Microsoft release the Xbox One Smartglass app ready for this week

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Microsoft release the Xbox One Smartglass app ready for this week

To get ready for the launch of Xbox One this Friday why not download the Xbox One Smartglass app for your devices, here are the links for all the devices like for Android,  iOS ,  Windows 8, Windows Phone 8.

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Xbox One SmartGlass is the perfect companion app for your Xbox One, both in your living room and on the go. Connect and control your Xbox One. Stay connected with the games and gamers you like. And add a new dimension to your console entertainment with the mobile device you already own.

In the living room:
•Navigate your Xbox One console using your device’s keyboard and touch
•Control your media and set top box with the SmartGlass remote control
•Browse the web on your TV using your mobile device
•Enhance what you are watching or playing with SmartGlass companions
•Increase performance with faster connections and reliability

In the living room and on the go:
•Search, browse, and pin content to play on your Xbox One console
•Track achievements, get game help, message friends, and watch game clips

Everything you pin on the Xbox One Smartglass app will be there on your Xbox One this Friday when you sign in to your console.

Assassins Creed IV – Black Flag Update to run at 1080p on PS4

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Assassins Creed IV – Black Flag Update to run at 1080p on PS4

Ubisoft has released a patch for Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag on PlayStation 4 which increases its native resolution to 1080p from the 900p native resolution.

Once you installed the game will be running at full-HD 1080p natively, The publisher said it shipped the game running at 900p to ensure a 30 frames-per-second refresh rate at launch.

“Finishing the game at 900p gave the development team the extra room in terms of the GPU and CPU usage to ensure the framerate never dips below 30 frames per second,” explained Ubisoft.

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The patch also adds “a brand-new anti-aliasing technique”, which helps reduce the appearance of jagged edges on-screen. The new anti-aliasing will be active in both PS4 and Xbox One versions of the game.

Still no information on the update for the Xbox One version of Assassin’s Creed IV : Black Flag

The Lego Movie VideoGame Box Art Revealed

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The Lego Movie VideoGame Box Art Revealed

Everything is awesome! Especially when you can get your hands on the new box art for The LEGO Movie Videogame. The brick-tastic art features the game’s hilariously underprepared hero Emmet and a band of unlikely resistance fighters including the spunky Wyldstyle, the wise Vitruvius, and Batman.

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In February 2014,  The LEGO Movie Videogame will rise to the occasion for Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Wii U, as well as Nintendo 3DS and PlayStation Vita and PC.

Call of Duty : Ghosts PS4 Release Notes for the 19th November

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Call of Duty : Ghosts PS4 Release Notes for the 19th November

Here is the latest release note for the PS4 version of Call of Duty : Ghosts from Activision and Infinity Ward.

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Release Notes for the 19th November 2013

New Features

    • #CODeSports option added, providing further MLG support; Contains a Broadcast mode and the ability to enable the latest MLG ruleset in both online Private Matches and System Link.

Stability

    • Fixed a rare crash when quitting out of an MP match while calling in a squad mate with a riot shield equipped.
    • Fixed a rare private match stability issue, which was occurring when a playlist update was published.
    • Fixed a crash which occurred when renaming a loadout as the match was starting.
    • Fixed a crash when the host of a Wargame match could crash if they are pulled out of the match while in a 5 player party.
    • Fixed an MP Siege rare crash on load.
    • Fixed rare crash which occurred when accepting invites.
    • Numerous other MP in-game stability fixes.
    • Fixed a rare crash on load.

Key Changes

    • Further spawn logic improvements.
    • Fixed a spawn exploit where players would always respawn at their team spawn within the first 15 seconds of a game, even if an enemy was nearby.
    • Increased XP rewards slightly for Operations and early tier weapon challenges.
    • Added leaderboard for Search and Destroy game mode.
    • Numerous map exploit fixes in MP and Extinction.
    • Numerous Anti-Cheat fixes.
    • Fixed collision bugs on multiple maps.
    • Care package stacking exploit fix.
    • Increased Search and Destroy XP to give 10x XP instead of 5x XP.
    • Search and Destroy, now has its own online playlist.

