Mad Catz catch the R.A.T. TE (Mouse) for you at CES 2014

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Mad Catz catch the R.A.T. TE (Mouse) for you at CES 2014

Mad Catz has been busy this week at CES 2014 to announce  the R.A.T. TE (Tournament Edition), a new mouse designed for the professional and competitive gaming community.
Expected to ship early 2014 for PC and Mac, the R.A.T. TE has been designed to appeal to the e-sports professional.  With a newly developed Phillips Doppler-laser sensor, the R.A.T. TE provides reference quality tracking with speeds up to 8200 DPI.

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Each feature of the R.A.T. TE has been engineered for mobility, performance and precision. Weight has been reduced to decrease inertia; speed and resolution have been radically improved for faster reaction times, and programmable button mapping has been optimized for popular e-sports games.  In addition, customizable attributes such as ‘Lift-Off’ height calibration and dynamic surface detection have been added to create the ideal mouse for professional gamers.

“We launched our original R.A.T. line of gaming mice four years ago, and we’re pleased to continue expanding this highly successful range with the announcement of the Tournament Edition model,” said Darren Richardson, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Mad Catz.  “The R.A.T. TE is another example of our ongoing commitment to building high performance hardware for the passionate gaming community.”

Get Ready to Rock to Aerosmith for Rocksmith 2014

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Get Ready to Rock to Aerosmith for Rocksmith 2014

Ubisoft yesterday announced that the Aerosmith DLC pack for Rocksmith 2014 Edition is now available for download on Xbox LIVE for Xbox 360, the PlayStation Network for the PlayStation 3 and Steam for PC and Mac.

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Songs included in this 5-song pack are “Dream On”, “Legendary Child”, “Oh Yeah”, “Same Old Song And Dance” and “Sweet Emotion.”

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Individual songs are available for $2.99 or the complete 5-song pack for $11.99.

New music packs continue to be released on a regular basis.

Sony Sells 4.2 Million PlayStation 4 WorldWide

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Sony Sells 4.2 Million PlayStation 4 WorldWide

Today Sony announced that the PlayStation 4 has global cumulative sales has surpass 4.2 million console sold until the 28th December of last year.

“The momentum of the PS4 system keeps getting stronger and we couldn’t be more thrilled gamers worldwide are enjoying the incredibly immersive gaming experiences along with deep social capabilities and entertainment provided by our network ,” said Andrew House, President and Group CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. “After a remarkable launch, we look forward to bringing even more exciting content and continuing to explore the power of the PS4 system by adding new features and services, including PlayStation Now, in 2014.”

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Sony Announces PlayStation Now at CES 2014

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Sony Announces PlayStation Now at CES 2014

Today Sony’s Andrew House unveiled PlayStation Now at CES 2014, a streaming game service that will provide instant access to its games library from previous generations including PlayStation 1, PlayStation 2, and PlayStation 3.

The service will not be limited to only PlayStation devices (PS3, PS4, PS Vita) but also to non PlayStation devices such as televisions, tablets, and smartphones.

“Soon, playing your favourite PS3 game on a tablet will become a reality,” Andrew House said.

CES 2014 attendees can test drive PlayStation Now at the Sony CES booth on Sony Bravia TVs and on PlayStation Vita, House announced. “For the first time ever, you can play blockbuster PS3 titles including PlayStation Game of the Year The Last of Us and Beyond on a Bravia or PS Vita exclusively at the show.”

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Leveraging Gaikai’s advanced cloud-based technology, PlayStation Now will allow you to:

  • Play video games instantly across multiple devices, similar to the way you might stream TV, movies, and music.
  • Stream full games to all of your compatible PlayStation devices including PS4, PS3, and PlayStation Vita as well as non-PlayStation devices, beginning with 2014 BRAVIA TV models and expanding to numerous other internet-connected devices.
  • Always play the most updated version of your game. With games hosted in the cloud, you can take your game with you – just log in with your Sony Entertainment Network account on a compatible device and your games and saved progress will be easily available.

PlayStation Now can be accessed by renting games by title or opting into a subscription model.

A closed beta will occur in the United States at the end of January with expected launch in summer 2014 no date for the UK at the moment.

Far Cry The Wild Expedition Compilation Out for PS3 Next Month

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Far Cry The Wild Expedition Compilation Out for PS3 Next Month

Today Ubisoft has announced Far Cry The Wild Expedition Compilation is the compilation of Far Cry 2, Far Cry 3 and Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon, to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the Far Cry brand and how it’s redefined the first person shooter drama.

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Experience the expansive open world beauty, original narrative and the memorable characters combined with Far Cry classic FPS gameplay.

