U & I Entertainment, in partnership with Strategy First, announces that FlatOut 4: Total Insanity is coming to PS4 and Xbox One and will be available on retail shelves in North and South America in April 2017. Pre-Order now at GameStop, Best Buy and Amazon.
The legendary demolition derby racing series that refuses to take itself too seriously is back and better than ever. Smash, burn, and cause mayhem in both online and offline races. Acquire nitro boost to violently crash into your opponents at breakneck speed. Compete with and conquer your opponents in a wide variety of tracks, arenas and game modes.
Kylotonn Games brings their renowned expertise in racing games development to FlatOut 4: Total Insanity and gives players an explosive blend of wild race circuits, outrageous stunts and epic collisions. The game also features powerful muscle cars, slick racing cars, intimidating trucks and even the Myko Gusto Rocket Sorbet van.
FlatOut 4: Total Insanity Features:
• Customizable Cars: Gamers unlock 27 cars to customize and race, including tributes to fan favorites and new additions to the garage;
• Dynamic Tracks: FlatOut 4: Total Insanity features 20 tracks including traditional derby racing, time trials, arenas, assault levels, carnage levels and much more;
• Destructible Environments: Chaos and destruction return to the world of racing with high speed collisions and wild destructible environments;
• The Legendary Stunt Mode: Six new stunts and six re-imagined classic stunt mini-games await fans in search of epic crashes and death-defying maneuvers;
• Arena Mode: Three gameplay styles including Death Match, Capture the Flag and Survivor;
• New Assault Mode: An arsenal of deadly weapons at your disposal to slow or destroy opponents;
• Multiplayer Mayhem: Competitive local and online modes allow up to eight players to master destruction arenas, race courses and set traps.
• Thumping Indie Soundtrack: FlatOut features a global range of amazing indie music tracks.
As you might remember that Wileyfox entered the phone market in 2015 with the Swift and the Storm smart phone market. Then last year Wileyfox released Swift 2 and Swift 2 Plus continuing with the Swift’s success.
But Wileyfox didn’t just wait around but have released a slightly bigger size smart phone at 5.2″ with a 1080p screen called the “Swift 2 X” (Midnight Blue/Gold).
As the Swift 2 and Swift 2 Plus had 720p screens. The Swift 2 X is priced at £219.99 with two different colours from Midnight Blue and Champagne Gold, priced £30 more that the Swift 2 Plus. The metal casing the device feels a lot more expensive than he actually is, since you would rather expect a plastic housing with an inexpensive device.
The display’s viewing angles showed no weird colour shifts while the automatic brightness worked properly.
Back picture of the Swift 2 XTop of Swift 2 X with headphone jackVolume controls and power on/offUSB type C and speakersim slot and micro SD slot
So what you get extra for the money is a bigger screen at 5.2″ and a 1080p and a bigger battery at 3010 mAh, if you use a Quick Charge 3.0 charger it will charge the phone in turbo speed for you (no charger is included with the phone)
Software One of the unique aspects of Wileyfox devices is that they provide the British firm has CyanogenOS.This Android variation customize the look little, but adds in many places in the operating system tricks to which you can adapt it to your own preferences.
For example you can shuffle the order of the settings in the notification window or screen off by double-tapping on the notification bar.Also adjust the navigation buttons at the bottom of the screen and allows you to select the Cyanogen itself theme options which icons or colour you prefer.
Wileyfox itself provides virtually no additional apps along with the Swift 2 Plus.Some standard apps like the camera app and the launcher, are apps that belong to CyanogenOS.Other apps, such as the telephone and contacts app, again Google apps.
Battery Life
The Swift 2 Plus has a battery capacity of 3010 mAh and also has built an energy-efficient processor.This meant in practice offers around 50 percent battery life surged at the end of the day.A light user should be able to get even two days, without the device having to load on a daily basis.
Camera
With the Swift 2 X using the same camera sensor as the Swift 2 Plus 16 megapixel back camera and a 8 megapixel front camera.