Additional Fixes

    • Improved character models rendering, when viewing players with the Gryphon.
    • Accuracy fix for the Preferred Weapon Stat on the Player Stats lobby page.
    • Spectator movement improvements.
    • Further support for the COD App.
    • Clan tags no longer missing a bracket when viewed in-game.
    • Dedicated server bug fixes.
    • Fix for seeing empty player name when joining a game in progress.
    • Reduced upwards velocity when performing a melee charge.
    • ADS while moving in a remote turret is now allowed.
    • Dog no longer twitches when player is too close.
    • Ping for bots now returns a more accurate 0ms.
    • Fixed a very rare issue where the left pistol could shoot two bullets instead of one.
    • Vehicle explosions sometimes did not appear in killcams; fixed.
    • Disable the create clan button when the service is unavailable.
    • Added error popup to the Call of Duty Account button when the service is down.
    • Added an error message on the Clan section of the Friends List when the service is down.
    • When losing internet connection, then attempting to modify a loadout’s perks, the game now returns you to the main menu.
    • Balanced the Focus Perk’s view-kick scale.
    • Fixed bug where clan tag colors were not showing up on Clan Details page.
    • Fixed an issue where mantling while going through a blitz portal would sometimes not teleport the players.
    • Adding patch & background reward for Call of Duty Account Registration.
    • In Extinction, fixed a rare issue where the alien wouldn’t retreat.
    • Fixed an issue in Extinction when the hive chopper wouldn’t show up if
    • an attack chopper was bought during a very specific window of time.
    • Multiple fixes for Recent History and My Modes lists.
    • Fixed an issue with private party members are not correctly pulled away from the game when the private party leader backed out.
    • Fix for sometimes spawning from last stand without a weapon in hand in Extinction.
    • Fix for a few last stand revive weapon bugs in Extinction.
    • Added new MP spawn music.
    • Fixed an issue with the ammo counter sometimes not showing up properly in safeguard.
    • Fixed a rare issue where the Score/XP popup (i.e., +100) didn’t appear when killing a player in Squads Mode.
    • Changing the leaderboard filter then scrolling would sometimes cause the user to be sent back to a previous menu screen, fixed.
    • We now show dog tags to spectators in Search and Rescue.
    • Ensured the ratchet sound only plays when first entering the summary after a game.
    • Replace generic unlock icon (head/helmet/uniform) with text description of item.
    • Fixed a bug with shooting down a heli sniper with a gryphon.
    • Riot shield assists challenge balancing.
    • Fixed operation completion bonus to account for multi-tier operations rolling over.
    • Improved UI messages to explain rewards.
    • Added a “Track Operation” button helper text in the operation selection menu.
    • Make it so the CoD Anywhere confirm button does not disappear when you back out of a field edit popup.
    • Fix for mismatched player cards in extinction mode.
    • Added thermal hybrid scope hint in extinction HUD.
    • Fixed an issue where backing out of a certain error popup would cause the player to sit in a lobby that wouldn’t fill up in Squad Assault.
    • Fixed unlocalized text in the Extinction unlock screen for Extinction abilities.

 

Call of Duty : Ghosts PC Release Notes for the 19th November

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Call of Duty : Ghosts PC Release Notes for the 19th November

Here is the latest release note for the PC version of Call of Duty : Ghosts from Activision and Infinity Ward.

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Release Notes for the 19th November 2013

New Features

    • #CODeSports option added, providing further MLG support; Contains a Broadcast mode and the ability to enable the latest MLG ruleset in both online Private Matches and System Link.

Performance

    • Nvidia SLI performance improvements.
    • AMD performance improvements, reducing in-game hitching on cards with 1Gb RAM.
    • CPU performance optimization for PC’s with less than 4 cores.
    • Changed the less than 6Gb RAM minimum spec. fence from a blocking error to a warning screen.
    • 4k display option added.

Stability

    • Fixed a rare crash when quitting out of an MP match while calling in a squad mate with a riot shield equipped.
    • Fixed a crash which occurred when renaming a loadout as the match was starting.
    • Fixed a crash when the host of a Wargame match could crash if they are pulled out of the match while in a 5 player party.
    • Fixed an MP Siege rare crash on load.
    • Numerous other MP in-game stability fixes.

