Facebook Launches New Games Center—But Where’s Zynga?
Thursday, 28th March 2013Posted in Industry
Tags: 3rd party, content, Facebook, Farmville, Farmville 2, game, games, gdc, players, Sean Ryan, zynga
Written by: Jeff Nau
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Remember how utterly inseparable ‘ol Zynga and Facebook seemed a couple years back? It was like you couldn’t even glance at your FB login page without viewing half a dozen Farmville-related ads or notifications.
Now, it appears, the two companies couldn’t be further apart. Part of this is due to Facebook is no longer in any sort of long-term contract with Zynga; another is that so many other third-party games that are doing so well for Zuckerberg and co: According to the San Francisco Gate, new releases like King.com‘s Candy Crush Saga has more players than the much-anticipated Farmville 2. Continue reading “Facebook Launches New Games Center—But Where’s Zynga?” »
‘The Stunt People’ Give Us a (First Person) Shot of Star Wars Glory
Tuesday, 26th February 2013Posted in Viral Video
Tags: channel, content, film, lightsaber, people, short, star wars, stunt, youtube
Written by: Bryan Dare
To any anxious Star Wars fans eagerly anticipating (dreading?) J.J. Abrams’ new take on the franchise, this video from The Stunt People may just sate your appetite for a short while. Or a long while, short though it may be. It’s that good.
Yesterday we posted an epic Star Wars/Schoolhouse Rock mash-up (which, yes, is actually a thing) and today it’s this video from the Stunt People.
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Telltale Says There is More Walking Dead Coming Before Season 2 Hits
Monday, 25th February 2013Posted in Preview
Tags: additional, coming, content, dead, season, telltale, The Walking Dead, walking, whitta
Written by: Craig Hunter
In a recent interview with Polygon Telltale Games said that it is hard at work on season 2 of its award winning point and click survival horror game.
We also have news that we may be getting more Walking Dead before the team at Telltale is ready to ship season 2. Possibly an additional episode, but it is unclear at this point.
Along with a host of Game of the Year Awards, Telltale has season 1 behind them and recently told Polygon about what the company is up to next.
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Mass Effect 3′s Last DLC Packs Take Shepard On One Final Mission + Multiplayer content
Thursday, 21st February 2013Posted in Preview
Tags: characters, citadel, content, effect, fans, final, mass, reckoning
Written by: Craig Hunter
Mass Effect 3′s ending divided many of its fans but there was no denying how amazing of an experience it was. Today we have news on the final two DLC packs coming to game called Citadel and Reckoning that will bring both single player and multiplayer content (via Polygon).
Both are set to be available in the coming weeks, Bioware has announced.
The Reckoning is a host of multiplayer content including new characters, weapons and character kits along with various upgrades to ME3′s multiplayer suite. Players can grab Reckoning on February 26.
Sleeping Dogs: Year of the Snake DLC Trailer and Details Leak [Video]
Wednesday, 30th January 2013Posted in Preview
Tags: content, DLC, dogs, leaked, new, sleeping, Sleeping Dogs, Snake, year
Written by: Craig Hunter
The open world action game Sleeping Dogs looks as though it will be receiving some new DLC based on a new trailer and a leaked Playstation 3 Trophy list that surfaced online. The trailer shows that the DLC will be themed around the Chinese New Year, which takes place in a couple weeks on February 10.
At this point neither Square Enix or United Front Games have made any official announcements about this content. The DLC looks to be called Sleeping Dogs: Year of the Snake. Check out the leaked Year of the Snake DLC trailer below (via Eurogamer).
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Instragram Changes TOS, Can Now Sell Your Photos to Advertisers
Tuesday, 18th December 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Technology
Tags: content, Facebook, instragram, photos, privacy, service, sharing
Written by: R Bryant Francis
Instragram users got some unwelcome news late Monday as the app’s creators announced a major change in their Terms of Service in preparation for their integration with Facebook.
Most notably, that signing up for the Photo-sharing service would authorize the company to share your information with Facebook and advertisers, and concurrently, that your photos could be used in advertisements without your direct permission. The specific text that allows the service to use your photos for commercial purposes is highlighted below Continue reading “Instragram Changes TOS, Can Now Sell Your Photos to Advertisers” »
Grand Theft Auto V Coming to The Wii U?
Monday, 19th November 2012Posted in Preview
Tags: aime, content, fils, Grand Theft Auto V, GTA, recently, rockstar, said, wii
Written by: Craig Hunter
At this point the highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto V is only slated to hit the PS3 and Xbox 360 in Spring of 2013. However, the president of Nintendo America, Reggie Fils-Aime, recently spoke about his optimism that the open world crime game would make its way on to the company’s new Wii U platform.
Fils-Aime recently spoke with MTV (via IGN) where he said that there is a great chance GTA V would be coming to the new Nintendo console.
Recent interviews with key members at Rockstar are pointing towards it being a possibility but the company has yet to confirm anything. Rockstar said that it hadn’t made any decisions for additional platforms yet.
