By Joey Davidson |
The game isn’t even close to hitting both virtual and physical store shelves, and we’re already talking about its DLC. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt was one of our favorite games at this year’s E3, and it’s currently set to release for the PC, Xbox…
By Jacob Kleinman |
An official Twitter account used by Verizon in the past to announce new DROID handsets, as well as the occasional scavenger hunt, tweeted today for the first time since November 2011, sparking rumors that a new DROID smartphone is about to be announced. The cryptic…
By Jacob Kleinman |
AT&T is offering Samsung’s Galaxy Note 8.0 tablet for just $199–that’s $200 off the full price with a two-year contract–when you buy a Galaxy S4, Galaxy S4 Active or Galaxy Note II smartphone from the carrier. The deal starts Friday, June 21 in stores and online.…
By Jacob Kleinman |
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, fresh out of the firm’s annual shareholder’s meeting, met with two Samsung Electronics executives during a trip to South Korea this week. Attendees at the meeting included vice chairman Lee Jae-yong and mobile unit chief Shin Jong-kyun, and Zuckerberg reportedly asked whether Samsung…
By Todd Haselton |
HTC has been bleeding executives recently and, now, two of them have formed a new company with the goal of creating new smartphones in Europe. According to CNET, HTC’s former head of sales of U.K. and Ireland Michael Coombes and former U.K. marketing lead James Atkins…
By Ron Duwell |
E3 has become the main battleground for EA and Ubisoft to go head-to-head over which company deserves to be second place behind Activision, thanks to Call of Duty and Skylanders. It’s a tight race every year with both companies sitting on wonderful franchises. Direct comparisons on…
By Todd Haselton |
LG recently launched the Optimus G Pro on AT&T and we’ve given the device a spin for a few weeks now. Its closest brethren is the Galaxy Note II, which costs $100 more, but don’t take the Optimus G Pro at face value based on…
By Todd Haselton |
Facebook is holding a press event this Thursday, June 20, during which it promises to reveal a “big idea.” What’s in store? Pundits seem to suggest that the social network is going to tweak Instagram to better compete with Twitter’s Vine service. That means adding video.…
By Brandon Russell |
Apple’s dark horse this year could wind up being the company’s supposed low-cost iPhone, which many believe will hit later this fall in emerging markets. When/if it does, the device will reportedly sport a more rounded, plastic back, multiple colors, and a 4-inch screen. But,…
By Jacob Kleinman |
Microsoft announced a new initiative on Monday to sell the Surface RT tablet to schools around the world in bulk for under half its full retail value. The offer went into effect on Monday and lasts through August 31. The deal is good for institutions that are…
By Ron Duwell |
Many were patiently awaiting a price drop to be announced for the Wii U at E3 this year. Believers point to slouching sales and stiff competition from superior hardware as just two reasons this was bound to happen. Not so, says Nintendo Marketing Executive Scott…
By Brandon Russell |
Buried beneath some of the more flagship features included in iOS 7 are some neat tricks Apple failed to mention at WWDC. And even deeper below the surface, in the reach of only the savviest developers, the Cupertino company seems to be testing a series…
By Todd Haselton |
Yahoo is pondering to bid as much as $50 million for Qwiki, the maker of an iPhone app under the same name that allows users to create mini videos that include their videos and photos, AllThingsD said Tuesday. Yahoo has been on the lookout for acquisitions…
By Jacob Kleinman |
HTC confirmed the rumored Desire 200 handset today on its official website. It’s an entry-level smartphone that will sit in the smartphone family below the Desire 600. The Desire 200 features a similar, if stouter, design to the Taiwanese smartphone maker’s HTC One. We see…
By Adriana Lee |
When it comes to 4G/LTE, Verizon’s network is largely acknowledged as the best. But now, PCMag‘s latest test results have come along to challenge that notion. According to the website, AT&T actually had the fastest LTE network of all four of the major carriers. In its…
By Jacob Kleinman |
HTC accidentally confirmed the rumored HTC One Mini by its speculative name on one of the Taiwanese smartphone maker’s own websites earlier today. Aside from revealing that the long-rumored handset is in development, the leak contains few details except that the device will feature a…
By Todd Haselton |
T-Mobile announced Tuesday morning that the Sony Xperia Z will be exclusive to its network in the United States. The phone will be available with T-Mobile’s no contract Simple Choice plans, though the carrier did not announce a price. We recently reviewed the Xperia Z,…
By Eric Frederiksen |
Say what you will about the Late Night landscape, but Jimmy Fallon has definitely carved out a niche for himself. One of the ways Jimmy differentiates himself from the late night vets is through video games. This week on Late Night, it’s Video Game Week.…
By Brandon Russell |
Scientists are eager to determine whether we’re alone in the universe. Evidence certainly suggests a planet such as Mars once supported microbial life, and many other findings point to plenty of Earth-like planets filling the cosmos. So if there are extraterrestrial beings out there, making…
By Adriana Lee |
If Jimmy Fallon’s the boyhood chum who loves to show you his kit, then Conan O’Brien’s the wise-cracking cousin who won’t stop licking your gear. Yup, you read that right. Can’t imagine what Jeremy Hofferman was thinking when Conan, backstage at E3, stops for some…
By Brandon Russell |
Netflix has landed another huge deal that’ll further expand the service’s original content output. Following the success of Arrested Development Season 4 and the upcoming introduction of Orange is the New Black, Netflix is expanding on what should prove to be a huge strength in…
By Ron Duwell |
Keita Takahashi, creator of the one and only Katamari Damacy, has joined ranks with Funomea, a new indie comprised of former thatgamecompany employees. Company founder Robin Hunicke and Martin Middleton were part of the team responsible for Journey. Takahashi announced at Horizon, an indie gaming conference…
By Jacob Kleinman |
Sprint is still lagging behind Verizon and AT&T when it comes to LTE coverage, mainly because it launched the high speed service over a year after its competition, but a new expansion may help the carrier level the playing field. Service just launched in 22…
By Joey Davidson |
Last year, Firaxis Games and 2K relaunched the classic X-COM series with XCOM: Enemy Unknown. While not perfectly faithful to the games fans remember playing way back when, this revisit was a nice and tough return to classic gaming with modern day elements. XCOM: Enemy…
