Thursday, 13 November 2014

'The winter is coming' as a Game!! #Game of Thrones

 ' There's a beast in every man and it stirs when you put a sword in his hand'

' I don't want to be a page in someone else's history Book'

' There's only one God Death and every day we pray to him, Not Today'

'You know nothing John Snow'

Yes!! I am talking about Game of Thrones.
Fans around the world have been eagerly waiting for the next season of the GoT and mean while we have something utterly delicious news.

For all the GoT lovers, Telltale Games presents you it's upcoming mobile title based on HBO's TV show and George R.R. Martin's Saga about Westeros and its various denizens. And hell yeah, you can now say that the winter its coming as a Game ;-)



In December 2013, Telltale announced the Game of Thrones title at the 2013 Spike VGX video game awards program and also that this game would be similar to their previous titles  'The Wolf Among Us' and 'The Walking Dead'.

The GoT game will have 5 characters and the story is divided into 6 episodes. Locations would include King's Landing and The Wall, Ironrath, the Home of House Forrester

'Iron From Ice',  the first episode will be available soon on PC,Mac, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, and iOS. Android users should have to wait a little more.

Telltale also revealed that in each installment of the game You will play as a different character and the entire story goes with the choices that you make while playing the game.

"Telltale's CEO Don Conners explained that the Game will not be a prequel to the television series, that the established world and the timeline of Game of Thrones is allowing Telltale to explore fixed stories in more depth, to appeal to players." (Source Wiki) 

Tuesday, 11 November 2014

The Game Awards 2014, at Las Vegas in December

I got Goosebumps when I heard about The Game Awards 2014! It's so special because video gaming is about to get its own version of the Oscars.

Going live in december from the AXIS Theater in Las Vegas and one could stream through PlayStation Network, Xbox Live, Steam and other platforms.

The giants are taking part in it. Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo and all major games publishers -  EA, Ubisoft, Konami, Warner Bros, Rockstar and Valve teamed up to this new annual award game show.

"On December 5, games will rise when the video game industry comes together to celebrate the cultural significance of the world's most dynamic form of entertainment" , the website says.

The Game Awards 2014 will include awards, world premiere announcements, musical performances and other surprises.

" The Game Awards 2014 will celebrate our collective live of games and the passion we all hold in our hearts for this incredible entertainment medium," Game Trailers TV host and executive producer Geoff Keighley, who is producing the awards and who formerly produced the Spike Video Game Awards(VGX) , which is unaffiliated with The Game Awards.

"The Game Awards isa special event to honor the achievements in gaming, our talented developers and devoted fans. We look forward to celebrating the power of games this December", said Ubisoft's Guilemont.

"We have long been believers in the potential for the video games to inspire, challenge and entertain, and we look forward to standing with the industry to celebrate the medium at 'The Game Awards' this year", said Jennifer Kolbe, VP of Publishing at Rockstar Games.

Well,  there is no information about who is nominating the games, who is voting for the game and who is judging the games to be awarded at The Game Awards.


Interested fans can attend this show at only $45 per ticket at ticketmaster.com using the code JAMESONLOCKE, provided by Microsoft.
Get them ASAP,  very limited seats

Welcome 2016 for Android Infotainment System

Android!! Android! Android!!
It's android everywhere!!
General Motors with Harman, now working on Android powered car infotainment system, signed on a $900 million deal.

You may pair up the system with your smartphone. The functionality that catches the eye-ball is that its ability to work on a standalone principle. And hence, all the information given is only to the car and not processed by an app.

The upcoming GM system makes the drivers to use their smartphones with the dashboard buttons, touchscreen or voice commands.

Harman CEO Dinesh Paliwal said :
"As you would expect, this next generation infotainment solution will enable an app store, which allows this infotainment system to stay technologically relevant over the life cycle of the vehicle. Apps will be developed by General Motors, Harman and a bunch of other third parties, not just Google and Apple."

Not only android,  But BlackBerry QNX and Microsoft are in use with GM OSes. GM also plays as a partner with both Google's Android Auto and Apple's CarPlay.


Welcome 2016 for the rumour to come true!! 

After Fifa 15 worldcup, Cortana says it is NFL Games

Interested in bets?
Here you go again with the Cortana, Microsoft's PA.
Also, help Cortana to improvise in predicting!!

Having predicted 15 out of 16 games during the Knockout round of Fifa 15 world cup, Cortana moves to NFL games and political races. It's said that Cortana is doing good with them.

The Microsoft prediction Lab is continuously making efforts to build much more effective, efficient and a better Cortana. Not only using the latest algorithms and forecasting techniques, they are even collecting data sources from the crowd.

Yes, You can help Cortana to improve its forecasting results by participating in some games. All You need to do is to register for the Prediction Lab via Microsoft, Google or Facebook. And it's free to join!!!

You can earn points and the rules are pretty simple.
So why late!? Hit the link and have fun!