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Game of Dorms: Shiv Nadar University
Is it just me or does anyone else feel like they have wasted the better half of this year? It feels like just yesterday I was writing up assignments for college and now I’m sitting at the fag end of 2016. If you’re reading this article and wondering how the year went by in the blink of an eye and are in dire need of something to show for the year, I suggest you take part in our first ever Game of Dorms tournament. Now you might wonder what exactly is this Game of Dorms business and why did I not think of that name! As you know, we at Gaming Central are trying to portray gaming as a positive sport and lifestyle in India. Over the past few months we’ve done various events where we called both community influencers and gamers to take part in the various activities we had pla...
Valve To Add PS 4 Controller Support To Steam In Future Update
During Steam Dev Days, Valve’s annual conference focused on developers, Jeff Bellinghausen announced that Valve will release an update that adds DualShock 4 support to Steam’s Controller configuration settings, bringing the improved optimization for the beloved PS 4 controller. As reported by Gamasutra, developer Lars Doucet (Defender’s Quest) said, ““Believe it or not, when you use the PS4 Controller through the Steam API, it’s exactly the same as a Steam Controller. You make the exact same API calls, you only get actions, not inputs, and the Steam API takes care of everything.” The Steam controller and the DualShock 4 have a lot of overlapping capabilities, thanks to the DualShock’s gyro and touchpad. The Steam controller offers quite a large number of cusom...
Skyrim And Fallout 4 To Get Mod Support And 4K For PS 4
Will they, won’t they, first Bethesda announces that Sony has declined any mod support for Skyrim on the PlayStation 4, but in the latest blog post, the studio says that both Skyrim SE and Fallout 4 are going to get mods on the PS 4. Geez, make up your mind, will you? But cribbing aside, it’s time for PS 4 players to rejoice. Why? Because not only will both your favourite Bethesda titles be getting mod support for the PS 4, but Skyrim will also have native 4K support for the PS 4 Pro right from the launch date. Here’s the official announcement: “We’re excited to announce that mod support is coming to PlayStation 4 for both Skyrim Special Edition and Fallout 4. Additionally, we’ll also be supporting the new PlayStation 4 Pro with both titles. Skyrim will have these f...
Minecraft To Get Cross-Platform Support For All Consoles
Minecraft, the building blocks game that took over the world by storm seems to be on its way to become the first truly cross platform game, between Sony’s PlayStation 4 and the Microsoft Xbox One. According a screenshot of a tweet by Mojang (which has now been deleted) on KeenGamer, Minecraft will now support true cross-platform support, ahead of the upcoming Minecon this year. Available only for Minecraft Realms for the time being, players will be able to invite their mobile gaming friends as well. Realms allows players to host sessions on rented servers for a monthly subscription. Earlier, the cross platform support was only available for Anroid, iOS, PC and Xbox Live. For more news and reviews, keep checking back at Gaming Central.
New PS4 Update 4.0: Everything You Need To Know
The software update 4.00 is out for the PlayStation 4 as of yesterday. Codenamed Shingen, this update brings a fresh system UI, updates to Quick Menu, Library updates, Folder organization and much more. Here are some of the highlights of the updates: Quick Menu – Music: From the Music section of the Quick Menu you’ll now be able to play, pause, skip, shuffle, repeat and save songs. The Music section also allows you to discover recommended playlists for the game you’re playing and view your saved Spotify playlists and songs. PlayStation 4 Pro Updates: This update will enable the following on PS4 Pro: 1080p streaming for Remote Play on PC/Mac and compatible Xperia devices 1080p streaming for Share Play 1080p 30/60fps live broadcasting on YouTube 1080p 30fps live broadcasting on Twitch ...
The Last Guardian Delayed, Again
Sony’s upcoming PlayStation 4 exclusive, The Last Guardian has been delayed once more. Now the game is scheduled to release on 6th December in the US, 7th December in Europe and 9th December in Ireland and the UK. You can read the whole announcement on the PlayStation blog, where Shuhei Yoshida, the President of Sony Computer Entertainment Worlwide Studios explains: “The Last Guardian development team is fast approaching major milestones in production and has made the tough decision to delay the release of The Last Guardian a few weeks. The Last Guardian will launch on December 6, 2016. Fumito Ueda, gen DESIGN and JAPAN Studio have a wonderful vision for The Last Guardian’s touching, emotional journey of friendship and trust, and we want to deliver the most polished experience ...
