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by Published on February 17th, 2011 00:38- Categories:
- Zune News
In all the Microkia hub-bub of late, as the best of Redmond and the pride of Tampere hold hands and blaze a trail to smartphone domination, the word "Zune" never once came up. This didn't escape the notice of many, including MS guru Paul Thurrott and ZDNet's Mary-Jo Foley, who inquired to someone at Microsoft about just what's going on -- whether indeed the brand is indeed being killed off. This is the non-denial that came back:
We're not 'killing' any of the Zune services/features in any way. Microsoft remains committed to providing a great music and video experience from Zune on platforms such as Xbox LIVE, Windows-based PCs, Zune devices and Windows Phone 7, as well as integration with Bing and MSN.
It's unclear what exactly is happening, especially when it comes to dedicated Zune hardware and services like Zune Pass, but it certainly seems like "Zune" as a brand is on its last legs. Feel free to share your favorite memories below, and try not to cry, because our hearts... our hearts will go on.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/16/m...icrosoft-zune/ ...by Published on February 17th, 2011 00:37- Categories:
- Android News
That's right, that little green blob in the upper left hand corner of that built-in touchscreen is indeed theAndroid logo, and that display does indeed belong to a tablet of unknown origin, currently riding around on the back of a headrest on a bus somewhere in India. We're not entirely sure who's funding this project or which bus line the tablets can be found on, but the login screen you see here does give us a little bit of insight: "As per government policy, we need to record details of the person using the Internet on this device." The service is apparently free and unlimited, and if this is a government program, it would be right in line with India's democratic outlook on technology. Sure, Indian college students are still awaiting the storied $35 tablets, but we suppose if they have enough scratch to ride the bus all day, these headrest slates could do in a pinch. For a look at what Android tablets look like on public transit, check out the video after the jump.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/16/a...ndian-bus-rid/ ...by Published on February 17th, 2011 00:35- Categories:
- Windows Phone
"It's not a bug, it's a feature" is one of the time-honored mantras of computer engineering, and Microsoft is using it to full effect with a behavior occasionally cursed by users of Windows Phone 7devices: the camera settings return to their defaults every time you load the camera app. Responding to a comment in the official Windows Phone Blog, a Microsoft rep says that the settings reset was actually "a decision by the team," noting that if you need to pull out your phone for a quick shot, you'd rather not have to fiddle with whatever wacky settings you had set up on the prior use. Continuing, he writes that "feedback from folks like [the commenter] has the team seriously looking at that option to see if there is a more optimal option," so it could change -- so your dream of shooting absolutely everything in sepia tone might be realized with a little less strife down the road
http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/16/w...ult-microsoft/ ...by Published on February 17th, 2011 00:31- Categories:
- Android News
ARM is showing off a test handset at Mobile World Congress, which runs Android 2.3 and Ubuntu 10.04 at the same time on a Texas Instruments OMAP 4 chip. ARM envisages a time when the only computer you'll ever need is your smartphone and with Nvidia announcing it will be putting quad-core mobile processors into tablets by autumn and smartphones by Christmas, that prospect looks to be approaching faster than anyone expected."http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/02...oid-and-Ubuntu ...by Published on February 17th, 2011 00:24- Categories:
- PS3 News
Thatotherdev a coder for the PS3 Scene has decided to leave it until the legal PSL1GHT devkit has developed into a more complete dev environment
heres what he says:
...by Published on February 16th, 2011 21:57- Categories:
- PSP News,
- PS3 News,
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Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood has been nominated for seven GAME British Academy Video Game Awards.
Along with Activision's Call of Duty: Black Ops, Brotherhood is up for Action, Artistic Achievement, Multiplayer, Technical Innovation and Use of Audio awards. The Ubisoft title is also nominated for Best Game and Gameplay, with Black Ops also in the Story category.
That puts Black Ops at six nominations, the same as Sony's Heavy Rain, which is eligible for Artistic Achievement, Best Game, Gameplay, Original Music, Story and Technical Innovation.
BioWare's Mass Effect 2 is up for five nominations and Nintendo's Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Limbo are up for four awards each.
The only public voted award, the GAME Award of 2010, includes Call of Duty: Black Ops, Dance Central, FIFA 11, Halo: Reach, Heavy Rain, Limbo, Mass Effect 2, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, Red Dead Redemption and Super Mario Galaxy 2.
