App Update: Shazam for iOS updated to version 5.5.2

Andrew Edney
-
0
App Update: Shazam for iOS updated to version 5.5.2

The very cool music identification app Shazam has been updated to version 5.5.2.

IMG_0051_thumb1_thumb_thumb_thumb_th

Having tried some different music, I cant honestly say it find’s the song in a matter of seconds, in some cases, only two or three words had been sung. I was very impressed!

This is how Shazam is described:

Lightning fast tagging. Now discover, explore and share more music, TV shows and brands you love in as little as one second.

With unlimited tagging use Shazam as much as you want, and experience more of what you like, faster.

You can also:
○ Save & listen again (30 sec preview)
○ Buy tracks easily on iTunes & find more by tagged artists
○ View extra content as you watch TV
○ Watch music videos & concerts from YouTube
○ Share on Facebook, Twitter & email
○ See streaming lyrics in time to the music
○ Discover new music in Shazam Friends & Charts
○ See when an artist is touring
○ Use it when you don’t have a signal

What’s New in Version 5.5.2

Bug Fixes:
○ Fixes ordering of tag lists jumbled in the last update. Tags will re-sort when My Tags is opened.
○ Notifications of Friends’ tagging now opens the app on their track so you can preview and learn more

Download now from the Apple App Store

All Skyrim DLC coming to PlayStation in February

Andrew Edney
-
0
All Skyrim DLC coming to PlayStation in February

PlayStation 3 Skyrim fans rejoice – all Skyrim DLC is coming to the PlayStation Store in February, and with a 50% discount!

DragonPeak_thumb1_thumb

The 1.8 title update will also release just prior to the launch of Dragonborn. We’ll keep you posted as release dates get finalised. Last but not least, each add-on will be 50% off during its launch week on PSN.

Will you be getting it? If so leave is a comment below.

PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale DLC available February 12th

Andrew Edney
-
0
PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale DLC available February 12th

The first DLC for PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royal will be out in early February.

8388360268_ac315946a0_n

Kat graces PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale with her presence, as an up-close melee fighter who utilizes her ability to manipulate gravity to turn the tide in battle. Players who enjoyed Gravity Rush on PS Vita know that Kat loves to bend gravity to allow her to dash, slide, and fly from one place to another, and her All-Stars incarnation is no exception. Those who enjoy AP burst combos and varied mobility will definitely gravitate towards Kat.

Emmett Graves from Starhawk joins the fray! He brings his signature “Build & Battle” style from Starhawk, calling down different structures to aid him in battle, including Rift Extractors for AP and Flak Turrets that fire at will. Aside from his default rifle and pistol, Emmett can also call for additional weaponry in the form of shotgun and rocket launcher loadouts, allowing him to adapt to any situation. These loadouts will also change his level 1 super, giving him a total of five supers to choose from!

 

8388360328_721eba2bc8_n

Kat and Emmett will be available to download February 12th, and will be free for the first two weeks, so mark your calendar and get them as soon as possible!

There will be more DLC coming in March, so watch this space.

Trials Evolution : Gold Edition arrives on PC March 22nd

Andrew Edney
-
0
Trials Evolution : Gold Edition arrives on PC March 22nd

Ubisoft revealed that Trials Evolution: Gold Edition, the definitive PC edition of its best-selling Xbox LIVE Arcade games Trials Evolution and Trials HD, will be available in both digital and retail channels on March 22nd.

Trials Evolution Gold Edition packshots (24)

Meanwhile the ‘Trials’ franchise passed 4 million units sold. Trials Evolution: Gold Edition is developed by Ubisoft Shanghai under the supervision of RedLynx, a Ubisoft studio.

Trials Evolution: Gold Edition will include the complete, critically acclaimed game Trials Evolution, specially enhanced for PC, plus all of the tracks from Trials HD, recreated using Trials Evolution’s graphics and physics engine. All the features that are the foundation of the unique Trials experience will be included in the game:

· Global Leader Boards

· Local and Online 4-Player Multiplayer

· Robust and Powerful Track Editor

· Indoor and Outdoor environments

· Bike and Rider customizations

· More than 129 Tracks in all!

