Final Fantasy XIII-2 will reportedly include Lightning from Final Fantasy XIII as DLC. According to Famitsu (via Andriasang), Lightning will be a coliseum character that, once defeated, can become a party member. Square Enix apparently also stated that it will [...]
Blizzard still tinkering with Diablo 3 systems, highlights new changes
For a game that isn’t even out yet, Diablo 3 has undergone many, many system changes. Today, game director Jay Wilson has posted a load of upcoming system adjustments, mostly made to systems that have already been changed. A few [...]
Droid 3 Reportedly EOL’d; Situation Highlights Poor Carrier Behavior
We've discussed the fragmentation of Android and the shoddy update services of the various carriers before, but the Droid 3's situation is raising these issues again. According to pre-CES reports, Verizon is poised to end-of-life (EOL) the Droid 3 along [...]
Intel Highlights Xeon E5 Performance, Talks Up Knights Corner MIC Products
At the supercomputing conference SC2011 today, Intel offered up performance details of its upcoming Xeon E5 processors and demoed their Knights Corner many integrated core (MIC) solution. The new Xeons won't be broadly available until the first half of 2012, [...]
AT&T Merger Fail Highlights Failure Of Spectrum Politics
Editor’s Note: This guest post was written by Frank Barbieri, a serial entrepreneur and sometimes blogger. You can follow him @frankba Those reveling in the thumb-in-the-eye the DOJ gave to AT&T over the T-Mobile merger should pause a moment to consider the politics of [...]
Xperia Play in U.S. in ‘early spring,’ on Verizon first
After months of speculation, leaks and a freaking Super Bowl commercial (seriously?), Sony has finally formally announced the Xperia Play smartphone — the long fabled, long buzzed-about “PlayStation Phone.” The device was shown off during the Sony Ericsson MWC 2011 [...]
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