Intel’s latest flavor of its upgraded graphics architecture, Iris Xe Max, rolls out this week in three debut systems: the Acer Swift 3x, Asus VivoBook Flip TP470 and Dell Inspiron 15 7000 2-in-1. Though Iris Xe, the integrated version baked into Intel’s 11th-gen mobile processors, has already arrived in the Asus ZenBook 13 and others, …
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South of the Circle, a new narrative adventure from State of Play Games, is coming to Apple Arcade’s growing catalog of over 135 games on Friday. You play as Peter, a Cambridge scholar, who finds himself stranded in the vast wasteland of Antarctica after a plane crash. While trying to survive and ultimately escape, Peter’s memories begin to creep into …
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Startup Backbone’s inaugural product, an app-integrated game controller for the iPhone that the company considers more a “gaming content creation tool” than the typical run-jump-crouch-shoot accessory, has a very well-thought out design and novel feature set that raises the bar for its category. Like the Razer Kishi, the $99 Backbone One expands to slip on either end of the iPhone …
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More than a dozen app makers and other companies have joined together to form the Coalition for App Fairness, a nonprofit group that’s taking aim at Apple and its App Store rules. Among the founding members are Spotify, Epic Games and Match Group, all of which have been vocal critics of the fees Apple charges developers. “As enforcers, regulators, and …
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Earlier this month, Google removed Fortnite from the Google Play Store after publisher Epic Games tried to get around the 30% fee the company charges app developers for purchases on its platform (Apple, which charges the same fee, also removed the battle royale game). The decision led Epic to file lawsuits against the tech giants while promoting the hashtag #FreeFortnite on social media. But don’t fret, Android users, you …
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Nvidia GeForce Now and Google Stadia are among the leaders of the pack for cloud gaming — technology that renders and streams supported games from data centers to your phones, PCs and Macs so you can play on devices that might otherwise not be able to run them. Among high-profile newcomers there’s also Microsoft’s Project xCloud, which launches next month but has the advantage …
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HP released a flock of new sub-$100 gaming accessories, including its first 2.1-channel speaker system and wireless headset for gamers, as well as a couple of mice. Joining the budget crew is a curved 24-inch gaming monitor, which isn’t quite budget-range for its feature set. Enlarge Image The HP X1000 Wireless Gaming Headset. HP The new audio products round out …
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Animal Crossing: New Horizons has become a comfort blanket for Nintendo Switch players during the coronavirus pandemic. The game’s simple tasks, like catching fish and bugs, decorating your island, gardening and collecting fruit — even just stopping by a friend’s island to say hello — are helping many cope with the loss of normalcy. Island life has started bleeding into reality …
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Apple and Google have both planted flags in the gaming world in the past year with the launch of mobile gaming streaming services: Apple Arcade and Google Play Pass. Both subscription services offer unlimited access to a library of games you can play on your mobile devices without advertisements or in-app purchases, all for $4.99 a month. While Apple Arcade is …
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Yesterday was iPhone SE launch day, and while there are some pretty good iPhone SE deals to be had, nothing comes close to this. For a limited time, and while supplies last, Tracfone via eBay has the Motorola Moto E6 and one-year service plan for $59.99. You also get your choice of cases and a car charger. See it at eBay …
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