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Roccat Invents First Fully Integrated Keyboard/Smartphone Combo and Modular MMO Mouse
ROCCAT Studios rolls full-speed into late summer with a fresh and exciting design philosophy, and two groundbreaking new products to represent ROCCAT’s trailblazing peripheral creation. Making their first appearances at Gamescom 2014 in Cologne, Germany this August, the Nyth gaming mouse, and Skeltr gaming keyboardare set to take the gaming world by storm. RenĂ© Korte, CEO and founder of ROCCAT discusses the amazingly versatile Nyth, an MMO mouse that is so much more. Says RenĂ©, “We’ve wanted to develop our own MMO mouse for a long time, but like always, we end up seeing a bigger picture once we begin brainstorming. MMO mice have these massive button grids that are locked in. You can change the button functionality, but what if you don’t like the layout? Our solution...
ChinaJoy: Fun continues in the latest edition with Games, Crowds and Cosplay.
Zombies, “World of Warcraft” characters and showgirls in skimpy outfits flooded ChinaJoy 2014  from July 31- August 3 for the 12th annual ChinaJoy event. The show was spectacular click through the gallery above for some of the results. One of the highlights of the meet was its annual cosplay competition. Participants, either solo or in teams, dressed up to emulate characters from comic books, movies and video games to be judged based on their costumes, routine and the response they received from the audience. ChinaJoy, is China’s largest gaming and digital entertainment exhibition. The expo drew in 250,224 attendees, a record high for ChinaJoy. Similar to the Los Angeles-based E3 and the Tokyo Game Show, the event has grown from a domestic function that concentrated on on...
Google & Razer Working On Gaming Console
Google and Razer have for a while now, been collaboratively working on a gaming console. An announcement regarding this decision was made during Google’s annual Google I/O conference, which ran from June 25-26 at the Moscone West Convention Center in San Francisco. Razer is a dominant figure in the gaming industry for its PCs, laptops and tablets and Google is just awesome at everything it does. Together these companies plan to enter the console market by announcing a micro-console. “At Razer, we focus on providing devices that create the best possible experiences for users,” said Min-Liang Tan, Razer CEO, to IBTimes. “By partnering with Google on this initiative, living rooms around the world will be places for people to connect to their entertainment interests and to each other seamlessl...
The 9 Greatest Fears of Gamers
We found this awesome graphic novel on 9GAG and could not resist sharing 🙂 Source & Image Credits: 9Gag & Dorkly
Assassin’s Creed Unity Real-Life Parkour
The hype towards this game is getting to us now. Assassin’s Creed franchise has never failed to impress us, and now with the whole co-op mode, we can use not just one but four protagonists to get through the game. In the game you play as a master Assassin in the French Revolution, and for the first time you can play with your friends in 4-player co-op missions! You can also learn more about the Assassin’s Creed Unity Phantom Blade Collectible. This video is pretty well done and shows you how’d parkour would take place in real life. These stunts are insanely hard and not to mention a little more than just dangerous to imitate. Parkour/Free-running stunts performed by Ronnie Shalvis and the French FreeRun Family. Make sure to check out their youtube and Facebook page...
New Marvel Movies Are Coming Your Way
There’s a lot of stuff cooking in the Marvel world. Recently we’ve learned that Thor is a woman, and that Iron Man is getting an upgrade. And now Disney has announced the release of five as-yet untitled films to be released through 2019. While little is known about what the projects are, here are the dates to mark in your calendar: July 28, 2017; November 3, 2017; July 6, 2018; November 2, 2018; May 3, 2019. The announcement comes right before Comic-Con next week, so there’s a possibility fans will get more info soon.