Each Far Cry game included in this compilation offers a unique storyline and setting that will keep you playing for many hours!

Far Cry 2, 2012’s Far Cry 3 and standalone Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon. The set will launch for PlayStation 3 and cost $39.99 out on the 11th February 2014.

The compilation will be available on February 14th, 2014 in the UK for the Sony PlayStation 3 Computer Entertainment System, Xbox 360 and PC for £29.99.

Far Cry 2 will include the game’s full single-player campaign as well as its multiplayer component and all patches. Far Cry 3 will include the title’s story mode, multiplayer and co-op modes.

No detail on whether Ubisoft plans to launch the bundle for other platforms.

Sega Announces Alien Isolation Out later this year

Chris Hare
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Sega Announces Alien Isolation Out later this year

Today Sega has announced Alien: Isolation for a release in late 2014 developed by Creative Assembly.

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The game first-person, survival horror title sees Ellen Ripley’s daughter Amanda try to survive against a lone Xenomorph that stalks her throughout the game.

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The game is inspired by the first Alien movie, players must use their skill rather than weapons, with limited resources they have to survive.

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Developed by Creative Assembly, it will be available on PS3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS4 and PC.

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Out Now for iOS,Android and Amazon

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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Out Now for iOS,Android and Amazon

Check out the brand new trailer and experience the best looking version of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas yet, now on iOS, Android, and Amazon Kindle Fire HDX devices with re-mastered, high-resolution graphics including lighting enhancements, an enriched colour palette and improved character models. San Andreas on Android also supports compatible USB and Bluetooth Android controllers including the popular MOGA brand series.

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Guild Wars 2 Highlight 2013 Storyline and more coming this year

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Guild Wars 2 Highlight 2013 Storyline and more coming this year

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NCSOFT and ArenaNet, developer of the Guild Wars franchise, today released a video trailer that highlights the game’s sprawling storyline, setting the stage for a grand finale to a narrative that began more than a year ago and introduced supervillain Scarlet Briar.

In the ‘Guild Wars 2: Our Story So Far’ video, players are reminded of the increasingly pivotal, insidious role that the evil Scarlet played in the game’s Living World storyline in 2013. The video ends with the ominous message, ‘The End Begins 21st January’.

Shedding more light on what’s to come from ArenaNet this year, Guild Wars 2 game director Colin Johanson said the following.

As we announced back in December, we’re down to just four releases to go in the current storyline of living world”, writes Johanson. “The first of those four releases is nearly upon us, and we wanted to help take a moment and look back at the key moments that have brought us up to this point as a refresher before we dive head-first into countdown to the big finale”.

A true MMO supervillain, Scarlet Briar has been working in the shadows all year, forging unlikely alliances, developing new technology, and laying the foundation of a master plan that will change Tyria forever.

As the video shows us, Scarlet’s plot began quietly during last Winter’s Flame and Frost releases, as she manipulated the mole-like dredge and charr Flame Legion into wreaking havoc in the Shiverpeaks. Her scheme continued in June’s Sky Pirates of Tyria and the Cutthroat Politics release in July, which introduced the new Aetherblade pirates, who pulled off a cunning assassination plot in Lion’s Arch.

Scarlet stepped out of the shadows during August’s Clockwork Chaos release, when she disrupted Queen Jennah’s jubilee celebration with her clockwork horrors. Next, players discovered Scarlet’s newest plans in October’s Twilight Assault release, when the renegade sylvari took over the Twilight Arbor dungeon as a new base to consolidate power and amass her forces.

In October’s Tower of Nightmares and November’s  The Nightmares Within releases, players took on a new Toxic Alliance between the reptilian krait and the evil sylvari of the Nightmare Court, which erected a massive biological tower of evil at Scarlet’s bidding.

What is Scarlet Briar’s ultimate plan, and how can the heroes of Tyria stop it? The video promises that ’the worst [is] yet to come’ and hints at the fateful culmination of the Scarlet storyline in 2014.

 

Review of the WD My Passport Slim 1TB external drive

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Review of the WD My Passport Slim 1TB external drive

Portable external hard drives are extremely useful, and WD have recently released their MY Passport Slim drive, and its time to review the 1TB one.

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My Passport Slim offers ultra-fast USB 3.0 performance and high capacity in an ultra-thin,
metal enclosure. Protect your precious memories and important files with WD SmartWare Pro local and cloud backup software. Put the drive in your purse or backpack and take it with you, knowing that password protection helps secure your data from prying eyes. A 3-year limited warranty and soft pouch protect your drive.

Who are WD?

