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Since the App Store launched three years ago, 15 billion apps have been downloaded from the service, Apple has announced. The store now features more than 425,000 apps, with 100,000 of those being specifically for iPad. There are apparently 200 million iOS device users out there. Apple has paid developers more than $2,5 billion to develop apps for the store. That’s enough dry stats. To ...read more
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Having learned their lesson from the early struggles of the PS3, Sony is creating the PS Vita to be easy to develop for. In an conversation with Develop, SCE Worldwide Studios Boss Shuhei Yoshida, admitted that developing for Sony consoles have been challenging: “It had very, very high potential and peak performance, but programming for the PlayStation platforms was a huge challenge for game ...read more
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Reports suggest a preview build of Gears of War 3 may have been hosted on an unsecured server, possibly leading to its leak to torrent sites. According to Kotaku, a Gears of War 3 build hosted by Codify was not password protected, and was accessible via search engine. The unsecured file was noticed by a French developer, although it has since been removed. It’s not uncommon for external ...read more
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Step by step, day by day, the world's researchers and engineers bring us ever closer to the reality of Kinect-enabled telekinesis. Check out a video demo below of Flying Machine Arena's clever hack, which enables even more precise control of a stunt quadrocopter using simple hand gestures.
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It’s like deja vu all over again for Nintendo. Just a few months out of the gate and their newest hardware is subject to a lawsuit, previously having the Wii’s motion control system and the DSi’s camera lens called into legal questioning, just to name a few. This time around, the problem seems to stem from the 3DS’ display technology. Without getting too technical jargon-y here, Tomita ...read more
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Sonys online pass is happening. After yesterday’s discovery of a “PSN Pass”-touting Resistance 3 hardware bundle suggested as much, the platform holder has now officially confirmed the fact, saying in a formal statement: “We are always evaluating new programs for our online offering, and starting with Resistance 3 this September, we will be instituting a network pass program for PS3 games ...read more
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One of the most anticipated titles this year is no doubt Epic’s Gears of War 3. And, as such, Microsoft has decided to brand Xbox 360s the world over with the logo and iconic crimson omen of the franchise as well as painting it black and bloody red, everything as part of a limited edition package considering the game is expected to be huge and sell a lot.The console will boast a 320GB harddrive ...read more
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For Call of Duty fans who suffer from color blindness, Sledgehammer Games is developing a Color Blind Assist option to be included in Modern Warfare 3. Sledgehammer VP and COO Michael Condrey addressed the following: Research suggests that as much as 6% of the general population suffers from Color Blindness, or more accurately Color Vision Deficiency. Men (9-12%) are 20x more likely to be ...read more
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Today is the day that Japanese users can finally gain access again to the Playstation Store features on the Playstation Network. However, Sony's online console gaming service may also be getting a new user interface. According to a story at Register Hardware, Sony has been working on a redesign of the Playstation Network UI even as it has been recovering from the cyber attack that shut down the ...read more
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Sledgehammer’s VP and COO Michael Condrey has relayed to IGN how hard the firm, along with Infinity Ward, is working on Modern Warfare 3 and how both are pushing to get the “best product” possible out onto the market. In the video posted below, Condrey talks about how both teams are pushing things to the limit (to “11″ even) in terms of scope, graphics, and gameplay with MW3. There’s ...read more
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