Key Changes

    • Further spawn logic improvements.
    • Fixed a spawn exploit where players would always respawn at their team spawn within the first 15 seconds of a game, even if an enemy was nearby.
    • Increased XP rewards slightly for Operations and early tier weapon challenges.
    • Added leaderboard for Search and Destroy game mode.
    • Numerous map exploit fixes in MP and Extinction.
    • Numerous Anti-Cheat fixes.
    • Fixed collision bugs on multiple maps.
    • Infected now has its maximum players increased to 18 players.
    • Care package stacking exploit fix.
    • Increased Search and Destroy XP to give 10x XP instead of 5x XP.
    • Search and Destroy, now has its own online playlist.

Additional Fixes

    • Fixed a very rare bug where player couldn’t get their first squad member.
    • Fulllscreen, Alt+Tab and Minimizing bug fixes.
    • Improved character models rendering, when viewing players with the Gryphon.
    • Accuracy fix for Steam cloud-storage space check.
    • Spectator movement improvements.
    • Further support for the COD App.
    • Clan tags no longer missing a bracket when viewed in-game.
    • Dedicated server bug fixes.
    • Moving the game over to a second monitor is now saved.
    • Fix for seeing empty player name when joining a game in progress.
    • Reduced upwards velocity when performing a melee charge.
    • ADS while moving in a remote turret is now allowed.
    • Dog no longer twitches when player is too close.
    • Blur effect from being underwater persisted in killcam when player was killed with trinity rocket.
    • Ping for bots now returns a more accurate 0ms.
    • Fixing mouse scroll not working on the final scoreboard.
    • Fixed a very rare issue where the left pistol could shoot two bullets instead of one.
    • Preferred weapon stat in the player stats lobby page, is now accurate.
    • Vehicle explosions sometimes did not appear in killcams; fixed.
    • Fixed a bug in the Single player space mission; minimum specification PC’s sometimes failed the start of the mission due to being thrown into space at high velocity.
    • Fixed a rare issue with corpses flickering after prolonged play.
    • Disable the create clan button when the service is unavailable.
    • Added error popup to the Call of Duty Account button when the service is down.
    • Added an error message on the Clan section of the Friends List when the service is down.
    • When losing internet connection, then attempting to modify a loadout’s perks, the game now returns you to the main menu.
    • Updated video graphics option to query for TXAA support.
    • Balanced the Focus Perk’s view-kick scale.
    • Fixed bug where clan tag colors were not showing up on Clan Details page.
    • Fixed an issue where mantling while going through a blitz portal would sometimes not teleport the players.
    • Adding patch & background reward for Call of Duty Account Registration.
    • In Extinction, fixed a rare issue where the alien wouldn’t retreat.
    • On exit from the graphics options, the “Apply Settings” prompt was appearing when nothing had been changed; fixed.
    • Fixed an issue in Extinction when the hive chopper wouldn’t show up if an attack chopper was bought during a very specific window of time.
    • Fix for sometimes spawning from last stand without a weapon in hand in Extinction.
    • Fix for a few last stand revive weapon bugs in Extinction.
    • Added new MP spawn music.
    • Fixed an issue with the ammo counter sometimes not showing up properly in safeguard.
    • Fixed a rare issue where the Score/XP popup (i.e., +100) didn’t appear when killing a player in Squads Mode.
    • Changing the leaderboard filter then scrolling would sometimes cause the user to be sent back to a previous menu screen, fixed.
    • Fixed performance issues when quickly mouse scrolling with the wheel through leaderboards.
    • We now show dog tags to spectators in Search and Rescue.
    • Ensured the ratchet sound only plays when first entering the summary after a game.
    • Replace generic unlock icon (head/helmet/uniform) with text description of item.
    • Fixed a bug with shooting down a heli sniper with a gryphon.
    • Riot shield assists challenge balancing.
    • Fixed bug where if you moved the mouse over the member list you couldn’t go left with a gamepad.
    • Fixed operation completion bonus to account for multi-tier operations rolling over.
    • Improved UI messages to explain rewards.
    • Added a “Track Operation” button helper text in the operation selection menu.
    • Make it so the CoD Anywhere confirm button does not disappear when you back out of a field edit popup.
    • Fix for mismatched player cards in extinction mode.
    • Added thermal hybrid scope hint in extinction HUD.
    • Fixed an issue where backing out of a certain error popup would cause the player to sit in a lobby that wouldn’t fill up in Squad Assault.
    • Fixed unlocalized text in the Extinction unlock screen for Extinction abilities.

