Category: av

‘Death Stranding’ arrives on PS4 November 8th

[ad_1] The action game seems to be about forming connections, and there seems to be a multiplayer element. You’ll be tasked with reconnecting “isolated cities and a fragmented society.” “It is created so that all elements, including the story and gameplay, are bound together by the theme of the ‘Strand’ or connection,” Kojima said. “As […]

The successor to Bose’s QC35 noise-cancelling headphones arrives June 30th

[ad_1] The listening experience itself should be improved, including circuitry to remove the characteristic hiss of active noise cancellation. You can finally adjust the level of noise cancelling on Bose headphones, too. Like some headsets, the 700 can pipe in outside sounds so that you can have a conversation or pay attention to traffic without […]

‘Contra’ anthology will include game versions from around the world

[ad_1] On top of this, Konami will bring the Japanese versions of six games (such as the arcade versions of Contra and Super Contra) to the collection as part of a free update. You won’t likely see any dramatic changes to the experience when Konami releases the collection on the PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox […]

Fungus headphones offer a glimpse at the renewable future of electronics

[ad_1] The Korvaa headphones feature a headband 3D-printed with bioplastic made from yeast-produced lactic acid. The padding around the ear is made of Hydrophobin, a foaming protein produced by fungus, and plant cellulose. The imitation leather is also a fungus, and the mesh over the speakers is biosynthetic spider silk produced by microbes. The outer […]

More ‘Death Stranding’ details are coming on May 29th

[ad_1] Hideo Kojima’s Death Stranding has so far existed as little more than a collection of strange cutscenes and brief gameplay snippets, but it’s about to make considerably more sense… hopefully. Kojima Productions has teased a countdown to a news announcement on May 29th (May 30th in Japan). Just what you’ll see is in the […]

Moog museum tells the history of popular synthesized music

[ad_1] There’s an interactive timeline for Moog’s own life, but you can also expect “bays” of playable synths (including Minimoogs), effect pedals and theremins to help you understand the science of electronic music first-hand. A Young Inventors Lab, meanwhile, shows kids to create their own circuit boards. There’s also a dome where you can “step […]

Alexa’s intercom-like broadcasts come to more non-Echo devices

[ad_1] The feature requires device makers to implement it, and not every product will necessarily qualify. They’ll have to support converting MP3 files 45 seconds or longer to an Alexa-ready format. There may still be gaps in Announcements support even if your home is full of Alexa devices. Still, this could make the broadcasting tool […]

Leak shows Microsoft’s very purple ‘Fortnite’ Xbox One S

[ad_1] The system itself would be a standard disc-based version of the Xbox One S with 1TB of storage. If accurate, the Fortnite model is days away from launch and would cost just under €300 in Germany, and likely $299 in the US. That could make it a tough sell to some gamers. Microsoft’s E3 […]

Overwatch League commissioner leaves to head competitive ‘Fortnite’

[ad_1] It’s not certain just how Nanzer will shape Fortnite esports, although it’s likely to be significant when he was the one who got Overwatch League off the ground. He pitched the idea to Overwatch lead Jeff Kaplan back in 2015, well before the game even arrived, and helped enlist support from both major financial […]

Every Xbox One title will be playable on Project xCloud

[ad_1] The company revealed some other news as it continues to build out the platform. It has deployed custom Project xCloud blades to Azure data centers in 13 regions, with a focus on those in the game development hotspots of North America, Europe and Asia. The likes of Capcom and Paradox Interactive can now test […]