Trials Evolution Gold Edition packshots (31)

As developer RedLynx’s signature franchise, the Trials series first made its mark in gaming with the 2008 release of Trials 2 SE for the PC. That breakout indie success led to further success on the Xbox, but ever since then PC gamers have been asking for more Trials. The Gold Edition is their reward.

Check out the new trailer below:

Are you going to get it? Let us know by leaving a comment below.

Capcom to release Resident Evil 6 title update two next week

Andrew Edney
-
0
Capcom to release Resident Evil 6 title update two next week

Capcom have announced that they plan to update Resident Evil 6 again next week.

6c1718167e02b80781eb5ba75024fcc1

This is what they posted:

Just about a month after title update one comes (wait for it) title update two, which brings even more subtle tweaks to the game on January 22.

Agent Hunt mode

-Now available without completing the game first
-Selectable criteria before joining a session: Stage, Region, other settings like Infinite Ammo and Friendly Fire

Stage Selection

-Individual stages within chapters can be accessed any time once completed

General updates

-QTE assist: Players can optionally activate QTE assist from Amateur difficulty inside any other difficulty level (handy for fighting a certain boss at the end of Leon’s campaign on Professional…)

-Some areas have had their difficulty adjusted based on feedback

So what do you think of Resi 6? Let us know by leaving a comment below.

AMD Catalyst Software Suite Version 13.1 Released

Andrew Edney
-
0
AMD Catalyst Software Suite Version 13.1 Released

This morning my computer told me about an update for the AMD Catalyst Software Suite – taking it to version 13.1.

amd_thumb1Version 13.1 contains the following:

AMD Catalyst Control Center:  New 3D settings and profile management user interface:

AMD Catalyst 13.1 features a newly designed 3D application settings page, designed to allow users to more easily adjust and control their 3D settings on a per application basis.

Performance Highlights of AMD Catalyst 13.1 (vs. AMD Catalyst 12.10):  Includes all of the performance improvements found in AMD Catalyst 12.11 Beta 11

  • Performance gains seen on the entire AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series:
  • All game were tested at high / extreme / ultra levels
    • Enhanced performance in Far Cry 3 (up to 25% with 8xMSAA, SSAO enabled @ 1600p, and up to 15% with 8xMSAA, HDAO enabled @1600p) (AMD Catalyst 12.11 CAP2 must also be installed)
    • Enhanced AMD CrossFire™ scaling performance in Call of Duty Black Ops 2
    • Up to 10%-15% more performance in Battlefield 3 in most cases
      • • More than 20% in certain missions and sequences (Comrades)
    • Up to 7% more performance in Metro 2033
    • Up to 10% more performance in DiRT Showdown
    • Up to 8% more performance in Sleeping Dogs
    • Up to 12% more performance in Civilization V
    • Up to 10% more performance in StarCraft II
    • Up to 8% more performance in Sniper Elite: V2
    • Up to 5% more performance in Max Payne 3
  • AMD Catalyst Mobility 7970M performance for AMD Enduro™ technology supported platforms has been  improved for DirectX® 9, DirectX 10 and DirectX 11 applications:
    • 3DMark® 06 – Up to 6%
    • 3DMark Vantage – Up to 15%
    • 3DMark 11 – Up to 12%
    • AvP – Up to 11%
    • Battlefield 3 – Up to 25%
    • Call of Duty: Black Ops – Up to 13%
    • Crysis 2: Up to 45%
    • DiRT Showdown – Up to 62%
    • ETQW – Up to 8%
    • Hard Reset – Up to 8%
    • Just Cause 2 – Up to 90%
    • Mafia 2 – Up to 40%
    • The Chronicles of Riddick – Up to 4%
    • Shogun 2 – Up to 56%
    • StarCraft 2 – Up to 25%
    • Skyrim – Up to 45%
    • Sniper Elite V2 – Up to 60%
    • Tom Clancy’s HAWX – Up to 56%
    • Unigine Heaven – Up to 33%
    • Wolfenstein – Up to 9%

Resolved Issues for the Windows 8 / Windows 7 Operating Systems:

This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst 13.1 software suite.

