Etiket: Xbox

Nintendo Eschews Simplicity With New Wii U Controller

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Nintendo unveiled a new touchscreen controller for its upcoming Wii U gaming console at an E3 presentation Tuesday that was hosted by Nintendo legend Shigeru Miyamoto, President Satoru Iwata, and Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime. The new Wii U controller includes a microphone, face and trigger buttons, speakers, a gyroscope, a rumble feature and…

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Retiring in Sanctuary Belize: Tarnished Dreams

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission shut down this project in November 2018, alleging that its operators had duped consumers into buying lots by falsely promising that the development would include luxury amenities and be completed soon, and that the value of the lots would rapidly appreciate. As many of you know, I’ve been executing on…

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Retiring in Sanctuary Belize: Renewed Hope

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission shut down this project in November 2018, alleging that its operators had duped consumers into buying lots by falsely promising that the development would include luxury amenities and be completed soon, and that the value of the lots would rapidly appreciate. After my Belize retirement update appeared last week, a…

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HTC Shows Off Vive Pre’s Room-Sensing Camera

Eylül 8, 2025 • technewsworld.com

A room-sensing camera planted on the front of the Vive Pre was the reason the release ofValve andHTC’s virtual reality headset was delayed, the companies revealed Tuesday at CES 2016. The Vive VR headset was supposed to beat Oculus VR and Sony to the punch, coming out in the last quarter of last year instead…

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Oculus VR Founder Laments Failure to Communicate on Pricing

Eylül 8, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Oculus VR founder Palmer Luckey on Wednesday said the company did a poor job of communicating the price of the consumer version of the Oculus Rift headset. However, similarly priced products, such as TVs and smartphones, cost less to manufacture than the Rift VR headset, he said in a Reddit Ask Me Anything, or AMA,…

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Unity and SteamVR Unite for Native Vive Support

Eylül 8, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Unity Technologies last week announced that the Unity Platform has been retooled to offer native support for SteamVR, the software foundation for Rift rival HTC Vive. The move will save effort and resources, whether developers build made-for-VR titles or merely build virtual reality support into traditional games. In addition, Valve, the company behind Steam and…

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Superhot Warps Time

Eylül 8, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Three years of thought went into the think-between-steps shooter gameSuperhot, which was released Thursday. Born of a week-long first-person-shooter game jam, Superhot’s concept caught the attention of the Kickstarter crowd, raising US$250,000. The indie title is available on Windows, Linux and OS X. It will arrive on Xbox One next month. Watch Your Steps It’s…

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Xbox Signals It’s Ready to Rumble

Eylül 8, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Microsoft this week announced that it would support cross-network play between its latest gaming console and other platforms. Cross-network support would allow Xbox One players to engage in multiplayer gaming with friends and randoms on platforms such as Steam and the PlayStation Network. It will be up to developers to support cross-platform games, however, as…

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Oculus Rift Offers the Best VR Experience Yet, Reviewers Say

Eylül 8, 2025 • technewsworld.com

The first reviews of theOculus Rift surfaced Monday, and reviewers praised the potential of the virtual reality system while pointing out some obvious concerns. The headset display is well-crafted and durable, but drawbacks include the cost — US$600 — and the fact that it requires a powerful gaming system to run it, according to some…

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