[Deal] Amazon has 38 paid apps and games for FREE ($110 value) through May 16
Amazon is at it again with another Android app and game sale. Amazon always has at least one free app of the day, but today they are bundling 38 apps and games. All of these titles are absolutely Free and will stay that way through May 16.
Some of the more notables are Photo Studio Pro (normally $3.99), Five Nights at Freddy’s 3 (normally $2.99), Game Of Thrones – A Telltale Games Series (normally $4.99), and Fleksy Keyboard (normally $1.99).
Remember, downloading from the Amazon App Store means you’re tied to Amazon for future updates. This means that you have to keep the Amazon App Store app on your device. Titles that you download and install for Free are transferable to any other phone or tablet as long as you download and install the Amazon App Store on each device and log into your Amazon account. I still recommend using the Google Play Store for all your app and gaming needs since updates will be quicker and the overall process is so much easier. On the other hand, there is a considerable amount of savings here, so I don’t blame you if you want to go this route. Plus, if you have a Fire tablet or phone, you don’t have to worry about a thing since it’s the only means of downloading apps.
You can hit up the link below to see the full list of apps and games.
source; Amazon
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Every ridiculous vehicle in ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ is drivable
Practical effects have gotten incredibly scarce in big-budget summer blockbusters, so it’s pretty refreshing to learn that every ride in Mad Max: Fury Road‘s apocalyptic menagerie isn’t CGI — they’re all functional and drivable. Production designer Colin GIbson had strict marching orders from the movie’s director (“make it cool or I’ll kill you,” according to Jalopnik) so he and his team scoured Australian scrapyards for donor vehicles. The 88 nightmarish results of that quest speak for themselves whether it’s the Mopar-on-tank-treads “Peacemaker” or 600+ cubic-inch, dual V8 monstrosity with two ’59 Cadillac Coupe de Ville bodies mounted on top of its chassis dubbed “Interceptor.” The production team built some 150 vehicles and then beat the ever-living hell out of them. When all was said and done, “over half” were destroyed. How’d that happen? Catch the flick when it opens this weekend and find out.
Filed under: Gaming, Home Entertainment, Transportation, HD
Source: Jalopnik
Virtual reality game asks you to fight blind
Virtual reality gaming isn’t just about immersing yourself in visuals… it can be about sound, too. If you need proof, you only need to look at (or rather, hear) Scoot Leadman’s experimental Gear VR game Blind Swordsman. The title has you fending off a trio of killers using only the directional audio cues in your headphones. You have to listen carefully, face your enemy and swing before it’s too late. The concept is simple on the surface, but it’s reportedly very involving — and it takes advantage of technology that wasn’t viable until recently, such as cordless VR and positional sound software. Blind Swordsman isn’t as superficially impressive as other virtual experiences, but it does serve as a friendly reminder that VR opens up creative possibilities beyond graphics.
Filed under: Cellphones, Displays, Gaming, Wearables, Mobile, Samsung
Via: VRFocus
Source: ChallengePost
Nintendo World Championships are back for E3 2015
The Nintendo World Championships, a gaming competition last held in 1990, return this year for E3 in June. Nintendo fans can compete for a spot in the Championships on May 30 at select Best Buy stores around the country, and the winners will join competitors selected by Nintendo at the Nokia Theatre on Sunday, June 14th, for a multi-round gaming competition. It’s just like the old days. The Championships will be streamed live online and fans in LA will have the opportunity to attend the final event in-person. Nintendo promises more details in the coming weeks.
As for the rest of E3, Nintendo will once again host a Digital Event full of game announcements and (fingers crossed) puppets, this time on Tuesday, June 16th at 9AM PT. Nintendo Treehouse will stream live from the E3 show floor June 16th – 18th, and on June 17th and 20th, select Best Buy stores in the US will allow fans to play Mario Maker on Wii U. That’s 4PM – 9PM local time on Wednesday, June 17th and 12PM – 5PM local time on Saturday, June 20th.
Filed under: Gaming, HD, Nintendo
Source: Businesswire
Ubisoft will release virtual reality games in 2016
There isn’t much of a market for virtual reality games at the moment, but Ubisoft thinks it can help create one. Company chief Yves Guillemot tells investors that Ubi is developing a “certain number” of titles that will take advantage of VR devices once they start reaching stores in 2016. He’s not specific about which franchises will get the treatment, but he says that the company is “very bullish about the potential.” Supposedly, VR will lead to more immersive gameplay that could “bring more players” to gaming. The big challenge, according to Guillemot, is building games that suit the virtual environment — it’s hard to play a long time with a display strapped to your head.
