Archive for the ‘Industry’ Category
Comedian Louis CK releases DRM free standup – sells 110,000 copies
Comedian Louis CK performed an interesting social experiment with his latest release of standup material, making it available on his own website for as little as $5. It also came DRM and region free, letting downloaders play the file wherever ...
Nvidia has supply problems
Nvidia could be set to have a poor fourth quarter of the year due to supply issues – not the sort of thing you want with the Christmas period a favourite shopping time for hardware enthusiasts. Analysts have it that ...
Vivendi fails to get €1 billion credit line
The parent company of Activision/Blizzard, Vivendo, has failed in its attempt to get hold of a €1 billion credit line. You’d think with all those CoD gamers and WoW subscribers the publishing giant would have plenty of cash to be ...
Epic Games working on cartoonish, zombie, building game
Epic Games has been quited focused on its Gears of War franchise in the past few years, but over the weekend a new trailer emerged for its next title: it’s known as Frostbite. The short debut video – which has ...
Facebook won’t censor Indian criticism
Just two days ago the Indian government requested that Facebook censor certain images and statements criticising the ruling party. Facebook has now responded, saying that no, they won’t do that. They’re not the only social network to be asked to ...
Mario creator not leaving Nintendo
Shigeru Miyamoto, the father of such characters as Mario and Donkey Kong, was last night thought to be leaving Nintendo for good. However, this morning the company has stepped out in front to say that this is not the case. ...
Skyrim PS3 1.3 update won’t fix everything
Elder Scrolls Skyrim continues to have problems on every platform, though no more so than on the PS3, where lag is the main issue. The 1.3 patch is expected to be launched too, fixing some of the bugs, but Bethesda ...
India calling for web censoring
The Indian government wants social networks to aid it in censoring its citizens, preventing them from posting derogatory comments about the leaders of the country. Good luck with that. Communications minister Kapil Sibal made this request to higher ups at ...
Sony still planning Flash for Vita
Despite plenty of other developers stating that they wouldn’t be adding Flash to their platform, Sony has announced that it was keen to utilise the platform. Even Adobe has been quite vocal about its refocusing from the long time web ...
New Xbox Dashboard lands today
Microsoft will be launching the latest version of the Xbox 360 dashboard today, bringing with it Kinect support and Bing search integration. It’s thought that this update is designed to make the Xbox more of a central piece of technology, ...
