Archive for: April, 2013

No Refurb 3DS Units for UK Gamers

Nintendo is releasing refurbished 3DS consoles in the US on its own website but the company has no plans to do the same in the UK. Fans can buy Aqua Blue and Midnight Purple 3DS consoles on Nintendo.com for $129.99 while the consoles can also be purchased with a copy of The Legend Of Zelda: […]

New Extended TV Spot for The Great Gatsby

Warner Bros. Pictures has brought online this new extended TV spot for Baz Lurhmann’s The Great Gatsby featuring Lana del Rey’s “Young & Beautiful.” Opening in 3D and 2D theaters on May 10, The Great Gatsby follows Fitzgerald-like, would-be writer Nick Carraway as he leaves the Midwest and comes to New York City in the […]

Verizon Cloud Launches Backup Service for Smartphones

Verizon Wireless has announced Verizon Cloud, a new backup and storage service that lets customers sync their smartphones and tablets to Verizon’s servers. Verizon Cloud offers 500MB of storage for free, but offers up to 125GB of storage for $9.99 per month. Verizon says the free option should be enough to backup settings, calls, messages, […]

Apple vs. Samsung Trial Scheduled for November

U.S District Court Judge Lucy Koh has set new dates for the on-going Apple-Samsung patent trial. Earlier this year, Koh slashed the jury’s $1.05 billion award to Apple by about $450 million, saying that the jury had miscalculated the actual damages in the case last August. Koh ordered a new trial, now scheduled to take […]

Best Buy Gives Up on European Expansion – Selling Stake in Carphone Warehouse

Best Buy will sell its 50% stake in Carphone Warehouse back to the company for about $775 million. Best Buy partnered with Carphone Warehouse back in 2008, with Best Buy investing in Carphone Warehouse’s European operations and Carphone Warehouse investing in Best Buy’s U.S. operations. The original intent was to allow each company to expand […]

Nintendo President Explains Game Release Delays

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has told investors the reason for the delayed release of many first-party titles was due to Wii U launch titles requiring “more development resources than expected.” Speaking during a financial call after Nintendo posted its yearly results last week, Iwata said in order for launch titles to be made available alongside […]

Dungeons and Dragons Neverwinter Enters Open Beta

Cryptic Studios has let the world know that their Dungeons & Dragons MMORPG Neverwinter has entered a soft beta. All you have to do is register, download and you are set to go. Neverwinter is a free, action MMORPG based on the acclaimed Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game. Epic stories, action combat and classic […]

Diablo III Pre-orders Now Available

Rumors of Diablo III coming to consoles have been around since before the game ever launched, and not long ago it was confirmed that the ever-polarizing action RPG would be making its way to the PlayStation 3. The time has almost come for console players to set foot in the treacherous lands of Sanctuary. Blizzard […]

AOL to Close Shop on Comics Alliance

Sad news for comics journalism and the blogosphere, as AOL has decided to shutter Comics Alliance. Started by Laura Hudson in 2009, Comics Alliance quickly established itself as one of the biggest and best comics news-sites on the Internet, thanks in no small part to its smart criticism, progressive attitude, and wicked humor. The site has been […]

Joe Carnahan to Direct Sugar Bandits

Joe Carnahan appears to have found his next project. The Hollywood Reporter brings word that the The Grey director is in talks to write and direct an adaptation of Chuck Hogan’s novel Devils in Exile. The film version will be titled Sugar Bandits. Published in 2010, the novel is officially described by Simon and Schuster […]

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