The first teaser for Pixar’s Cars 3 was unlike anything we’ve seen from the animation studio. Instead of the bright, cheery look we’ve come to expect, the footage was dark and a little scary. Certainly a far cry from what we saw from the first two movies. To bring the point home that all is not well with Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson), the previous teaser showed him involved in a...
Could we be getting an Overwatch even for Valentine’s day in around a month? It sounds, literally, like that might be the case. Redditor /u/akhanubis did some digging and found some unused lines on the recently patched PTR for Overwatch. One of which includes Genji and Mercy exchanging chocolates, potentially confirming the relationship hinted in the Christmas comic. Then we have...
Apple was recently granted a patent titled “Electronic Devices Having Displays With Openings.” At its core, the patent describes a way of allowing a device with a large display surface area to fit extra components inside. If an iPhone or iPad’s front was entirely screen, for example, where would the speaker, earpiece, and other components go? That’s what this patent tries to overcome....
Microsoft’s Xbox One and PC game Scalebound was officially canceled yesterday, bringing to a close two and a half years of speculation that the game might never come out. Many took the news hard as they are fans of Director Hideki Kamiya, but it was Microsoft who came down the hardest. In fact, it wants to expunge all evidence that the game even existed. As of writing, all Scalebound...
RED ASH, the video game Kickstarter fiasco from Mighty No. 9 developer Comcept, has yet to put out any screenshots, gameplay videos, or information whatsoever despite securing necessary funding through shady Chinese “publisher” Fuze Entertainment. This was all a year and a half ago, and Comcept even helped make ReCore in the meantime. Somebody forgot to tell anime studio STUDIO4℃ that...
It looks like another top EA franchise is giving up on the ridiculous notions of contemporary DLC business models. This is the one I despise most, too. Mass Effect: Andromeda won’t have a Season Pass. When asked directly about whether or not Mass Effect: Andromeda would offer a Season Pass on Twitter, BioWare GM Aaryn Flynn said “Nope!” He left it at that. When the same Twitter user...
It’s angular and shiny like a jewel, hinting at Nissan’s “Emotional Geometry” design language. The Nissan Vmotion 2.0 concept, unveiled at the North American Auto Show on Monday, is the automaker’s new evolution in design and autonomy, meant to bring these features to the next level. “Technology is evolving,” said Shiro Nakamura, Senior Vice President, Chief Creative Officer, Nissan. “...
Over the weekend, Japanese news outlet Nikkei reported that the Nintendo Switch would cost ¥25,000 at retail. At current exchange rates, that’s roughly $213, but most are assuming Nintendo of America will slide it up to $250 for launch. The paper indicates that this figure is what they’re predicting the Nintendo Switch will cost; while they don’t have a proper source, they do have a...
As someone who loves Wes Anderson movies and hates putting just 3 of the same card in a Magic the Gathering deck, symmetry is something that I’m attracted to. With that, I’d like to give a nice, sarcastic “Thank you” to Braid artist David Hellman for pointing out the asymmetry of the Nintendo Switch logo. Did you notice the Switch logo is not symmetrical? Each side has a different...
USB-C has been kicking around rocks for the past year and a half, but it still feels a lot like a niche product. Sure Apple and a few other companies have jumped in head first with the new port, but the adoption rate for everyone else has been at a snail’s pace. But if CES 2017 is any indication, that process is about to start moving a lot quicker. Here at the Consumer Electronic Show...