Taken on a rainy and very cloudy day
Key Specs
Screen size: 5.2-inches
Screen resolution: 1920×1080
Weight: 153g
OS: Cyanogen (for now) with pure Android very soon
Rear Camera: 16-megapixel
Front camera: 8-megapixel
Processor: Snapdragon 430
Memory: 3GB
Storage: 32GB
Battery 3010 mAh
4G LTE: Yes
Fingerprint sensor on the rear of the device Verdict
The Wileyfox Swift 2 X isn’t really a leap in specs compared with the excellent Swift 2 Plus, but for anyone who demands Full HD (1080p) visuals on their mobile, this certainly delivers. If you spend a lot of time watching video and playing games on your handset, then the extra £30 is just about justified – especially given the extra battery life. For everyone else, the Swift 2 Plus offers the same solid budget design, performance and camera tech.
I would pay the extra £30 to get a bigger screen and better screen and a little bit bigger battery. You can grab the Wileyfox Swift 2 X right now for £219 from the Wileyfox website.
With CyanogenOS closing down over Christmas 2016 is no more so what is Wileyfox going to do about this problem, read the quote from them below.
Please read this post from Wileyfox Facebook Page
In light of the recent news from Cyanogen, every Wileyfox user’s experience will remain unchanged – hooray!
This was expected and we are confident with the smooth transition planned in an upcoming over-the-air update for the entire Wileyfox product range that will migrate away from Cyanogen’s refocus strategy, and on to a purer Android experience – enhanced.
We strongly recommend that all current and future users accept the upcoming update request to ensure they are on-board for the future. This will include the ability to maintain the same experience as before and the added ability to partake in updates and upgrades to the software in the future.
We will continue to push this update to your device, and for new users we again recommend they download and install this update upon purchase.
We have been ruthlessly testing this and planning a distribution for this update, with a rollout to be released beginning today with immediate effect. Once this transition is implemented and users accept this upcoming update, our first order of business is to focus on delivering Android Nougat 7.0 across the portfolio beginning as early as February, and the entire portfolio by end of Q1 2017.
We value our customers above anything else, and therefore will now take full direct control on all such upgrades to ensure all devices, not just the flagship’s, will get these regular updates.
What this means is we at Wileyfox are still committed to continuous security and Android updates for the entire user base (old, current, and new), a bloatware free OS, deeply integrated value added services, and a promise to maintain a no bullshit attitude to the Wileyfox user experience.
We hope you had an amazing Wileyfoxmas. We look forward to 2017 and beyond, in a Wileyfox world of no bullshit!
At the end of November 2016, the US mobile manufacturer Blu has revealed its first UK phone, the Vivo 6 priced at £239.99 (Gold/Rose Gold) both exclusive sold via Amazon.co.uk. The mid–range Android handset comes full of impressive features and is taking direct aim at the One Plus 3.
Main Blu Vivo 6, Protective Case and spare screen protector as one is already install on the smart phone, earphone, USB Type C cable, USB On-the-Go adapter and charger
Front of the Vivo 6 with Front finger print sensorBackTop of the Vivo 6 with 3.5mm headphone jackBottom of the Vivo with speaker and USB type CVolume Controls and on/off bottonSim/micro SD slot
With the Blu Vivo 6 has an aluminium unibody design and boasts a capacious 5.5–inch screen with a full HD 1080p display. It’s powered by a octacore processor, which is backed up by 4GB of RAM.
Vivo 6 manages to get the basics right which hits the storage sweet spot with 64GB that is enough space for most even to build up a mobile movie library. You can also add your extra data or stuff in a micro SD card spot storage. Thebatt USB C port ensures speedy charging like charging from 4% to 35% in 30 minutes which will keep up going for the day at work.
Round the back, there’s a 13-megapixel camera, made by Sony, with an 8-megapixel effort around the front for selfies.
With a 5.5in screen size the Vivo 6 really boosts the viewing experience. If you have never had or used a phone-screen at such a size before, you’ll be more inclined to start catching up on the week’s TV during your daily commute.
A feature on the Blu Vivo 6 is an Edge Bar, which can be activated by sliding left or right on the fingerprint reader on the bottom.
This will bring you quick access to settings, a notepad and other things that you can configure manually.
Camera
The 13MP rear snapper has phase detect autofocus and a twin LED flash, even the most experts and favours of photographers should be able to take some impressively inside or outside the light.
This is also having 8MP selfie cam that is equally as impressive, as long as you feed it enough natural light to keep the noise levels low. If you like your filters, then you might be loving beauty which enables you to tweak your photos.
There are plenty of camera modes to play around such as HDR, Panorama, Time-lapse and a dedicated Night mode. There’s even a dedicated GIF creator too.
