EA’s policy of cutting jobs and whole studios to save money has to be undone for the publisher to get to work on their new exclusive Star Wars license. New job postings show that EA’s DICE studio, the developer of the Battlefield franchise and one of three EA devs working on Star Wars, will be opening a studio in Los Angeles.
After months of rumours and speculation, Microsoft finally let the Windows 8 upgrade cat out of the bag. Formerly known internally as Windows Blue, Windows 8.1 will be a free upgrade to Windows 8 and Windows RT that will be available from the Windows home screen when it is officially released later this year.
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Let’s do another Star Wars post today. New York based photographer Ra di Martino undertook a project in which she went to Tunisia to find the remains of Tatooine. However, time hasn’t been kind to the buildings in Mos Eisley, Mos Espa and the Lars’ Homestead. In her “No More Stars” and “Every World’s a […]
In this month’s issue of Official Xbox Magazine, the big names behind the Mass Effect franchise open up about plans for the next game in the Mass Effect franchise. In an interview with director Casey Hudson, lead writer Mac Walters, level designer Dusty Everman, producer Mike Gamble and lead designer Preston Watamaniuk, it was hinted that the next Mass Effect game could be a spin-off.
Did you know that next week marks the 36th anniversary of the release of Star Wars (since rechristened Episode IV: A New Hope)? That really has nothing to do with this Periodic Table of the original Star Wars trilogy. I just thought that was a neat fact that I could use as an intro.
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I feel bad saying that this week is a relatively quiet week but I’m not seeing too much on this week’s list that I’m particularly interested in. That’s not to say that there aren’t some good comics this week.
My picks for the week include the comic book revival of Battlestar Galactica. For the 35th anniversary of the classic show, the series gets its own comic book starting with Battlestar Galactica #1. Captain Marvel gets her own big story in Avengers Enemy Within #1 that’s a cross-over between her and The Avengers. Since I’m trying to get some of the better efforts from the big guys in these posts, let’s remind you that Wonder Woman #20 is coming out this week after a pretty good #19 last month.
It’s a good month for the Shields of the world. Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. was picked up by ABC for next season. Now, NVIDIA has announced that their Shield handheld would hit store shelves by the end of June for $350.
At that price, the Shield is immediately pushed straight to luxury item levels, even for a gaming console, but you are also getting what is likely the best handheld console on the market (or at least the most powerful) thanks to the HD screen and ability to stream games from computers with compatible GTX graphics cards.
Despite the fact that it could very well have never been published due to THQ’s bankruptcy, Metro: Last Light is out today. The game was originally supposed to come out last year but was delayed by almost a year until today when it was released by new publisher Deep Silver.
While Metro 2033 was a cult hit, that doesn’t absolve 4A from some sins committed in making this game. Chief among them is restricting Ranger Mode, a harder difficulty mode that 4A touts as “the way the game was meant to be played,” to a pre-order bonus and DLC add-on. That’s about as dirty a cash grab as you’ll find.
I love the internet and admittedly spend way too much time online or doing something with electronics. However, I grew up without the internet so most of my learning was done without a computer at my side so I can still learn without Wikipedia and love reading books. But what if I grew up with the internet and computers and social networking all around? What would that do to my brain, my memory and how I lived.
Chris Hadfield’s mission aboard the International Space Station comes to an end tomorrow. His five months out in space has really seen something like a revolution in the communication between the people of Earth and denizens of outer space thanks to social media. Using Twitter, YouTube and video links, Hadfield has brought us a little insight into our world and space while cementing himself as a Canadian national treasure.
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