Microsoft is preparing to name its “Windows Blue” upgrade as Windows 8.1. ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley first unveiled the name, but The Verge has confirmed with its own sources that Microsoft will name Windows 8.1 as the upgrade to Windows 8…
Microsoft is set to open up registration for its 2013 Build conference today. Scheduled to start on June 26th in San Francisco, the annual developer conference will this year serve as a platform for the grand unveiling of the “Blue” W…
Will it be the Kindle smartphone or the Kindel smartphone? That’s the question we are asking after former app platform and developer experience manager for Windows Phone Charlie Kindel has been called upon by Amazon to work on an undisclosed project. His past experience gives us an obvious hint at what he could be up [...]
If you’ve been dying to get your grubby little mits on Google Glass, but life never provided you the opportunity to 1. become a developer, or 2. possess the disposable income to shell out $1,500 for one — good news! It appears as if online retailer Borrowlenses.com is expecting to get receive some Glass specs [...]
The developer who crafted the creepy puzzles for the 2010 platformer Limbo is close to releasing 140, a side-scrolling rhythm game with constantly changing levels. The landscapes in 140 alter as its overlaid techno soundtrack hits maj…
The newspaper of record is venturing into poetry. Today may be April Fools Day, but Times Haiku — a new side project from The New York Times — is a wholly serious endeavor launching just in time for National Poetry Month. …
When Sony announced the PlayStation 4 on February 20th, it was amidst the sounds of explosions and dubstep. Games like Killzone: Shadow Fall, Destiny, and Watch Dogs were on display — titles made with big teams and even bigger b…
It’s been a long road for the Oculus Rift — the virtual reality headset’s Kickstarter began back in August, and was supposed to ship by the end of the year. However, things were delayed till March of 2013, but the company just a…
Now in its 10th and final year, the Game Design Challenge here at GDC is a competition that pits gaming’s most innovative minds against each other to come up with a game based upon a particular theme or concept — and this year d…
Mobile gaming has come a long way since you first played Snake on your Nokia 8210, but the latest release from Pocket Planes developer Nimblebit is taking the platform back to its roots. Nimble Quest plays a lot like that classic, but…
