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Shack Snack: October 16, 2014

The latest in all things Apple, the Xbox One October update, and Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare hitting EA Access are just a few of the highlights for today's Shack Snack.

Ozzie Mejia

October 16, 2014 6:00 PM

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The latest in all things Apple, the Xbox One October update, and Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare hitting EA Access are just a few of the highlights for today's Shack Snack.

Apple iPad Air 2, iPad Mini 3 officially announced

Apple has officially announced the next version of its popular tablet series, the iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3.

The iPad Air was pretty thin to begin with, and as you'd expect, the iPad 2 is even thinner than the width of a pencil at 6.1mm thick. That’s actually an 18% decrease in size, which is kind of impressive if you've ever held the iPad Air.

Xbox One October system update rolling out today

We're a little over halfway through October, and today, Microsoft has announced they have started rolling out this month's update that offers a lot of highly-requested features for the Xbox One console.

Today's update will offer a new snap feature called the Snap Center. Double-clicking the Xbox button on your Xbox One controller will result in the Snap Center coming up, where you’ll be able to choose to snap and unsnap and app, return to your main application or access your snapped app.

Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare added to EA Access Vault

EA Access is adding Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare to its collection of instantly-accessible titles within The Vault, the company has announced today.

Those who have an EA Access subscription will gain full access to Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare as well as the Legends of the Lawn expansion pack, which includes a number of new character variants, the Taco Bandits game mode, and a bunch of new customization options and consumables.

Ozzie Mejia

Senior Editor

Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?