Neowin News Feed for: Players

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds crosses 5 million players on Xbox

Gurkaran Singh — Thu, 15 Mar 2018 21:42:01 +0000

PUBG has shown strong numbers ever since its launch through the Xbox Game Preview program back in December. The game crossed the 4 million player mark on the Xbox console in January. Read more...

Ubisoft: Reports of low player count in For Honor is fake news

Usama Jawad — Sat, 15 Jul 2017 19:30:01 +0000

Following reports of Ubisoft's For Honor losing a lot of active players on Steam a few months ago, a company representative has now disputed the data, claiming it to be "fake news". Read more...

Rocket League now has over 30 million players

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 18 Apr 2017 22:18:01 +0000

Over 30 million players now own Rocket League, with the developer, Psyonix, confirming it has hit the new milestone over Twitter, just three months after it crossed 25 million players. Read more...

Australian authority warns of potential dangers when playing Pokémon GO

Usama Jawad — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 16:22:01 +0000

Australian authorities have issued a light-hearted and humorous advisory highlighting the dangers of playing Pokémon GO without paying attention to your surroundings, as well as road safety. Read more...

Blizzard's Overwatch hits new milestone: 10 million players in less than a month

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 07:44:01 +0000

Blizzard is printing money at this point, as its new team shooter, Overwatch has garnered 10 million players in less than a month since its launch. This is the company's only new IP in 15 years. Read more...

Male characters in The Sims 4 are getting pregnant due to a bug

Usama Jawad — Fri, 01 May 2015 15:48:01 +0000

The Sims 4 players are reporting that their male characters are getting pregnant without alien interference, causing some hilarious scenes, such as male characters breastfeeding their babies. Read more...

Toshiba to launch three 3G HD DVD players in Sept/Oct

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:06:25 +0000

Toshiba, in continued efforts to promote the HD DVD format, will launch three third-generation HD DVD players for sale in the US soon. The mid-range HD-A30 will launch in September at a recommended retail price... Read more...

Toshiba Lowers Prices of HD DVD Players in the USA

Mon, 02 Jul 2007 20:02:49 +0000

Toshiba has retained the discounted prices on its entry-level HD DVD players in the U.S.: the Toshiba HD-A2 player will stay at $299 and the HD-A20 at $399. The HD-XA2 will also reportedly remain at... Read more...

Asustek, MSI laptops double as HD players

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 15:14:28 +0000

Two Taiwanese companies are making laptop PCs users can hook up to their high definition (HD) TVs to make more use of the laptops' internal high definition optical drives, either Blu-ray Disc or HD DVD.... Read more...

Sony to offer HD digital radio players

Wed, 30 May 2007 03:11:54 +0000

Sony Corporation has announced it will begin selling HD digital radio players in July, including a tabletop radio as well as a model for cars, the first step in what the electronics giant says is... Read more...

Bach: More than 1 Million Zune players sold

Mon, 28 May 2007 17:28:10 +0000

According to an interview over at SFGate.com with Robbie Bach, president of Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices Division, Microsoft has surpassed its own goal of selling one million Zunes. Microsoft hoped to meet the target by... Read more...

$100 instant rebate on Toshiba HD DVD players coming soon

Wed, 16 May 2007 21:32:28 +0000

The greatest thing to happen for High Definition has been undoubtedly fierce competition. The HD DVD Promotional Group is launching a new campaign: a $100 instant in-store rebate on some Toshiba HD DVD players. Between... Read more...

HD DVD Group Reports Over 100,000 Players Sold in the U.S.

Thu, 19 Apr 2007 21:31:00 +0000

The North American HD DVD Promotional Group has announced that more than 100,000 dedicated HD DVD players have sold in the U.S. in the format's first year on the market. This figure does not include... Read more...

Sony DVD's won't play on Sony DVD players

Steven Parker — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 08:37:18 +0000

Having recently settled various lawsuits over their use of invasive DRM in CD's, Sony has decided to try their luck with pushing more DRM into DVD's which has caused some recent issues in Sony's own... Read more...

Cursor hackers target WoW players

Fri, 06 Apr 2007 00:36:20 +0000

World of Warcraft players are being targeted by hackers exploiting flaws in how Windows handles animated cursors, a flaw which has recently been patched by Microsoft. Warcraft players seem to be one of the targets... Read more...

Blu-ray Disc Specification Change Threatens Current Players

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 03:00:02 +0000

Dear Mr. Early Adopter, start crying. The Blu-ray Disc Association has mandated that all players of the format released after October 31 must support BD Java which is currently not standard for today's hardware. All... Read more...

PSP Players Get Free Wi-Fi

Mon, 02 Apr 2007 23:21:39 +0000

Sony has announced firmware version 3.30 for the PlayStation Portable that gives users Wi-Fi capabilities at over 7,000 T-Mobile US HotSpots (from Starbucks to Border bookstores to over 70 major airports). The free Wi-Fi access... Read more...

Creative Technology Makes Profit on Players

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 12:52:00 +0000

Creative Technology, a maker of digital media players and a supplier of various audio equipment for personal computers (PCs), has reported a profitable quarter amid helpful sales of music players and a payment by Apple.... Read more...

HD players hand over DVD keys

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 09:53:30 +0000

A consortium backing the encryption system for high-definition DVDs has confirmed hackers have stolen "title keys" and used them to decrypt high-definition discs. Both the title keys and a number of decrypted films have been... Read more...

Universal Disc Players to Dominate the Market – Researcher

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 10:04:18 +0000

Following the commercial launch of the universal player that can tap both Blu-ray and HD DVD markets there are many more similar devices incoming according to technology research firm ABI research, which believes that such... Read more...

