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‘War of the Roses’ and ‘Chivalry’ wage war without all the nonsense
Of all the games I played this year at PAX East, two unlikely contenders stood out. They weren't indie darlings or supported by the donations of Kickstarter enthusiasts. And they weren't first-person shooters, nor character action games set against historic backdrops. Both games – Fatshark's War of the Roses and Torn Banner's Chivalry: Medieval Warfare – are about as far from my usual radar as games go. That was until I ...
Of all the games I played this year at PAX East, two unlikely contenders stood out. They weren't indie darlings or supported by the donations of Kickstarter enthusiasts. And they weren't first-person shooters, nor character action games set against historic backdrops. Both games – Fatshark's War of the Roses and Torn Banner's Chivalry: Medieval Warfare – are about as far from my usual radar as games go. That was until I ...
iCade Core and iCade Mobile Hitting U.K. in June, Roughly Priced at $81
ION Audio, the brilliant makers of the iCade arcade cabinet, announced early this year at the CES that it will be launching a new set of flagship gizmos for the year 2012. One of them is the iCade Core, which is a cool iPad dock with a set of buttons and an arcade stick. Contrary to ION’s previous accessory, the arcade cabinet, the iCade Core has a better feel as far as gameplay is concerned. (more…)
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ION Audio, the brilliant makers of the iCade arcade cabinet, announced early this year at the CES that it will be launching a new set of flagship gizmos for the year 2012. One of them is the iCade Core, which is a cool iPad dock with a set of buttons and an arcade stick. Contrary to ION’s previous accessory, the arcade cabinet, the iCade Core has a better feel as far as gameplay is concerned. (more…)
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Facebook Acknowledges That It May Cut Its 30% Revenue Share For Apps That Are Not Games
There was a little gem that we almost missed yesterday in Facebook’s amended IPO filing. But it looks like Facebook acknowledged that it may have to move away from a 30 percent revenue share with app developers if it expands Credits, its virtual currency, and payments beyond gaming. This is what it said in the filing yesterday: We receive a fee of up to 30% when users make such purchases from our Platform developers using our Payments infrastructure. In the future, if we extend Payments outside of ...
There was a little gem that we almost missed yesterday in Facebook’s amended IPO filing. But it looks like Facebook acknowledged that it may have to move away from a 30 percent revenue share with app developers if it expands Credits, its virtual currency, and payments beyond gaming. This is what it said in the filing yesterday: We receive a fee of up to 30% when users make such purchases from our Platform developers using our Payments infrastructure. In the future, if we extend Payments outside of ...
Onavo Extend stretches your data plan, now with CDMA/LTE support
What's Onavo Extend you ask? It's a free app that lets you save money on your data plan by compressing unencrypted data between your device and the web. The result is that you consume up to five times less data -- convenient when you're on a tiered / capped data plan, when you're roaming abroad or when you're on a slower 2G network. In addition, the app keeps track ...
What's Onavo Extend you ask? It's a free app that lets you save money on your data plan by compressing unencrypted data between your device and the web. The result is that you consume up to five times less data -- convenient when you're on a tiered / capped data plan, when you're roaming abroad or when you're on a slower 2G network. In addition, the app keeps track ...
New Call of Duty set for world reveal during NBA playoffs on May 1
Like Madden and Punxsutawney Phil, the annual reveal of a new Call of Duty game isn't what we'd call surprising. It is, however, quite a thrilling notion to many millions of people the world over, which is why we're here to tell you that, yes, another Call of Duty game is getting ready for its big reveal. According to a new countdown timer on Call of Duty's official website, said game will be revealed during the NBA playoffs on May 1 via TNT ...
Like Madden and Punxsutawney Phil, the annual reveal of a new Call of Duty game isn't what we'd call surprising. It is, however, quite a thrilling notion to many millions of people the world over, which is why we're here to tell you that, yes, another Call of Duty game is getting ready for its big reveal. According to a new countdown timer on Call of Duty's official website, said game will be revealed during the NBA playoffs on May 1 via TNT ...
HTC Droid Incredible 2 no longer listed on Verizon’s page, Droid Incredible 4G launch imminent?
If you were thinking of getting yourself the HTC Droid Incredible 2 from Verizon, you’re out of luck. It seems that the link that you would take to purchase the phone will now lead you to a page that claims that “The selection you made is unavailable at this time”, suggesting that it seems that the launch of the rumored HTC Droid Incredible 4G could be close at hand. Photos of the device have surfaced in the past (...
If you were thinking of getting yourself the HTC Droid Incredible 2 from Verizon, you’re out of luck. It seems that the link that you would take to purchase the phone will now lead you to a page that claims that “The selection you made is unavailable at this time”, suggesting that it seems that the launch of the rumored HTC Droid Incredible 4G could be close at hand. Photos of the device have surfaced in the past (...
Refresh Roundup: week of April 16th, 2012
Your smartphone and / or tablet is just begging for an update. From time to time, these mobile devices are blessed with maintenance refreshes, bug fixes, custom ROMs and anything in between, and so many of them are floating around that it's easy for a sizable chunk to get lost in the mix. To make sure they don't escape without notice, we've gathered every possible update, hack, and other miscellaneous tomfoolery we could find during ...
Your smartphone and / or tablet is just begging for an update. From time to time, these mobile devices are blessed with maintenance refreshes, bug fixes, custom ROMs and anything in between, and so many of them are floating around that it's easy for a sizable chunk to get lost in the mix. To make sure they don't escape without notice, we've gathered every possible update, hack, and other miscellaneous tomfoolery we could find during ... 
