Ah, it’s Friday again! Might as well start winding down now, and what better way than by sitting down and scrolling through all the latest tech news? It’s all in techie breakie, after the jump!
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Microsoft’s New Xbox Experience (NXE) has brought a cleaner, easier to use interface to the Xbox console, XBLA, LIVE, and media players. Now we have all had a few weeks to get used to it, Microsoft will be rolling out some new ‘Channels’ for exclusive themed content and games.
This really does take a commitment to retrogaming to new heights. Water Melon Development are launching the first new Megadrive game since 1998. Pier Solar and the Great Architects is to appear on an actual SEGA Megadrive cartridge, but there is a chance that the game could be enjoyed by gamers who don’t operate retrogaming museums or have extensive attic space devoted to their childhood toys.
Jonathan Blow’s indie platformer Braid impressed critics and gamers alike when it launched back in August. Currently, only Xbox Live Arcade users have been able to partake of the game’s unique mix of time-mangling and platform jumping – a state of affairs that will change when the PC version is released in the next couple of months.