Gamers can use it to keep in touch via TeamSpeak or Skype, change in-game settings, or follow a livestream or Twitter feed.
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NVIDIA's "GeForce Experience" application isn't so much an "experience" as it is a software application designed to optimize video game settings for a wide variety of PC setups.
Razer has proprietary software called Razer Synapse that synchs your keyboard, mouse and game device configuration settings in the cloud.
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Like FarmVille, FrontierVille is about virtual crop-tending, but the settings and game-play are more developed (a sort of FarmVille 2.0).
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The Nintendo CEO explained user accounts on the new console, with up to 12 players able to register on the same Wii U -- with individual settings and game saves kept in storage.
On settings aimed at its youngest demographic, the game only allows players to communicate using pre-set phrases, making obscenities or other inappropriate content impossible.
Essentially, the results of a player's in-game choices are used to populate a post-game comic book-style story -- progress, character info, settings, dialogue, achievements and screenshots are all pumped into an algorithm alongside the results of said variables, metrics from your playthrough, and your performance therein.
Where the average user picks up their new iPhone they want to play a game or make a FaceTime call, the geek immediately wants to know what settings they can customize.
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The Controller settings menu, on the other hand, is new, allowing users to remap the game's controls to their liking.
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Not only does the patch give players tons of flexibility over difficulty settings with the addition of Monster Power, it adds a huge new piece of end-game content to the action-RPG.
The game is a turn-based cover shooter, pitting your squad against an alien invasion in a variety of settings.
You will learn to recognize the symptoms in a variety of settings and realize that they are in fact beneficial because they take you to the top of your game.
Tapping the gamepad's screen or pressing the ZR button brings up the Virtual Console menu, laying bare the Wii U enhanced features Iwata told us about: restore points and controller settings. 3DS owners should be familiar with the former -- restore points allow you to save your game at any moment and restore it without penalty.
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