• March 2013 - DCEmu Turns 9 Years Old and Still Going Strong

    Its Now March 2013 and DCEmu the Homebrew & Gaming Network is now 9 Years old. I actually started the sites back in 2002 but joined them under the DCEmu name back in 2004 when the site was foremost a Dreamcast Site, since then we have expanded and cover all homebrew scenes as new consoles come into play. To make sure the site gets back to what it does best i have merged the discussion forums and unmerged all the news forums, which for everyone makes for a better reading experiance, no one wants to search for PS2 news on a PS3 merged news forum because it takes ages to find it. Also this month we have launched new sites for PS4, GCW Zero and also an Open Source Handhelds website. Thanks for visiting DCEmu and please join in the discussion and remember if you are a coder then you can upload to our forum instead of using crappy internet upload sites.

  • Android News

    Galaxy S 4 to hit 10 million sales next week 

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    Published on May 17th, 2013 23:23
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    Despite launching less than a month ago, Samsung's Galaxy S 4 smartphone is set to pass the ten million sales mark next week.
    If true, the Galaxy S4 will have outpaced its predecessor, the Galaxy S3, to the ten million mark by three weeks. It would also make the S 4 the fastest selling Samsung handset to date.
    Samsung's co-CEO Shin Jong-kyun addressed reporters at a technology forum held in Seoul yesterday.
    “We are confident that we will pass more than 10 million sales of the S4 next week. It is selling much faster than the previous model S3,” said Jong-kyun, reports the Korea Times.
    It's a further boost to Samsung, which already receives 95 per cent of the profits generated by the Android mobile operating system, it was revealed yesterday.
    Whilst that figure excludes the Galaxy S 4, the success of the firm's latest handset should only see it continue to rise.
    Samsung is also set to release an update edition of the Galaxy S 4 on June 26th, which will come pre-installed with the latest Android 4.2 OS as standard.

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    Nvidia Shield launches in June for around $350, Preorders Start May 20th 

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    Published on May 15th, 2013 01:54
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    Nvidia will release their Android Powered Nvidia Shield gamepad in June for $350, the console boasts some impressive specs.The Tegra 4 powered handheld runs on Android 4.2.1, has a nice 5-inch retinal display capable of 720p and also has 16GB of internal storage, expandable via the SD card slot on the back. Notable hardware features include a built-in mic and GPS, plus a mini-HDMI port. The Shield is also capable of streaming games from your PC, provided you have a GTX 650 GPU or better.

    Nvidia has today announced five new games coming to its handheld: Broken Age, Costume Quest, Origins, Skiing Fred and Chuck's Challenge.

    Nvidia Shields will ship with two free games: Expendable: Rearmed and Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 2

    The portable system will be available at Newegg, GameStop, Micro Center and Canada Computers.

    According to Nvidia, heres whats good about the handheld:

    • Tegra 4 - The world's fastest mobile processor delivers rich graphics and unbeatable performance thanks to 72 GPU cores, four CPU cores and 2GB of RAM
    • Console-grade controller - Precise control thanks to dual analog joysticks, a full-sized D-Pad, left and right analog triggers, full-sized bumpers and A/B/X/Y buttons
    • Multi-touch display - 5-inch, 720p retinal multi-touch display for high-fidelity visuals
    • Integrated speakers - Custom, bass reflex, tuned port audio system - we think this is SHIELD's sleeper feature
    • Wi-Fi - 802.11n 2X2 MIMO game-speed Wi-Fi for game streaming
    • Pure Android - Latest Android Jelly Bean operating system from Google, for access to Android games and apps
    • There's more - We put into SHIELD everything we would want in a premium mobile gaming device: 16 GB memory, GPS, Bluetooth 3.0, a mini-HDMI output, micro-USB 2.0, a microSD storage slot, a 3.5-mm stereo headphone jack.

    Verizon bumps up Samsung Galaxy S 4 launch to May 23rd 

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    Published on May 13th, 2013 20:05
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    Disappoined that Verizon wasn't going to offer its variant of the Galaxy S 4 until May 30th? You're in for an unexpected treat: Big Red has just moved up the launch by a full week, to May 23rd. The $200 contract price remains the same, but we won't complain much when Samsung's quad-core flagship should now arrive ahead of the long weekend. It looks like those supply issues weren't quite so bad as some thought.

    http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/index.html     ...
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    Samsung Testing 5G Phones With 1gbps Download Speed 

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    Published on May 13th, 2013 19:01
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    While many smartphone users are still on 3G and are waiting for 4G to be available, Samsung is now testing 5G networks, capable of getting speeds up to 1gbps. Obviously, we're years away from seeing these in the wild (the company is shooting for 2020) but it's still an amazing improvement over what many people are experiencing now."

    http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/13/...download-speed     ...
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    Low cost consoles and games can reach the markets PlayStation and Xbox can’t, says Ga 

