Friday 29 April 2016

Why the Xbox 360 was great; The true potential of virtual reality; Battery discovered that lasts 400 times longer ... and more!

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April 29, 2016
The most important games that made the Xbox 360 great

The Xbox 360 was the console that changed the gaming landscape forever. Video games were already popular among the masses, but the 360 took the medium to new heights and brought in an entirely new generation of gamers. The prominence of online gaming, gaming achievements, online distribution, and more were features that the Xbox 360 either introduced or perfected on home consoles.
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Nintendo NX launches March 2017, won't simply replace Wii U and 3DS
Nintendo held its latest financial results briefing in the early hours of this morning, and as you'd expect, it hasn't been a great year for the company with slumping sales and a lack of new games for consumers to get excited about. Nintendo's earning have fallen 60% during the last financial year, but they still managed to bring in earnings of $148 million on $4.53 billion of revenue.
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Amazon starts requiring Prime membership to buy high-profile video games
Amazon's Prime membership has always come with a number of perks that non-Prime shoppers can view as nice to haves. They are typically perks you can do without, but that looks set to change as Amazon has decided to start blocking access to specific products if you don't subscribe. Video games seem to be the first product line to incur this restriction.
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Marvel's multi-million dollar whitewashing problem
On one hand, it managed to introduce audiences to an MCU that will include magic, the Astral Plane, and kaleidoscope dimensions before the year is out. On the other hand, it triggered a representation argument about whitewash casting with the visual introduction of Tilda Swinton's version of The Ancient One.
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