Gaming
Google Glasses Bring the Web To Your Eyes
Posted on 22 February 2012
By the end of the year we will be able to view everything we can see on a smartphone through a pair of sunglasses, according to a New York Times Bits blog report. According to the post, an unnamed Google employee has indicated that the company is preparing a pair of Oakley Thumps sunglasses (pictured [...] Continue Reading
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Next Metal Gear Solid targeted for ‘high-end consoles’ and PC
Posted on 22 February 2012
Joystiq can exclusively reveal that the next Metal Gear Solid will feature intense zero-gravity chess, cybernetic nano-crocodiles, mirror universe machinations and a trash-compactor escape scene that will serve both as Star Wars homage and finger-wagging sermon on humanity’s crushing impact on the environment. Well, provided the Joystiq staff are hired to work on the game. [...] Continue Reading
Gaming
NeverDead gets Volume 2 DLC with another character, more challenges and skins
Posted on 22 February 2012
Konami’s announced the second pack of downloadable content for NeverDead, continuing the trend of suitable titles with “Expansion Pack Volume 2.” This pack also unlocks a new playable character (just like the first download), this time putting you behind the controller as NADA’s Chief Sullivan. And while the first pack opened up new modes for [...] Continue Reading
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PSA: Call of Duty Elite Clan Operations deployed on Xbox 360 and PS3
Posted on 22 February 2012
Console gamers have been missing out on some Call of Duty Elite functionality — specifically, Clan Operations. Activision promised Clan Ops would be available soon and delivered today, flipping the switch that lets clans take part in competitions for extra experience and prizes. While all Elite members can take part in Clan Ops, only premium [...] Continue Reading
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Sony Santa Monica (and more) helping with The Last Guardian
Posted on 22 February 2012
Sony Senior VP Shuhei Yoshida has confirmed to Wired that Sony Santa Monica team members are contributing to The Last Guardian — along with a few more. “Well, you know, it’s not just Santa Monica,” he says. “We have great tech people in Worldwide Studios. We have a central tech group in the U.S. and [...] Continue Reading
Gaming
Sony patents filed for Kinect-like PS Eye camera, backwards compatibility adapter
Posted on 22 February 2012
A new patent suggests Sony is considering — or considered at one time — its own take on a 3D depth-sensing camera. The patent in question was filed by Dr. Richard Marks, the inventor of the PS Eye and PlayStation Move, back in October. The filing calls for “a real-time three-dimensional interactive environment using a [...] Continue Reading
Gaming
Sony’s Rohde: proprietary Vita cards ‘completely necessary’ to combat piracy
Posted on 22 February 2012
Sony’s Senior VP of its Worldwide Studios organization, Scott Rohde, tells Gamasutra that long software droughts, as experienced by the PSP, won’t be the case with Vita. “This time around, we started planning for development of [Vita] about three years ago, in terms of developing for the software, and how we were going to be [...] Continue Reading
Gaming
The Simpsons ‘Tapped Out’ in free-to-play iOS game
Posted on 22 February 2012
The Simpsons are going to your phone! Again! Cnet reports that EA is planning to release a free-to-play Simpsons game called The Simpsons: Tapped Out. The free iOS game focuses on rebuilding Springfield after Homer blows it up. Unlockable characters (voiced by the show’s actors) will give you quests as you work on your version [...] Continue Reading
Gaming
UK Game store won’t sell Ubisoft Vita titles at launch
Posted on 22 February 2012
European retailer Game won’t sell any Ubisoft Vita launch titles tonight during the midnight launch of the Vita, even though it is stocking titles from all other major publishers, including EA, Namco Bandai, Capcom, Codemasters and Sega. Game said it will not stock Lumines Electronic Symphony, Michael Jackson: The Experience, Rayman Origins, Asphalt Injection or [...] Continue Reading
Technology
8 budget tablets that are powered by Android
Posted on 22 February 2012
