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Games publisher NCsoft has finally confirmed the release date for long-awaited MMO Guild Wars 2 - it is now down to arrive in Europe and North America on August 28th.
“We’re offering gamers an experience that delivers on the promise of online gaming with a truly social experience in an immense, shared world ,” said Mike O’Brien, president and co-founder of ArenaNet, the publisher's in-house studio.
“After five years of creation, development, and polish, announcing the launch date of Guild Wars 2 is a huge milestone for us, but the thing we’re most looking forward to is seeing gamers from all over the globe explore this world and begin creating their own stories.”
ArenaNet says it will now focus on polishing Guild Wars 2 to ensure the 'highest quality experience on launch day' (no server problems, please!), which includes hosting a final Beta Weekend Event on July 20th-22nd 2012.

http://www.pcr-online.biz/news/read/...se-date/028591 ...

Awesome photographic power isn't enough to convince the networks of the device's worth.
Nokia unveiled the 808 PureView device at the 2012 Mobile World Congress, where it was awarded the title of 'Best New Mobile Handset, Device or Tablet', all thanks to its insane 41MP camera.
But the prestige points aren't enough to appease UK networks, according to Wired, as O2, T-Mobile, Orange, and Vodafone have all confirmed they won't retail the Symbian-powered device.
It seems the choice to run the device on Symbian was even more radical than the camera power itself, and it's still unclear why Nokia decided against using its new flagship Windows Phone OS ahead of its fading Symbian.
However, there could be a light at the end of the tunnel, as 3UK was tightlipped on whether it will stock the device, offering prospective buyers network exclusivity.
The only alternative for consumers will be to cough up for a SIM-free model, retailing at around £500.

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Over at Chinavision they have a new Android Powered watch released, heres the details:



The first true Android Phone watch on the market! With Android 2.2 OS, 2.0 Inch Capacitive Touchscreen, and a 2MP Camera, the Rock Smartphone Watch will totally rock on your wrist.

Combining a mini 2.0 inch Smartphone with a chic watch, the Rock lets you make phone calls, surf the internet, watch videos, receive and send messages, and all at the same time, look awesome. With the Android operating system, you can even download as many apps and games as you want for either work or play. Also included it’s a 2MP camera for shooting photos, and a Bluetooth ear set for you to make phone calls easily.

Even as a watch, the Rock looks simple, clean, and gives you a unique personal expression. Solid build quality, beautiful looks and fully functional electronics make for an unbeatable combination of quality, style and convenience that is sure to set the standard for high quality watch phones. It’s one accessory that you should not miss out on.

The first true Android Phone Watch - Rock is now fully in stock for immediate shipment. Order one today or buy some in bulk for the perfect eBay resell item. It also comes with our 12 month product warranty. Brought to you by the leaders in high quality wholesale electronics, Chinavasion!

At a Glance...

• First Android Smatphone Watch on the market
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1. 3DS: 68,056 (Last week: 61,793)
2. PlayStation 3: 15,680 (14,673)
3. Vita: 13,589 (34,459)
4. PSP: 8954 (9740)
5. Wii: 6127 (5963)
6. Xbox 360: 1073 (1084)
7. PlayStation 2: 1065 (1237)
8. DSi: 900 (380)
9. DSi XL: 704 (689)

1. Pokémon Black & White 2 (Pokemon Co., DS): 1,561,738 - NEW
2. Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland 3D (Square Enix, 3DS): 58,228 (Life to date: 721,174)
3. Persona 4: The Golden (Atlus, Vita): 29,293 (166,369)
4. Kenka Bancho Bros. Tokyo Battle Royal (Spike Chunsoft, PSP): 21,797 - NEW
5. Tokyo Jungle (Sony, PS3): 18,715 (165,013)
6. K-On After School Live!! HD Version (Sega, PS3): 13,581 - NEW
7. Mario Party 9 (Nintendo, Wii): 13,339 (447,126)
8. Mario Tennis Open (Nintendo, 3DS): 13,036 (198,047)
9. Dragon's Dogma (Capcom, PS3): 9162 (446,410)
10. Lollipop Chainsaw (Kadokawa, PS3): 7898 (61,246)
11. Super Mario 3D Land (Nintendo, 3DS): 7609 (1,631,358)
12. Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo, 3DS): 5091 (1,746,836)
13. Akiba's Trip Plus (Acquire, PS3): 5034 (34,539)
14. Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor (Capcom, Xbox 360): 4889 - NEW
15. Arcana Famiglia: Vascello Phantasma no Majutsushi (Comfort, PSP): 4854 - NEW
16. Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo, Wii): 4287 (965,713)
17. Monster Hunter 3G (Capcom, 3DS): 4269 (1,481,643)
18. Fire Emblem: Awakening (Nintendo, 3DS): 3972 (417,760)
19. Gundam Seed Battle Destiny (Namco Bandai, Vita): 3668 (52,790)
20. Mario & Sonic at the London Olympics (Nintendo, 3DS): 2965 (186,789)

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...ing-the-nation ...

Nintendo has confirmed retailers listing Wii U games around the $100 range "are using fictitious prices".
Retailers such as Amazon and GameStop have begun to list Pikmin 3 and Lego City Undercover at the massive price point, and in a statement to GameSpot the platform holder confirmed official pricing details have not been revealed yet."Retailers are beginning their presale activity, but given there is no official software price, they are using fictitious prices," it said.
"When software pricing is officially announced later this year, I am sure retailers will adjust their websites to reflect the true price."

