New Star Wars Video Game Franchise Announced
After killing off the best ones, transforming one into a middle of the road MMO and creating a new one that the vast majority of humanity prefers wouldn’t have existed (the one with Bobba Fett’s gyrating hips, if you’re wondering), Lucas Arts is apparently putting together a new Star Wars video game franchise.
Demon’s Souls Servers Staying Open Indefinitely
It looks like both Atlus’s Demon’s Souls server samba and the game’s fluctuating trade-in price are coming to a halt. The publisher has made a firm commitment to keep the game’s servers open for the ”foreseeable future” with barely a week to spare betweent he previously announced shutdown date.
Former Infinity Ward Heads West, Zampella On Why Activision Sued
While this particular slice of drama has been revisited a few too many times already, a new GameInformer interview sees ousted Infinity Ward heads West and Zampella in a rather more affable and earnest mood. The reason Activision fired and sued them? “We deprived them of our services by being fired and therefore we owe them money,” jokes West.
38 Studios, Big Huge Games Lay Off Entire Staff
I’d expected 38 Studios’ death spiral to go on for a while longer, but the plug has been unceremoniously pulled on the Kingdoms of Amalur developer: 38 Studios has laid off its entire staff of 379. Whether this will result in the company defaulting on its $50 million loan, leading the state of Rhode Island to assume ownership of the Amalur IP is unclear, as is the state of the Copernicus MMO 38 was developing.
Apple Settles Long-Running Patent Infringement Suit with Simple Air
Apple has finally announced that it has settled a long-running patent dispute between it and a company called SimpleAir. SimpleAir filed a patent infringement suit against Apple back in 2009 in the US District Court in the Eastern District of Texas. That suit alleged Apple was infringing on four patents having to do with the transmission of data and alerts for unconnected users.
Capcom 25th Anniversary Street Fighter collection
Fans of Street Fighter will be thrilled to hear that Capcom has some plans to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the game. They will release a super awesome Street Fighter collection. The Street Fighter 25th Anniversary Collector’s Set.
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Nokia Adds Live Traffic and Geocoding Prowess to Bing Maps
One of the best features you can get on maps and GPS navigation devices in my opinion is live traffic. Knowing where the traffic and the delays are can make your commute or road trip much more enjoyable. Nokia has announced that in its partnership with Microsoft it has added live traffic to Bing Maps.
South Korea’s LTE Samsung Galaxy S3 to have a different design
When Samsung officially announced the Galaxy S3, many disliked the design. People just felt that it wasn’t very special. And now a photo has surfaced of South Korea’s LTE version of the Galaxy S3 which has a completely new design.
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Apple iPen For iOS Devices Revealed In Patents
Apple Patents have been discovered that reveal Apple, may be looking to launch a iPen stylus for its iPad and iPhone devices. Following along the the lines of Samsung with its Galaxy Note 10.1 stylus.
The Patents discovered by Patently Apple, include details of a new iPen that uses haptic feedback to help the user navigate within applications and around the tablet.
Hitman: Sniper Challenge Behind the Scenes Look (video)
If you are looking forward to the arrival of the Hitman: Absolution game later this year, you might already know about the Hitman: Absolution Sniper Challenge DLC.
Its a sniping mission based on a Chicago rooftop that allows players to unlock items for use within the full game, when its officially launches in November. The video after the break reveals a glimpse behind the scenes and what the development team hope to accomplish. Enjoy!
Absinthe 2.0 iOS 5.1.1 Jailbreak Released For iOS Devices
The Absinthe 2.0 jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1 has been released this week, which once installed allows you to install third party applications and tweak your iOS devices setup to suit your needs. Before installing Absinthe 2.0 make sure you backup all your necessary iPhone data first, which can then be re-installed once Absinthe 2.0 has been loaded.
Toshiba Has No Plans For New Netbooks In The US
At one time netbooks were really popular, then along came tablets and the demand for netbooks has slowly been dying out, and now Toshiba has decided that they won’t be launching anymore new netbooks in the US.
Brad from Liliputing recently spoke to an executive from Toshiba and was told that the company has no plans to launch anymore netbooks in the US.