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Assassin’s Creed Film is Releasing Next Year
Monday, 12th November 2012Posted in Preview
Tags: ac, Assassin's Creed, content, Fassbender, film, major, sardin, transmedia, ubisoft, year
Written by: Craig Hunter
The film adaption of video games has been less than stellar over the years with very few title’s being able to sustain themselves like the Resident Evil films. Ubisoft believes that it will change all that come next year when the Assassin’s Creed film comes out (via Polygon).
In terms of Hollywood time, Ubisoft seems to be moving at a break-neck speed with this film, being that most projects are in production for many years. Making it almost hard to believe the film will see the light of day as early as next year.
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Complete Assassin’s Creed Anthology Officially Confirmed
Tuesday, 6th November 2012Posted in Preview
Tags: Anthology, Assassin's Creed, bundle, console, content, details, ubisoft
Written by: Craig Hunter
Along with the incredibly successful launch of Assassin’s Creed 3 we are now hearing about a complete anthology bundle coming for the franchise.
Ubisoft said that the estimated sales of AC3 in the first week surpassed 3.5 million which the company said is a 100% year-over-year increase from the last title. Now Ubisoft plans to release every console game in the franchise in a complete collectors edition anthology.
Rumors began this morning when a Russian fan site reported that details of the bundle emerged on Amazon France.
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New PlayStation Store Hits North America, Vanquish and Other Titles Heading To PSN
Friday, 2nd November 2012Posted in Industry
Tags: content, like, new, playstation, ps3, PSN, search, store, Vanquish
Written by: Craig Hunter
North American Playstation owners have been waiting for the delayed PS Store upgrade and now it has finally come out. The revamped store will bring a new homepage and much improved search functionality.
Originally due out back on October 23, the new store has now gone live in North America after Sony experienced some hiccups with the European launch. The new PS Store had been delayed for PS3 users in the United States, Canada, Brazil and Mexico until now.
Daily Gaming: Microsoft Won’t Be Selling Mature-Rated Games In The Windows 8 Store
Thursday, 11th October 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Gaming
Tags: app, content, mature, microsoft, rated, rating, store, Windows 8
Written by: Craig Hunter
We previously reported to you about Microsoft launching its new online store that will include everything from movies and TV to music and games. Unfortunately, according to Forbes, Microsoft will not be allowing any mature rated games on its new service either in North America or Europe.
Titles with a rating any higher than 16+ PEGI will not be sold or supported. In the U.S Microsoft will not be supporting any games rated mature. This is both bothersome and mildly confusing being that Microsoft not only supports and sells M-rated content through Xbox 360 it is also a major game publisher for some pretty serious violent and otherwise mature titles.
Daily Anime: Cartoon Network Tells Japan to Lighten Up — Or Else!
Friday, 5th October 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Offbeat, Pop Culture
Tags: Asahi, cartoon network, content, family-friendly, India, K.K., safe, toonami
Written by: Jeff Nau
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Seems that those damn Japanimation companies/outlets are taking themselves far too seriously for Cartoon Network.
According to Asahi.com, the channel is telling its overseas anime distributors that it must make its content more acceptable for children across the globe, or else CN will not air its content. Does this mean we can count on increasingly lame-ass content from a former great? Continue reading “Daily Anime: Cartoon Network Tells Japan to Lighten Up — Or Else!” »
Daily Gaming: Darksiders 2 Comes To Wii U
Thursday, 13th September 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Gaming
Tags: content, Darksiders 2, different, features, gamepad, nintendo, wii u
Written by: Craig Hunter
With the official announcement of Wii U behind us now it is time to look at the content it will be offering come launch date in November. Although some of these titles will be exclusive many of them won’t, they will be ports from other platforms.
It will be interesting to see how many of them choose to simply move the experience over to the Wii U or if the developers will make use of the console’s features to enhance and change the games. Continue reading “Daily Gaming: Darksiders 2 Comes To Wii U” »
Apple and Google In Talks To Acquire Premier League TV Streaming Rights
Wednesday, 4th January 2012Posted in Apple, Blog Archive
Tags: Al Jazeera, apple, BBC, content, ESPN, google, league, premier, rights, Sky, tv, UK
Written by: Craig Hunter
According to a report from Daily Mail late last night, both Apple and Google have shown interest in acquiring Premier League live TV streaming rights for next season after rights to the current season come to an end. Apple would presumably add the service to their Apple TV content lineup, at least in the UK, and Google to their Google TV platform.
The Premier League is seen as the type of premium content that will help establish Apple TV in the UK and boost iPad sales Continue reading “Apple and Google In Talks To Acquire Premier League TV Streaming Rights” »
British Rapper Attacks SOPA in Pirate Bay Endorsed Music Video
Wednesday, 21st December 2011Posted in Blog Archive
Tags: congress, content, innovators, mythbusters, online, power, SOPA, Stop Online Piracy Act, youtube
Written by: Craig Hunter
In protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), British rapper Dan Bull has just dropped the music video above, which fittingly enough, is now displayed prominently on The Pirate Bay’s homepage.