  • A sporadic system hang encountered with a single AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series GPU seen on X58 and X79 chipsets.
  • An intermittent hang encountered with AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series GPUs in an AMD CrossFire + Eyefinity setup.
  • Missing fonts in XBMC
  • No video found in Media Player Classic Home Cinema when using full or half floating point processing
  • Skyrim lighting (missing a lighting pass) for the AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series
  • Skyrim cloud corruption experience in various in game locations
  • A  hang playing Dishonored on the AMD Radeon HD 6000 and AMD Radeon HD 5000 Series
  • Engine and memory clocks running too high when the GPU is idle.
  • GPU activity runs at lower values than expected seen on the AMD Radeon HD 7870.
  • Corruption seen in Darkness 2 and Carrier Command when using AMD CrossFire configurations
  • Adobe Premier  Pro CS6 may fail to launch
  • Hang experienced with AMD Crossfire and Eyefinity enabled on X58 and X78 chipsets
  • Corel PaintShop Pro X3 – Hangs at the “Initializing Command Manager” window
  • Company of Heroes 2 – display corruption experienced when AA is enabled in the AMD Catalyst Control Center
  • Cyberlink  Powerdirector  10 crashes intermittently.
  • Company of Heroes : Tales of Valor – Flickering experienced when AA is disabled
  • Max Payne 3 – Flickering experienced in DirectX 9 mode with forced AA enabled
  • Cyberlink PoweDVD 10 – crashes intermittently
  • VLC – Green texture corruption seen in 720p MPEG2 video clips
  • Black screen encountered when “Alternate DVI mode” is enabled in the AMD Catalyst Control Center
  • Green display corruption seen in Skype webcam video

Known Issues

The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced with the AMD Catalyst 13.1 software suite.

Known issues under the Windows 8 Operating System.

  • Sleeping Dogs – game may fail to launch in certain configurations

Known issues under the Windows 7 Operating System.

  • Shogun 2 – Total War : flickering experienced when game is run in medium quality mode
Download the lastest drivers from here

NHL GameCenter launches on Xbox LIVE

Andrew Edney
-
0
NHL GameCenter launches on Xbox LIVE

Today, NHL GameCenter will launch on Xbox LIVE around the globe, giving Gold subscribers access to their favourite NHL hockey action right from their Xbox and just in time for the 2013 season to take centre ice.

xbox

NHL GameCenter for Xbox 360 brings you live games, replays, classic games, and videos from NHL VideoCenter, plus controller-free entertainment with the power of Kinect for Xbox 360.

NHL GameCenter on Xbox LIVE offers the following features:

· Follow the Action from the 2013 NHL Season – Get real-time game scores, player stats and team standings.  All Xbox LIVE Gold Members can also follow the action on and off the ice from the NHL VideoCenter.  Watch the best goals, saves and hits from around the league this season.

 

· Live Games and Replays with NHL Game Center LIVE – With your NHL GameCenter LIVE™subscription ($49.99 USD for the 2012-13 season), watch live, out-of-market games from the NHL regular season. Miss a game? Watch full-length archived games or condensed replays from this season and last.

· Every game with an HD-Quality Picture – NHL GameCenter delivers every game in a beautiful, HD-quality picture, and each broadcast gives every fan the option of the Home or Away audio feed. With NHL GameCenter on Xbox 360, you will feel like your team is the home team.

 

· Keep Up With Your Favourite Teams – NHL GameCenter on Xbox 360 lets you personalise the experience to get to the information you care about most. Select up to five teams to follow so you can be sure not to miss a beat on your favourite teams and players.  Get the scores, player stats, schedule and live games, right at your fingertips.

· Season Central – A quick calendar view of the league schedule or just your favourite teams is a click away. Season Central is the best way to find out what games are on today, this week, or next month.

 

· Mini Guide – The Mini Guide gives you a quick preview of all of today’s action right at the bottom of your screen, and makes it easier than ever to switch between games.

