayStation 4
game console by $ 50 to $ 349.99.
«Third - party bundles (
games developed
by another developer) are more expensive, but in many cases [are] associated with one
console over the other... Even third party bundles cost only around $ 40, and the perceived benefit is $ 50 or more... Thus, bundles always make more sense.»
It will also be the first «Assassin's Creed»
game that will launch solely on current - gen
consoles, and the first to be developed
by Ubisoft's Quebec studio.
Sony kicked off its virtual reality news
by showing a demo of a new installment of the popular Resident Evil action - horror video
game franchise that will work on both Sony's PlayStation 4 gaming
console as well as the new virtual reality headset.
Meanwhile, when the company uses a robot to install windows, it still needs one worker on site to run it using what looks like a video
game console and the other to help position the window
by hand.
As a
gamer, I must admit to being a little put off
by Microsoft's big reveal on Tuesday of its next - generation
console, the Xbox One.
Sony has so far taken the opposite tack, billing its upcoming PlayStation 4 as a
console designed «
by gamers for
gamers.»
Right now these first parties maintain their industry dominance
by funneling the
game experience through «locked»
consoles that are essentially custom PCs.
The 4K content is bolstered
by the
console's support for HDR, which provides a wider band of colors, making video and
games more vibrant.
As Jerry Brown, associate partner in PricewaterhouseCooper's consulting practice, recalls, «I saw a presentation given
by one of the major studios where they pointed out that when they sold a [
game] for a
console they expected to collect $ 50 per consumer and that was it.
Xbox One X comes with support for super-high-resolution 4K video, and according to Microsoft, is
by far the most powerful
game console it's ever offered.
Publishers and
console makers can also try to cut out pesky used -
game retailers such as GameStop
by going completely digital, but then those pesky retailers are likely to turn around and stop selling
consoles.
The online
game distributor made noise in 2013 with a promise to revolutionize the gaming market
by jumping from PCs to the living room through open - source
consoles featuring a touch - pad - equipped controller.
I happen to have lots of
game consoles in my house, and for our holiday party we did Just Dance [a «rhythm
game» developed and published
by Ubisoft].
California - based OnLive, backed
by AT&T and BT Group, launched at last year's E3 with major studios including Electronic Arts and Ubisoft supplying top - tier
console games, which customers pay to access on a computer or television.
Japanese videogames maker Nintendo Co Ltd reported its biggest third - quarter operating profit in eight years, driven
by smashing demand for its new Switch
games console, and said it expected annual earnings to outstrip its previous estimate.
It is,
by a large measure, the most powerful home
game console ever made.
In its first 10 months on the market, it became the fastest - selling
game console in U.S. history, and the company expects to sell 14 million units
by its first anniversary.
Zilok is a site through which you can rent out anything from furniture and tools to video -
game consoles when they're not being used
by you.
Sony Corp. said on Wednesday sales of its PlayStation 4 video
game console had exceeded 50 million units as of Dec. 6 helped
by strong demand during the year - end holiday season.
TOKYO (Reuters)- Sony Corp said on Wednesday sales of its PlayStation 4 video
game console had exceeded 50 million units as of Dec 6 helped
by strong demand during the year - end holiday season.
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is reportedly developing a
game console to combat a similar device that could be released
by Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) in the near future.
Originally developed as a PC
game by independent Swedish programmer Markus Persson, Minecraft now spawns various
console versions, books, toys and clothing.
Then I was
consoled by one of the soldiers in our
game.
Project Cars 2 is coming to
consoles late in 2017 and, judging
by the new trailer and
game details, it looks pretty awesome.
A
GAME den (below) is available during the fanzone, the gaming
consoles and monitors are kindly provided
by GAME and IIYAMA.
By teaching them to manage everything from ipads, TV,
games consoles to computers and smartphones, kids learn a healthy balance between screens and fun real life activities because the goal is to help young children to value other activities as much as they do screentime.
If your entertainment center has doors utilize them
by locking up your
game consoles, DVD players.
U.S. homes have about 63 million video
game consoles, and together they use about as much energy as San Diego does in a year, according to a 2008 study
by the Natural Resources Defense Council
Gamers might one day be able to enjoy the same graphics - intensive fast - action video
games they play on their gaming
consoles or personal computers from mobile devices without guzzling gigabytes, thanks to a new tool developed
by researchers at Duke University and Microsoft Research.