The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot comes to Steam

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The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot comes to Steam

Today, Ubisoft announced that The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot, the humorous hack-n’-slash-meets-tower-defence PC title from Ubisoft Montreal, is now available on Steam through the Early Access program.

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“After keeping it under wraps for some time now, we’re very excited to finally announce that The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot will be a part of Steam’s Early Access program,”

said Quentin Gallet, Executive Producer at Ubisoft Montreal. “We are really looking forward to getting feedback from Steam’s community of highly active and engaged gamers.”

Players can enter the closed beta of the game with a bang, thanks to the Double O (Original Opulencian) program. This Founder program gives players access to, among many other things, exclusive gear and special items, early access to new heroes and bosses, and the status of a true pioneer that will forever allow them to shamelessly show off.

Get you fighter gloves on for “Fighter Within” Trailer

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Get you fighter gloves on for “Fighter Within” Trailer

Here is the launch trailer from Ubisoft for the Xbox One title called “Fighter Within”, get your fighting gloves on.

Also Ubisoft release eight new screen shots for the game aswell.

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Super Mario 3D Land Free This Xmas with Registering a new 3DS and game

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Super Mario 3D Land Free This Xmas with Registering a new 3DS and game

Nintendo today announced details of its new SUPER MARIO 3D LAND Welcome Promotion Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo 3DS XL.

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To participate in this promotion, Nintendo 3DS or Nintendo 3DS XL owners need to register their console and just one of 15 selected games with Club Nintendo between 27th November 2013 (15:01 GMT) and 13th January 2014 (22:59 GMT) to be eligible to request a free download code for SUPER MARIO 3D LAND by 13th February 2014 (22:59 GMT). Participants can then redeem their code and download the game from Nintendo eShop to any Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo 3DS XL or Nintendo 2DS system before 13th March 2014 (22:59 GMT).

The 15 selected games included in this promotion are:

  • Mario & Luigi: Dream Team Bros.
  • Animal Crossing: New Leaf
  • The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
  • Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D
  • Fire Emblem: Awakening
  • Luigi’s Mansion 2
  • LEGO CITY Undercover: The Chase Begins
  • Sonic Lost World (Nintendo 3DS version)
  • Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (Nintendo 3DS version)
  • Pokémon X
  • Pokémon Y
  • Bravely Default (including Bravely Default: Deluxe Collector’s Edition)
  • New Super Mario Bros. 2
  • Mario Kart 7
  • Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy

Applicable hardware and software which has been purchased before 27th November but hasn’t been registered with Club Nintendo is also eligible for the SUPER MARIO 3D LAND Welcome Promotion, therefore for all Zelda fans looking to pick up the The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds Limited Edition Nintendo 3DS XL console when it launches on 22nd November, they too can participate in this promotion when it kicks off the following week. To find out more about how to take part in this promotion as well as more information on how to claim your download from Nintendo eShop, check out: http://www.nintendo.co.uk/SM3DLwelcomepromotion

No Twitch for Xbox One for launch

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No Twitch for Xbox One for launch

Twitch gameplay streaming won’t be enabled for the Xbox One launch this Friday, and Twitch says it’s aiming to include the feature “during the first part of 2014.” It’s contrasts sharply the option against the launch-enabled streaming on the PlayStation 4 that was launched last week in North America.

“We know that the ability to broadcast your Xbox One gameplay direct to Twitch is something you’re all very excited about,” Twitch said on its blog. “So are we! Microsoft is working hard to ensure that the Twitch broadcasting experience meets all of your expectations, and we’re looking forward to sharing more details with you all in the future.”

The Twitch app itself will be available when the Xbox One launches across 13 markets on 22nd November, but this is only to Gold subscribers. At launch you can watch Twitch’s complete catalog, and use Snap to play games and view Twitch content at the same time.

Xbox Record that to Skydrive

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Xbox Record that to Skydrive

One of the most exciting features coming to Xbox One is the ability to record your most exciting, impressive, or just plain awesome-looking gaming accomplishments so that you can relive them over and over.