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Google during its I/O keynote hit a symbolic milestone: it now has 600,000 apps in the Google Play Store. As well, the store is clearly hitting a brisk pace in adoption, with 1.5 billion downloads every month and 20 billion since Android began. Free apps are available in 190 countries, with paid apps in 132. The app and download counts stack up fairly well to Apple's own claims, although not universally: it's just short of the App Store's 650,000 apps, but Apple can still point to 30 billion total downloads. Google also hasn't said how many apps are explicitly tablet-friendly versus 225,000 iPad-oriented apps. Either way, Google can say that it has largely erased the app quantity deficit, and that's no mean feat.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/27/g...s-600000-apps/ ...

Forty years. That's a long time in the tech industry and Atari knows it. Today it celebrates four decades in the game, and quite the tale it is. Highs, lows and everything in between, Atari has been there. As one of the most influential brands both in gaming and technology, it only seems right to take a look over the company's history and chart some of the more significant twists in its less than straightforward journey. After the break we speak to the man that started it all and the one currently at the helm, as well as some of the many people whose lives were irreversibly changed by its influence. Happy birthday to you, Atari!

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/27/a...s-on-the-dots/ ...

Plenty of new features for the latest version of Google's mobile OS

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Google has announced that its new version of the Android operating system will be called Jelly Bean. Galaxy Nexus, Nexus S, and Motorola Xoom will receive Android 4.1 Jelly Bean sometime in July.
Android hardware developers will also be getting a platform development kit (PDK), designed to port Android to their gadgets. It will be available to Android device partners two to three months before the planned release of a new Android platform going forward.
"We want things to be simple, beautiful, and really smart," said Android product management Hugo Barra at the Google I/O developer conference.
With Jelly Bean, users will be able to arrange icons in a way similar to Apple's iOS. Users can move apps around the screen or delete them completely, with similar additions made to the Camera app.
There will also be voice typing, with automatic interpretation of English (other languages following) into text even while offline. There are also ways to pair and connect a phone with an NFC-enabled Bluetooth device, such as a speaker, by tapping phones. "It takes one second," Barra said.
Jelly Bean will also integrate "Knowledge Graph" to give better search results. There will also be a new service called Google Now, designed to use search history, location history, and your calendar to ascertain what information you need and when.
The latest release of Android, Ice Cream Sandwich, was running on 7.1 percent of Android devices as of June 1, according to the Android developer website. Still, Gingerbread is the most popular version of the mobile OS, with 65 percent of devices running Android 2.3.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...an-due-in-july

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Digital Foundry takes a look at SmartGlass, the Wii U GamePad and the PS3/Vita connection.
Eight years after the release of the Nintendo DS, it seems that all three major platform holders now believe that dual-screen gaming is an integral part of the future of console gaming. At E3 this year, we saw the launch line-up for the new twin-screen Wii U, an announcement for smartphone/tablet support from Microsoft in the form of the SmartGlass initiative, while Sony offered up some interesting new integration ideas for PlayStation 3 and the PS Vita handheld.
The move towards dual-screen functionality is most likely prompted by a number of factors. Firstly there's a growing belief that gaming is moving away from the living room TV and towards discrete screens per player. It's an idea fuelled by the amount of time that people are spending using their mobile devices in the home, not just outside of it. Secondly, with the heavily rumoured Apple TV display just around the corner, we can almost certainly expect to see a greater level of convergence between the Cupertino giant's devices and there's a definite sense that the established forces in the games industry don't want to be caught off-guard in embracing the ideas this represents. Finally, for Sony at least, it represents a big opportunity to sell Vita to its mammoth PS3 installed base.
"The Wii U GamePad is the star of the second screen movement, but Microsoft SmartGlass and the PS3/Vita hook-up each have their own specific charms. It's all a question of take-up."

The very different approaches we see from Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony are intriguing. Each implementation appears to have its own relative strengths and weaknesses, but it's clear that in Wii U, Nintendo is very much in the driving seat. The advantages of its tech are numerous - the most strikingly obvious being that every single Wii U owner will possess the requisite technology out of the box, meaning that developers can concentrate their efforts on supporting the tablet knowing that it will reach every owner of the console.
There are also the fundamental strengths of the technology itself. There's a latency free connection between the tablet controller and the console, so game control is as fast and fluid as a conventional joypad (something you can't say for Apple's AirPlay) and the ability to mirror HDTV gameplay onto the tablet screen is an excellent ace-in-the-hole. For the first time, console gaming needn't encroach on regular TV viewing - the action can be switched between the main screen and the tablet simply and quickly.
Nintendo describe the tablet video feed as being latency free - something we were dying to try out. At a recent press event in London, we had the ability to film both tablet and screen simultaneously, and found that with mirrored content, the tablet actually received a fresh image up to seven frames - or 116ms - earlier than the LG HDTVs to which the Wii U was connected. This may suggest that the main displays were hopelessly laggy of course, and we need to factor in that the dev Wii U hardware was tethered to the unit (the suggestion being that AV data may have been beamed across from it) but even in a simple wired HDMI vs. tether contest, the results are still highly revealing about how seriously Nintendo is taking latency. WHDI technology operates with 1ms lag, and if Nintendo has opted for this solution, there should be no problem at all in this regard.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...-screen-gaming

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