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    Published on May 11th, 2013 14:48
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    Sony and Microsoft’s vast console empires have made it difficult for them to innovate and capitalise on the rise in low cost indie games, says Playjam CMO Anthony Johnson.Playjam will release GameStick this summer for $79 in the US and £79.99 in the UK, where it will retail exclusively at Game. It is targeting casual and ‘mid-core’ games players – the kind that play low-cost mobile games but aren’t likely to pay a premium for a traditional, high-end games console.“The issue is that as we all know, elephants can’t jump,” Playjam CMO Anthony Johnson told us. “[Sony and Microsoft] have built an extraordinary successful market which they have dominated for years, but times are changing and the underlying models employed by these manufacturers will make it extremely difficult for them to innovate. A model built around huge hardware subsidies and Hollywood-type budgets for content will only ever serve a relatively niche segment of the market.”Johnson says that GameStick was conceived as a reaction to the ‘old’ marketplace, and it reached its $100,000 Kickstarter target with ease. It currently has $647,658 in funding – a not inconsequential sum, but one that’s dwarfed by the $8.5 million raised thus far by fellow microconsole Ouya.“Ouya got to Kickstarter first and ran a legendary campaign,” says Johnson. “We would probably see them as our closest competition today although we have chosen to go down a different route in terms of form factor that we think offers players more. I know that this sounds canned but competition is good. We are looking to define a new market and realistically this is going to take a number of players to achieve.”Its pitch to developers is to offer an easy way of getting games onto the big screen, but with competing tech on its way, fragmentation could threaten this new marketplace. ”If new hardware manufacturers insist on throwing up barriers by asking developers to follow proprietary key mapping technologies then we will see fatigue from the developer community hit pretty quickly,” says Johnson. “GameStick has decided to employ open standards to ensure as much cross compatibility between devices and content as possible. Developers are far more likely to support platforms which require the least effort to port to.”Johnson says that GameStick is courting indies and large publishers, and tells us that “500 developers have signed up so far.”“If your game runs on an Android device and would make sense on TV it will work on our platform with either minimal or no tweaking,” he says.One million units sold is the benchmark for Playjam, at which point it would consider GameStick to be a viable platform in the long term. And Johnson doesn’t believe that the arrival of PS4 will dilute demand for GameStick in any meaningful way.“I think Sony made a couple of neat innovations around the integration of social media within the platform but these will take time for developers to integrate, whereas the games we are targeting are inherently social given that they originated on mobile platforms,” he adds. “Their underlying model has not changed. Until it does, devices such as GameStick will legitimately be able to claim to be truly disruptive to the industry as a whole.”

    http://www.edge-online.com/news/low-...ays-gamestick/
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    32GB Samsung Galaxy S 4 coming to AT&T May 10th for $250 

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    Published on May 6th, 2013 22:55
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    We knew that the 32GB version of the Samsung Galaxy S 4 would be coming to AT&Tto complement its 16GB sibling for an extra 50 bucks, but the carrier kept pretty quiet about when it would show up. A tweet from AT&T's official account has finally confirmed that we'll be able to grab one starting May 10th for $250 with a two-year commitment. This is a solid option for those who have been looking forward to buying the flagship phone but aren't so keen on how much onboard storage is taken up by the OS itself.

    http://www.att.com/shop/wireless/dev...l?sf12482306=1     ...
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    Amazon drops 7-inch Kindle Fire HD's price to $179 for Mother's Day 

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    Published on May 6th, 2013 22:50
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    Two can play the discounted-tablet-for-Mother's-Day game. Just a day after Barnes & Noble slashed Nook tablet prices across the board, Amazon has cut the prices of the 7-inch Kindle Fire HD to $179 (16GB) and $209 (32GB) for the occasion. Use the FIRE4MOM code at checkout until May 12th and you'll pocket $20 that could be better spent on flowers... or apps, for that matter. The sale isn't as far ranging as we've seen at the rival bookstore, but those whose moms thrive on Amazon Prime will likely be happy.

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008GGCAVM/ref=fs_ta     ...
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    AT&T's Galaxy Note getting Jelly Bean via Kies on May 3rd 

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    Published on May 4th, 2013 13:17
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    After watching its international counterpart make the jump to Jelly Bean, Ma Bell's version of the original Galaxy Note is finally scheduled to receive its due. Starting on Thursday, Samsung's Kies servers will begin offering Android 4.1.2 to AT&T customers rocking the smartphone / tablet hybrid. While the update brings a host of new features, the main course is the introduction of Popup capabilities for notes, video and browsing. Surprisingly absent from AT&T's changelog is a mention of Google Now, which is typically embedded in devices running Jelly Bean. We'll reach out to the carrier for clarity on this missing item, but in the meantime classic Note owners, prepare to bid Ice Cream Sandwich adieu.

    http://www.att.com/esupport/article....id=IDs2hi8xqSB     ...
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    Sky opts for Hannibal on-demand and Go debut ahead of May 7th TV premiere 

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    Published on May 4th, 2013 13:15
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    Sky customers with On Demand or Sky Go access can snag an early look at the very first episode of Hannibal, along with Trollied, Mad Dogs and The Borgias. That first hit is due for a May 7th premiere on Sky Living at 10PM in the UK, but in what's being billed as a television experiment of sorts, the show's available now through On Demand with select Sky+ set-top boxes, or the Sky Go streaming service, if you're able to access that. We can imagine plenty of other ways to get your fix without waiting for next Tuesday to roll around, but we'll let you use your own imagination to tackle that one.

    http://skyliving.sky.com/hannibal/wa...mageId=related     ...
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    Samsung Galaxy S 4 now on sale at Canadian carriers 

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    Published on May 4th, 2013 13:10
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    Samsung's launch of the Galaxy S 4 hasn't been as coordinated as the company would like, but it's making some amends with today's launch of its flagship phone in Canada. In one fell swoop, most of the larger Canadian carriers are now offering the 16GB model for a typical $200 on a 3-year contract. Bell, Rogers and Telus (as well as their sub-brands) are covering much of the country, while more region-specific carriers like Eastlink and Videotron are also joining in. Carriers like Mobilicity and Wind Mobile aren't yet included, however, and supplies are known to be tight -- we'd ask about stock before making a trip to the local store.

    Bell, Rogers, Telus

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