From their website:

We are thousands of people worldwide working to enable you to store, collect, access, and use a vast and growing body of digital information. Our reliable hard drives and solid state drives, marketed under the WD and HGST brands, are everywhere that digital information and content is found: in the cloud, supporting your mobile digital lifestyle; in business and personal computers; in external storage devices; in the digital video recorder in your home; and in sophisticated medical, military, aerospace, automotive, manufacturing and telecommunications systems. We also make media players that enable you to enjoy your digital content on the biggest screen in your house – your TV. Our customers range from some of the largest companies in the world to individual users like you.

Specifications

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What’s in the Box?

The box contains the drive, a USB 3.0 cable, a manual and a soft pouch to carry the drive around in.

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A Closer Look

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Inside the Square for Final Fantasy XIII Video

Chris Hare
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Inside the Square for Final Fantasy XIII Video

Here is the third and final part of the “Inside the Square” video series – that goes into the heart of the SQUARE ENIX development studios like never before.

“Inside the Square” gives a first-ever video look inside the team bringing LIGHTNING RETURNS: FINAL FANTASY XIII to reality, where the talented development team members give insights into the creation of the game.

LIGHTNING RETURNS: FINAL FANTASY XIII will be available for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, on 14th February 2014 in Europe and PAL territories.

KitKat lands on the Moto G in the UK

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KitKat lands on the Moto G in the UK

The first non Nexus device to officially get the update to Kitkat (4.4.2) in the UK is the Moto G. Motorola has just announced that all users of the handset in the UK can now grab Android 4.4.2 and all like better speed and security for the device, a full-screen mode, gallery photo editing and, the new Hangouts. If your Moto G hasn’t notified you just yet about the new version, you can manually update it now.

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Moto G software update is for all users. After installing the software update, you will notice numerous enhancements and changes, including:

Android 4.4, KitKat Android 4.4.2, KitKat, is the latest release of the Android platform. KitKat includes enhancements such as restyled status and navigation bars, a new full-screen mode, colour emoji support, improved closed captioning support, stronger security, smarter power use and more tools and capabilities for better app development.
Phone dialer Improved the phone app with the ability to look up contacts directly from the dial pad, see and tap frequent contacts and search your corporate directory easily.
Gallery – Photo editing Added new photo editing options to the Gallery app including new filter effects, draw on your photos, advanced cropping and adjustments to colour, exposure, contrast and more.
Printing documents and pictures Added support for printing photos, Google Docs, Gmail messages and other content via Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and hosted services such as Google Cloud Print and HP ePrinters.
Hangouts – SMS/MMS support Incorporated a new version of Google Hangouts that supports integrated SMS/MMS messaging. Hangouts can be set as the default SMS app under Settings > Wireless > Default SMS app.
Accessory support Added support for Square credit card reader.

If you have not received a notification message for this update, follow the steps below to manually update your phone:

1. Select the Settings icon in the apps menu.
2. Select “About phone”.
3. Select “System updates”.
4. Select “Download”. After the software has been downloaded, select “Install”.
5. Once the software has been installed, your phone will re-start automatically.
6. Your phone is now updated with KLB20.9-1.10-1.9

Have you update to the newest Android (4.4.2) yet on your Moto G, what do you think of it please comment below.

Asus Welcomes the ZenFone 4,5 and the ZenFone 6 at CES 2014

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Asus Welcomes the ZenFone 4,5 and the ZenFone 6 at CES 2014

Yesterday Asus announced not one not two but three phones at this year CES 2014, the Asus ZenFone 4, the ZenFone 5 and the ZenFone 6.

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The Asus ZenFone 4 comes in at the low end and offers a 4-inch display with an 800 x 480-pixel resolution, a 1.2GHz Intel Atom Z2520 processor, Android 4.3 out of the box (though KitKat is coming), with a 5-megapixel camera, a 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera, 1GB of RAM and a 1,170mAh battery. It will launch in black, white, red, blue and yellow. It will start from $99/£55.

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The ZenFone 5 is a mid-range handset from Asus which has a 5-inch screen with a 720p resolution, an Intel Atom Z2580 processor clocked at 2GHz, Android 4.3 (with KitKat coming soon), an 8-megapixel camera, a 2-megapixel front-facing camera, 1GB of RAM and a 2,050mAh battery. The ZenFone 5 will launch in black, white, red and gold. The ZenFone 5 will start from $149/£90.

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Now to the ZenFone 6 comes in with a 6-inch display with a 720p resolution, the same 2GHz Intel Z2580 processor that’s offered on the ZenFone 5, Android 4.3 (KitKat also coming soon), a 13-megapixel camera, a 2-megapixel front-facing camera, 1GB of RAM and a large 3,230mAh battery. It will launch in black, white, red and gold. It will start from $199/£120.