But how do you share those memorable gameplay moments in front of everyone else’s eyeballs? The answer is SkyDrive. Save and edit your clips, then upload to the cloud via SkyDrive on Xbox One.

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What are Game DVR and Upload Studio?
Game DVR makes it possible to capture the most epic moments in your gaming experience. You can snap it to the side of your game to begin recording up to five minutes of footage at any time. You get to choose whether you want to capture the last five minutes of gameplay or quickly capture the last 30 seconds simply by saying “Xbox, record that.” Hit the Game DVR notification or say “Xbox, go to Upload Studio” and you will quickly move into the app, where you can create personalized footage — edit multiple game clips together, trim them, add picture-in-picture video, voice over commentary or choose a skin. After you’ve put all of the finishing touches on your video, it will be uploaded to Xbox Live where your friends can see it in your activity feed.

Simply say “Xbox, go to Upload” to view all of your clips or to go back and edit anything you recorded from earlier gameplay.

How do I share my clips?
After editing a clip in Upload Studio, you’ll have the option of uploading and sharing content with your Xbox Live friends or the entire community or saving clips to SkyDrive. When you choose Save to SkyDrive, your clips will be saved into a folder titled Xbox Games Clips and the 720p mp4 file syncs across any smartphone, tablet or PC, allowing you to share your greatest game moments anywhere. With your Game DVR clips in SkyDrive, you have complete control over your clips — choose whether you want to share content beyond your Xbox Live community, host it on your own websites, save to your hard drive, wrap in your own intro and more.

We hope you’re excited about sharing your Game DVR clips. We can’t wait to see your best gaming moments and how you creatively edit and share them from Xbox One when it launches this Friday, 22nd November.

https://skydrive.live.com/
Skydrive app for Windows Phone
Skydrive app for iOS
Skydrive app for Android

GTA Online Beach Bum Update is Now Available

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GTA Online Beach Bum Update is Now Available

The world of Grand Theft Auto Online gets even deeper with the Beach Bum update, now available on both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. In order to keep GTA Online flexible and constantly evolving, the game is built to receive new content in a variety of ways including major paid expansions at specific points across the year, dropping additional content via regular title updates, and even the instant and seamless addition of jobs via the Rockstar Social Club. The Beach Bum content comes via a free update to GTA Online and Grand Theft Auto V’s Story Mode as part of the latest automatic Title Update (1.06), so just fire up your console to download it. Alongside additional game tuning (see details below), the Beach Bum update includes:

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NEW VEHICLES, WEAPONS & MORE

Take on new Beach Bum Races with the BF Bifta dune buggy, the rugged Canis Kalahari off-road truck or the Bravado Paradise beach camper van. For aquatic-based endeavors, the classic Speeder speedboat is also now available. All four vehicles can also be accessed in Story Mode and are available at no in-game cost. To access them in GTA Online, just visit the southernsanandreassuperautos.com in-game website (or docktease.com for the Speeder).

Also available in both Story Mode and Online (and at no additional in-game cost) are the new SNS Pistol & Broken Bottle – a pair of close range weapons perfect for any beach blanket brouhaha.

This update also features a wide array of new apparel – everything from casual canvas hats to tank tops, t-shirts, board shorts and bikinis in a wide range of styles and colors… plus new hairstyle and tattoo customization options.

30 NEW JOBS COMING TO THE WORLD OF LOS SANTOS & BLAINE COUNTY

In conjunction with today’s Beach Bum update, we’re also adding 30 new Jobs to GTA Online today. This includes new beach-themed Races, Deathmatches, Parachutes, Last Team Standings and Gang Attacks, plus the beachfront “Survival on Del Perro Pier” and more.

