Microsoft retiring original Kinect for Windows sensor in 2015
After the October release of the second version of the hands-free sensor, the original version is done.
Yahoo announces plans to kill off some regional news sites, sunsets Yahoo Classic Games, alerts, and profile sites
Today Yahoo released an updated product report for 2014, which highlights the closure of several regional sites. Yesterday the company shut down regional homepages...
How Google’s latest game gives a glimpse of our augmented-reality future
Google's Niantic Labs is doing a transmedia project with novelist and discredited memoirist James Frey. It's an intriguing partnership that, like Frey's books, plays fast and loose with notions of what the "truth" is.
Pandora launches its first native game console app — and it’s for Xbox One
Digital radio service Pandora is finally showing some love to gamers today with the launch of a new application for Xbox One.
CSI creator unveils ‘gamified narrative’ Mysteryopolis game-cartoon hybrid show
Mysteryopolis will debut on Fuhu's Nabi kids tablet.
Khan Academy’s learning tools appear in an unlikely place … the Xbox One
Online education company debuts app on Microsoft's flagship console -- something its rival, the PlayStation 4, does not have.
Final episode of ‘Halo: Nightfall’ delivers its best acting … and worst effects
Halo: Nightfall, the live-action series produced to accompany the Halo Master Chief Collection, releases its final episode today.
Twitch update lets you find the best livestreaming players on Xbox One
The new update lets you watch Twitch videos on demand as well.
PewDiePie creates a generational divide between 4th graders and toddlers in ‘South Park’
The kids of South Park do not get why anyone would watch someone play video games.
Steam Broadcasting: Watch out, Twitch — Valve’s getting into livestreaming
Valve, the creator of the seminal Half-Life shooter franchise and the Steam digital-distribution platform, introduced Steam Broadcasting today. When playing a game on the network, you can now livestream gameplay video to Web as well as the Steam client, and others can now watch you play as well.