That future-minded strategy is extending to Ubisoft’s console support, too. The studio has confirmed that it’s no longer developing PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 games outside of the Just Dance series. If you want to play Assassin’s Creed Syndicate (or any Assassin’s Creed game, for that matter), you’ll have to do it on a current-generation console or a PC. There’s no explicit reasoning behind the move, but it’s not entirely surprising that the company would ditch old platforms. Games for legacy hardware cost time and money that might be better spent on newer systems, and they sometimes force developers to limit gameplay and graphics so that titles play well on older gear. This lets Ubisoft focus on making the most out of the PC, PS4 and Xbox One, or at least save cash making ports.
Filed under: Gaming
‘Angry Birds VR’ puts the infamous fowl on your face
In case you felt T-shirts, the silver screen, lunch buckets, go-karts or your smart device weren’t enough places to ogle Angry Birds, now there’s one more: virtual reality. A demo for the ubiquitous game about an avian-fueled, porcine genocide made its way to Samsung’s Gear VR recently, but from the sounds of it the formula’s changed quite a bit. Because the series-typical 2D side-scrolling affair likely wouldn’t translate well to a head-mounted display, the perspective’s shifted to behind the birds. What’s more, based on the screenshot above it looks like you’re coasting through rings rather than destroying fortresses. As Road to VR suggests, one might guide the crestfallen fowl through these loops by moving your head. Seems plausible. There are still a number of questions remaining, but perhaps the biggest is how do the pigs feel about possibly getting spared this time out?
The @rockinriousa Rock Weekend is on! #flockinRio #Metallica #GearVR pic.twitter.com/Mwt4xmqHIA
– Angry Birds (@AngryBirds) May 10, 2015
Hey @rovio Angry Birds VR Rock In Rio is here!!!! #angrybirds #FlockInRio We are so proud to be part of this! pic.twitter.com/JXc2Q98fAM
– IMGNATION Studios (@imgnationbr) May 11, 2015
Filed under: Cellphones, Gaming, Home Entertainment, Wearables, HD
Via: VR Focus, Road to VR
Sony told off for unfair 20th Anniversary PS4 competition
To celebrate 20 years of PlayStation, Sony created 12,300 limited edition PS4 consoles and offered them to gamers all over the world. In the US, they were sold to whoever could click the buy button fast enough, but in the UK, the company took a more convoluted approach. First was the PlayStation ’94 Shop in London, where 94 consoles were put aside for the low price of £19.94 (with all proceeds going to gaming charity GamesAid). Then came a partnership with GAME, which required gamers to solve riddles, click iconic PlayStation characters and enter a competition before anyone else.
As expected, it was all a bit of a mess. People quickly realised they could pool their resources and share the answer seconds after the riddle was posted, effectively locking out those who had taken time to work it out themselves. Then, an enterprising developer found a way to extract the clues before they were publicly shared by Sony. This led six people to file a complaint with the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), which argued that “promotion’s terms and conditions had been breached in a number of ways.”
Today, the ASA upheld the complaint, noting that the competition was not fair and had “caused unnecessary disappointment.” Although GAME had disqualified anyone who had submitted a competition entry before Sony had posted their clue, five people had managed to acquire two consoles while the promotion was taking place. This, of course, went against the terms of the competition, which was meant to allocate a single 20th Anniversary PS4 to each winner. To make things worse, those extra consoles then found their way to eBay.
So what’s happening to Sony and GAME? Well, they’ve been given a slap on the wrist. Both companies have been told that they must “ensure that future promotions were administered fairly and avoided causing unnecessary disappointment to participants.” Okay then.
Via: Eurogamer
Source: ASA
NVIDIA’s GRID cloud gaming service gets 1080p 60 FPS streaming
NVIDIA just flipped on a major upgrade for its GRID cloud gaming service: Full 1080p support at a blistering 60 frames per second. That’s the same resolution and frame rate as many games running on the Xbox One and PS4, and it’s pretty much the gold standard for PC gamers. And most importantly for NVIDIA, the update makes it the first company to offer game streaming at such a high resolution over the internet. To take advantage of the new streaming feature, you’ll need to grab one of the company’s SHIELD gaming devices (either the original handheld console or its gaming tablet), sign up for the SHIELD Hub beta group and have at least a 30 Mbps internet connection. We’d imagine it’ll likely be a compelling draw for the company’s upcoming SHIELD Android set-top box.
