Halo 5 doesn't include split screen, features very short campaign

Anthony Garreffa | Gaming | Nov 2, 2015 8:20 PM CST

Last night I watched Angry Joe's great review on Halo 5: Guardians, where he talked about some of the large issues on the Xbox One exclusive. Angry Joe said that there is no split screen gameplay, which is something that is a huge miss compared to the previous titles in the franchise. Before you watch the video, there's a NSFW warning for language.

Halo 5 doesn't include split screen, features very short campaign

Angry Joe called over 'Other Joe' where they were "immediately met with the first sign that this isn't the Halo I would fall back in love with" when he found out there was no split screen goodness on the Xbox One. Joe had to buy an entire second Xbox One and a second copy of Halo 5 just so he could play with Other Joe.

The reason for the removal of split screen in Halo 5? According to Xbox boss Phil Spencer, "the teams make decisions based on the bar that they want to hit for complexity of what they're going to run on a single box". Spencer added: "we see the robustness of what Xbox Live is today and where people are playing across Xbox Live--you at your house, me at our house. We know that's the vast majority of the co-op play. With Halo 5, the team really wanted to focus on making that experience great, both visually on the screen that you're looking at, and all the systems in place".

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 includes modding support, map creation on PC

Anthony Garreffa | Gaming | Nov 2, 2015 6:16 PM CST

With the release of Call of Duty: Black Ops 3, we're finding out more details on the PC version of the game. Treyarch has teased that the PC version of Black Ops 3 will include full modding tools, where you can even create your own maps, and run servers for your modded content.

While Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 launches in a few days, on November 6, the modding side of the game will not reach alpha stage until March 2016. But, the developer has released a bunch of information onto its blog, where they said:

Over the years, the Call of Duty® community has proven itself to be among the most passionate in the world - and we count ourselves fortunate to make games for you.

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Warner Bros. admits it can't fix Arkham Knight on PC, offers refunds

Derek Strickland | Gaming | Nov 1, 2015 7:12 AM CST

Since it was released on PC, Rocksteady's ambitious conclusion to their Batman saga has been pretty much unplayable and broken in fundamental ways. Now it looks like the devs and publishers at Warner Bros. have finally given up and are fully admitting they won't be able to completely fix the game, offering full refunds as a result.

Warner Bros. admits it can't fix Arkham Knight on PC, offers refunds

"We are very sorry that many of our customers continue to be unhappy with the PC version of Batman: Arkham Knight," Warner Bros. official community admin said in a recent update on Steam. "We worked hard to get the game to live up to the standard you deserve but understand that many of you are still experiencing issues."

"Until the end of 2015, we will be offering a full refund on Batman: Arkham Knight PC, regardless of how long you have played the product. You can also return the Season Pass along with the main game (but not separately). For those of you that hold onto the game, we are going to continue to address the issues that we can fix and talk to you about the issues that we cannot fix."

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Chinese manufacturer makes an iPhone 6S clone that costs just $37

Apple may have launched the new iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus, but they're expensive handsets, so much so that Apple had its best quarter ever - again. But there are clones popping up, where in China you can pick up an iPhone 6S clone for as little as $37.

Chinese manufacturer makes an iPhone 6S clone that costs just $37

The basic iPhone 6S sells for $649 in the US, so this iPhone 6S clone is 20x cheaper, and looks virtually identical. It features a 5-inch screen, comes in three colors, and has a reduced resolution on its display. The real iPhone 6S rocks a 1334x750 resolution, while the iPhone 6S clone drops it down to 960x540.

The iPhone 6S clone runs Android, has a weaker Spreadtrum SC773 processor, 4GB of storage and 512MB of RAM. Comparing this to the A9 processor, 16GB of storage (with 64GB and 128GB models), and a reported 2GB of RAM. However, the iPhone 6S clone rocks two SIM card slots, compared to the one SIM card slot found in the official iPhone 6S.

