I have to admit at the start of this article that I clicked on the video because I saw a Sikh man dressed as Captain America and thought it was pretty funny. Only after watching the entire video did I realise the moral behind it. Mr. Vishvajit Singh, a 43 year old software engineer, walks around the streets of U.S in a Captain America costume with the sole purpose of promoting religious tolerance....
Microsoft had been quiet for a while but on Wednesday during a Windows 10 event, it broke that silence. Along with a bunch of announcements Microsoft officially announced a future-focused augmented reality platform called “Windows Holographic.” Its much like Google Glass but this seems to a bit more thought out and elaborate. Its overall aim is to blend your digital life with the world...
At the Windows 10 event, Phil Spencer from Microsoft disclosed that the Windows 10 operating system will support Xbox One game streaming later in the year. “Wouldn’t it be great if we could play those [Xbox One games] anywhere in the house?” said Mr. Spencer. The new operating system will allow you to stream games to Windows 10 PCs and tablets. At this point it doesn’t look like ...
Microsoft has revealed that the Windows 10 operating system is going to be a part of Xbox One in the future, as a part of their attempt to widen the aspect of sharing applications across devices and platforms. Nothing in specific was announced, although Xbox boss Phil Spencer mentioned that the games platform would not be compromised by enterprise-centric and desktop-focused applications. It still...
Just yesterday Ubisoft released the DLC for their racing game The Crew called the “Extreme Pack” . The expansion which is available today on all platforms, features three new cars and new cosmetic parts for each. The DLC is available today as part of the game’s $25 DLC pass on Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC, or you could get yourself one for about $7. The new cars are: – Aston Mar...
Activision and Sledgehammer Games have come out with yet another video for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’s upcoming Havoc DLC, scheduled to release next week with the introduction of “Exo Zombies” mode. The main attraction of the trailer is the Exo Zombie mode. So now you’re set up against the undead with super-abilities, which adds to the fun of bringing them down. You will be playin...
As most of you know, we traveled to Pune last week to attend Reliance Game’s Game Hack. As I’ve said before this is an interesting initiative by Reliance Games to encourage indie mobile game developers by providing them with the opportunity to showcase their game to a much larger audience and to gain recognition as a developer. An Indie Game of The Day award of Rupees 10,000 was given ...
You know if you think about it, gaming is quite an expensive pass time. For a console gamer it has to be the high price of a game and for a PC gamer it is perhaps building a rig. Although many are of the opinion that in the long run PC’s are easier on your wallet than a console. But if you attend events like BYOC you’ll know that there some that go to extremes to prove that theirs is the ultimate ...
A bunch of German researchers have used artificial intelligence to create a “self-aware” version of Super Mario who not only responds to vocal commands but also plays his own game. The project is called Mario Lives and was created by a team of researchers from Germany’s University of TĂĽbingen as a part of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence’s annu...
In rather shocking news a 32 year-old man has been found dead in an internet café in Taiwan following what most seem to believe a three-day gaming binge. Emergency services were contacted from the café based in Kaohsiung, after an employee found him slumped over his desk motionless. The victim, Hsieh was rushed to hospital where he was declared dead from cardiac failure. Police think that Hsieh mo...
Sometime last year, Twitch, just like YouTube implemented censoring system that automatically scans and mutes sections of archived videos that have copyrighted audio. Twitch Music, is something that the company has come up with which aims to solve this very issue. “The Twitch Music Library was born to offer safe passage through the less-than-clear legal landscape when it comes to audio right...
Hey Guys, I just got back from our trip to Pune where I, along with Shrey attended Game Hack. It really is an interesting initiative taken on by Reliance Games to promote and encourage indie game developers across the country. Events like this give great exposure to indie developers who are trying to find their way in the industry.  All developers took part in the “Indie Game of The DayR...