So far, NVIDIA is offering around 35 games for free streaming over GRID, including Ultra Street Fighter 4 and Batman: Arkham Origins. Come June, it’ll also debut a premium option (no, we don’t have pricing details yet).
While you can get 1080p/60p game streaming within your local network in a variety of ways — including Nvidia’s own GeForce Experience offering on PCs and Valve’s Steam platform — offering it remotely over the internet will be the holy grail for plenty of game companies. At this point, Valve’s got a major head start — and it’s still making progress. The company also announced today that it’s opening up two new GRID data centers in the southwestern US and Central Europe. It’s currently running six data centers around the world, offering GRID to gamers in 20 countries.
Via: Ars Technica
Source: NVIDIA
The first bands in ‘Guitar Hero Live’ include Alt-J, Pantera, Skrillex
The star of Guitar Hero Live is its new controller, a guitar with six buttons instead of the classic five. The additional button allows developers to include more genres of music in the game, including Skrillex’s “Bangarang,” Fall Out Boy’s “My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark” and The Lumineers’ “Ho Hey.” These artists and 10 others were announced alongside Guitar Hero Live, but now Activision and FreeStyleGames have revealed their specific songs, plus 11 new artists and tracks. The new list includes Pantera’s “Cowboys from Hell,” Judas Priest’s “Breaking the Law,” Sleigh Bells’ “Bitter Rivals” and Alt-J’s “Left Hand Free.” When we spoke to Guitar Hero Live Senior Producer Tim Dunn last week, he noted that the new six-button guitar expands the franchise’s musical reach. “The new button layout helped us get more gameplay out of different genres of music,” he said. See the current track lineup below, as provided by Activision.
Newly Announced Artists and Tracks:
Judas Priest – “Breaking the Law”
Pantera – “Cowboys From Hell”
Alter Bridge – “Cry of Achilles”
Rage Against the Machine – “Guerrilla Radio”
Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Higher Ground”
Sleigh Bells – “Bitter Rivals”
System of a Down – “Chop Suey!”
Black Veil Brides – “In The End”
The Pretty Reckless – “Going to Hell”
Broken Bells – “Leave it Alone”
Alt-J – “Left Hand Free”Previously Announced Artists, Newly Announced Tracks:
The Rolling Stones – “Paint it Black”
My Chemical Romance – “Na Na Na”
Fall Out Boy – “My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)”
Green Day – “Nuclear Family”
Pierce the Veil – “King for a Day (feat. Kellin Quinn)”
Blitz Kids – “Sometimes”
The Black Keys – “Gold on the Ceiling”
The Killers – “When You Were Young”
Gary Clark Jr. – “Don’t Owe You a Thang”
The War on Drugs – “Under The Pressure”
The Lumineers – “Ho Hey”
Ed Sheeran – “Sing”
Skrillex – “Bangarang”
FreeStyleGames and Activision will announce new songs and artists each week. Guitar Hero Live is due to drop on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and mobile devices this fall.
Source: Guitar Hero Live
JXE Streams: A real bodyman tackles ‘Car Mechanic Simulator 2015’
True story: our very own Tim Seppala worked as a car mechanic for 12 years. He was a bodyman, or an auto collision tech if you want to get fancy. The short version is that the man knows how to tear apart your busted ’89 Toyota Cellica after a wreck, get it looking pretty and make sure all the machine parts are working. Does that mean he’ll be able to dive right into RedDot’s Car Mechanic Simulator 2015, the game that is precisely what it sounds like? We’ll find out when he streams it live today at 3:30PM ET.
Join us at 3:30PM ET in this post, on Engadget.com/gaming and on Twitch.tv/Joystiq as Tim Seppala applies his expertise to playing a video game about fixing cars. Will he rage against the confines of its digital artifice or praise its accuracy? How many references to Drive can we make in 90 minutes? You’ll have to watch to find out.
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[We’re playing Car Mechanic Simulator 2015 on PC streamed at 720p through OBS.]
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