Ori and the Blind Forest Game Review

Coming to Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PCOri and the Blind Forest release date: Late 2014 (Xbox One/PC) 2015 (Xbox 360) It’s not as if Sony has needed reasons to buy a PS4, but its stellar line-up of indie titles definitely hasn’t hurt the cause. From Don’t Starve to Transistor to Rogue Legacy, Hohokum and The Road Not Taken, it’s had a stream of cool, quirky, indie stars, with many more on the way. Finally,...

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PS4 Share Play to be limited to 60 minute sessions

Sony’s PS4 Share Play, which allows gamers to share titles with friends over the internet, will be restricted to 60 minute sessions the company has confirmed. Although the service will allow gamers to play titles they don’t own, for free, these time limitations could prove rather restrictive for those enjoying a bit of co-op action.For those out of the loop, Sony has described Share Play as a ‘virtual...

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Huawei Ascend P7 Arsenal Edition released as new football season starts

Huawei is ready for the new football season, building on its partnership with one of the Premier League’s finest to launch the Huawei Ascend P7 Arsenal Edition smartphone. Giving its flagship phone an Arsenal-themed makeover, the reworked P7 features the Arsenal crest beneath a Gorilla Glass 3 protective coating on its rear, and comes pre-installed with all manner of football themed add-ons, designed...

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Assassin's Creed: Rogue Game Review

Available on Xbox 360, PS3
Released: November 11th First Impressions: Assassin’s Creed
While Ubisoft has clearly focused the lion’s share of its development budget and attention on the next-gen Assassin’s Creed: Unity, it’s good to see that it hasn’t abandoned those with last-gen consoles. Assassin’s Creed: Rogue gives them a new chapter to enjoy; one which ties together the eras of Black Flag and...

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Samsung Galaxy S6 to echo Alpha with new metal design?

Metal Alpha to pave the way for premium S6 and Note 4 designsThe Samsung Galaxy S6 will echo the newly unveiled Galaxy Alpha and touch down next year with a new metal frame, latest reports have suggested. With the metal edged Samsung Galaxy Alpha having been officially unveiled earlier this week, it has now been claimed that the Korean manufacturer will push its new design direction into its future...

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Nike makes an LED basketball court for interactive training

Want to play b-ball like Kobe Bryant? Nike has created a basketball court that features motion tracking and LED visualisation in the floor so the big man can teach his moves to young players. The court tracks players' movement using its built-in motion sensors. It even features the kind of tags you see in a basketball video game to let you know which player you're controlling (below).Using the motion...

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BenQ W1070+ Projector Review

What is the BenQ W1070+? As its name cunningly suggests, the BenQ W1070+ DLP projector is a revamped version of the original W1070 which made such a great first impression on us when it appeared at the end of 2012. But are the revisions BenQ has made enough to make the W1070+ competitive in 2014? And are they also enough to justify the £90 extra the new Plus model costs over and above the original...

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iPhone 6 leaks running iOS 8, looks like the real deal

The iPhone 6 has made yet another premature appearance, with latest leaks showing an official looking handset running an early build of iOS 8. The subject of endless rumours and countless leaks in recent weeks and months, the latest iPhone 6 tease looks to be the real deal. The handset is shown from both the front and the back, as well as with Apple’s new operating system on board.Fitting with recent...

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Wearable tech could deliver live stats on future Premier League footballers

Wearable technologies could soon play a key role in the beautiful game, delivering live player stats for Premier League clubs, an industry expert has suggested. Colm McMullan, creator of the popular football stats app FourFourTwo Stats Zone believes it’s absolutely possible players in the Premier League could one day use wearable tech to deliver real-time data. The radical change would most likely...

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BlackBerry Passport video gives early look at bulky handset

One of the weirder creatures on the smartphone scene, the BlackBerry Passport has made another early appearance, thanks to a hands-on video. Landing courtesy of retailer Carphone Warehouse, {pllquote}the detailed BlackBerry Passport video offers a little more insight into the squat, bulky handset{/pullquote} which has us at TrustedReviews scratching our heads.Boxy, 4.5-inch display, check. Oversized...

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Premier League tells fans not to post Vines or GIFs of goals

Vine users have been told to quit posting goalsThe Premier League season kicks off in earnest this weekend, and you can be sure thousands of fans will be trawling Twitter in order to get a free glimpse of the first goals of what promises to be an exciting season. However, officials at the Premier League are set to clamp down on the practice of Vines and GIFs of the latest goals being posted on Twitter...

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Nokia Lumia 830 stars in leak ahead of official release

Microsoft is priming itself for the release of its first high-end Lumia phones since completing its takeover of Nokia earlier this year. Sadly for the Redmond-based manufacturer, it’s not doing a great job of keeping things under wraps, after its spanking new Lumia 830 starred in a series of spy shots.The new device, due to get the official nod at an event being held in Berlin on 4 September to coincide...

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Voice Messaging finally hits Facebook Messenger for Windows Phone

Windows Phone owners rejoice. Facebook Messenger on the Microsoft smartphone platform is finally getting up to speed with its iOS and Android cousins, with a new update letting users send voice messages. The app has been accused of being limited in scope compared to other versions on different smartphone operating systems. This update, however, will at least bring it closer to parity, although voice...

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Touch ID could be coming to Mac

Apple is preparing to bring its Touch ID system to its Mac computers, according to a newly revealed patent filing. Introduced (and currently only available) in the iPhone 5S, it's widely expected that Apple's innovative Touch ID fingerprint recognition system will appear in all of Apple's forthcoming iOS hardware revisions.That should include two models of the iPhone 6 and the iPad Air 2, as well...