LEAKED: Nvidia’s New Product Is A Shield Tablet With Tegra K1
Nvidia recently launched a brilliant text adventure game to promote a mysterious forthcoming product, but a leak may have ruined the surprise. A series of slides resembling a typical Nvidia press deck has leaked (intercepted via VideoCardz.com), revealing two new members of the Shield family: A tablet and a wireless controller. Many were expecting a successor to the original Shield, Nvidia’s multipurpose handheld console which boasted a built-in controller and a penchant for latency-free PC game streaming. I reviewed it and continue to evangelize it, even if it does target a somewhat niche audience due to its form factor. In January NVIDIA announced its new mobile processor called Tegra K1. It is the first SoC to include a full cluster of 192 CUDA cores bringing incredible graphics perform...
FIFA 15: Players that need to be downgraded
The World Cup is no doubt the largest stage for a footballer to showcase his talent and get a name for himself. This event brings nations together and the world is treated to some really good matches of football. Even friends who don’t know the first thing about football are suddenly hardcore Spain or Brazil supporters. Even though the World Cup sets the stage for many players by giving them the opportunity to create a legacy for themselves which will be remembered down the footballing generations, there are often times when the sky-high expectations surrounding some of the players are not met. With the release of the next installment of the FIFA franchise around the corner, the performances showed in Brazil will have a pretty big effect on the ratings given to players. Here are the ...
Know Your Assassin: Arno Dorian
Arno Victor Dorian (1768 – unknown) was a French-Austrian Assassin active during the time of the French Revolution. An orphan who blamed himself for the death of his adoptive father, Arno sought redemption by joining the Assassins in 1789 and working to expose the true instigators of the Revolution. Biography Born to an Austrian mother and French father, Arno was raised in Versailles until his father was murdered in 1776, when Arno was eight years old; some time later, his adoptive father also died in a similar manner. Wracked by guilt and blaming himself, Arno sought out the Assassins to find redemption, helping those suffering similar injustice. Weapons and Skills Arno was a witty, brash and charismatic Assassin, but he was also known to be stealthy and ruthless. He wore a dark blue hood...
Heroes with a “desi twist”
Now this is something we found to be very interesting indeed. And this is how Delhi based graphic novelist Raj Kamal lives his life. After his training in graphic designing, he changed his path and took a turn as he became an ad man. But of late he’s been working on something that is completely different from creating illustrations and graphics that has made Raj quite famous in the virtual world. Recently, a string of artwork on super heroes including the likes of Batman, Superman, Wolverine, The Hulk and Wonder Woman began to circulate on social media. Now, that’s not something that’s uncommon. Fans have been drawing renditions of comic book characters for years now. But what makes Raj’s designs stand out, is that they are world famous super heroes with completely ...
Monsoon sale at Games the Shop brings heavy discount
Games the Shop , leading games retailer in India just announced their monsoon gaming sale . Get upto 70% discount on almost all video games starting today till 18th August 2014. The offer will be available on their online and offline stores. Few popular titles which will be available on discounted price are GTA V, Watch Dogs, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, WWE 2K14, Murdered Soul Suspect, Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Blacklist, Max Payne 3, Far Cry 3, Batman Arkham Origins, Company of Heroes 2, Injustice Gods Among Us: Ultimate Edition. You can take a look at the offers here: – http://www.gamestheshop.com/search/game-software/1 Every day new games will be added to the monsoon sale. To get the best possible deals on gaming log on to Games the Shop or visit the store now. ...
The 4 Best Co-Op Games for PS4
The latest consoles have an assortment of new games to play, both solo and with friends. While at times you’ll need to join your forces to solve mind-boggling puzzles or hordes of foes. We explored a set of PlayStation 4 titles which have something for all you co-op gamers. Lego Marvel Super Heroes It could not get better than this, with a combination of Legos and the glib team of Avengers? You and your friends get to play alone or together as members of the well-known team to save the world in Lego Marvel Super Heroes. All heroes have their trademark superpowers, and you’ll need all their might to go into battle against the most devious villains of the Marvel universe. FIFA 14 For Joash and me the word “football” conjures up images of a black and white ball and rabid Eur...