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Sony’s announced this months line up of titles that Playstation Plus subscribers can grab for free. As usual there are some real gems. The major release of the line up is definitely Battlefield 3. The Frostbite 2 powered war simulation was a huge hit. It’s a great time to grab a download if you don’t already…
It looks like Motorola’s X phone won’t be the next in the Verizon exclusive Droid line. The Verge had the scoop today, reporting that Motorola’s much hyped new device line will be separate from its long-standing Droid series of Verizon exclusive phones. Motorola’s forthcoming Moto X phone will not be a Droid device on Verizon,…
Square Enix announced some pretty exciting pre-order bonuses for its upcoming FFXIII threequel, Lighting Returns. Fan favorite Final Fantasy VII lends some of its hero Cloud Strife’s signature gear to Lightning. The Soldier 1st Class outfit DLC comes with Cloud’s Buster Sword and Soldier’s Band. You can see Lightning sporting Cloud’s gear in the image…
Under Marissa Mayer’s guidance Yahoo’s been making some waves, snatching up smaller companies in its bid to rebuild its struggling brand. The latest is Qwiki, an iOS video sharing startup similar to Twitter’s Vine and Facebook’s Instagram (which recently added short video clip functionality). Yahoo reportedly acquired Qwiki for $50 Million dollars. The standout feature…
Game company, Ubisoft announced today that its servers had been hacked. In the blog post, Communications Manager Gary Steinman outlined the attack and its repercussions for Ubisoft users. We recently discovered that one of our Web sites was exploited to gain unauthorized access to some of our online systems. We instantly took steps to close…
Amazon’s GameCircle released last year for the Kindle. Like Apple’s GameCenter, it provides leaderboards, achievements and cloud syncing of data to Kindle users purchasing games from Amazon’s Appstore. Now Amazon has opened up the GameCircle SDK to any Android developers. Games can now use GameCircle features whether on Kindle or any other devices, and both…
It’s official, folks, Don Mattrick is leaving Microsoft and taking on a new role as the CEO of Zynga. Mattrick will helm the struggling social game company, who recently announced plans to lay off 500 employees. Zynga founder, Mark Pincus announced Mattrick’s new role today. Polygon has the whole text of Pincus’ announcement, but here’s the gist:…
PS3, Vita, and PSP owners can score some major deals on hot games this summer. Sony announced its “Summer Blast” sale today, on its Playstation blog. Playstation Plus subscribers will reap the biggest bonuses, with discounts up to 80% on hot titles. The deals aren’t just on games though, there are some downloadable movies in…
For the connoisseur of gold devices, nothing short of shimmering brilliance will do. Now you’ll get the chance to wrap your hands around a gold Xbox 360 controller! Major Nelson announced the new color on his blog today and the controllers will be available this coming August. So get ready to add this beauty to…
Xbox executive Albert Penello fired back at Sony in an interview with the Official Xbox Magazine. Penello responded to a Sony exec who recently claimed the PS4?s graphics capabilities are superior to the Xbox One, saying technical numbers are ” in some ways meaningless” and consoles are about the games. Here’s the text of the interview: Asked…