The full list of nominations follow:
Action
- Assassin's Creed Brotherhood
- Battlefield: Bad Company 2
- BioShock 2
- Call of Duty: Black Ops
- God of War III
- Halo: Reach
- Assassin's Creed Brotherhood
- Call of Duty: Black Ops
- God of War III
- Heavy Rain
- LIMBO
- Mass Effect 2
- Assassin's Creed Brotherhood
- FIFA 11
- Heavy Rain
- LIMBO
- Mass Effect 2
- Super Mario Galaxy 2
- Dance Central
- Kinect Adventures
- Kinect Sports
- Kinectimals
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
- Toy Story 3
- Assassin's Creed Brotherhood
- God of War III
- Heavy Rain
- LIMBO
- Mass Effect 2
- Super Mario Galaxy 2
- Cut the Rope
- God of War: Ghost of Sparta
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
- Professor Layton and the Lost Future
- Sonic Colours
- Super Scribblenauts
- Assassin's Creed Brotherhood
- Battlefield: Bad Company 2
- Call of Duty: Black Ops
- Halo: Reach
- Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
- Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty
- Alan Wake
- Fable III
- Heavy Rain
- James Bond 007: Bloodstone
- Mass Effect 2
- Super Mario Galaxy 2
- Bejeweled Blitz
- Farmerama
- FIFA Superstars
- My Empire
- Zoo Mumba
- Zuma Blitz
- F1 2010
- FIFA 11
- Football Manager 2011
- Gran Turismo 5
- International Cricket 2010
- Pro Evolution Soccer 2011
- Alan Wake
- BioShock 2
- Call of Duty: Black Ops
- Fallout: New Vegas
- Heavy Rain
- Mass Effect 2
- Civilization V
- Fallout: New Vegas
- FIFA Manager 11
- Napoleon Total War
- Plants vs. Zombies XBLA
- Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty
- Assassin's Creed Brotherhood
- Call of Duty: Black Ops
- Halo: Reach
- Heavy Rain
- Kinectimals
- Super Mario Galaxy 2
- Alan Wake
- Assassin's Creed Brotherhood
- Battlefield: Bad Company: 2
- Call of Duty: Black Ops
- DJ Hero 2
- Limbo
- Mush
- Sculpty
- Twang
- Call of Duty: Black Ops
- Dance Central
- FIFA 11
- Halo Reach
- Heavy Rain
- Limbo
- Mass Effect 2
- Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
- Red Dead Redemption
- Super Mario Galaxy 2
by Published on February 16th, 2011 21:53- Categories:
- PSP News,
- PS3 News,
- PS2 News,
- Nintendo DS News,
- Nintendo Wii News,
- Xbox 360 News
LittleBigPlanet 2 entered the Japanese chart at five this week, but sales were well down on its predecessor.
According to the latest Media Create rundown, as reproduced on NeoGAF, the sequel to Media Molecule's DIY platformer sold 24,648 copies in its first week. In contrast, the original sold 52,000 when it launched in 2008.
Elsewhere on the chart, PSP RPG Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3 came out on top, just behind PlayStation 3 button-masher Samurai Warriors 3 Z. The PS3 version of Red Dead Redemption's Undead Nightmare expansion debuted at number seven.
Here's the full top 20:- Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3 (PSP, Bandai Namco) 222,068 / NEW
- Samurai Warriors 3 Z (PS3, Koei Tecmo) 208,548 / NEW
- Monster Hunter Freedom 3 (PSP, Capcom) 93,483 / 4,249,622 (+236%)
- Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth 2 (DS, Capcom) 30,910 / 163,176 (-77%)
- LittleBigPlanet 2 (PS3, SCE) 24,648 / NEW
- Samurai Warriors 3: Xtreme Legends (Wii, Koei Tecmo) 22,598 / NEW
- Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare (PS3, Take-Two Interactive) 21,718 / NEW
- Donkey Kong Country Returns (Wii, Nintendo) 15,971 / 806,357 (-3%)
- Kenka Bancho 5: Laws of Manhood (PSP, Spike) 14,372 / 101,350 (-49%)
- White Knight Chronicles Episode Portable: Dogma Wars (PSP, SCE) 11,229 / 51,832 (-72%)
- Pokemon Black / White (DS, Pokemon Co.) 10,433 / 5,071,867 (-3%)
- Dragon Ball Kai: Ultimate Butouden (DS, Bandai Namco) 10,341 / 41,449 (-67%)
- Wii Party (Wii, Nintendo) 10,239 / 1,787,341 (+6%)
- The Last Story (Wii, Nintendo) 9052 / 142,952 (-53%)
- Macross: Triangle Frontier (PSP, Bandai Namco) 8409 / 63,922 (-85%)
- World Soccer Winning Eleven 2011 (PSP, Konami) 7575 / 170,477 (-19%)
- Valkyria Chronicles 3 (PSP, SEGA) 7491 / 128,196 (-58%)
- World Soccer Winning Eleven 2011 (PS3, Konami) 7379 / 442,500 (-10%)
- Ni no Kuni: The Ebony Wizard (DS, Level 5) 7267 / 474,828 (-4%)
- Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare (Xbox 360, Take-Two Interactive) 7180 / NEW
- PSP: 107,000 (up from 30,611)
- PS3: 26,766 (23,846)
- NDS: 23,111 (22,565)
- Wii: 15,028 (14,972)
- 360: 2118 (2282)
- PS2: 1665 (1897)
by Published on February 16th, 2011 21:50- Categories:
- PS3 News
Starting next month, Sony is gifting its treasured PlayStation Plus members a selection of dusty SEGA Mega Drive classics. Feel the love.
