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In sad news, Sega of America has announced it will be laying off an unspecified amount of its workforce. Sega sources did hint that the downsizing would be “small” however, so don’t start weeping for Sonic yet! The layoffs were confirmed today in a statement given to Venture Beat. “As the gaming industry continues to evolve,…
Last week the Humble Mobile Bundle 2 was unveiled. It included 6 great games for Android users. As usual, the Humble Bundle folks have sweetened the pot, adding 3 more games and an eBook to the mix! The Humble Mobile Bundle adds rag doll runner QWOP, side scrolling sword fighter God of Blades, much loved…
T-Mobile seemingly never runs out of great deals for new smartphones, and its latest promotion is about as good as it gets. Starting today, T-Mobile is offering up the Samsung Galaxy Note 3, Galaxy S4, Galaxy Note II, and the LG G2 for $0 down! While all four devices are drool-worthy, the Galaxy Note 3…
This morning Nintendo gave its monthly Nintendo Direct presentation. For half an hour, Iwata and co. showed off the latest for the company’s Wii U, 3DS, and the 3DS’ special needs little bother, the 2DS. Speaking of which, let’s get probably the biggest announcement out of the way. The 2DS will be out at retail…
The newest Final Fantasy game finishes the quest of Lightning, the protagonist of FFXIII and one of the more interesting Final Fantasy characters in recent years. Square Enix has shown footage of the game off at E3 and other recent events and it looks great. Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII isn’t coming out in the…
Operation Cassandra became Ingress’ largest global event, which ended last month, but you’d be wrong if you thought the Niantic Team was done. Hot on the heels of Cassandra is another upcoming event, called Operation #13Magnus. Little is known about the upcoming event, but it looks like 13Magnus will be even larger than Operation Cassandra. Codes were…
The fall tour season is looking like it’s going to be a big one. Today Microsoft announced it’s taking its Xbox One on the road, giving folks in select cities a chance to experience the Xbox One in advance of its release. So bring your earplugs and work out your headbanging muscles, folks. This tour…
Google Glass is still only available to a select few “explorers” but Google announced today that a lot more people will get a chance to check out its wearable tech soon. Google’s taking the Glass show on the road, touring the country to pump people up about its headgear. The first date is Oct. 5th.…
It looks like there might be another contender in the indie bundle sphere, and in this case competition just means even more great deals for gamers! Bundle Stars’ Indie Jam 3 Bundle is only $5 and comes with 9 games. Like the Humble Bundle, the Indie Jam Bundles divvy up some of the profits directly…
You might not have heard of Braintree, but the company’s software powers the seamless payments built into a number of mobile apps. Now PayPal, a subsidiary of eBay has purchased Braintree in a clear bid to get a piece of the mobile payment pie. Mobile payments are only going to become more prevalent in the…