Topic of the Week: Marketing is ruining games.
a) Halo 4 and the Mountain Dew/Doritos gate.
b) Halo 4 gives you points for more playtime.
c) Purchasing review scores. (Although this is believed to be fake).
d) Season Pass this, season pass that. Buy half a game and get the rest later.
e) Half finshed games like Black Ops Declassified. Also remember the Rockster PS3 exclusive Agent?
Tech/Hardware News:
Disney buys Lucasfilm, announces plans to cash in on Star Wars
Apple
- Management Shakeup
- Scott Forstall fired over iOS Maps and Siri fails
- Retail chief John Browett fired
- Jony Ive takes control of user experience on both iOS and OS X – Say goodbye to faux stitched leather and green felt interfaces.
- New Products
- iPad mini
- 7.9” 1024 x 768 non-retina display
- 16 GB starting at $329
- 4th-Gen iPad
- New A6X processor
- Lightning port
- iPad mini
- 13” MBP with Retina
- Ultra-thin (at the edges) iMac design (May be delyed until 2013)
- Fusion drive
- HTC-Apple settle patent dispute; Samsung wants to know more.
Microsoft
- Windows 8 Launched.
- Surface with Windows RT.
- Windows chief Steven Sinofsky leaving.
Phillips release USB powered monitor.
Samsung Galaxy S3 sells 30 million units in 157 days.
Gaming News:
Sony Playstation 3 has sold over 70 million units.
Hacker group “The Three Musketeers” publish PS3 crypto keys. Link
New PS3 updates removes folding@home support.
Wii U Released
New Xbox 360 Dashboard + SmartGlass
Halo 4 makes $220 Million in opening 24 hours. Black Ops 2 smashes it and makes $500 Million in 24 Hours.
Battlefield is 10. 1942 now free on Origin.
Grand Theft Auto V second trailer released.
Steam for Linux reaches beta.
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