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A stonking 94 per cent of young UK adults have admitted that they would rather live without sex for a week than spend seven days away from their mobile phone, according to a new poll from MobileInsurance.co.uk. The survey polled 2,571 UK adults aged between 18 and 30; all of …
Read More »GeForce GTX 780 tipped for May 23rd launch
Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 780 PC graphics card looks set to be launched next week. As has been widely reported, the GTX 780 is understood to be based on the same architecture powering Nvidia’s flagship Titan GPU, although its performance is unlikely to drastically outdo its predecessor the GTX 680. Fudzilla …
Read More »Battlefield UK product manager switches to Call of Duty
Former EA UK man Kevin Flynn has leapt over the sandbags of Battlefield’s barracks to become senior brand manager for Call of Duty. Flynn has spent the past two years as senior product manager for Battlefield at Electronic Arts, but this month joined Activision’s UK team as senior brand manager …
Read More »Apple App Store serves up its 50 billionth download
The 50 billionth app has been downloaded from the Apple App Store. The lucky punter who initiated the magic download – Ohio’s Brandon Ashmore – has been handed a $10,000 App Store gift voucher. He downloaded word game Say The Same Thing. It took just under five years for Apple …
Read More »US software sales for Nintendo 3DS up significantly compared to 2012
The 3DS has picked up the pace in the early going of this year, with software sales up 52 per cent in the first four months of 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012. Nintendo announced 2.1m first-party titles have been sold since the start of the year, …
Read More »VIDEO: Sony teases cel-shaded sci-fi outing Panopticon
A brand new first party game called Panopticon has been unveiled by Sony. At the moment it’s not clear whether it’s a PS3, PS4 or Vita title but the fact that more details will be released on May 21st – the same day that Microsoft reveals the new Xbox – …
Read More »Sony acquires Angry Birds film rights, to premiere worldwide in 2016
Sony Pictures Entertainment has announced it has won the exclusive international distribution rights to the Angry Birds animated feature film. The movie will premiere worldwide July 1st, 2016, according to the company. Angry Birds developer Rovio will develop, produce and finance the film; while producers John Cohen and David Maisel …
Read More »Four British Lulzsec hackers get jail terms
A Crown Prosecution Service lawyer has branded four hackers as "cowardly and vindictive" following their successful prosecution. The BBC reports that Jake Davis, Mustafa al-Bassam, former soldier Ryan Ackroyd and the rather more well known Ryan Cleary were yesterday handed jails sentences. Cleary was sentenced to 32 months, Davis to …
Read More »NPD April: Injustice: Gods Among Us, Xbox 360 on top of slow month
NPD’s report for the four week period between April 4th and May 7th is in, revealing an overall dip of 25 per cent at US retail when compared to the same period in 2012. The sector brought in $495m total for the month, with the analysis group reminding that the …
Read More »Total number of EA games in development for Wii U = Zero
Nintendo’s Wii U has been delivered yet another piece of bad news. EA, which just earlier this month touted its strong relationship” with Nintendo has confirmed that as of right now it does not have a single game in development for Wii U. The saga has worrying echoes about the …
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