 

· Split Screen – Keep an eye on the rest of the league while cheering on your home team! With Split Screen, you can watch two games at once and do just that. Watch live games on both screens or a live game on one while you catch up with a game recap on the other. You can control both screens independently, pausing and rewinding each separately so you never miss a second of the action.

 

· Classic Games from NHL Vault –Relive your favourite moments in NHL history with on-demand access to over 800 classic games from NHL Vault™. Watch some of the best Original Six battles from the 1960s or re-watch the best games from the Stanley Cup Playoffs through the years.   You now have the best way to watch these games on your big screen with Xbox 360.

 

· Voice and Gesture Control with Kinect for Xbox 360 – Focus on the puck instead of looking for the remote. Navigate through Season Central, or play, pause, and rewind that behind-the-back goal, all with the power of Kinect for Xbox 360.

With the addition of NHL GameCenter to the existing line-up of sports partners, Xbox is taking live sports on TV to a whole new level with personalisation features, deeper interactivity, and social connectivity found only on Xbox 360.

IO Interactive release screenshots for Hitman: HD Trilogy

Andrew Edney
-
0
IO Interactive release screenshots for Hitman: HD Trilogy

IO Interactive A/S, a Square Enix studio, presents the first official screenshots from the soon to be released HITMAN: HD TRILOGY.

Hitman-Trilogy-Xbox_thumb1

Experience for the first time ever the classic and critically acclaimed games: HITMAN 2: SILENT ASSASSIN, HITMAN: CONTRACTS and HITMAN: BLOOD MONEY, unified in one deadly HD-Collection for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Hitman_Blood_Money

For the very first time experience over forty incredible missions across three classic Hitman Games, all presented in glorious HD. Whether you’re a long-time fan or new to the franchise, this is the opportunity to take on the contracts that defined the series and fully established Agent 47 not only as a pop culture icon, but also as the World’s Ultimate Assassin.

Hitman_Contracts

Watch out for the launch trailer, hitting the web on Tuesday, January 28th!

Hitman_Silent_Assassin

The HITMAN: HD TRILOGY is scheduled for release in Europe and across PAL territories on February 1 and in North America on January 29, 2013 for the PlayStation and Xbox 360.

Need for Speed Most Wanted coming to the Wii U

Andrew Edney
-
1
Need for Speed Most Wanted coming to the Wii U

EA and Criterion Games announced that Need for Speed Most Wanted, winner of more than 30 industry awards, is coming to Nintendo’s Wii U system on March 19 in North America and March 21 in Europe.

nfsmw13pft2d

Need for Speed Most Wanted unleashes gamers into a connected, open world where they race, chase and explore their way to become Most Wanted amongst their friends.

Utilising three unique features of the Wii U  GamePad controller and including bonus content, the Wii U game makes the race to become Most Wanted more fun and social than ever before. Firstly, introducing an all new local co-op mode, Co-Driver, one player drives using the Wii Remote™  controller or Wii U Pro Controller, and another player uses the Wii U GamePad to provide control and navigation assistance on a fully interactive real-time map. Using just their fingertips, a partner can distract pursuing cops, switch from night to day or activate enhanced performance for any car and even control the amount of traffic on the road. This is the ultimate advantage for gamers who like to stir up trouble for the cops, their friends or just for fun.

For another competitive edge, players can change their mods, switch into their favorite cars, track milestones and uncover the city’s hidden gems, all on the fly with the Wii U touch screen, ensuring nothing ever slows them down.

Finally, Need for Speed Most Wanted on Wii U brings the blockbuster action of the open world racer to players’ fingertips. The entire game is playable off-screen using the Wii U GamePad, so gamers never have to put the game down.

Need for Speed Most Wanted on Wii U also includes the Ultimate Speed Pack, so players can take to the streets five of the sickest, most ludicrously fast cars ever made: McLaren’s F1 LM, Lamborghini’s minimalist artwork, the Aventador J, the track-focused Pagani Zonda R, Bugatti’s reigning world speed champion, the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse and Hennessey’s savage 275 mile-an-hour ragtop beast, the Venom GT Spyder .