TITLE UPDATE 1.06

Along with the new Beach Bum update content, automatic Title Update 1.06 also includes a host of fixes and adjustments for Grand Theft Auto Online, which are listed here:

  • Fixed an issue where the game would delete your personal Vehicle if you have another player in it when you add a Tracker and Insurance.
  • Fixed an issue where players could become stuck on the aerial view when entering GTA Online with cloud servers down and having just launched a mini-game.
  • Fixed an issue where the mission ‘Damaged Goods’ would start even though it had previously been completed.
  • Fixed an issue where under rare circumstances players couldn’t claim back their personal vehicle in GTA Online.
  • Fixed an issue where under rare circumstances players were able to get the Declasse Sheriff SUV into Los Santos Customs and respray it causing the menus to malfunction.
  • Fixed an issue where in rare circumstances players would lose all personal vehicles after being idle kicked and unable to rejoin an online session.
  • Fixed an issue where players could occasionally get stuck after killing a pedestrian with a golf ball.
  • Corrected an exploit where players would retain their personal vehicle after selling it at Los Santos Customs mod shop by transitioning back and forth between Story Mode and Online.
  • Corrected an exploit where players could keep repeatedly selling a Bati 801 to Los Santos Customs.
  • Corrected an exploit where players were able to duplicate vehicles by accepting a Mission while leaving a high-end garage.
  • Corrected an exploit where a player could start a Team Deathmatch with all players on the same team.
  • Players are no longer able to delete their GTA Online character while the Rockstar cloud servers are unavailable.

DYNAMIC TUNING TO GTA ONLINE

In tandem with today’s Title Update, we’ve also completed a new round of dynamic tuning on the game. This includes changes to the Bad Sport system and continued balancing of rewards for all different types Jobs. Notable adjustments are listed below:

  • The Bad Sport penalty for destroying personal vehicles has been reduced significantly.
  • Players will no longer receive a Bad Sport penalty when they are in a non-moving tank and other players crash a vehicle into them.
  • The GTA$ and RP rewards for Races, Deathmatches and Parachuting are now based on the average time they take to complete.
  • Players now receive GTA$ and RP rewards when failing a cooperative Job or being a member of the losing team during a Versus Mission,      depending on how long the Job / Mission lasts.
  • Players now receive a bonus GTA$ multiplier for Missions when played at the higher difficulty levels (Normal = 1.25, Hard = 1.5).
  • In Team Deathmatch, all players on a team now receive the same GTA$ and RP rewards, with the winning team getting roughly 4-5x what the losing      team receives.
  • Removed some instances of debris in specific Races, including the cardboard from the ‘Down the Drain’ Race.
  • Deliveries from Pegasus have been reduced from $1,000 to $200.
  • The cost of removing a wanted level by calling Lester has now been scaled based on the amount of stars you have – at a cost of $200 per star.
  • Restricted cars and vehicles that have been added to player garages through exploits have been removed. This includes tanks, helicopters and police vehicles.
  • The following vehicles have been added to the southernsanandreassuperautos.com website in-game: BF Dune Buggy, Canis Bodhi, Karin Rebel, Maibatsu Sanchez 2, Vapid Sadler, Vapid Sandking SWB.
  • To eliminate any remaining vehicle loss issues, an additional automatic cloud save will occur when purchasing a vehicle or vehicle modification.

First Look at the Motorola Buds Wireless Headphones

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First Look at the Motorola Buds Wireless Headphones

Here is a unboxing and first look at the Motorola Buds, the buds are a wireless headphones priced at $79.99.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJdJ0jMZdm4
Thanks to MrRockTech for the unboxing

Connectivity

Wireless Bluetooth range
Up to 150 ft extended range

Audio
  • 1-mic
  • Advanced voice prompts
  • Audio Performance
  • Premium HD speakers. AptX audio coding technology offers audio quality indistinguishable from wired with impressive dynamic range.
  • Music
    • Dedicated music buttons
    • 3 EQ presets for customized listening
  • Physical

 

Dimensions
180.4mm X 75.18mm X 139.08mm
Weight
33g
Wearing Style
In-Ear Wrap Around
Power

Connector port
Standby time

17 days
Talk time
Up to 10 hours

Tickets for Next Years EGX Rezzed 2014 are on Sell Now

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Tickets for Next Years EGX Rezzed 2014 are on Sell Now

Tickets are now on sale for EGX Rezzed 2014! Next year’s event will take place between the 28th & 30th March at The NEC, Birmingham.

For those of you who haven’t experienced EGX Rezzed before, it’s an event brought to you by the team behind EGX London, formerly Eurogamer Expo. EGX Rezzed will boast many of the features that visitors to EGX London will recognise, with hundreds of next gen consoles and PCs packed onto our huge show floor. It’s a great opportunity for you, the gamers, to get hands-on with the hottest titles before they hit the shops.