Sonic the Hedgehog kicks things off on 1st March, with the likes of Streets of Rage 2, Golden Axe 2 and Altered Beast following in the blue blur's wake.
Here's the schedule, as published over on thePlayStation Blog.
- Sonic the Hedgehog – Available 1st March – 5th April
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 – Available 5th April – 3rd May
- Streets of Rage 2 – Available 3rd May – 313st May
- Golden Axe 2 – Available 31st May – 5th July
- Comix Zone – Available 5th July – 2nd August
- Altered Beast – Available 2nd August – 30th August
- Sonic the Hedgehog – 29th March
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 – 19th April
- Streets of Rage 2 – 17th May
- Golden Axe 2 – 14th June
- Comix Zone – 19th July
- Altered Beast – 16th August
by Published on February 16th, 2011 21:48- Categories:
- PC News
StarCraft II modder Ryan Winzen's life may be about to turn upside down: Blizzard has told Eurogamer it will consider offering him a job – if he's good enough....
His creation, World of StarCraft, puts the assets of StarCraft II into a World of Warcraft mould. A gameplay video shows a character selection screen as the demonstrator flicks through the available class options. The footage also shows a group battling monsters in the StarCraft II world. Action is third-person, as in WOW, and the requisite health bars and skill bars of an MMO user interface are present.
A YouTube video showcasing the mod, which you can see below, was slapped with a cease and desist order from Activision Blizzard after it went viral. But it was all a misunderstanding. Blizzard revealed it was happy for the mod to live on with the name changed to StarCraft Universe. It turned out Blizzard owned the trademark to World of StarCraft. Who knew?
Now Winzen, who will soon meet with the StarCraft II team at Blizzard headquarters, could be offered a job by the creator of the very game he used to make his eye-catching mod.
"There are a number of factors that go into whether somebody can get a job based on their work," StarCraft II game design director Dustin Browder told Eurogamer.
"I haven't met him. Is he a nice guy? I don't know. If he's a jerk then absolutely not. I don't care how good you are. I'm building a team here of people that has to work together.
"Is he technically skilled? How much of that did he do on his own? What are his design values? What he did was technically impressive, but does he understand how to make a great game? I haven't even played the mod.
"There are a lot of questions that go into it. But if he's somebody who did all this great work and he passes all the other challenges to being a game designer, then yeah, he could be looking at offers from me or from other developers around the business.
"I don't know whether he's got the proof or not. For his sake I hope he does. But that's all up to him at the end of the day, whether he's done the homework, done the effort, to get that kind of opportunity.
"A YouTube video of something technically impressive is not a game designer, but it is on your way. It is possibly a game a designer, which is very exciting."
Explaining the "big misunderstanding" that caused Activision Blizzard to force the World of StarCraft video from the internet, Browder said some within the company thought it had been created outside of StarCraft II.
"We just want to shake his hand and say sorry for the misunderstanding," he said. "You got to give him a break. It's very difficult to look at that mod and understand that's a StarCraft mod.
"Some people within the organisation thought it was a whole new game. Hats off to our tools developer that they made a tool that somebody could so easily confuse our staff about what was going on!
"Once it was explained, hey, this is not what you think it is, this is what we want to encourage, this is just another great StarCraft mod in the works, things got easier for everybody.
"It was just a big misunderstanding. We just want to shake his hand and say let's look at this mod together and revel in the craziness this guy had put together. The absolute over-the-top amount of effort this guy has put into it is just glorious. We just want to say congratulations and good luck and please keep it up."
Winzen has already scored a job offer from League of Legends developer Riot Games.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...-starcraft-manby Published on February 16th, 2011 21:46
What's on the PlayStation Store today?
A Killzone 3 demo playable in 3D, a MotoGP demo, Dragon's Lair and the original Final Fantasy (PSP).
Not sure why you'd need a Killzone 3 demo given that Eurogamer has already reviewed it. What, are you saying our word isn't Gospel? You want to make your own mind up? Do you also want a fight? Not really; love you.
