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Microsoft announced during their Gamescom 2014 press conference that the highly anticipated Rise of the Tomb Raider will be exclusive to the Xbox One and Xbox 360. This decision was seen as both strange and unfortunate by PS3, PS4, and PC owners who were hoping to get their hands on the game when it releases next year. However, this exclusivity deal ...

Smite is a multiplayer online battle arena game in third person, developed and published by Hi-rez Studios for Microsoft Windows. The game allows players to assume the mantle of different gods from six different mythologies: Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Chinese, Mayan and Norse, and battle against each other in a dynamic, action-oriented environment. Smite has been released in march 25 this year and it ...

We are well aware that the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 will steal the show at the IFA 2014, but that’s not the only device to be featured there you know. Several other manufacturers will also be there to present their latest products and one of them will be Nokia, or should we say Microsoft? The tech giant acquired the Finnish company’s mobile ...

Moving from an earlier version of Windows to the newest can turn out to be a challenge, specially after using an old version for some time and you definitely need an upgrade. Those who already changed their operating system have probably had some difficulties figuring out the 8.1. Well, here are some of the best tips to help both those ...

Microsoft posted their annual earnings report for fiscal year 2014, which ended on June 30th. Contrary to popular belief, the Xbox isn’t doing all that bad and we can see a pretty decent increase of consoles sold compared to last year. The results reveal that the Xbox One and Xbox 360 combined sold 11.7 million units, 1.9 million more than in ...

Yesterday publisher Deep Silver and developer Crytek have announced that the Xbox One launch title Ryse: Son of Rome will also be coming to PC later this year. There has been many speculation regarding the reason for this decision but ultimately it seems that the company just isn’t happy with the Xbox One sales anymore. Crytek went through a lot of ...

Apple received a hard blow from China yesterday, as the government decided to exclude iPads and MacBooks from a list of products that can be bought with public money. This decision was encouraged by the security issues China had to deal with lately, and led to the banning of ten Apple products. Apple isn’t the only company whose devices were ...

After Windows Phone 8.1 was released last month, Microsoft rushed to include its first update. As the Windows Phone has been behind iOS and Android in terms of common features since… forever, the updated finally tries to catch up and provide a smoother user experience. The most highlighted of all features is the now common action of merging apps into folders. Dragging ...

Insomniac Games’ Sunset Overdrive is one of most anticipated Xbox One exclusives of the year. But interestingly enough, almost all of the titles developed by the studio until now have been for PlayStation consoles. So why the sudden change of heart? Well, even though Insomniac has been traditionally associated with Sony and its platforms, they are an independent developer first and foremost. It ...

Following the DirectX 12 unveiling at GDC 2014 Microsoft was heard saying on more than one occasion that this new collection of APIs will help improve the performance of the Xbox One. Developers will presumably be able to create richer scenes with more objects and make more efficient use of the console’s GPU. But can DirectX 12 also help with ...