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In addition to playable games we’re planning a host of features including the return of the developer sessions which will see famous game designers presenting their latest projects directly to you in our dedicated auditorium. Meanwhile, the Leftfield Collection will showcase the latest and greatest from the world of indie games.

Plus, we’ll have an extensive board games area complete with demonstrators to give you a guiding hand, a Minecraft hunger games tournament stage and stands selling all manner of gaming merchandise including t-shirts, figurines, posters and more.

Tickets are available now and if you book before January you can take advantage of our 20% early bird discount. Day tickets are currently £9.60 while those of you looking to get the most for your money can pick up a three day pass for £21.60. Saturday and Sunday early entry tickets are £12.80, with afternoon tickets coming in at £7.20 each. Group discounts are also available, head over to our website for all the details.

Information on the playable games, the developer sessions and the rest of the EGX Rezzed features will be revealed over the course of the next few months. In the meantime why not head to our website where you’ll be able to check out highlights from 2013.

NETGEAR Launches ReadyNAS 716 High Performance NAS Unit

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NETGEAR Launches ReadyNAS 716 High Performance NAS Unit

NETGEAR has launched the REadyNAS 716, a quad-core Xeon-equipped NAS that they claim is the fastest NAS in the world.  Read on for details!

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NETGEAR has launched the REadyNAS 716, a quad-core Xeon-equipped NAS that they claim is the fastest NAS in the world.  The 716 runs ReadyNAS OS 6, and addresses what NETGEAR views as the highest-end virtualization and video editing requirements in the market today.  In addition, NETGEAR claims that this is the only NAS on the market capable of simultaneous streaming of hi def video content to multilple clients.  MSRP will be $4,500 so this is positioned as a premium NAS aimed at the small to medium sized business.  Here is the press release:

NETGEAR LAUNCHES WORLD’S FASTEST DESKTOP NETWORK ATTACHED STORAGE DEVICE

Leveraging the revolutionary ReadyNAS operating system, ReadyNAS 716 features advanced data protection, rapid file transfer and unique capabilities for simultaneous HD streaming

SAN JOSE, California — November 18, 2013 — NETGEAR®, Inc. (NASDAQGM: NTGR) (www.netgear.com), a global networking company that delivers innovative products to consumers, businesses and service providers, today announced ReadyNAS® 716 (RN716X). A 10GE-ready addition to the award-winning ReadyNAS product family (www.netgear.com/readynas), ReadyNAS 716 is the world’s fastest desktop network attached storage (NAS) device. With a maximum capacity of 24TB (up to 84TB with expansion chassis), the six-bay ReadyNAS 716 enables easy storage and extreme throughput for businesses and campus environments supporting up to 500 concurrent users. Providing up to 10GE throughput, ReadyNAS 716 is also the only NAS on the market today capable of simultaneously streaming multiple large uncompressed Blu-ray® files.

Earlier this spring, NETGEAR introduced a new portfolio of ReadyNAS devices, running on the revolutionary ReadyNAS operating system (OS), that delivers high value, high performance storage with enterprise-class features. The custom-built ReadyNAS OS not only protects stored data with X-RAID2® automatic expansion, but also features continuous data protection through unlimited snapshots, easy disaster recovery with cloud-managed replication, and native threat protection with real-time anti-virus. Each NAS device was created with ease-of-use in mind, so business users can confidently centralize, share, and back up all the data on their network.

Every member of the award-winning ReadyNAS product family combines industry-first innovations with unmatched ease-of-use. With the launch of ReadyNAS 716, NETGEAR once again takes features and capabilities previously available only from expensive, large-enterprise vendors and dramatically simplifies deployment and manageability to provide businesses with affordable, dynamic, and reliable storage. With a 10GE line rate on the two built-in 10GBASE-T ports, this newest member of the NAS portfolio also showcases the latest in performance capability related to simultaneous HD video streams.

“When performance matters and you need storage made easy, there’s no better product on the market than the new ReadyNAS 716,” said Matt Pahnke, senior product marketing manager for NETGEAR Storage. “We designed ReadyNAS 716 to be the world’s fastest desktop NAS, complete with unmatched data protection features and the ability to stream multiple HD 4K videos simultaneously. So whether you’re streaming a business presentation to clients around the globe or a lecture across a college campus, the ReadyNAS 716 is the only NAS product that has you covered.”

