I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Nintendo’s days are numbered. According to a new report by Gamasutra, the Japanese company’s Wii U console is a flat out failure. Just last month, the company only sold about 100,000 Wii U systems, this month, it’s estimated that they’ve only sold about half of that. Meanwhile, Microsoft’s...
Later this month, Sony is set to hold an event that many believe will be the first unveiling of the upcoming PlayStation 4. This is the first console from Sony since they released the PS3 over 5 years ago. While most gamers are dying to see what the new console will look like—despite being the part they they interact with the least—a new photo has leaked of what...
It’s hard to believe, that with all the smartphones being sold, the records that companies like Apple and Samsung are smashing on a quarterly basis, that feature phones still outsell smartphones. But the tide is about to turn, at least according to a new study by Gartner, who believes that by the second half of 2013, smartphones will finally over take features phones in total sales for the first time since the smartphone was introduced. All in all, Gartner reports that about 1.9 billion phones will be sold this year, with 1 billion...
We’d all love for our smartphone of choice to be the king of the mountain, but sadly, that’s not how the world works. As of right now, Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android (thanks to Samsung) dominate over 90% of the smartphone market. So it’s pretty safe to say that first and second place are locked up tighter than Col. Sander’s secret...
The Real Racing franchise has been a staple for iOS, it offered players the most realistic racing experience on any mobile device. With Real Racing 2, the team behind the title, FireMonkey (formerly FireMint), upped the ante and improved the visuals, increased the amount of cars, offered online play and more. Now FireMonkey is back with Real Racing 3, which was originally...
After creating the studio just eight months ago, Epic Games has decide to close down Impossible Studios. Impossible was the newly formed company, primarily made up of ex-Big Huge Games employees, who already lost their jobs once, due to the debacle that was Curt Schilling’s 38 Studios. Impossible Studios was in charge of the development of the iOS game Infinity Blade: Dungeons, a isometric third-person RPG game based on the best-selling Infinity Blade franchise. The game was originally shown off with the iPad 3 and was supposed...
Orchestra’s just announced that their highly anticipated email application for iOS, Mailbox, is now available on the Apple App Store. There is one catch however, if you haven’t received your reservation code, you can’t start using the app. Why? Well simply put, the team at Orchestra are hell bent on delivering a smooth user experience and want to break the new service in slowing, gradually adding new users who request permission to use it. Once the service is fully stable, they’ll remove the need for a reservation,...
It was announced earlier today by OUYA CEO Julie Uhrman, that the Android-powered video game cube console OUYA, would be available later this year at big box retailers like Best Buy, GameStop Target and a few other retailers. We now have exclusive pictures to share with you courtesy of an anonymous GameStop employee who snapped a few shots off of GameStop’s internal inventory and news system. The images shows the console, controller, prices and specs with a TBD release date, but were hearing that it should arrive in June. While...
Much like Acer, ASUS and Samsung before them, HP has now joined in the Chromebook manufacturers club. HP has created a budget friendly—although not as cheap as Samsung’s $250 Chromebook—laptop under the Pavilion branding that runs Google’s Chrome OS. The new Chromebook features a 14″ diagonal HD BrightView LED-backlit (1366 x 768) display, 2GB...
The Superbowl is known for great commercials, some are funny, thought provoking and sometimes emotional, but rarely are they ever innovative. With their latest commercial, the Lincoln Motor Company has done just that, like their new cars, they’re innovating and re-imagining the way a commercial is written. Together with Jimmy Fallon, Lincoln filmed a commercial based around 5 tweets that were sent in to the Late Night host. The new commercial, which will air during the Superbowl (and can be see in its entirety below), features...