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Read More »Siri demo unit abuses child in Tesco
A 12-year-old boy’s mother failed to see the funny side when Siri running on a demo model iPhone delivered a torrent of abuse in response to a questionaccording to a report. The Sun reported that 12-year-old Charlie Le Quesne was trying out an iPhone 4S when it told him to"shut …
Read More »Mario’s 3DS outings break US sales records
Both Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7 have become the fastest selling games in the history of their franchises in the US. The pair are the first 3DS games to sell over a million units in the territory. In addition, the 3DS console itself has officially sold more …
Read More »Xmas day app downloads hit 242m
Research from Flurry confirmed that Christmas 2011 was dominated by smartphones and tablets, with the result that 242m apps were downloaded on the big day and 1.2bn across the holiday week of December 25th-31st. It’s the first time app downloads have passed 1bn in a week, said Flurry. By comparison …
Read More »Battlefield 3 devs quit for Ngmoco
A trio of developers at Stockholm studio EA DICE have quit to join nearby outfit Ngmoco Sweden. Wille Wintertidh, Malte Hildingsson and Torbjorn Ldre, the latter two having worked on Battlefield 3, were named as new hires by Ngmoco Sweden manager Ben Cousins. Cousins himselfleft EA in March last year, …
Read More »‘Last-gasp settlement’ in Bethesda Interplay case
Anonymous courtroom source says agreement has been reached regarding the Fallout MMO
Read More »Nintendo prepping Wii U e-reader service?
The Wii U’s semi-portable tablet controller could become the central focus of a new content service offering from Nintendo, according to online reports. As well as being linked with – surprise surprise – a push to get iOS games ported onto the device, Forget The Box has been lead to …
Read More »EA Battlefield devs depart for Ngmoco
DICE devs become latest recruits for growing Sweden studio
Read More »Epic Mickey 2 accidentally announced
It appears that Disney Interactive has accidentally announced Epic Mickey 2 in a newsletter – which, incidentally, has subsequently been amended. Eurogamer reports that the game was dated for a Christmas 2012 release on PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii. Hopes of a sequel to the 2010 Wii original had seemingly …
Read More »Sonic 4: Episode II finally announced
Sega has confirmed the second episode in Sonic’s digital-only series will arrive this year. Sonic The Hedgehog 4: Episode II is currently in development for XBLA, PSN and mobile platforms including the Apple App Store, Android Marketplace and Xbox Live on Windows Phone 7. It has been two years since …
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