In an attempt to broaden the reach of mobile gameplay videos, Google on Wednesday updated theGoogle Play Games app to add video recording and published capabilities. It is now allowing anyone to record video alongside commentary on any Android game using Google Play Games, and then upload that footage to share with others. The roll out is gradual, so it may take some time to arrive on your handset. The company says that US and UK residents will get it first, though. Users will be able to select the game they want to record, and can also add their video…
Author: Richard
In Sony’s latest financial report the company states that it shipped four million PlayStation 4 (PS4) units for the quarter ending September 30. This brings its global total shipments to 29 million to date. It predicts it will ship 17.5 million PS4s by the end of the financial year. Also, it singled out an increase in software sales, which consists mainly of games and downloadable content (DLC) from its Games & Networks Services division that includes PlayStation. The division saw a 19.4 percent year-on-year increase in sales and operating revenue rise to $3 billion. This included an incremental 4.8 percent…
The Kyoto-based firm’s new president Tatsumi Kimishima said it needed more time to “boost the quality” of its first smartphone offering, called Miitomo, and would not launch it until March – after initially aiming for the end of this year. Chief Executive Tatsumi Kimishima, a former banker who succeeded Satoru Iwata, also said the delay of the free-to-play Miitomo game would help Nintendo concentrate on selling its existing consoles and game software during the year-end holiday season. Kimishima must avoid cannibalising traditional console sales at the same time as pushing aggressively into the rapidly growing mobile gaming segment. “The year-end…
Nintendo Co. posted a JPY 3.17 billion (roughly Rs. 171 crores) profit for the fiscal second quarter, buoyed by sales growth of portable video game machines and software titles. The Japanese maker of Super Mario and Pokemon video games, said Wednesday that July-September sales rose 18 percent to JPY 113.96 billion, allowing it to stay in the black for a second quarter in a row. The company reported JPY 8.97 billion operating profit for the fiscal first half compared with a loss of 215 million yen a year earlier. It said sales of Nintendo 3DS game machines including two newer…
Although the Google Play store is largely perceived as the go to place for free apps, that hasn’t stopped app developers and game makers from charging or at least trying to charge you for their work. Prices of apps and in-app purchases (IAPs) as they’re referred to just got a shot in the arm courtesy Google. The Mountain View-based company has raised the upper limit on what can be charged for an app or an IAP to Rs. 26,000 from the current limit of Rs. 16,000. Similarly the US Play Store can have apps and IAPs at a princely $400,…
After unveiling the ability to play your Xbox 360 games on the Xbox One via backwards compatibility atE3 2015, the feature will finally be available to all Xbox One owners from November 12. This isn’t all, the update also brings a revamped interface and Windows 10 to the console. The news comes via a tweet by Larry ‘Major Nelson’ Hryb, Director of Programming for Xbox Live. (Also see: Microsoft’s Gamescom 2015: Three Good Reasons to Get an Xbox One, Beyond Games) With the new interface and Windows 10, the current tile-based menus will be a thing of the past and…
The PC launch of Batman: Arkham Knight was anything but smooth. From a last minute change in system requirements needed to play the game, activation issues for disc copies, and extremely poor performance on PC, there was very little reason for PC gamers to bother with developer Rocksteady’s latest adventure starring the caped crusader. Nonetheless, publisher Warner Bros. claims to have made amends. The PC version was pulled from Steam. (Also see: Batman: Arkham Knight Review – Dark Knight Rises?) “We want to apologise to those of you who are experiencing performance issues with Batman: Arkham Knight on PC. We…
Much like Europe and the US, India will be on the receiving end of the 1TB PlayStation 4 (PS4) console bundle. Anxious retailers have already listed the console on their social media channels and websites. (Also see: Sony Unveils 1TB PS4 and a Lighter, More Energy Efficient Console) The 1TB PS4 will cost you Rs. 37,990 and come with God of War 3 Remastered and Infamous Second Son – not a bad deal at all considering that works out to almost Rs. 5,000 worth of games along with 1TB of hard drive space. Several retailers have confirmed that it would…
One of the most awaited games of the year, Fallout 4, will not ship with the full game on disc for PC. Unlike Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain you won’t need to download the entire game though. But there will be a sizeable download nonetheless. (Also see:Bethesda Dismisses Reports Fallout 4 Will Run at 1080p, 30fps on ‘All Platforms’) According to Pete Hines, Vice President of PR and Marketing at Bethesda, the PC version ships on DVD while the PS4 and Xbox One versions are on Blu-ray. Due to the data capacity constraints on DVD it is not…
It’s obvious that the PS Vita hasn’t been the hit follow up to the PlayStation Portable that Sony envisioned it to be. Nonetheless, the company put out a host of stellar titles such as Uncharted: Golden Abyss, Gravity Rush, Soul Sacrifice, and Killzone: Mercenary to name a few. If you were expecting more first-party games, that is, games developed by Sony for the PS Vita, think again. Speaking to Japanese site 4Gamer (translated by Dual Shockers, Sony Computer Entertainment Senior Vice President Masayasu Ito confirmed that all of Sony’s game studios are completely focused on the PS4. (Also see: The…