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Forget all that Mini stuff, Opera is bringing its full-flavored mobile browser to Android some time very soon indeed. To tempt people on board, the new software will support hardware acceleration for buttering up frame rates while you zoom around at potato-scalding speeds, while pinch-to-zoom will also be implemented in a big O Android browser for the first time. Opera Mini will be partaking in the latter upgrade as well, while Opera Mobile proper is expected to make its debut on the Android Market at some point over the next month. All versions of the "well diversified" OS are supported too!

http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/14/o...ring-hardware/ ...

Dean Liou, the same fellow responsible for the ToiletPC and LovePC, has just concocted what's likely his most splendorous mod yet. The ArcadeDock Laptop Dock is a half-height arcade machine, complete with a flame job from a dark corner of 1994, a full-on joystick + large button splay and a secret cabinet for a touchpad-equipped keyboard. Put simply, this rig is designed to hold an IdeaPad Y560, and when plugged in and connected via USB, the controls you're peering at above function exactly as you'd expect them to. Toss on a couple of your favorite ROMs (Street Fighter II, anyone?), grab a Go-Gurt and settle in -- a demonstrative video is after the break, and feel free to tap that Lenovo link below if you'd like to vote this mod up above the competition.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/14/a...g-machine-vid/ ...

EA will release Windows Phone 7 versions of Need for Speed: Undercover, Tetris, The Sims 3 and Monopoly when Microsoft's smart phone launches later this month.

All the games published by the EA Mobile division will be Xbox Live enabled. You'll be able to track and share scores with leaderboards, unlock Xbox Live Achievements, add to your Gamerscore and communicate with those on your friends list across the Xbox 360, PC and Windows Phone 7.

NFS Undercover will have 20 cars, 24 undercover missions and eight modes. Customisation and upgrades are also featured.

Tetris has Marathon mode, among others. The Sims 3 lets you choose from dozens of personality traits and built-in theme sets. You can complete goals, wishes and personal goals. Monopoly is Monopoly.

New games will be released each week, with demos, "asynchronous turn-based gameplay" and other gubbins.

Earlier this month Microsoft proclaimed Xbox Live integration as the best thing about Windows Phone 7.

60 games will be available at launch. Some, such as Zynga's Farmville, are aimed at the casual gaming audience. But others are clearly targeted at the Xbox's traditional fanbase, and have fancy 2D and 3D visuals.

Windows Phone 7 will go up against iPhone, Android and other devices that have in recent years invested heavily in gaming.

Microsoft is working on real-time phone-to-console gaming, likely initially through Wi-Fi, but the feature won't be ready for launch.

Windows Phone 7 will be released in the UK on 21st October.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...-phone-7-games ...

Ahead of its release in Europe tomorrow, EA has told MCV that Medal of Honor is on track to shatter all previous sales records for the cult FPS war series.
The publisher is, in particular, anxious for gamers to get to grips with the multiplayer side of the game, which has been crafted by Swedish developer Battlefield series creator DICE.
“Overall, we’re set for the strongest launch in the history of the Medal of Honor brand,” EA UK’s marketing director Stuart Lang told MCV.
“Pre orders already outstrip week one sales for any Medal of Honor game. So we know that this Medal of Honor will eclipse every title in the series to date – including the award-winning Frontline and Allied Assault.
“We’ve received a stack of great reviews and awards from many media outlets across the globe who highly rate the game. This praise sits alongside an unmissable communications drive which will engage with all shooter fans and hit-buying gamers. If you take a look at any retailer charts you’ll see Medal of Honor is riding high. We’re confident we have a hit on our hands. If you’re an FPS fan you need to experience Medal of Honor in 2010.”

A mainstream TV advertising campaign kicked off for the game on October 9th and will run through to Christmas. This is accompanied by outdoor, online, cinema and print campaigns.
The game also received scores of 85 per cent from both CVG and GamesMaster.
“We anticipate Medal of Honor to be one of the biggest video game titles launched this year,” GameStop’s senior VP of merchandising Bob McKenzie added. “This underscores how video gaming has emerged as mainstream entertainment.”

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/41335/Meda...-break-records ...

Google's Android OS is 'irrelevant' to women, claims Lady Geek founder Belinda Parmar, citing research carried out by YouGov for her company.
The survey found that less than 5% of 25-39 year-old women would choose an Android smartphone, compared to 11.4% of men in that age group.
"Android provides a perfect example of how not to market a platform to women, and so the Android experience has become irrelevant to more than half of the population," she says.
She'll be presenting the full findings at this month's DroidCon conference in London.
"I know that this may come as a shock to the attendees at Droidcon and I’m prepared for the rotten tomatoes to be thrown, but it is true that Android has a ‘dude’ problem."

Several executives from Google will be speaking at the conference, so Parmar's session promises to be a hot ticket.

http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/39048...evant-to-women ...

Gran Turismo creator Kazunori Yamauch has called the latest in the long series of delays to GT5 'inexcusable' on his Twitter account, telling his followers that the game still has kinks which need ironing out.

The tweet, translated in full by Kotaku, is unlikely to pour too much oil on the troubled waters of the game's continued procrastination, with the title now entering its sixth year of development.

"It's because time and labour were spent ironing the kinks out of [the game's] complex system. I'm really sorry. Everyone, it's inexcusable... Wait a little longer."

Previously, the official Sony blog had also said the latest change in release date was down to last-minute polish.

"We sincerely apologise to GT fans for the delay, however, creator Kazunori Yamauchi and the team at Polyphony Digital want to make certain they are creating the perfect racing experience, and we are confident that this ambitious game will exceed expectations when it launches."

The current shelf date for the game is now uncertain, but Sony has promised that the game will be released worldwide during the 'holiday season'.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...iron-out-kinks ...

UK retail chain HMV believes next month's Call of Duty: Black Ops may be the UK's best-selling game of all time.

"We're seeing some exceptional interest for this title across its different formats," HMV's senior buyer James Brooks revealed to Eurogamer.

"Based on all this initial demand and the huge excitement that's clearly being generated, I'd say this title has every chance of being the biggest game release ever, and it's certainly shaping up to become the largest pre-order that we've seen in-store and online on HMV.com."

However, ShopTo. Marketing manager Phil Driver claimed that, though Black Ops would be in its all-time top 10 best-sellers, it "won't be top." He reserved that accolade for the recently delayed (again) Gran Turismo 5.

The last Call of Duty title, Moden Warfare 2, currently claims the title of the UK's best-selling game.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...e-release-ever ...

News via http://wii.gx-mod.com/modules/news/a...p?storyid=2995

Xflak proposes a new version of its program (formerly called NUS Auto Downloader) that allows you to easily and automatically prepare your SD Card in order to implement the softmod your Wii by downloading the files needed for its operation.

New / fixed:

- Fixed a bug in the functions HackMii Solutions that caused the backup of boot.elf Hackmii Install the root of the SD Card instead of boot.elf MMM.
- WiiXplorer is now saved in apps \ WiiExplorer instead of apps \ WiiXplorer to improve compatibility with Homebrew Browser. Downloading WiiXplorer also creates an empty folder ("config \ WiiXplorer") to allow WiiXplorer to save user settings.
- Various minor changes. ...

Heres yet another release of the Java Written PSP Emulator for Windows:

Whats new:

Improved sceMpegAvcQueryYCbCrSize: better evaluation of the YCbCr size.
Added additional debug/trace logs for the PSMF header.

http://buildbot.orphis.net/jpcsp/ ...