Hugh Langley

Hugh Langley

Hugh Langley is the ex-News Editor of TechRadar. He had written for many magazines and websites including Business Insider, The Telegraph, IGN, Gizmodo, Entrepreneur Magazine, WIRED (UK), TrustedReviews, Business Insider Australia, Business Insider India, Business Insider Singapore, Wareable, The Ambient and more.

Hugh is now a correspondent at Business Insider covering Google and Alphabet, and has the unfortunate distinction of accidentally linking the TechRadar homepage to a rival publication.

Articles by: Hugh Langley

Gears

When it comes to sound, Gears of War 4 is the first game that doesn't fake it

By Hugh Langley published

Gears of War 4's Triton technology means war has never sounded so good.

Gears 4

Gears of War 4 multiplayer preview: Old habits, new ways to die

By Hugh Langley, Nick Pino published

Preview Everything you need to know about the new Gears of War 4 multiplayer beta.

Game Boy

This is the Game Boy mod to rule all Game Boy mods

By Hugh Langley published

A Raspberry Pi hack turns an old brick Game Boy into the ultimate portable console.

VR

What it's like to take drugs in virtual reality

By Hugh Langley published

Longform Meet the VR psychonauts who trip in a virtual reality.

NFL

Twitter's latest play is to live-stream sports to your screen

By Hugh Langley published

Twitter has secured an exclusive partnership to stream Thursday Night Football games.

Asimo

Robots are easier to understand when they're more dramatic

By Hugh Langley published

Multi-modal communication is more understandable than simple words.

FB

Facebook's new tool lets the blind 'see' photos

By Hugh Langley published

The technology is young, but Facebook's new tool for the visually impaired is an important step forward.

x

Panama Papers: How journalists made sense of the biggest leak ever

By Hugh Langley published

Busted by big data.

Minion

Google's April Fools' joke went so wrong that it might have cost people's jobs

By Hugh Langley published

Google's 'feature' went south pretty quickly.

esports

Sex, drugs and Counter-Strike: eSports is fighting its demons

By Hugh Langley published

Longform eSports is exploding, but problems lie ahead.

Oculus rift

It's Virtual Reality Week - here's everything you need to read

By Hugh Langley published

VR Week It's VR Week on techradar, and we've got some treats in store for you.

Miitomo

What it's like to play Miitomo, Nintendo's first smartphone game

By Hugh Langley published

Preview We go hands-on with Nintendo's first dedicated smartphone app. Will we be coming back for more?

Rocket League

Rocket League devs had a cool idea for VR, but you won't get to see it

By Hugh Langley published

VR Week The Rocket League developers have an interesting idea for implementing virtual reality, but technical constraints won't allow it... yet.

GTA

Rockstar came close to making Grand Theft Auto: Tokyo

By Hugh Langley published

Exclusive At one point, Rockstar was looking to set its next Grand Theft Auto in Tokyo, and even went on a reference trip to scout it out.

Tay

We played 'Would You Rather' with Tay, Microsoft's AI chat bot

By Hugh Langley published

Microsoft's new AI Tay is a chat bot with attitude, so we got to know her a bit better.

Driveclub

Sony closes Driveclub developer Evolution Studios

By Hugh Langley published

Following a massive layoff last year, Sony has confirmed it will close Evolution Studios.

iPhone SE

What the iPhone SE stands for – and what we think it should stand for

By Hugh Langley published

Apple has revealed what the 'SE' means – but we've come up with some alternative options.

Whale

Twitter's crown has slipped, but is it too big to fail?

By Hugh Langley published

Analysis As Twitter turns 10 there's a big question mark over how it should play out the next decade. There are big challenges ahead.

GDC

The wonderfully weird games of GDC 2016

By Hugh Langley, Michelle Fitzsimmons published

GDC 2016 Alt.Ctrl.GDC was back at GDC, showing off some brilliantly bizarre ideas.

Rocket League

Rocket League's basketball mode is shooting for April, will be 'hardcore'

By Hugh Langley published

GDC 2016 Psyonix reveals a little more about its upcoming Hoops mode for Rocket League – and it's not going to be easy.

Nacon

Nacon reckons it's made the world's first eSports-ready controller

By Hugh Langley published

GDC 2016 Nacon has built a controller for the PC eSports market, which it reckons is the first of its kind.

30 year game

How do you make a game that people will play for 30 years? Crayons and Buddhism

By Hugh Langley published

GDC 2016 A few designers were asked to create a game that could last for 30 years. The results were mixed, to say the least.

PSVR

Here's exactly what PlayStation VR's mysterious black box does

By Hugh Langley published

GDC 2016 It's got nothing to do with GPU or CPU, says Sony.

SW

I used a lightsaber to fight Stormtroopers in VR, and it was superb

By Hugh Langley published

GDC 2016 Star Wars: Trials on Tatooine lets you swing a lightsaber - and it's every bit as awesome as you'd hope.

Pokken

Pokkén Tournament review

By Hugh Langley published

Review Pokkén journeys from the arcade to the Wii U, but is there more to this fighter than meets the eye?

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