His message ostensibly is that the SOPA could end up giving government and media companies the power to censor something such as an independent rap video (one that presumably uses samples) on a site like YouTube. He isn’t the only one, as cover songs on YouTube seem to be one of the biggest arguments to why government shouldn’t have the power to censor sites displaying copyrighted material illegally. Continue reading “British Rapper Attacks SOPA in Pirate Bay Endorsed Music Video” »
Stop The Online Piracy Act Before It’s Too Late: Here’s What You Need to Know
Friday, 18th November 2011Posted in Blog Archive, Technology
Tags: act, companies, content, google, group, legislation, letter, online, sites, SOPA, stop, Yahoo
Written by: Craig Hunter
If you don’t know what the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is, legislation that aims to combat sites from posting pirated content, it’s probably time you start paying attention to what this could mean for the future of your freedom online.
Below we’ll break down everything you need to know so you can decide where you stand…
First of all, who supports SOPA?
The Motion Picture Association of America, pharmaceutical and media companies, U.S. Registrar of Copyrights Maria Pallante, union representatives such as the AFL-CIO and the Teamsters, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, among others.
Essentially, the record labels and hollywood studios (and just about every union hoping the move will create jobs) approves the act.
Why do they approve of it? Most likely due to the $135 billion they, along with publishing houses, lost to piracy last year, according to estimates by the Chamber of Commerce. Continue reading “Stop The Online Piracy Act Before It’s Too Late: Here’s What You Need to Know” »
“Amazon Prime” Readies For The Spotlight, Takes on Netflix With New Deal
Tuesday, 1st November 2011Posted in Blog Archive, Online Video, Technology
Tags: amazon, content, deal, licensing, netflix, new, online content, prime, streaming, titles
Written by: Paul Nyhart
Amazon announced yesterday that it had increased the library of its “Amazon Prime” streaming service towards its goal of 13,000 titles by early next year.
The deal will allow Amazon Prime members to access all prior seasons of Grey’s Anatomy, every episode of Lost, and all previous seasons of The Secret Life of the American Teenager, among other series.
This happened almost simultaneously with Netflix announcement that they had re-newed their deal with Disney and will maintain such titles as Private Practice, Brothers and Sisters, and Ugly Betty, as well as new additions, including Switched at Birth, Kick Buttowski and Alias.
Nothing to terribly ride home about, in essence Continue reading ““Amazon Prime” Readies For The Spotlight, Takes on Netflix With New Deal” »
Google TV Android 3.1 update brings Android Market apps, redesigned UI, more
Friday, 28th October 2011Posted in Blog Archive, Technology
Tags: android, apps, content, google, Honeycomb, Logitech, market, new, set-top, Sony, tv, ui, update
Written by: Craig Hunter
Written By Jordan Kahn
Google has just begun to roll out the highly anticipated Google TV Android 3.1 update that comes with, among other things, a brand new UI and support for Android Market apps (sort of).
The revamped UI provides a number of welcomed new features including the ability to customize your home screen with your most used content and apps, and a new “all apps” section just like Android smartphones. Continue reading “Google TV Android 3.1 update brings Android Market apps, redesigned UI, more” »
Apple Working on HDTV with Siri Voice-Control and iCloud Integration
Thursday, 27th October 2011Posted in Apple, Blog Archive, Technology
Tags: apple, content, device, HDTV, iTunes, siri, SteveJobs, television, tv
Written by: Craig Hunter
Perhaps the biggest revelation to come out of the recently released Steve Jobs bio by author Walter Isaacson is the possibility of an Apple branded HDTV. Jobs told Isaacson he “finally cracked it” when talking about plans to create an integrated TV that is “completely easy to use” and that “seamlessly synced with all of your devices and with iCloud”.
Today analysts are coming out of the woodwork claiming Apple is already working on the device and has been for quite some time. The New York Times published a report by Nick Bilton where he claims Apple Continue reading “Apple Working on HDTV with Siri Voice-Control and iCloud Integration” »
Proof Steve Jobs was working on an Apple branded HDTV
Sunday, 23rd October 2011Posted in Apple, Blog Archive, Technology
Tags: apple, content, hd, HDTV, icloud, imagine, jobs, proof, quote, steve, television, tv
Written by: Craig Hunter
Written By Jordan Kahn
With Steve Jobs’ officially authorized biography set to hit bookstores on Monday, more and more bits of information are beginning to leak. Earlier we brought you a look at several excerpts from the book on Jobs talking about Android, Bill Gates, and his biological father, among other things.
The Washington Post recently brought us a story where Jobs tells author Walter Isaacson about his ambition to build an Apple TV. A real Apple-branded HD television, not that set-top box, hobby project currently sporting the Apple TV moniker. Jobs makes it sound as if he has specific plans. By saying things like, “I finally cracked it,” it sounds like Apple may be hard at work Continue reading “Proof Steve Jobs was working on an Apple branded HDTV” »
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