Tag: Gamer
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I can’t hear you! Fixing microphone issues with your gaming headset
The gaming world is an interesting landscape to navigate. You may be sat at home by yourself, but gaming allows you to connect with others in the world on different platforms. Depending on the games you are playing, there may be a level of teamwork required or it may be a space to socialise. In these…
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Gamer Numbers To Rise In The New Decade – Will You Be One Of Them?
Gamer numbers have been rising steadily over the last few years. Games such as PUBG & Fortnite have catapulted gaming further towards complete proliferation. As the western world begins to slow down in tech development, the developing world is not taking any breaks during the lull. Gamer Numbers So how many gamers are there? There…
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Discord VOIP – by Gamers for Gamers
If you are a gamer and play with other people regularly then you will know that communication is key to GG (good game). I, myself, have used a number of VOIP applications in the past; Teamspeak, Ventrillo, Skype, Steam etc and they have all had their uses over time. My own personal list of most…
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 to Deploy on New Nintendo Wii U
It’s no secret that the Nintendo Wii is all grown-up following the unveiling of a “living room revolution” at the recent E3 Expo and with the new improved Wii U comes a new mature line-up of games – but little did we suspect that highly-anticipated shooter Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 might be amongst…
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Only in Japan! – World’s oldest gamer: Here comes BomberGRAN!
The average age of a UK gamer has previously been reported as between 25 and 34, but our gaming friends in the Land of The Rising Sun would beg to differ – in particular Mrs. Umeji. Mrs U is 99 years old and along with needlecraft her biggest hobby.. hold that – her lifestyle is…
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Sony’s Star Wars Galaxies: The Old Republic forces end of MMORPG
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Sony Online Entertainment has confessed that it was forced to give up any new hope for its Massively Multi-Player Role-Playing game Star Wars Galaxies after the contract with LucasArts expires – because of the imminent launch of The Old Republic title from Bioware. The online gaming Saga comes to its end this December after an…
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PlayJam UK brings playtime to Samsung’s Smart TV
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UK owners of Samsung’s Smart TV sets already get to enjoy the best of the web right on their telly (with over 5 million apps downloaded) and from today PlayJam – the world’s largest interactive casual games network – will be bringing playtime to the big screen. Now that’s smart! Live in the Samsung App Store right…
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Activision Boss talks concerns over market for PS Vita
The boss of Activision, company behind mega-hit game Call of Duty has expressed concerns over PS Vita – the next generation portable from Sony – and its position in a mobile gaming market dominated by cut price smartphone games on iPhone and Android gadgets. Today you can grab a game on your Apple mobile for…
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Playstation 3 to drop to below £180? Console on price par with Xbox 360
The back and forth battle between Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 continues with dominance of the console market as the prize. Now some retailers are set to slash the price of Sony’s flagship gaming gadget to less than £200. Whether in answer to the succession of fails by Sony’s security on the Playstation Network or…
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Happy Birthday Sonic! A Retrospect on 20 Years of Gaming’s Favourite Hedgehog!
20 Years ago today Sonic the Hedgehog set out on his first badnik-bashing adventure on the 16-bit SEGA Mega Drive / Genesis console. That’s two decades to us humans and probably a lot more in Hedgehog years! But despite the crazy-fast critter’s seniority in the gaming biz, he’s still proving that he’s far from retirement…
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Nintendo’s Star Fox 3DS gets a date for launch – What would we like to see remade next?
It’s an exciting time to be a Nintendo fan who, like me, has fond memories of when the company could actually deliver the goods and the N64 console ruled above all! Following last week’s revival version of classic title Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time for handheld 3DS console, we found out today the release…