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ASUS shows off Maximus VIII Impact, and so much more at PAX AU 2015

Anthony Garreffa | Motherboards | Oct 31, 2015 6:27 PM CDT

PAX Australia 2015 - ASUS always impresses us at trade shows, and PAX Australia 2015 was no different. The company was teasing its new super-tiny, ROG-powered Maximus VIII Impact - powered by the new Z170 chipset from Intel and ready for the Core i7-6700K processor.

The ASUS Maximus VIII Impact features the company's SupremeFX IMPACT III sound card, which will provide crystal clear gaming audio all day and night long.

ASUS also had the ROG GR6 on display, offering PC performance inside of the size of a console. It's an ultra-compact gaming desktop, which also happens to look great, too.

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PLE Computers push gaming chairs, delicious gaming PCs at PAX AU 2015

Anthony Garreffa | Computer Systems | Oct 31, 2015 5:05 PM CDT

PAX Australia 2015 - We stopped by Australian IT retailer PLE Computers at PAX Australia this year, as they had some great stuff that caught our eye. They were pushing a very comfortable, and slick-looking line of gaming chairs, had custom gaming PCs on show, and so much more.

This custom system looked incredible, and was getting a lot of people stopping in awe and snapping photos of it. The color scheme really works with NZXT's custom lighting really displayed well here.

One of the cool things on display at PLE was this awesome HOTAS system.

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'Independence Day Resurgence', 'Deadpool' and 'Wolverine' head to IMAX

Ben Gourlay | Celebrities & Entertainment | Oct 31, 2015 4:30 AM CDT

On the heels of similar agreements struck with movie studios such as Disney and Warner Brothers, IMAX has inked a deal with 20th Century Fox, which will see some of the biggest films of 2016 get a little bigger.

According to Deadline Hollywood, the agreement will see eagerly awaited theatrical releases such as 'Deadpool', 'Independence Day: Resurgence', 'Maze Runner: The Death Cure' and the as-yet untitled third 'Wolverine' stand-alone picture hit IMAX screens worldwide. And while the forthcoming 'X-Men: Apocalypse' was not mentioned, there's hope that might also get the IMAX DMR upgrade.

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Deakin helps your body become the controller with its Motion Lab

Chris Smith | Virtual & Augmented Reality and 3D | Oct 30, 2015 9:01 PM CDT

PAX Australia 2015 - Aiming to bring virtual reality and motion capture up to another level, Deakin's Motion Capture lab serves as a dual purpose facility to offer education and research towards betterment of games and movies alike.

Deakin helps your body become the controller with its Motion Lab

With its Friday showing at PAX Australia involving a short virtual reality space demo in which you can control limb movement and rotations with your body as the controller, Saturday was an even more impressive experience - hosting a live model testing out a full body motion capture suit.

Deakin Motion Labs director, Professor Kim Vincs, discussed the advancements in the VR and motion capture industries, pinpointing how her facilities help provide a hands-on experience for students. Unfortunately, due to hustle and bustle at PAX, with the added stress of them being next to the extremely loud Twitch booth, further discussion on the future of development was near impossible. Not wanting to disappoint, expect a full feature article from TweakTown as we aim to attend the motion lab early in November.

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ASUS ROG Maximus VIII EXTREME motherboard will set you back $499

Sean Ridgeley | Motherboards | Oct 30, 2015 3:27 PM CDT

Aimed at high-end gamers, ASUS' ROG Maximus VIII motherboard series launched a few weeks ago, and today the latest entry makes its way to retail: the ROG Maximus VIII EXTREME flagship.

Features include Z170 chipset support, quad-GPU setup support, 4x DDR4 (3866 OC, 64GB) slots, thermal backplates, 24-bit ESS Hi-Fi Sabre DAC, HDMI/DisplayPort 1.2 ports (max resolution 4096 x 2160 @ 24 Hz / 4096 x 2304 @ 60 Hz), Bluetooth V4.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (dual band 2.4/5 GHz), and the ROG SupremeFX 2015 8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC, to name several. For the full spec list, head to the product page here.

The board will set you back a whopping $499.99.

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