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Windows Phone market share down to 2.5 percent

Microsoft's share of the smartphone market with Windows Phone has dropped to 2.5 percent, according to a new report. Research company IDC recently released its quarterly report on the smartphone market, and found that Microsoft's platform had slipped even further behind Android and iOS.Apparently, Q2 Windows Phone handset sales dropped 9.4 percent compared to the same period last year. The result...

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iPhone 6 may get sapphire screen in premium models

Apple could well provide the option of a sapphire display for both models of the iPhone 6, but users might have to pay more for the privilege. Some recent reports have suggested that the smaller of the two new iPhone 6 handsets, which are apparently set to be revealed on September 9, could miss out on a sapphire display altogether.According to a new Wall Street Journal report, however, Apple may well...

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Motorola Moto G2 set for September 4 unveiling alongside Moto 360 and X+1

Motorola is looking to keep track with the big boys of the smartphone scene, revealing it will unveil the Moto G2 and the Moto X+1 on September 4. With Samsung, Sony and Huawei all expected to unveil new flagship phones the same week, and with the iPhone 6 to follow later the same month, Motorola has issued invites to its own September 4 launch event.Depicting a paper fortune teller, the Motorola...

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Xbox boss brands frame rate ‘significantly more important than resolution’

With the Xbox One still suffering from resolution shortcomings, Xbox head Phil Spencer has claimed that frame rate is actually more important to games. Although confirming that Microsoft is working hard to bring the Xbox One in line with the resolution capabilities of the rival PS4, Spencer has suggested too much focus is being paid to the idea of 1080p games being a ‘mythical, perfect resolution’.At...

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Google Now update serves up alternatives when flights get delayed

Google Now already has a strong reputation for serving up timely info, whether it’s a nudge about your next meeting or the latest football transfer rumours. Now, the service's latest addition could mean an end interminable waits at the airport.If your plane is stranded on the ground, Google Now for Android will now deliver alternatives when you slide it open. That means you can try and convince airlines...

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LG G Pad 8.0 set for release with upgraded LTE connectivity

LG’s latest tablet offering is finally heading to retailers, with the LG G Pad 8.0 on the receiving end of a pre-launch 4G LTE upgrade. Having been officially unveiled back in June, the new 8-inch G Pad will start rolling out across European markets this week. LTE has been thrown into the mix as part of a company-wide push into improved connectivity options.“With the G Pad 8.0 LTE, LG is setting a...

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iPad supplier lands half of iPhone 6 production from Apple

Pegatron, the Chinese supplier which puts together the iPad mini and iPhone 5c on behalf of Apple, has been handed a huge order for the forthcoming iPhone 6. According to claiomed 'supply chain sources' speaking with Digitimes, the company will assemble 25 million iPhones before the end of 2014, half of Apple’s entire order for the rest of the year.It’s believed that Apple’s usual iPhone supplier,...

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Apple bans risky chemicals from its production lines

Apple has banned the use of chemicals benzene and n–hexane from its Asian production lines, despite a report which it commissioned saying neither posed a risk to workers at manufacturing plants. The Cupertino-based company has spent four months looking into claims that the chemicals could cause health problems including leukaemia and nerve damage. It discovered no danger was posed to staff working...

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Samsung Galaxy S5 LTE-A manual points to upcoming European release

Samsung looks set to bring its supercharged Galaxy S5 to European markets, as an English language manual for the handset leaks online. With the high-speed, high-power Samsung Galaxy S5 LTE-A currently available exclusively in the manufacturer’s native Korea, Dutch site TechTastic has leaked an English user manual for the Cat 6 4G LTE capable handset.Although many European networks cannot currently...

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Amazon launches its own credit-card reader

Never let it be said Amazon is short of ways of making people pay for things. The online retail giant has just launched an accessory for smartphones and tablets that can be used to swipe credit cards. And in doing so, it's undercutting its rivals. Aimed at small businesses, the Amazon Local Register is intended to be an alternative to a cash register.Amazon will only take 1.75 per cent of swiped transactions...

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Unreal Tournament pre-alpha available to download now

You can now download a pre-alpha version of Epic's free Unreal Tournament refresh, though it's not quite official. Earlier in the year, Epic Games announced that it was working on a new version of the classic online multiplayer shooter that kicked it all off for the developer, Unreal Tournament.A small team of Unreal Tournament veterans, made up of UT developers, fans, and Unreal Engine 4 developers,...

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Lenovo is now primarily a smartphone maker

The recently announced Lenovo Vibe Z2 ProAfter sales of smartphones overtook computers for the first time, Lenovo can now be considered a major smartphone player - and it's casting its eyes west. The Chinese company is well known as the biggest computer maker in the world. But Lenovo's recently announced quarterly results show that it's now selling more smartphones than computers.Lenovo sold 15.8...

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Samsung Galaxy Mega 2 pictures and specs leak

Samsung may well be readying a follow-up to last year's mid-range phablet, the Samsung Galaxy Mega. The company might appear to be stepping back from the smartphone screen size arms race with the surprisingly demure Samsung Galaxy Alpha, but don't think that means it doesn't have a bunch of whopping great phablets in the pipeline.We know that the company will announced the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 at...

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The Evil Within Game Review

Available for: PS4, Xbox One, PS3, Xbox 360 and PC (played) UK Release date: October 24th 2014GamesCom 2014 Preview by Sam LoveridgeWhen we saw The Evil Within back in May, we were worried that it would do little to develop upon the survival horror genre and its linear gameplay would let it down.It seemed far from ready and we had concerned it couldn’t live up to truly creepy games like Outlast or...

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