Toshiba Readies Millions of HD DVD Players

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 11:12:18 +0000

LAS VEGAS -- New movie releases, more market entrants, improved technology and 1.8 million HD DVD players from Toshiba are the weapons companies plan to use in the format battle against rival Blu-ray Disc this... Read more...

DVD Players Outnumber VCRs in US Homes

Thu, 21 Dec 2006 21:54:05 +0000

Nielsen has found out some very interesting statistics for VCRs and DVDs in American homes. The year 2006 has resulted in 79.2% of all American households having at least one VCR and 81.2% having a... Read more...

Critical Bug In Legacy Windows Media Players

Tom Warren — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 08:52:34 +0000

Proof-of-concept code that exploits a critical bug in Windows Media Player has gone public, Microsoft Corp. warned users late Thursday. A vulnerability in Media Player 9 and 10 can be used by attackers to grab... Read more...

'Universal' Next-Gen DVD Players On Way

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 11:36:35 +0000

The missing consumer link in the move to HDTV is a universal DVD player that would accommodate both the new HD DVD and Blue-ray formats. Such a player could be coming soon, thanks to Broadcom... Read more...

Toshiba Readies New HD DVD Players

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 17:42:51 +0000

Toshiba will soon put its second generation of HD DVD players on sale in the U.S. The Tokyo company kicked off the high-definition movie battle in the U.S. earlier this year when it put its... Read more...

Napster UK to give away free MP3 players

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 13:20:02 +0000

Napster UK is giving away free MP3 players to all new subscribers of its portable music service. Anyone taking out a three-month Napster to Go subscription from 14 September will receive a 512MB Sandisk Sansa... Read more...

Students given free iPod MP3 players

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 09:55:37 +0000

College students are to be given free iPods so they can catch up on missed lectures in their own time. South Kent College in Dover has spent Â£25,000 on Nano iPods for 250 students in... Read more...

Sony and Pioneer Delay Their Blu-ray Players

Joe Cashman — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 09:31:17 +0000

Sony's first Blu-ray player is now expected to launch mid-August, two months later than originally suggested. According to the Sony Style website, the BDP-S1 will now ship "on or about August 15, 2006." Priced at... Read more...

Blu-Ray, HD DVD Players Cost Over $400 to Build

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 09:52:34 +0000

Even though the high definition video discs are just around the corner, due to the high manufacturing costs of Blu-ray and HD DVD players and broad availability of conventional DVD devices and content, the market... Read more...

Toshiba Postpones HD-DVD Players

Wed, 28 Sep 2005 18:55:08 +0000

After originally planning to release HD-DVD players to the US market late this year, Toshiba has announced a delay until February or March of 2006. Toshiba and other HD-DVD supporters have agreed that a... Read more...

Blizzard to compensate players for World of Warcraft problem

Fri, 09 Sep 2005 11:26:05 +0000

As European World of Warcraft players grow increasingly frustrated with the lagging issues that continue to plague many servers, developer Blizzard has pledged to compensate players for their trouble. "Two days' compensation will be offered... Read more...

Players, Blizzard Duke it out Over 'Warcraft'

Tue, 16 Aug 2005 19:19:10 +0000

News of Blizzard--the publisher behind the highly addictive game "World of Warcraft"--scanning players' computers for cheat software has players up in arms. Blizzard asserts they are only scanning hard drives for known hacks that let... Read more...

Java to Appear in Next-Generation DVD Players

Tue, 28 Jun 2005 19:30:40 +0000

Sun Microsystems' Java technology will be built into Blu-ray DVD players, executives said on Monday, a development that advances the technology in the consumer electronics market for which Sun originally developed the software. ... Read more...

iRiver Unveils Flashy MP3 Players

Mon, 20 Jun 2005 19:35:19 +0000

Reigncom, the company behind IRiver-brand digital music players, has shown four new flash-memory based music players ahead of this week's SEK exhibition in Seoul. Among them is an addition to its H10 product line and... Read more...

Windows 2000: Update for DRM-enabled Media Players

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 05 May 2005 10:17:16 +0000

These updates improve the robustness of the Windows Media DRM platform and add additional integrity checks to the DRM system, via the installation of two components on end users' computers. License issuers can verify that... Read more...

World of Warcraft players banned for selling gold

Mon, 14 Mar 2005 12:30:15 +0000

Blizzard continues to uphold its aggressive policy on exploits. Blizzard Entertainment has permanently banned more than one thousand users from its massively multiplayer World of Warcraft title after an investigation into "gold... Read more...

iRiver ships Linux portable media players

Thu, 21 Oct 2004 21:31:20 +0000

iRiver has formally introduced its Linux-based Portable Media Player (PMP) family in the UK. The device maker also said this week that it has cut the price of its H series colour digital music players.... Read more...

Halo 2 Live to support four players on one Xbox

Mon, 16 Aug 2004 17:23:15 +0000

Halo 2 will allow four people to connect to Xbox Live on the same Xbox at the same time. That's just one of many closely guarded details that a cheeky beta tester announced to Microsoft's... Read more...

Academy DVD players

Sun, 04 Jul 2004 15:27:45 +0000

Supposedly, the main source of high quality movie rips is from screeners; a screener is a pre-release of the movie on DVD that awards groups (e.g. The Academy, runners of the Oscars) send out to... Read more...

Napster gives away music players with subscription

Thu, 17 Jun 2004 19:35:04 +0000

If you like Roxio's digital media player and Napster then you're in luck. With a one-year subscription you can get a Rio Chiba Sport or 1.5GB Rio Nitrus. Roxio Inc.'s Napster... Read more...