Year: 2015

We are back! Chris and Ian discuss the weeks news and catch up on Mobile World Congress, Game Developers Conference and the Apple Keynote. It’s a long one!

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• Twitter cuts Meerkat off from its social graph just as SXSW gets started
• BBC gives children mini-computers in Make it Digital scheme
• Argos sells customisable 3D printed jewellery
• Nintendo finally commits to making mobile games with new partner DeNA
• Huawei (wah-way) announces its first Android Wear smartwatch
• HTC’s One M9
• HTC announces Grip, its first wearable fitness tracker
• Valve’s VR headset is called the Vive and it’s made by HTC
• Samsung’s new Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge put design first
• Microsoft’s New Lumia 640 And Lumia 640 XL Ship With Office, Free Skype Calling
• Sony announces its Morpheus VR headset will ship in 2016
• Nvidia Announces a $199 Smart TV That’s Also a Game-Streaming Console
• Valve Announces Steam Link, A $49 Gadget For Streaming PC Games To Any Room In Your House
• Unreal Engine 4 is now free-to-download for everyone
• Unity 5 released with upgrades, full-featured free version
• Valve debuts Source 2 for free in bid to compete with Epic, Unity
• Phil Spencer announces new Xbox One, HoloLens and Windows 10 plans at GDC
• Apple March Keynote

Picks
Ian
Cities: Skylines
– £22.99
– Mac, PC, Linux
– Sim city builder
– Addictive and you need a bit of strategy especially around transport
– Some bits tedious – water and sewers done manually, demolition of abandoned buildings
– Overall awesome 🙂
– Mods
– Custom buildings, fixes etc
– Save Games
– GTA map, completed cities
– Maps
– Many towns from around the world
– Can make your own