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Quakecon kicks off next week with Fallout 4 footage and charity partnerships
Next week will mark the 20th annual Quakecon, a massive 4-day PC gaming event hosted by Quake and Doom creators Id Software in Dallas, Texas. The event will begin on July 23 and run through July 26. Now that Id is owned by Zenimax Media Inc, the parent company of Bethesda Game Studios, Quakecon has become more than ...
Batman: Arkham Knight may be months from being fixed on PC, suggests a leaked email
It has been over three weeks since Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment was forced to pull the PC version of Batman: Arkham Knight from digital store shelves, and according to a recent email leaked from EB Games, it does not look like we are going to be seeing its return any time soon. According to an email ...
Facebook will soon let you shop directly from retailer pages
Lately it seems like the three constants in life are death, taxes, and Facebook updates, and this week the social network found a way to include at least two of those things. Facebook is apparently testing a “Buy” button on certain retailer pages that would allow users to purchase items directly through the site, taking ...
Why Blizzard is considering same-faction PvP for World of Warcraft
Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.’s hugely successful MMO World of Warcraft (WoW) has changed a lot in the last 10 years, but even after five expansions and dozens of content patches, one thing has always stayed the same: the strict division between the Horde and the Alliance. But now it seems that even that may be changing, but ...
Google Fiber pledges to bring free high-speed Internet to low-income families
Google announced on Wednesday that it would be giving low-income families free access to its incredibly fast Google Fiber Internet service. Specifically, the tech giant plans on providing free Fiber access to families living in public housing, starting with communities in Atlanta, Durham, Nashville and Kansas City. Erica Swanson, head of Community Impact with Google Fiber, wrote ...
Amazon’s ‘Prime Day’ is a bust, says everyone but Amazon
For the last few weeks, Amazon has been touting its upcoming Prime Day, which the site claimed would rival Black Friday sales. The only catch is that you have to be an Amazon Prime subscriber to take advantage of the deals. Now Prime Day has finally arrived, but the excitement over the sales quickly fizzled ...
Giant Killer Robots is an Augmented Reality tabletop game by Weta Workshop
Weta Workshop is working on a new game called Giant Killer Robots (GKR), which combines tabletop wargaming with augmented reality. Details are sparse at the moment, but the New Zealand-based prop studio demoed the game this week at San Diego Comic Con, and descriptions have started to trickle out from people who attended. We have ...
Facebook experiments with ‘Watch It Later’ video feature
Facebook is reportedly testing out a new feature that is hopes will get more users watching video, which is one of the company’s main current focuses. According to TechCrunch, Facebook has confirmed that it is testing a new “Watch It Later” button for videos on its desktop version, which will allow users to bookmark videos that they ...
Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford says some gamers will criticize anything
It is no secret that gamers are a vocal bunch, and usually if they are not reaching for their soapboxes and megaphones, then they are reaching for their pitchforks and torches. Gearbox Software, LLC CEO Randy Pitchford has seen plenty of both, and he spoke during a recent keynote at the Develop conference in Brighton, England, ...
Facebook reportedly working on an assistant service for Messenger called ‘Moneypenny’
Facebook will not stop until the entire world downloads Messenger, and the social media company has continued tacking on new features to what was supposed to be a “cleaner” chat service. Now it seems that the next addition may be an assistant service called Moneypenny, which according to sources speaking to The Information, will not be a virtual assistant like ...