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Angry Birds Star Wars II announced; coming Sept. 19th
Rovio knows a good thing when it sees one. After the massive sales success of the original Angry Birds Star Wars in 2012, the game developer is going back to make a full fledged sequel, Angry Birds Star Wars II, which will be released on September 19th. Rovio's press release, along with a new trailer shown above, confirms that the sequel will feature characters and settings from the Star Wars ...read more
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Report: Apple hiring for iWatch project; device to launch in late 2014
Apple’s smartwatch is one of the most expected and talked about pieces of technology in recent years, but according to a new report the launch of such a device may still be more than a year away. The Financial Times is reporting that Apple is now “aggressively” hiring people to work on their iWatch project. The timing of these hirings shows that the long-awaited smartwatch is still far ...read more
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Hackers target Arma studio's website
Bohemia Interactive, the studio behind the popular Arma series of sandbox military games, is reporting that hackers have withdrawn personal information from its user database. "We have unfortunately discovered that an illegal attempt has been made to access certain of our online websites, leading to the download of a database containing usernames, email addresses and encrypted passwords," ...read more
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Deus Ex: The Fall jams your gun on jailbroken iOS devices
Those playing Deus Ex: The Fall, which launched for iOS for $6.99, on jailbroken iDevices have found none of their guns work – not even the tranquilizer gun. The limitation was first outed on Reddit, with many reviews in the App store describing the game's surprise "feature." The prompt above occurs right after the movement tutorial in the game, at the outset of the shooting ...read more
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Report: Microsoft gave Skype calls and email access to NSA
Microsoft has over the past three years allowed the NSA to gain access to outlook emails, Skype video calls and SkyDrive data as part of a secret US government intelligence initiative called Prism, according to a report. The Guardian claims to have acquired 'top-secret documents' which allegedly reveal the sharing of users' private information between a number of Silicon Valley firms, ...read more
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Steam Summer Sale is live right now
Steam's infamously popular Summer Sale has, as previously rumoured, begun today. Bioshock Infinite, Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Grid 2 are among the games to get deep discount in the Steam Store. As usual, the sale includes Daily Deals, with a new list of games getting discounted on a daily rotation, and Flash Sales which see a selection of games get ...read more
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Black Ops 2 gets Vengeance on PC and PS3 August 1
Black Ops 2 players on PC and PS3 will receive the latest DLC pack, Vengeance, on August 1. Vengeance adds four maps in multiplayer along with a new Zombies variant called "Buried," and it has been available on Xbox Live since July 2. Vengeance is the third DLC pack for Black Ops 2, following Revolution and Uprising. Revolution added the requisite multiplayer maps and the ability to play as a ...read more
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Rockstar job listing tips GTA 5 PC port
Rockstar is unwilling to discuss the prospect of bringing Grand Theft Auto 5 to PC, but a recent job listing hints at the firm working on a port. A recently-posted job listing for Rockstar Leeds called for a 'graphic programmer' that would work to "help bring our latest titles to the PC platform". Perhaps even more interestingly, the vacancy post has been swiftly removed by Rockstar, but ...read more
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Runescape 3 release date confirmed
Jagex has announced Runescape 3 will be released on July 22 2013. The latest entry is a continuation of the current game that allows existing characters and accounts to carry over when it is released. To launch Runescape 3 Jagex is holding a large in-game world event called "The Battle of Lumbridge". "This will be a world event of epic scale where your decisions and actions will forever ...read more
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Lovefilm discontinues game rentals for new customers
Although Lovefilm hasn't said outright that it's removing game rentals from its list of services, evidence indicates the company looks to be phasing them out. The Amazon subsidiary and UK competitor to Netflix has discontinued offering them to new customers as of June 24, and customers with a non-games subscription cannot switch over to one that would include game rentals. At the moment, the ...read more
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