Mar 25
NVIDIA has detailed the Android KitKat update for SHIELD, as well as giving the portable console a temporary price cut as it pushes gaming notebook support and remote play. Android … Continue reading
Mar 06
Recoil Games have come back with their PlayStation 3 title Rochard this week with a full Android port optimized for NVIDIA Tegra 4-toting devices. This means that if you’re rolling … Continue reading
Feb 24
At last year’s Mobile World Congress we saw the NVIDIA Tegra 4i in a smartphone for the first time – a test model made just to show the processor’s capabilities. … Continue reading
Jun 07
Mad Catz CEO announces ‘Project M.O.J.O.’ Android gaming console coming at E3
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So, what with E3 just over the horizon, we’re expecting a bunch of gaming news. But a new contestant in the Android gaming market? From an established gaming hardware maker? Well, apparently so, according to Mad Catz CEO Darren Richardson who announced “Project M.O.J.O” in a recent earnings call. Calling it an Android “micro console,” Richardson claims it’s like a supercharged smartphone, without a display, that you plug into a flatscreen TV. Richardson was also keen to stress that it’s all about hardware performance, and will be open platform (rather than selling content). There are no details about specification at this stage, but M.O.J.O is likely to be the fruit of a recent NVIDIA partnership, and will be the centerpiece of Mad Catz’s own GameSmart products, which ensures a slew of peripherals and controller options. This partnership also likely means Tegra Zone compatibility, and therefore games from launch. For now we’ll have to sit and wait, but it looks like Android gaming is about to step up a gear.
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Dec 27
NVIDIA TegraZone For Windows RT
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In our review of the Microsoft Surface RT, we mentioned that good games were very hard to come by on Windows 8 RT. This is something that just got easier as NVIDIA has launched TegraZone for Windows RT. If you are not familiar with the Android version, TegraZone is an application that looks like a mini app store which features games and apps that are optimized for NVIDIA’s Tegra 3 processor that is inside the Microsoft Surface RT. (more…)
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Nov 07
Nyko’s TegraZone PlayPad game controllers now available: two different styles for $39.99 each
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The PlayPad and the PlayPad Pro controllers from Nyko have just reported for Android gaming duties, each carrying a $39.99 sticker. There’s no sign of the multicolored options we saw back in June, but the PlayPad does come in black or white and is bundled with a carry case and a folding stand for phones and tablets, while its larger and apparently more ergonomic sibling is offered only in black and is a GameStop exclusive. The wireless duo latch on to Android (3.0 or greater) devices using Bluetooth and are optimized for those with a Tegra processor, such as the Nexus 7 and the HTC One X+. There’s an app — called Playground — which lets either controller work with legacy titles that don’t specifically support its Bluetooth instructions, along with a mouse mode, PC and Mac support, and even the option to play on iOS devices loaded with iCade games. Sure, these controllers may not have faux-recoil or venomous branding, but perhaps they don’t need to — especially since they’re cheaper than some of the competition.
Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals
Nyko’s TegraZone PlayPad game controllers now available: two different styles for $39.99 each originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 07 Nov 2012 09:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Sep 26
The Wikipad is an anomaly. It’s a 10.1-inch, $500 Android tablet aimed squarely at gamers — an expensive portal to a platform many mobile game developers have abandoned due to piracy. It’s got an IPS display with 1,280 x 800 resolution, an NVIDIA Tegra 3 T30 quad-core 1.4GHz processor, 1GB of DDR2 RAM, and Android 4.1 Jelly Bean (at launch). So … it’s not quite as sharp in the graphics department as some other tablets on the market, nor is it as pretty as its main handheld gaming competition, the PlayStation Vita. On top of that, it’s from an engineering firm that you’ve never heard of — Wikipad is also the name of the business behind the tablet, and this is the company’s first product launch. Oh, and did we mention that the main selling point is an attachable game controller that frames half the tablet in a mess of plastic buttons, joysticks, and speakers? And no, the controller won’t be sold separately, nor will it work with any other tablet.
Defying all logic, however, the Wikipad feels like a surprisingly solid piece of equipment (regardless of the fact that the prototype model we used was hand-built). From the light but solid construction of the tablet’s chassis, to its grippy molded rear — which helps both for gripping the tablet without the controller attached and assists sound amplification when the device is laid down — nothing about the device feels cheap. As a tablet, it’s speedy and responsive. Apps load quickly and smoothly, and it’s got extra loud speakers for gaming without headphones (or for David Guetta, as was demonstrated to us). The custom skin it was running felt a bit rough — the apps get reorganized with a gaming focus and slapped onto a flippable cube, which caused some visual stuttering from pane to pane. Another feature of the custom OS is a special 3D game launcher, which includes sections for Nvidia’s Tegra Zone, PlayStation Mobile games, GameStop-suggested titles, and Google Play. There are some less than exciting ad banners attached to this launcher, but they’re easily ignorable. Though Gaikai is still working with the Wikipad post-Sony buyout, CEO James Bower told us the game streaming service won’t be there at launch — he’s hoping it’ll arrive by year’s end, “but that’s up to Sony.”
Gallery: Wikipad hands-on
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Hands-on with Wikipad, the $500 Android gaming tablet (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 26 Sep 2012 14:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Jul 13
Bad news from the land of Tegra. NVIDIA has shut down its Developer Zone forums after noticing what it calls “attacks on the site by unauthorized third parties.” While the nature of the attacks isn’t clear, what’s troubling is that these attackers “may have gained access to hashed passwords.” Users are of course encouraged to change their secret codes and, with all the hackery going on lately, we might recommend you just go ahead and change them all — just in case.
[Thanks, Alfredo]
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NVIDIA Developer Zone shut down, may have been hacked originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 13 Jul 2012 07:09:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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