Samsung Galaxy Tab P1010 Price: Rs 14,500 Rating: *** This is an update to the original do-it-all Android tablet P1000 – it does away with the SIM card slot (and therefore does away with built in 3G support and the ability to make voice calls). It is still a worthy contender in the budget category, [...] Continue Reading
Technology
Online payments firm PayPal expanding in Ireland
Posted on 22 February 2012
DUBLIN: Online payments company PayPal announced on Tuesday it is expanding its operations in jobs-hungry Ireland in a government-sponsored deal praised by Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny. PayPal, a division of the internet auction company eBay Inc., already employs about 1,500 people in the Dublin suburb of Blanchardstown. The company said its new site in [...] Continue Reading
Technology
Route mails through Indian servers: Govt to Gmail
Posted on 22 February 2012
NEW DELHI: The government plans to ask email service providers such as Yahoo, Gmail, Microsoft and others to route all emails accessed in India, through servers based here, even if the mail account was registered or made in a foreign land. It also plans to establish an India-centric Skype service. According to documents seen by [...] Continue Reading
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‘A MAZE. Indie Games Award’ is open for submissions, amazement
Posted on 21 February 2012
The A MAZE. Indie Games Award 2012, held during the Deutsche Gamestage in Berlin from April 26 to 27, is now taking submissions and will award one single indie game the “Most Amazing Indie Game” title, which would be a pretty awesome thing to put on your resume. The winner is selected by a “high-profile [...] Continue Reading
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PS Vita 1.61 adds Maps app, video recording, and other updates
Posted on 21 February 2012
The PS Vita has a system update lined up for tonight, preceding Wednesday’s mainstream launch. Early adopters can update their systems to firmware version 1.61, which adds a Maps application to the home screen, allows for video recording in the Photos application, and allows for any ratings you make in the PlayStation Store to appear [...] Continue Reading
Gaming
The Darkness 2 review: Shooting bullets off a list
Posted on 21 February 2012
On paper, The Darkness 2 is a “linear, first-person shooter with some neat twists.” It sounds boring, and it was every time I played the game in a preview session before it launched. I’d hole up at some PR office in Manhattan and they’d run down a prepared spiel about “quad-wielding” or “the Darkling.” The [...] Continue Reading
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Co-Op Shade Survival mode coming to Uncharted 3
Posted on 21 February 2012
Uncharted 3 is getting a new “Co-Op Shade Survival” mode in March. Naughty Dog shared almost no information beyond the name, and expects us to extrapolate more from the screenshot above. If we had to guess, given the name, it’s about making sure Drake and Elena stay out of the sun and wear proper sunblock [...] Continue Reading
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Skyrim beta update 1.4.26 live on Steam
Posted on 21 February 2012
Bethesda’s approach to avoiding “latest patch does horrible thing,” which is to publicly beta test its updates, is paying off. Skyrim version 1.4.26 is now downloadable from Steam, and the general working theory is: if it breaks the game, it’s almost your fault for downloading it in the first place. (We jest!) Bethesda warns that [...] Continue Reading
Technology
Twitter partners with Yandex for real-time search
Posted on 21 February 2012
LONDON: Twitter and Russian search engine Yandex have agreed a partnership that will allow Yandex to show new tweets in its search results almost instantly, as Twitter becomes an increasingly important source of real-time information. Twitter will give Yandex access to its so-called firehose of all public tweets, the two companies said on Tuesday, in [...] Continue Reading
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China firm preparing for Apple iPad talks: Lawyer
Posted on 21 February 2012
SHANGHAI: A Chinese firm involved in a trademark row with Apple over the iPad name is preparing for talks with the US technology giant, the Chinese firm’s lawyer said Tuesday, raising hopes for a settlement. Electronics firm Proview Technology (Shenzhen) says it owns the Chinese rights to the “iPad” trademark and has sought to block [...] Continue Reading
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