Need for Speed Most Wanted lets gamers compete against the people they want to defeat most – their friends . With EA’s innovative online technology Autolog 2, the game automatically tracks and compares best race times, high scores and more. These stats are broadcast throughout the open world, fueling friendly competition and rivalries. Curious if you’re still dominating the leaderboards? Autolog 2 alerts you every time you’ve been knocked off the top, reminding you it’s time to reclaim your position. Need for Speed Most Wanted’s online multiplayer also ups the ante for social competition. Gamers pick a car, meet up with their friends and are immersed in a non-stop playlist of action-packed events. Whether it’s competing for the best starting position, the ultimate jump, or finishing first place, if there’s something to do, there’s someone to beat. Any Speed Points earned on Wii U will add to your existing total if you are playing the game on any of the other available platforms.

Need for Speed Most Wanted for Wii U will be available March 21 in Europe for €69.99.
For more information on Need for Speed Most Wanted, visit http://www.needforspeed.com .

Final DLC pack for Max Payne 3 coming January 22nd

Andrew Edney
-
0
Final DLC pack for Max Payne 3 coming January 22nd

Rockstar Games have announced that the final DLC pack for Max Payne 3, called Deathmatch Made in Heaven, will be released on January 22nd.

actual_1355764171

This is what Rockstar posted:

On January 22nd, we’ll be bringing you the final Max Payne 3 DLC pack for all platforms and it’s an action-packed doozy stuffed with new co-op and competitive modes, plus other awesome treats for Max Payne 3 Multiplayer.

Stay tuned in the coming days as we’ll be revealing what’s in the Deathmatch Made in Heaven Pack in greater detail – but as you can see in the pack’s official artwork above, Max and Passos will no doubt have their hands full…

The Deathmatch Made in Heaven Pack will be available in all territories on January 22nd for 800 Microsoft Points on Xbox LIVE and $9.99 on PC and PSN in North America (this pack will be available for PS3 players in Europe on January 30th). Of course, Rockstar Pass owners will receive this content at no additional charge.

Elgato Game Capture HD 1.2.1 software update now available

Andrew Edney
-
0
Elgato Game Capture HD 1.2.1 software update now available

Elgato has released an update for its Elgato Game Capture HD device.

Game_Capture_HD_Solutionshot_04_thum[2]

This this update:

  • Improved Twitch streaming reliability.
  • Improved support of Retro-Consoles – we’ve personally tested the Atari Jaguar, Microsoft Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo 64 (N64), Super Nintendo (SNES), Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), Sega Dreamcast, Sega Saturn, Sega Genesis, Sega Master System, Sony PlayStation 1 and Sony PlayStation 2 (that was fun!) and would love to hear your success stories with further standard definition gaming systems!
  • Many, many small bugfixes.

The Elgato Game Capture HD 1.2.1 software update is available as a free download at http://gamecapture.com for PC and Mac.

Print your own cover for your Nokia Lumia 820 with 3D Printing

Andrew Edney
-
0
Print your own cover for your Nokia Lumia 820 with 3D Printing

If you want to print your own cover for your Lumia 820, take a look at the Nokia Lumia 820 3D printing community project.

nokia-lumia-820-covers465

Once in a while there comes along a technology that has the potential to utterly transform our lives. The internet did it and so did mobile phones. Now, it looks like 3D printing could join this exclusive list. To find out more about this amazing innovation and how Nokia might use it in the future, we spoke with John Kneeland, a Nokia Community & Developer Marketing Manager based in Silicon Valley.

To read all about it and learn more, click here.

Now all I need is my own 3D printer and I’m set!

Behind the scenes with Nora Tschirner as voice of Lara Croft for German Tomb Raider

Andrew Edney
-
0
Behind the scenes with Nora Tschirner as voice of Lara Croft for German Tomb Raider

Yesterday we told you that Nora Tschirner would be voicing Lara Croft in Tomb Raider in Germany and today there is a behind the scenes video you can watch.

101181-nora_tschirner_hf_l_2_53351_2

Nora started her career as a VJ for MTV and is also a successful and actress.

Here is the behind the scenes video  to hear Nora as Lara, and to see some behind-the-scenes clips from her recent recording sessions. Even if you don’t speak German, emotion and enthusiasm are universal!:

I wonder who will be voicing Lara in other countries?