PlayStation 4 Slim Coming To Stores On 15th September
As promised, Sony revealed a Slim version of the PlayStation 4 at the Sony PlayStation Meeting on 7th September. The PS 4 Slim is essentially the same as its predecessor, but in a smaller form factor and more portability. It offers the same power and internal specification as the original PS 4, and is fully compatible with all the currently available software. The new console also comes with a redesigned version of the DualShock 4. The lightbar is now oriented to face the player a little better, so they can see the notifications prompted by in-game events. The optical port was also dropped out, but apart from that it has the same I/O options. Talking about size, it is supposed to be about 30% smaller than the original PlayStation 4. The PlayStation 4 Slim will be available on retail stores...
Fallout 4 And Skyrim Won’t Get Mods For The PS 4
Alas! After the E3 announcement where Bethesda said that they will be bringing the power of mods to consoles, allowing you modify your game as you please, Bethesda recently posted on their website that Sony will not allow the support for mods on the Playstation 4. Here’s what the announcement reads: “After months of discussion with Sony, we regret to say that while we have long been ready to offer mod support on PlayStation 4, Sony has informed us they will not approve user mods the way they should work: where users can do anything they want for either Fallout 4 or Skyrim Special Edition. Like you, we are disappointed by Sony’s decision given the considerable time and effort we have put into this project, and the amount of time our fans have waited for mod support to arrive. We...
Sony Unveils 4K HDR Enabled Playstation 4 Pro
It’s here! The highly anticipated, uber hyped PS 4 Neo has been finally revealed by Sony, though it’s called the PS 4 Pro. This iteration upgrades the three year old Playstation 4 with a better GPU, faster processor and adds support for 4K resolutions. The PS 4 Pro can provide output for 4K and HDR videos. Sony’s Mark Cerny unveiled the console by showing off actual 4K gameplay footage from Deus Ex: Mankind Divided and Spiderman. He said that the PS 4 Pro will be able to pull out new details from older games originally designed for the Playstaiton 4, but some games will get improved graphics to make full use of native PS 4 Pro support. COD Modern Warfare Remastered and Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare will get PS 4 Pro support on release, with FIFA 16 and Battlefield 1 to f...
Inspired by Pokémon GO, Sony to “Aggressively” Enter Mobile Gaming
Seems like someone has been keen on picking up stuff from Nintendo and Niantec’s recent tactics. After the blaring success of Pokémon GO, Sony Chief Executive Kaz Hirai has said that Sony will will be aggressively entering the mobile market. In an interview with the Financial Times, Hiraz said, “Mobile gaming is something we are aggressively getting into. It’s quite a shift from being just a console-based business to being on mobile phones as well.” Stating his reasons as well, he says, “Pokémon Go is a real game-changer. I’m very interested in the fact that it has the potential to really change the way people move, literally.” FowardWorks will be taking point on Sony’s smartphone game development, and additionally, the Financial Times has reported that ...
Playstation 4 Elite Controllers Make An Appearance On Target
Similar to the Xbox One Elite controller that debuted last year, recent posts on Target.com have listed the Playstation 4 Elite controller up for pre-order. Giving the player the freedom to change the functions of certain buttons, it gives them more control over the game. The design appears to be more curved than the traditional PS 4 controller. Like its Xbox Elite counterpart, it features rubberized grip for a more comfortable grip. The joysticks have also been redesigned, but you will have the options to replace them with the ones that come in the box. The back of the controller also features new paddles like the Xbox Elite controller, offering more customization options. You can map button actions using these paddles, thus keeping your thumbs focused on the joysticks. According to the p...
Kratos Struggles With Hindi In This ‘God Of War 2016 Fan Made Trailer’
The first unofficial, completely useless, NSFW trailer for the God of War 2016?? Narrated by an Indian in Hindi with just one problem, he doesn’t read Hindi too well. Enjoy this onslaught of well, whatever this is. God of War is an upcoming third-person action-adventure video game in development by Santa Monica Studio and to be published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation 4 (PS4) console. It will be the eighth installment in the God of War series, the eighth chronologically, and the sequel to 2010’s God of War III. The game will be a soft reboot for the franchise and will take the series to the world of Norse mythology—all previous games were based on Greek mythology. Series protagonist Kratos will return as the main character, and he now has a son. Kratos ac...