"I promise to do all I can to deliver the new Mario game this year," Shigeru Miyamoto pledged in a recent interview. Unfortunately, he was a bit short on the specifics and although we have seen the game in action at GDC, Nintendo usually likes to take their time with these things, especially if … [Read more...] about Super Mario 3DS Could Be Out In 2011
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Call Of Duty Not Ending Up Like Guitar Hero, Activision Pledges
It's actually just a memo originating from Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirschberg that made the rounds about the time of Guitar Hero's greatly exaggerated demise. It's understandable that the execs wanted to give employees some reassurance, and it's actually pretty humanizing for Activision as a … [Read more...] about Call Of Duty Not Ending Up Like Guitar Hero, Activision Pledges
PS4 & New Xbox Not Due Until 2014
This was certainly the way the tide seemed to be going, what with Kinects, Moves, and whatnot flying around, but it's nice to hear it confirmed. Or rather, heavily rumoured, which these days is about the same thing. "Both MS and Sony are telegraphing to each other that they're delaying, to milk the … [Read more...] about PS4 & New Xbox Not Due Until 2014
Google Plops Down $100 Million On Wind Farm
Call it the height of social responsibility or just plain decent, but Google are taking part in the world's energy future unlike any other company. The wind farm locate din Oregon is touted to be the largest, or at least among the largest, on Earth. It's also at the cutting edge and once completed … [Read more...] about Google Plops Down $100 Million On Wind Farm
Dell Doing More Than Its Share To Curb eWaste
Thanks to an innovative partnership with Goodwill Industries, Dell is doing more than its fair share curbing ewaste globally by being active in the United States. With 2,200 Goodwill stores serving as repositories for defunct PCs and parts from any brand, the illicit ewaste trade isn't fed materials … [Read more...] about Dell Doing More Than Its Share To Curb eWaste
Toshiba Qosmio T851 3D notebook Debuts
This new notebook from Toshiba is really cool. It is the first new notebook to be able to show both 2D and 3D content on the screen at one time. The cool notebook also uses a new screen technology that allows the viewing of 3D content without glasses. Innovative Glasses-Free 3D Technology The … [Read more...] about Toshiba Qosmio T851 3D notebook Debuts
Amazon Rolls Out New And Improved Kindle Library Lending Service
eBook lending is the wave of the future. Rather than ruin its huge potential to feed millions of readers, Kindle has rolled out a new library lending service that allows Kindle fans to borrow stuff from some 11,000 American libraries. Even better, the same service can be availed of using a … [Read more...] about Amazon Rolls Out New And Improved Kindle Library Lending Service
New Railgun Test A Molten Success
As if such mega weapons as the 120mm gun on an M1 Abrams or the A10 Warthog's Vulcan cannon weren't enough, defence contractor General Atomics just carried another test for the U.S. Navy's latest ultra long range armor piercing weapon--the railgun. Its pet name is the Blitzer and oh boy, does it … [Read more...] about New Railgun Test A Molten Success
Resident Evil 6 To Be Completely Different But Still The Same
Looks like all that work on prettying up the 3DS Resident Evil Mercenaries hasn't left Capcom too exhausted to look after the franchise's main breadwinner. The new title will apparently make a clean break from the all-action format that the fifth game in the series pioneered. There isn't much info … [Read more...] about Resident Evil 6 To Be Completely Different But Still The Same
Epic Claims Game Industry “Scary” Because Of $1 Apps
If the guys at Epic were actual, honest-to-goodness Gears, apparently their Locust would be the $1 games on the App Store. At least according to president Mike Capps, who also maintains that there hasn't been this much uncertainty in the industry for the past twenty years. At this point, who's … [Read more...] about Epic Claims Game Industry “Scary” Because Of $1 Apps
Nintendo In Talks With Rockstar About Wii 2 Development
You can add churning rumor mills to that old death and taxes adage, and the Nintendo ones just seem to keep going. Hot on the heels of touchscreen controllers with buttons and front-mounted cameras, Xbox 360-grade hardware, and E3 announcements, word is now coming down the grapevine that someone … [Read more...] about Nintendo In Talks With Rockstar About Wii 2 Development
Portal 2 Metacritic User Score At Odds With Critical Reception
Very rarely have user opinion and critical opinion been so at odds with regard to one game, especially with a game both players and journalists were expecting to be universally loved. Which means that despite the warm and fuzzy 95 rating where Portal 2 is now holding steady, the user ratings barely … [Read more...] about Portal 2 Metacritic User Score At Odds With Critical Reception