There's a Fitness Pack for Move game The Fight so you can literally punch the calories out of yourself, plus a new game called Test Yourself: Psychology, which sounds like the sort of thing you probably should do.
Alien Breed is on special offer, Assassin's Creed (the first game) is cut down to £16, and a bunch of PlayStation Minis are only a quid.
Smash the full list into your face below, courtesy ofthe European PlayStation blog.
PS3 Demos
- KillZone 3 single-player - size 1522MB
- KillZone 3 single-player 3D - size 1517MB
- MotoGP 10/11 - size 394MB
- TNT Racers (£7.99/€9.99) - size 150MB (only available to PlayStation Plus subs)
- Dragon's Lair (£7.99/€9.99) - size 1158MB
- Acceleration of SUGURI X-Edition (£7.99/€9.99) - size 339MB
- TestYourself: Psychology (£2.39/€2.99) - size 33MB
- Modern Combat: Domination (£6.29/€7.99) - size 697MB
- Blokus (£3.99/€4.99) - size 258MB
- Def Jam Rapstar: Common "The Light" (£1.19/€1.49), Deichkind "Limit" (£1.19/€1.49), Mos Def "Ms. Fat Booty" (£1.19/€1.49), Talib Kweli "Get By" (£1.19/€1.49)
- Trinity Universe: Low Income Prinny Pack (free), Miyu's Managraphic Pack (free)
- R.U.S.E. The Pack of the Rising Sun (£7.99/€9.99)
- WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2011: Bret Hart Pack (£0.59/€0.79), The Undertaker (£0.59/€0.79)
- ModNation Racers Valentine's Love Bug Pack (free for one week, then £1.39/€1.75)
- The Fight: Fitness Pack (£3.99/€4.99), Time Savers Pack (£3.99/€4.99)
- EyePet Move Hospital Styling Pack (£2.39/€2.99)
- Rock Band Network: 'Alive and Kicking' by Nonpoint (£0.99/€1.49), 'Antman' by The Red Chord (£0.59/€0.79), 'Flag in the Ground' by Sonata Arctica (£0.99/€1.49), 'Have Faith In Me' by A Day to Remember (£0.99/€1.49), 'I Still Feel Her Part III' by Jonny Craig (£0.99/€1.49)
- Castle Rustle - size 17 MB
- Final Fantasy (£7.99/€9.99) - size 117MB
- Castle Rustle (£8.79/€10.99) - size 84MB
- TNT Racers (£7.99/€9.99) - size 45MB
- NeoGeo: Fatal Fury (£5.49/€6.99) - size 15MB
- FIFA Street 2 (£7.99/€9.99) - size 195MB
- Lord of Arcana DLC Pack 1 (free)
- Atari Anniversary Edition (£5.49/€6.99) - size 349MB
- Karimogi (£2.49/€2.99)
- Swap Zap (£3.49/€3.99)
- Zenonia (£3.99/€4.99)
- Ice Road Truckers
- YetiSports
- Let's Golf!
- Pinball Dreams
- Age of Zombies
- Bloons
- Brick Breaker
- Bubble Trubble
- Monsters (Probably) Stole My Princess
- Dracula: Undead Awakening
- Vector TD
- This Is Football Management (£0.95/€1.19)
- Cubixx
- NormalTanks
- The Mystery of the Crystal Portal
- Alien Zombie Death
- 4×4 Jam
- Coconut Dodge
- Aero Racer
- Supermarket Mania
- Alien Breed: Impact (was £7.19/€8.99 now £4.79/€5.99)
- Alien Breed: Assault (was £7.19/€8.99 now £4.79/€5.99)
- Sky Fighter (was £7.99/€9.99 now £3.99/€4.99)
- Split/Second - Master unlock (was £3.99/€4.99 now £1.99/€2.49)
- Split/Second Track and Mode unlock (was £2.39/€2.99 now £1.19/€1.49)
- Split/Second Full Vehicle unlock (was £2.39/€2.99 now £1.19/€1.49)
- Split/Second Survival at the Rock (was £5.49/€6.99 now £2.99/€3.59)
- Constructor (PSone) (was £3.99/€4.99 now £2.39/€2.99)
- Guilty Gear (PSone) (was £3.99/€4.99 now £2.39/€2.99)
- James Pond: Robocod (PSone) (was £3.99/€4.99 now £2.39/€2.99)
- Creatures 3: Raised in Space (PSone) (was £3.99/€4.99 now £2.39/€2.99)
- DC Universe Online 90-day subscription (was £27.99/€34.99 now £19.99/€24.99)
- Assassin's Creed (now £15.99/€19.99)
- Gottlieb Pinball Classics (now £3.99/€4.99)
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