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Kinect 2.0 for Windows costs half as much as an Xbox One
According to the blurb, "the Kinect for Windows v2 sensor gives developers more of the precision, responsiveness, and intuitive capabilities they need to develop interactive voice- and gesture-based applications for the Windows desktop and Windows Store. The v2 sensor is intended for use with the Kinect for Windows software development kit (SDK) 2.0." Alas, "Kinect for Windows v2 sensor does ...read more
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Kinect 2.0 finds a home on PC July 15
The Kinect 2.0 may have split from the Xbox One, but it will be ready to find new love with PC partners soon. A Microsoft Store listing highlights a July 15 release date for the Xbox logo-less, PC-compatible 3D camera, meaning we can put Xbox head Phil Spencer's belief that people will still buy the Kinect to the test as soon as next week. The PC version of the Kinect 2 boasts a price tag of a ...read more
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Steam Passes 8 Million Concurrent Users
If you were to check out Steam’s statistics page, you’d find a real surprise waiting: Steam has finally surpassed 8 million concurrent users as of today The record breaking amount of users does make sense, as today happens to also be the final day of the Steam Summer sale. For comparison’s sake, here’s the chart for Steam’s active user base shown at Dev Days in January of this year:
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Steam Summer Sale Day Seven Adds Resident Evil 4, Left 4 Dead 2 & More
Today’s Steam Summer Sale has some great titles on sale for Action Adventure fans as well a Strategy and Simulation fans. You can buy titles such as Resident Evil 4 for 40% and Left 4 Dead 2 for 75% off. For gamers that are into more strategy may want to try out Total War: Rome II which is 66% off or Sid Meier’s Civilization and Europa Universalis IV which are now both 75% off.
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Origin offers free limited access to games, starting with Titanfall
Titanfall will be free to download and play for 48 hours this weekend as part of Origin's new Game Time service. Unlike Steam's Free Weekend program, Origin is making select games free for a set period of time that starts once you begin playing. Just to note, that's real-time rather than game time, so the free mech-mashing ends after 48 of your Earth hours. EA also says progress during free ...read more
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Battlefield Hardline's PC beta now available 'instantly'
PC owners are now able to gain "instant access" to the beta version of Battlefield Hardline just by signing up on the game's official site. The beta phase arrived earlier this month on PC and PS4, but sign-ups were previously on a first-come, first-serve basis. Those that were previously on the outside of the "Police Line, Do Not Cross" tape now have free reign to live out their policing ...read more
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Peggle is Now Free on Origin
EA's Origin has made PopCap's popular puzzle game Peggle free for PC and Mac platforms starting today. It's part of its On the House program and is made available for free until August 5, 2014. On the House launched earlier this year and allows Origin members to grab free games as they become available. Past freebies include Dead Space, Battlefield 3, and Plants vs Zombies. Once you've ...read more
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Watch Dogs PC mod restores 'ultra' E3 2012 visuals
A modder tinkering with the PC version of Watch Dogs has installed various visual effects to significantly upgrade the game's graphics. Changes to fog effects, bloom, lighting and shadows, as well as various improvements to reflections and rain, are said to achieve a look that is reminiscent of the infamous Watch Dogs E3 2012 reveal trailer. When Ubisoft unveiled Watch Dogs that year, ...read more
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E3 - H1Z1 sit down with Adam Clegg at SOE
We started off our E3 with a shuttle ride over to the Westin Bonaventure courtesy of the nice folks at Sony Online Entertainment to check out their recent progress on their upcoming title H1Z1. When we got over there and went up to their suite we were greeted by Adam Clegg, Game Designer with SOE, who proceeded to show us the current state of H1Z1. While Adam was booting up a local server for us ...read more
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New Minecraft EULA exceptions drafted to clarify monetization
The fact that Minecraft users can run their own servers has always been a bit of a double-edged sword - a blocky, low-res sword yes, but one sharp on both sides nonetheless. Players can do just about anything they want on these servers, which is great, but these players also sometimes end up breaking terms of the game's EULA, which gets developer Mojang in trouble. "Some privately run ...read more
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