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New ‘Watch_Dogs’ Trailer Will Make A Believer Of You
They’ll be watching you. You’ll be watching them.
We’ve been excited about Ubisoft’s new surveillance thriller Watch_Dogs since they unveiled it at E3 last year and this latest media makes me even giddier.
‘Strip Search’ Recap: Season 1, Episode 8 “Drawing Blind”
Amy’s “interpret what the hell that meant” face.
It’s a new week, so it’s obviously time for a new elimination cycle for the contestants of Penny Arcade’s Strip Search. Two contestants down and the group’s still feeling pretty big, but there’ll only be winners out of today’s event.
T-Mobile Announces They Are The ‘Uncarrier’, Sells Locked iPhones
T-Mobile finally gets the iPhone… with a big string attached.
To follow up on yesterday’s news of new unsubsidized carrier pricing, T-Mobile, well, made it real. It’s not mandating that everyone pay in upwards of $600+ for a new phone to stay out of a contract with the company, you certainly have the option, and it’ll save you money in the long run. They’re also offering a version of iPhone specific to the carrier, but if you’ve been using an iPhone on T-Mobile (probably not a large group of people), it’s going to be a very different proposal.
GDC 13: Study Finds Less Games Featuring Multiplayer Than Ever This Generation
Take note, game publishers! Maybe you already have?
Wow, I guess I never did notice it until now, but EEDAR says that since 2005, games featuring multiplayer modes, online or off, has been on the decline. As someone who rarely plays multiplayer, that seems to make a lot of sense: publishers are starting to notice when multiplayer makes sense.
Despite Selling Millions, ‘Tomb Raider’ And ‘Hitman: Absolution’ Sales Considered ‘Weak’
Lara’s mad about it, too.
Square-Enix isn’t on the verge of collapse – yet – but its investments in North American game developers, namely, the purchase of Eidos, may seem like a regrettable move. Despite selling over three million copies of both Hitman: Absolution and Tomb Raider, games with long and expensive development cycles, Square-Enix suffered a $105 million loss this year.
Drox Operative (PC) Hands-On: A Pretty Hardcore Romp Through Space
Drox In Spaaaaaaaaaaccceeeee…
As I mention in our FEZ PLAY below, I’d received the opportunity to check out Drox Operative, a space adventure-slash-RPG, toward the end of last year because developer Soldak Entertainment. To be frank, the web site, dressed in Times New Roman, did not impress, but I’m more than willing to give most any space-based game a chance. So I gave it a few hours to win me over.
Feedly Impressions From A Guy Who Never Used Google Reader
It’s a really boring way to look at the internet, I know.
Last week, the tech universe exploded when Google announced they were killing their Reader app/site/utility, a tool that many power users had utilized to keep on top of the internet at large. I didn’t really care because I’d never used it and, in fact, keep a TweetDeck tab open to do the same thing. I got curious, though. I wondered what the big deal had been, but rather than try and start using Reader now, mere months before its dispersal, I’d try out some of the RSS feed competition. “What’s it like on the other side?” I wondered.
T-Mobile’s New ‘Uncarrier’ Rules Remove Contracts, Pricy Data Plans And… Phone Discounts
Six of one, half-dozen of another.
I’m glad we have smaller carriers in the United States like T-Mobile and Sprint, ones that are willing to offer crazy things that bigger carriers like Verizon and AT&T have already removed from their min-maxed line of thinking. While T-Mobile was always a bit cheaper on a monthly basis, they’re now offering to become your ‘uncarrier’, allowing you to have cheaper monthly rates without a contract, which seems fantastic if you’re either trying to save dollars or regularly swapping out SIMs. There’s a catch to that, though. An expensive one.
‘Super Metroid’ Re-envisioned In High Definition Via… Photoshop?
The level of detail is far beyond insane.
Super Metroid is good, Super Metroid is great, rah rah rah. I enjoyed Metroid Prime when I owned a Gamecube, but my only experience from the Super variety came from when our very own Kelly wanted to show me a game he could beat really quick. He did, I watched it all, then never wanted to play Super Metroid, ever. Really, this is just an excuse to post this timelapse of Element79 from deviantART putting together a crazy super-high fidelity reproduction of the climactic fight of that game.
‘XCOM: Enemy Unknown’ To Land On iPhone, iPad Later This Year, No Android Love Found
Thankfully, it doesn’t seem forced onto these smaller devices.
2K’s going to put last year’s Game of the Year favorite XCOM: Enemy Unknown on iOS devices. Yep. They’ll even do it without sacrificing the gameplay and, as the video will have it, not much of its Unreal-powered visuals.
