Video Games

Nintendo has held the release date for their upcoming Wii U console close to their chest, but accessory maker PDP may have accidentally spilled it during a GameStop manager’s conference. It’s already public knowledge that Nintendo is hosting a special Wii U press event on September 13 in New York, and it’s widely assumed the Continue Reading →

Whoever might be employing me in the spring of 2013, know this: The moment Netflix debuts the return of Arrested Development, I’m calling in sick. Because on that glorious day, me and the hundreds and thousands of other devotees will be in our pajamas, in front of our laptops and iPads and Xboxes and Rokus, Continue Reading →

Internet giant Amazon Friday morning announced that it has reached an expanded content licensing agreement with NBCUniversal Cable & New Media Distribution. Under the terms of the deal, hundreds of TV episodes from shows like Parks and Recreation, The Starter Wife, Heroes and Battlestar Galactica will be added to Prime Instant Video. Amazon says Prime Continue Reading →

Those pigs aren’t dead pixels, friends. The Curiosity rover apparently found the next angry birds settlement on Mars — or so goes the viral campaign’s story. Rovio Mobile took to YouTube to tease its next mobile game for 2012. Angry Birds Space: Red Planet is set to hit app stores later this year and like Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120824_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] September is almost here and it is going to be a doozy for product announcements. Nokia, Amazon, Apple and Nintendo all have big events planned and some of the announcements are still a complete mystery. First, on September 5, Microsoft and Nokia will hold a joint event, Continue Reading →

Netflix launched its updated Xbox 360 app a couple of weeks back, and it came with a ‘Just for Kids’ section aimed at under-12s. This brought it into line with the app as it was on other platforms such as the PS3. Well, it seems that the update went one step beyond this, as it Continue Reading →

The next generation of Windows Phone devices will reportedly support the high-caliber Unity3D graphics engine. WMPoweruser notes that Unity3D developer Unite Technologies has announced it will support both Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 when the two operating systems are released later this year. As the site writes, this is very significant because “developers will Continue Reading →

Microsoft’s innovative Kinect accessory has made the leap from video games to robots and even 3-D human holograms. Now it’s being used to sell cars that don’t yet exist. Nissan needed to find a way let potential buyers see its 2013 Pathfinder, but it didn’t have the actual cars in showrooms or ready for auto Continue Reading →

Microsoft wants Xbox 360 users to get involved in the upcoming elections, so in an effort to keep prospective young voters in the loop, they are teaming up with a number of outlets and gearing up to launch an “Election 2012 on Xbox LIVE” hub on the Xbox 360 dashboard. The hub is scheduled to Continue Reading →

Sony’s plan to introduce an 80-inch XBR LED television set with 4K resolution is said to be the start of a larger scheme to push 4K on consumers, much like 3D was a huge push in the industry a couple of years ago. Since 3D isn’t gaining much traction, Sony (and we’d assume the rest Continue Reading →