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x86′d: How PC architecture could push Nintendo out of the next gen
Posted On 21 May 2013 By Sean Buckley. Under: Uncategorized.
It didn't take long for console warriors, fanboys and a brutal media to take aim at Nintendo's Wii U. The fledgling system was relentlessly teased for its name (seemingly even sillier than that of its predecessor) and a list of specifications cert...
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Call of Duty: Ghosts DLC will launch first on Xbox One
Posted On 21 May 2013 By Sean Buckley. Under: Uncategorized.
Despite its multiplatform status, Call of Duty is almost synonymous with Xbox. It's no surprise then, that Microsoft's new platform, the Xbox One, will be the first next-gen system to digest Call of Duty: Ghosts' DLC. This isn't unprecedented, of ...
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EA announces EA Sports Ignite, a next-generation game engine
Posted On 21 May 2013 By Sean Buckley. Under: Uncategorized.
Thought Frostbite 3 was EA's only big next-gen games engine? Think again: the publisher just announced EA Sports Ignite at Xbox One's reveal event, a new game engine designed specifically for high-end sports titles. "EA Sports Ignite is designed s...
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Microsoft announces Skype integration for Xbox One, leverages Kinect enhancements
Posted On 21 May 2013 By Sean Buckley. Under: Uncategorized.
It may have taken two years and a new console generation, but Microsoft is finally making good on an old promise: Skype is coming to Xbox. Microsoft has been planning to port the internet telephony service to its home console since it purchased Sk...
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Xbox One’s ‘Snap Mode’ lets you use two apps simultaneously
Posted On 21 May 2013 By Sean Buckley. Under: Uncategorized.
Phones, tablets and game consoles typically offer single-screen experiences, that is, one app on screen at a time. Microsoft is challenging that idea, announcing what it calls "Snap Mode" at its next-generation Xbox event, taking a stab at home co...
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Nook Simple Touch reportedly getting web browser, email client on June 1st
Posted On 19 May 2013 By Sean Buckley. Under: Uncategorized.
Remember that web browser that was found hiding in the Nook's search function? It's time could be nigh. According to a leaked memo acquired by TechCrunch, Barnes & Nobel will be updating the Nook Simple Touch and Simple Touch with Glowlight wi...
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Nintendo 3DS XL Circle Pad Pro review: just like the original, but bigger
Posted On 19 May 2013 By Sean Buckley. Under: Uncategorized.
Nintendo seems to have a knack for repeat performances. Nintendo DS? Quickly supplanted by the DS Lite -- and the DSi didn't last too long either before it was succeeded by the DSi XL. Even the 3DS saw a revision, when it was supersized last summe...
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No new EA games in development for Wii U, company reveals
Posted On 16 May 2013 By Sean Buckley. Under: Uncategorized.
Earlier this month, EA DICE's Johan Andersson dropped a major bomb: Frostbite 3 won't be ported to the Wii U. The news meant that the company's next-gen franchises were doomed to skip the console: No Battlefield 4, no Star Wars games, no Mass Effe...
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EA to end Online Pass program, cites player disapproval
Posted On 15 May 2013 By Sean Buckley. Under: Uncategorized.
Remember EA's Online Pass program? If you've ever purchased one of the company's games used, it probably rings a bell. The system was devised in 2010 as a way for the company to collect revenue from used game sales, requiring players of second-han...
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Google Play Books updated to allow user uploads, supports EPUB and PDF
Posted On 15 May 2013 By Sean Buckley. Under: Uncategorized.
With the exception of a brief mention in Google Play for Education, Mountain View's book platform was all but absent from its Google I/O presentation. Still, the service is getting updated with a significant new feature: user uploads. It hasn't ro...
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