CES2014: Emerson Announces HomeSitter Cellular Home Monitoring System

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CES2014: Emerson Announces HomeSitter Cellular Home Monitoring System

Emerson announced a new cellular home monitoring system today at the Showstoppers Media Reception at CES2014, adding water leakage alarm capability via cellular service.  Read on for details!

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Emerson announced a new cellular home monitoring system today at the Showstoppers Media Reception at CES2014, adding water leakage alarm capability via cellular service.  Leveraging the Verizon cellular network and providing a mobile device app capability, this is a nice product line extension for Emerson.  Here is the press release:

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Minneapolis, Minnesota – January 7, 2014 – Protecting your home while you’re away just got a lot easier thanks to the new HomeSitter Cellular Home Monitoring System from Emerson Control Products.

For more than 25 years, Emerson Control Products has been protecting homes with their land line based FreezeAlarm, WaterAlarm and HomeSitter products. Today, Emerson Control Products introduces the HomeSitter Cellular Monitoring System with text, email and phone alert notification that will be available for sale in Spring, 2014.

The HomeSitter Cellular Monitoring System combines the HomeSitter Cellular Monitoring Device and Wireless Sensors with a powerful, yet easy to use cloud based application that allows a homeowner to monitor temperature, humidity, power status and presence of water throughout their home or business. If problems do occur with temperature or humidity extremes, the power goes out or if a water leak is detected, the device sends an alert to the cloud and the homeowner is notified by text, email or phone call.

Emerson Control Products has collaborated with Novatel Wireless for cellular modems, Taoglas for antennas and Verizon to deliver an affordable home monitoring system with no long term contract, activation fees or complex setup. The HomeSitter Cellular Monitoring System comes with three months of access to monitor and receive alert notifications about their home via the homeowner’s computer, tablet or smart phone web application. Additional months of service can be purchased for as low as $9.00 per month.

Wireless sensor pucks are called “SPucks” because of their round, 2” diameter design. The HomeSitter Cellular Monitoring System can monitor up to 16 wireless SPucks to monitor for water leaks and for temperature monitoring in other areas of a home or business. SPucks have a long life battery that will last for up to five years. Additional SPucks are in development to monitor the wider temperature ranges of freezers and refrigerators as well as motion sensors to detect if an object has been moved.

Chuck Guerin, Director of Global Sales for Emerson Control Products estimates the HomeSitter Cellular Monitoring System has a lot more growth potential than the company’s legacy FreezeAlarms and WaterAlarms. Guerin says, “The HomeSitter Cellular Monitoring System could be called the Internet of Protecting Things since it opens up entire new markets such as unoccupied real estate, computer server rooms, commercial monitoring of walk-in freezers and refrigerators for food safety and agricultural applications to monitor potential freezing temperatures just to name a few”.

The technology behind the HomeSitter Cellular Monitoring System is impressive without being complex. Simply register the HomeSitter on-line and set up an account. Next, plug in the HomeSitter Cellular Monitoring device to a power outlet. The HomeSitter automatically connects to the cellular wireless network and starts communicating to the cloud application. A lithium, rechargeable battery keeps the product working even if the power is out and it notifies you when power is restored.

According to the Institute for Business and Home Safety, water leaks from washing machines, failed sump pumps or pipe breakage are the leading causes of damage to a home with the average claim after deductible of $5,092. Claims from frozen pipes were roughly double that of normal water damage claims per incident. State Farm estimates it costs about $50,000 to clean up a mold-contaminated home. The HomeSitter Cellular Home Monitoring System gives homeowners peace of mind knowing they will be notified of problems before disaster costs them thousands of dollars.

The HomeSitter Cellular Monitoring System will be available for sale this spring. To learn more about the HomeSitter Cellular Home Monitoring System, click on www.homesittercellular.com for the product page or see all of our products at www.protectedhome.com.

Emerson Control Products is a business unit of Emerson Electric Corporation of St. Louis, MO. Since 1987, Emerson Control Products has been manufacturing and distributing FreezeAlarms, WaterAlarms and HomeSitters through electronics and hardware stores and on-line retailers.

Nintendo Releases for the First Week of January 2014

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Nintendo Releases for the First Week of January 2014

Out this week for the Nintendo the Wii U and the 3DS out for the Wii U is Contra III The Alien Wars (Konami) via the eShop. With Mario Bros (Virtual Console NES), and Cooking Mama 4 (505 Games) and Korg Mo1D (Detune) both for 3DS.

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