Monthly Archives: April 2015
Xbox 360 Update Supports Larger Storage
Xbox 360 players can implement an update today that brings a number of improvements to their consoles, including support for more external storage.
The update, which grants support for up to 2TB of external storage, was granted to Xbox 360 Preview Program members earlier this month. This is one of the most requested improvements to Microsoft's last-gen console, Xbox's Major Nelson said –– as of today, anyone can use the larger hard drives.
Xbox 360 Update Supports Larger Storage
Xbox 360 players can implement an update today that brings a number of improvements to their consoles, including support for more external storage.
The update, which grants support for up to 2TB of external storage, was granted to Xbox 360 Preview Program members earlier this month. This is one of the most requested improvements to Microsoft's last-gen console, Xbox's Major Nelson said –– as of today, anyone can use the larger hard drives.
New Fantastic Four Character Posters
20th Century Fox have unveiled a new banner and some character posters for Josh Trank's (Chronicle) upcoming Fantastic Four reboot.
Take a look at the banner with the entire team -- featuring Miles Teller as Reed Richards, Kate Mara as Sue Storm, Michael B. Jordan as Johnny Storm and Jamie Bell as Ben Grimm (or, y'know, The Thing) -- along with some individuals character posters, below!
Will Windows 10 Unlock Achievements for Everything?
Xbox Live integration in Windows 10 could mean achievements will be a thing of plenty.
During today's Build conference, the integration of Xbox Live into Windows 10 was shown off in a flight-sim web application. During the demonstration, the controls were ignored and the single-propeller plane flew freely and without incident. Doing so unlocked the achievement "Do Nothing."
The Xbox Live integration was shown in the other direction, with a desktop Fitbit app running on the Xbox One. The demonstration there was to show only how the UI on desktop and Xbox One were identical, but with Windows 10 being Microsoft's universal platform, and the company's own estimates that Windows 10 will be on 1 billion devices, does this mean achievements will be everywhere?
Will Windows 10 Unlock Achievements for Everything?
Xbox Live integration in Windows 10 could mean achievements will be a thing of plenty.
During today's Build conference, the integration of Xbox Live into Windows 10 was shown off in a flight-sim web application. During the demonstration, the controls were ignored and the single-propeller plane flew freely and without incident. Doing so unlocked the achievement "Do Nothing."
The Xbox Live integration was shown in the other direction, with a desktop Fitbit app running on the Xbox One. The demonstration there was to show only how the UI on desktop and Xbox One were identical, but with Windows 10 being Microsoft's universal platform, and the company's own estimates that Windows 10 will be on 1 billion devices, does this mean achievements will be everywhere?
Silent Hills Petition Urges Kojima To Continue Game
This week was a sad one for Silent Hill, but now there's a petition trying to change that.
After a rumor about Silent Hills' cancellation started making the rounds early in the week, partially due to the removal of P.T. from the PlayStation Store, Konami officially came out and confirmed: Silent Hills is cancelled.
Despite assuring fans that it's "committed to new Silent Hill titles," Konami's mysterious Silent Hills, the collaboration between Hideo Kojima and Guillermo del Toro, is over.
Silent Hills Petition Urges Kojima To Continue Game
This week was a sad one for Silent Hill, but now there's a petition trying to change that.
After a rumor about Silent Hills' cancellation started making the rounds early in the week, partially due to the removal of P.T. from the PlayStation Store, Konami officially came out and confirmed: Silent Hills is cancelled.
Despite assuring fans that it's "committed to new Silent Hill titles," Konami's mysterious Silent Hills, the collaboration between Hideo Kojima and Guillermo del Toro, is over.
Valve: Devs Can Permanently Ban Cheaters on Steam
In an effort to reduce the number of players who may be cheating during online games, Valve has now given game developers the ability to permanently ban "disruptive players" from their games.
MCV discovered this earlier today after spotting it on the Steam Community.
"Playing games should be fun. In order to ensure the best possible online multiplayer experience, Valve allows developers to implement their own systems that detect and permanently ban any disruptive players, such as those using cheats," the official post reads.
Valve: Devs Can Permanently Ban Cheaters on Steam
In an effort to reduce the number of players who may be cheating during online games, Valve has now given game developers the ability to permanently ban "disruptive players" from their games.
MCV discovered this earlier today after spotting it on the Steam Community.
"Playing games should be fun. In order to ensure the best possible online multiplayer experience, Valve allows developers to implement their own systems that detect and permanently ban any disruptive players, such as those using cheats," the official post reads.
Microsoft Facial Recognition Software Can Guess Your Age
During the Build 2015 conference, Microsoft showed off its facial recognition software that can make an educated guess at your age.
Microsoft's Joseph Sirosh showed off the How-Old.net website by loading a few photos, including the Mona Lisa, and letting the cloud software work its magic to instantly return an age range. The software showed Mona Lisa's age as 23, which is fairly accurate based on what we know of the model in the famous painting.
Sirosh then invited everyone watching the stream to visit the site and try it for themselves.
The purpose of the demonstration was to provide a jumping-off point for a discussion of cloud-hosted APIs and how Microsoft's software can use the cloud to analyze large amounts of data quickly and easily. But you catch more flies with honey than vinegar, so the cool little site was the hook to people's attention.