Here are the camera modes you get on the Vivo 6, which gives scope to get the best from the camera.
Both taken on and rainy and overcast
Both picture not to bad for a very rubbish UK weather.
Nice Hot Chocolate on a cold day
Battery Life
It can easily survive a day of light use, so there’s no need to be running home from work to prevent it from blacking out. Watching an hour long television show usually knocked 15% off the battery total.
The Vivo 6 keyword is very simple you will be delighted by the simplicity of the phone’s layout, because this phone is having such a kind of very easy and interesting layout. Your all apps are available from the phone’s home screens like iOS.
The Vivo 6 ships with Marshmallow and a special Blu skin launcher on top of Marshmallow. Specs
A 7.6mm Aluminium Unibody shell
5.5-inch Full HD display with Gorilla Glass 3 (401PPI)
Octo-Core 1.8GHz MediaTek P10 SoC with 4GB of RAM
64GB onboard storage + microSD expandability (up to 256GB)
4G Dual SIM (second SIM or memory card, not both)
Cat 6 4G modem (150/50Mbps)
3,130mAh battery with Quick Charging
13-megapixel main camera with Phase Detection AF (PDAF)
8-metapixel selfie camera
USB-C
Fingerprint sensor
Supplied with a screen protector fitted (plus spare), clear flexible case and USB On-the-Go adapter
Conclusion
The Blu Vivo 6 is an exceptional good phone for the money, with excellent battery life of 3,130 mAh it will keep you going for a long while.
Pros
Great spec list for the money – Full 5.5-inch HD display, 4GB RAM and 64GB of storage are highlights at under £240
Display is sharp, colours are good
Tweaks to Android are mostly minimal and well thought out
Solid photos in bright conditions
Premium all-metal design
USB-C port
Battery Life is very good can last 2/3 days with light/normal usage
Cons
There’s no app drawer as part of the UI, which is down to personal preference but it would be easier to keep the home screen organised
No Waterproofing
No NFC
If the Vivo 6 had waterproofing and NFC it would have got the Movies Games and Tech Gold Award.
Fallout Shelter from Bethesda Game Studios, is now ready to put Overseers in control of their own Vault and an army of Dwellers on Xbox One and Windows 10.
Fallout Shelter is available now as an Xbox Play Anywhere title via a free download from the Xbox Store or Windows Store.
As an Xbox Play Anywhere title, player progress is retained across both Xbox One and Windows 10, meaning users can switch seamlessly between platforms and pick up where they left off, bringing all their saves, progress, and achievements with them.
The game has also been fully adapted to work with the Xbox One controller, so players can experience Vault life bigger and better, right from their TV.
Today Disney has announced that the streaming service, DisneyLife for the Amazon Fire TV Stick in the UK, giving more UK fans the opportunity to access the biggest collection of Disney and Disney Pixar movies and exclusive Disney Channel TV box sets all in one digital subscription.
Marking another major addition to the service, the DisneyLife app is available for download on Amazon Appstore. This builds on the existing viewing availability on Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV streaming media boxes and Fire tablets, Android TV and compatibility with Chromecast and AirPlay for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.
Home to the largest collection of Disney content all in one place, subscribers will be able to access over 400 movies, plus over 3000 TV episodes.
Latest additions to the service include brand new collections and exclusive behind the scenes content from Beauty and the Beast, as well Disney favourites Mary Poppins and Ducktales, and the recently launched DisneyLife Shorts A-Z – a daily reveal of Disney content for each letter of the alphabet.
Visit www.DisneyLife.com, Amazon Appstore, Apple’s App Store or Google Play for more information on DisneyLife or to sign up for a free seven day trial. Available for £4.99 per month there’s no annual contract so members may cancel at any time. Subscription auto-renews after free period.
Ubisoft announced that Operation Velvet Shell, the first free update of Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege Year 2, will be available for Xbox One, Playstation 4 and Windows PC from today (7th February). Year 2 pass holders will instantly receive the two new Operators of the Spanish Counter Terrorist Unit as well as their four signature weapons skins. Non-Season Pass owners will be able to unlock them using the ‘Renown’ in-game currency or R6 Credits from 14th February 2017.