Check out our preview of the first 3 hours of Tomb Raider single player Check out our preview of Tomb Raider multiplayer Check out our Exclusive interview with Darrell Gallagher from Cyrstal Dynamics Check out our Exclusive interview with Meagan Marie from Crystal Dynamics

Far Cry 3 critical patch 1.03 released for Xbox 360

Andrew Edney
-
2
Far Cry 3 critical patch 1.03 released for Xbox 360

Ubisoft have released patch 1.03 for Far Cry 3 on the Xbox 360.

120604_04pm_XBOX_FC3_UK-0045_thumb1_

Multiplayer fixes for the patch:
General:
– Fixed several crashes
– Fixed bug where user was unable to jump on certain surfaces
– Fixed bug where players could become invisible
– Fixed bug with 3D weapon images in Decoding menu
– Fixed bug where weapons could disappear after completing objectives in Co-op
– Fixed bug where users could get stuck in Loadout screen in Co-op
– Removed “Reloading” shout after user shoots the bow
– Fixed issue with overlapping UI elements when playing split-screen
– Fixed bug where split-screen users could get stuck in black screen after a cinematic
– Parties will no longer be allowed to numerically unbalance games
– Improved and fixed several issues with host migration
– Connection degradation will now properly trigger a host migration
– Fixed several bugs with Loadout menu
– Fixed bug that could display a profile restriction message when trying to join a lobby
– Fixed bug where users could get stuck in 3rd person in Custom games
– Fixed bug with Flamethrower not doing any damage in certain circumstances
– Fixed bug where “Player is on the way” tag could stick to downed players
– Fixed bug where clients could remain on black screen if host left the game
– Fixed bug where Fire Arrows did not do fire damage
– Fixed bug where Long Distance Kill was not awarded
– Fixed bug where Tag Assist was not awarded
– Fixed bug where Killcam wasn’t shown in certain circumstances
– Fixed bug where Survival Instinct was not cancelled properly
– Fixed bug where Psych gas could get dropped in the wrong place
– Fixed bug where Psych gas could affect players outside of the deployment area
– Fixed bug where users could get stuck when killed by Poison gas
– Fixed bug where other player’s footstep sounds sometimes did not play behind you
– Fixed bug where sound could get muffled when being revived
– Fixed bug where user could get de-synced if killed in mid-air
Map Editor:
– Added information for Player Map playlists
– Improved available space for Player map names in lobby
– Fixed bug where User made maps wasn’t downloaded properly in lobby
– Fixed bug that made the user stuck when igniting Firestorm nodes on certain maps

Single Player fixes for the patch:
– Fixed issue with accessing the camera and the throwing rocks.
– Fixed issue with accessing weapons. The user weapon inventory will be restored as soon by entering in a safehouse or by fast travelling.
– Users that have miss the Relic located in Dr. Earnhardt cave will have the relic recover.
– Fixed the bug with the weapon models staying on screen / stuck on the character arm.
– The leaderboard is now updating correctly even after if the user is disconnecting/reconnecting the ethernet cable
– The objective is now properly updated after Jason burns the weed fields.
– New options the hide the HUD are now available in the option menu.
– Add support for downloadable content.
– Fixed the issue when the user was becoming invincible after failing mission ‘Black Gold’ several times.
– The Phonecall from Hurk (ULC missions) is no longer overlapping the brief of the ‘Piece of the past’ mission.
– Fixed the game crashes happening when the user reconnect to Ubisoft servers using an account that has unlocked any MP item.
– Fixed the issue when Sam was no longer in the jeep’s turret after placing two bomb and being kill several time in ‘Black Gold’ mission.
– Sam is no longer getting stuck when the user destroy an enemy car.
– Fixed the buttons issue related to the Lefty Stick Controls scheme.

Are you playing the game? Let us know by leaving a comment below.

Exclusive Far Cry 3 Single Player and Multiplayer gameplay footage Exclusive Far Cry 3 Interview with Dan Hay and Jamie Kean
1...1,1901,1911,192...1,615Page 1,191 of 1,615