ReadyNAS 716 offers the highest performance in the desktop category with 16GB ECC memory — more than any desktop NAS on the market — and features cutting-edge ReadyCLOUD™ technology for cloud-based set-up, provisioning, and full file management from any browser. What’s more, the world’s fastest NAS supports 10GE infrastructures, making it ideal for streaming multiple HD videos concurrently to different media clients – whether it’s 85 streams for a college seminar, 25 streams to a kindergarten class, or three uncompressed Blu-ray files.

“Our goal is to provide our customers with an affordable, high performance, easy-to-use storage solution,” said Moisés Izquierdo Blasco, a systems engineer with Ingeniería Informática Interactiva, S.L., headquartered in Barcelona, Spain. “NETGEAR ReadyNAS 716 not only delivers fast, reliable storage, but also makes it easy to stream multiple simultaneous HD video files from everywhere. With ReadyNAS, our customers get a compelling experience without having to invest a ton of money on complex solutions, and can rest easy knowing they have continuous data protection.”

ReadyNAS Family Growing by Leaps and Bounds

With the addition of the RN716 model, NETGEAR now has seven innovative product lines in the ReadyNAS family all running on the revolutionary ReadyNAS OS:

  • The ReadyNAS 700 Series (RN716X) is designed for campus and high performance business environments supporting up to 500 concurrent users. It is a six-bay device and is only offered diskless.
  • The ReadyNAS 500 Series (RN516XX) is designed for small to medium-sized business networks supporting up to 250 concurrent users. It is a six-bay device offered as either diskless or populated with drives.
  • The ReadyNAS 300 Series (RN312XX, RN314XX, RN316XX) is optimized for small business networks and remote or branch office needs. It offers two-bay, four-bay, and six-bay desktop models that are either diskless or populated with drives.
  • The entry level ReadyNAS 100 Series (RN102XX, RN104XX) is designed for home use. It comes in two-bay and four-bay desktop models that are offered as either diskless or populated with drives.

In the summer, NETGEAR launched three new ReadyNAS devices for easy rack-mounted deployment, all of which are offered as either diskless or populated with drives:

  • The 12-bay ReadyNAS 4220 is designed for high performance business environments supporting 50 to 500 concurrent users.
  • The 12-bay ReadyNAS 3220 is ideal for supporting 26 to 250 concurrent users.
  • The four-bay ReadyNAS 2120 is perfect for small office environments from five to 25 simultaneous users.

Like other members of the ReadyNAS family, ReadyNAS 716 has a simple-to-use interface. It supports SATA (up to 4TB) and SSD drives, and includes three eSATA expansion ports for scaling capacity as the storage needs of a business grows (up to 84TB). Additional advanced capabilities featured on the NETGEAR ReadyNAS 716 include:

  • Two built-in 10GBASE-T ports
  • VPN quality remote data transfer and management
  • Encrypted remote access
  • Thin or thick provisioned LUNs
  • ReadyDROP™ file synchronization
  • ReadyDLNA™ mobile clients for remote media streaming

Pankhe added: “At NETGEAR, we strive to meet our customers’ needs and that means expanding opportunities for what they can do with their NAS devices to create the best user experience possible. With this in mind, the latest addition to the ReadyNAS family reinforces our commitment to delivering only the most secure, fastest, and innovative storage solutions. Only ReadyNAS combines data protection and performance into one product. That’s the bottom line.”

Pricing and Availability

NETGEAR ReadyNAS 716 is now available worldwide through authorized NETGEAR PowerSHIFT™ partners (http://powershift.netgear.com/) and authorized resellers and DMR channels. The MSRP in the U.S. is $4,500, although pricing for the end customer may vary depending on the reseller.

More Information

To learn more about NETGEAR ReadyNAS, please visit www.netgear.com/readynas. Information on the full line of NETGEAR storage solutions for businesses is at http://netgear.com/business/products/storage/default.aspx.

I have a RN102 running ReadyNAS in for review, so stay tuned for a review of that hardware and of ReadyNAS OS 6.

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