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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…
Japan is known for many things like tech-savvy citizens, fast trains, electronics industry, weird fashion and vending machines. Google is trying to enter the last mentioned market and is piloting three Google Play machines that offer 18 different games. Everyone with an NFC-enabled Android 4.0+ smartphone can try these out and get either free-to-play or…
A new image of an iPhone gamepad comes to us today courtesy of @evleaks, and it looks super sweet. iOS 7 is exciting for both game developers and players, with tons of new gameplay enhancements available for developers to utilize. Many have been taking advantage of iOS 7’s new features by building gamepad support directly…
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…
About 2 months ago, embattled social gaming company Zynga sued the creators of the Bang with Friends app in federal court. The suit alleged that the casual sex app’s name was an intentional play on Zynga’s trademarked “with friends” properties such as Words with Friends and Hanging with Friends. Today the suit was dropped and…
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…
If the PS4 or Xbox One have you feeling a little meh, Xi3 has a beastly PC console coming on Black Friday this year that may just get you excited. Xi3 has unveiled the Piston PC console, which will arrive on November 29th for a cool $1000. I know, the price is a bit on…
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…