The new Coastline map featuring Operation Velvet Shell
In Operation Velvet Shell, players will assume the role of two Spanish operators from the Grupo Especial de Operaciones and attempt to regain control of the Ibiza coastline using their unique tactical expertise:
Mira has proven her strength and endurance in tactical situations, but her best asset is her technical expertise. Her specialty is creating Black Mirrors, nearly indestructible horizontal one-way windows that can be punched into barricades or destructible walls. Combined with the Vector 45 ACP and ITA12L as her primary weapons, enemies can rapidly go from “spotted” to “dead.”
Jackal has developed his expertise in tracking down High Value Targets and intercepting narcotics shipments with the G.E.O.s. Equipped with the C7E and PDW9 as primary weapons, Jackal can also activate his Eyenox Model III headset to track enemy footprints. The more recent the prints, the “hotter” they’ll appear in Jackal’s view, so if you see bright red bootprints, there’s likely an enemy nearby!
Additionally, as part of the ongoing commitment to enrich the Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege playing experience, Year 2 will start with a new dynamic navigation interface, making player activity such as challenges, news and boosters available in the same place.
Xavier Marquis, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege Creative Director explains, “We are working hard on ensuring the game’s longevity. We are here to stay so want to make sure that you’re getting comfortable”.
Watch the newest clip from “Logan” out 1st March, In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hide out on the Mexican border. But Logan’s attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are up-ended when a young mutant arrives, being pursued by dark forces.
Today TomTom has announced a new TomTom Sports app, launched in the UK, replacing the old MySports app.
The app has been co-created with athletes and fitness app users. It introduces new motivational messages, activity trends, performance stats down to the second and rich social sharing functions – all presented in a revamped user interface.
The TomTom Sports app provides a single place to track up to 12 different activity types ranging from running, cycling and swimming to skiing, trail running and hiking. It shows your latest efforts and achievements, with smart comparisons to benchmark performance against personal bests.
It also enables seamless data sharing with a range of third party platforms if you already use those, like Strava, Nike+, Endomondo, MapMyFitness, Runkeeper and many more.
TomTom Sports today announces the TomTom Touch Cardio. With this launch, TomTom extends its Fitness Tracker range and reinforces its commitment to continue to launch Sports Wearables that inspire people to get going.
“We know that many people don’t necessarily see exercise as an activity as such, but rather as an integrated part of their daily lives. They try to stay fit and healthy by walking, taking the stairs and doing groceries. We are extending our TomTom Touch range with this accessible fitness tracker to help more people understand how fit they are and inspire them to take that first step towards a more active lifestyle,” says Corinne Vigreux, co-founder and Managing Director TomTom Consumer.
The TomTom Touch Cardio monitors your heart rate, tracks your steps, calories burned, sleep and active time. Heart rate monitoring adds to a more accurate calculation of calorie burn, measures the true intensity of your efforts, and provides insight about your fitness level.
The TomTom Touch Cardio boasts a new elegant design for everyday wear. It comes after the successful launch of the TomTom Touch Cardio + Body Composition which was launched in September as the first fitness tracker on the market that combines body composition analysis with steps, sleep and all day heart-rate tracking, right from the wrist. TomTom Touch Cardio will be available in March priced £89.99.
To get the best out of your TomTom Sports fitness tracker, you can use the new TomTom Sports App to find stats such as steps, HR and calories as well as activity trends and comparisons, and rich social sharing functions.
Here is an extended look at Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 – coming to UK cinemas 28th April 2017.
The Guardians must fight to keep their newfound family together as they unravel the mystery of Peter Quill’s true parentage.
Starring Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, featuring Vin Diesel as Groot, Bradley Cooper as Rocket, Michael Rooker, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Elizabeth Debicki, Chris Sullivan, Sean Gunn, Tommy Flanagan, Laura Haddock and Kurt Russell. Directed by James Gunn.
Watch Johnny Depp returns to the big screen as the iconic, swashbuckling anti-hero Jack Sparrow in the all-new “Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge.”
The rip-roaring adventure finds down-on-his-luck Captain Jack feeling the winds of ill-fortune blowing strongly his way when deadly ghost sailors, led by the terrifying Captain Salazar (Javier Bardem), escape from the Devil’s Triangle bent on killing every pirate at sea—notably Jack. Jack’s only hope of survival lies in the legendary Trident of Poseidon, but to find it he must forge an uneasy alliance with Carina Smyth (Kaya Scodelario), a brilliant and beautiful astronomer, and Henry (Brenton Thwaites), a headstrong young sailor in the Royal Navy. At the helm of the Dying Gull, his pitifully small and shabby ship, Captain Jack seeks not only to reverse his recent spate of ill fortune, but to save his very life from the most formidable and malicious foe he has ever faced.
“Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge” also stars Kevin R. McNally as Joshamee Gibbs, Golshifteh Farahani as the sea-witch Shansa, Stephen Graham as Scrum, David Wenham as Scarfield and Geoffrey Rush as Captain Hector Barbossa.
Espen Sandberg & Joachim Rønning are directing “Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge” with Jerry Bruckheimer producing. The executive producers are Mike Stenson, Chad Oman, Joe Caracciolo, Jr. and Brigham Taylor. Jeff Nathanson wrote the screenplay. “Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge” will sail into UK cinemas on 26th May, 2017.
Sniper Elite 4 is going all out with support for PlayStation 4 Pro and for DirectX 12 on PC! The next entry in Rebellion’s sharpshooter series will take advantage of the latest technology when it launches on 14th February, cementing its place as the defining World War 2 game for a generation.
Sniper Elite 4 will offer a number of technical improvements on PlayStation®4 Pro at launch, including enhanced frame rate, improved lighting and faster loading times (more details below).
“We’ve worked really hard to make Sniper Elite 4 our biggest and best game ever,” said Rebellion CTO and Co-founder Chris Kingsley, “And now the power of PlayStation 4 Pro, and DirectX 12 on PC, means we can take things even further for our fans who want the best sniper experience in the world. We’re turning everything up to 12!”
Sniper Elite 4 features on the PS4 Pro include:
• Enhanced frame rate
• Increased draw distances
• Increased geometry level of detail
• Improved lighting and shadows fidelity
• Increased image quality of reflections
• Faster loading times
In addition to supporting DirectX 12 on PC, Sniper Elite 4 will still supports DirectX 11.
Beginning today (3rd Feb) and lasting until 5th Feb, a special Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 beta is available for PC players on Steam. Players can still register (till the end of day) at http://sniperghostwarrior3.com/beta and get exclusive access to two single-player missions in the beautiful open-world setting of the Republic of Georgia: Cut Off and Blockout.
“We’d like to give everyone who registered for the beta a big THANK YOU. You have to throw away everything you know about the series, since Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 is a redefinition of the franchise developed from scratch and with a much-higher budget,” said Marek Tymiński, CEO of CI Games. “This beta includes two single-player missions from the beginning of the game, and is just a glimpse of what you’ll experience in the full open-world game. Every bit of feedback you give is invaluable to us, and we’ll listen closely to all comments. We’re committed to making Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 one of the best games you’ll play this year, and will do everything we can to meet your expectations. It’s a real treat to know the game will soon be played by so many of our fans.”
Cut Off The Separatists control a large antenna array, which lets them use satellites to track enemy movements and communicate with distant outposts. Jon needs to infiltrate this compound and manually reposition the dishes to intercept the satellite signal. Gaining access to enemy communications would give Jon and his team a tactical advantage over the enemy, as well as possible intelligence on his brother, Robert.
Blockout Jon’s cooperation with the local resistance, the Rotki Lions, gave him the location of one of the targets from his Most Wanted list – a list containing the names of war criminals that Jon can neutralize to bring justice to the people of Georgia. The target is Ivan Krustchev. He’s hiding out in an abandoned apartment complex, surrounded by his guards. How will you complete this mission? Will you use your sniper rifle from the opposite building, storm the outpost with your assault rifle, or sneak past the guards and quietly take out your target?
Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 launches on the PlayStation 4, Windows PC and Xbox One on 4th April.
Watch the Big Game TV Spot of Transformers – The Last Knight, shatters the core myths of the Transformers franchise, and redefines what it means to be a hero. Humans and Transformers are at war, Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving our future lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history of Transformers on Earth.
Saving our world falls upon the shoulders of an unlikely alliance: Cade Yeager (Mark Wahlberg); Bumblebee; an English Lord (Sir Anthony Hopkins); and an Oxford Professor (Laura Haddock). There comes a moment in everyone’s life when we are called upon to make a difference. In Transformers: The Last Knight, the hunted will become heroes. Heroes will become villains. Only one world will survive: theirs, or ours.
