Late last night Microsoft announced it was discontinuing its Xbox Live service for original Xbox games. You’ll still be able to play games such as the Halo, Halo 2, and Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory on your original Xbox and on the Xbox 360, but after April 15th, the online multiplayer features for all of these titles will be disabled. The …
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Steve Jobs Was Here
Where’s my Drudge siren?!
The rumors about Steve Jobs’ mysterious appearance at various publishers in NYC are true. He apparently dropped by the TIME & LIFE building for breakfast today. I clearly was not invited.
The Daily Dose
Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010
Today in Techland: We watched Snoop Dog and Darth Vader invade Times Square on behalf of Adidas, Steve talked with Shawn Ashmore (Iceman from X-Men!) about his role in upcoming film Frozen, and Peter sat down with Marvel Comic scribe Matt Fraction, the man behind Iron Man. Peter’s also entering Wired‘s challenge …
Sega News: Iron Man 2 Trailer With War Machine and a New 2-D Sonic Game
Lots of news out of Sega today. First they officially announced they’re working on a new 2-D side-scrolling Sonic the Hedgehog game. If you’ve tried playing any of the much-maligned 3-D Sonic games in the last few years, this is very good news. They’re calling it Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode I and it’ll be available to download for …
In The Batter’s Circle With MLB 10: The Show and Twins Catcher Joe Mauer
Two dates that are keeping diehard baseball fans like me warm this winter: February 18 and March 2. The first date is when pitchers and catchers show up in Arizona and Florida for the start of spring training. The second is when MLB 10: The Show goes on sale. Sony’s San Diego Studio does a phenomenal job producing this baseball sim …
Universal Pictures Offers $10K to Contestants Who Can Disappear For a Month
Today, Wired posted that they’ll play host to a pretty intriguing competition: the coolest game of hide and seek we’ve ever heard of.
Inspired by Wired writer Evan Ratliff’s attempt to vanish after writing a story about people who wipe out their identities to start new lives, the magazine has teamed with Loneshark Games and Universal …
A Brief Look At Fallout: New Vegas
Bethesda released the first teaser trailer for the next Fallout game today. They’ve previously said that Fallout: New Vegas is not a direct sequel to one of the standout hits of 2008, Fallout 3. Really? From the looks of the trailer, you can be reasonably sure that FNV is at least going to offer a very similar experience. …
Exclusive: iQapps Launches First Android Shooter Game
We’ve got a special treat for Droid and Nexus One owners. iQapps will be launching the first Android shooter, iCommando, later today, but we’ve got 10 codes to share with you now. All you need to do to win is @ us on Twitter or post a link on our Facebook page with a picture of you with your Nexus One or Droid with the TECHLAND …
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Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010
Today in Techland: Steve chats with the amazing Ethan Hawke about the unwavering awesomeness of Gattaca, Gary brought us the new trailer from BioShock 2, and Peter and I ranted and raved about last night’s season premiere of LOST. Missed it? Watch it here on ABC.com and catch up.
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Multi-touch Wars: Amazon Scoops Up Touchco
It was inevitable, really. Apple is poised to take a good chunk of business away from Amazon and the Kindle when the iBook Store launches next month. But this has nothing to do with content deals or e-book pricing squabbles.
Amazon is preparing to beef up its Kindle hardware with news that it has acquired New York-based Touchco. Both …
Watch This: BioShock 2 Launch Trailer
2K Games debuted a creepy and fabulous 3-minute trailer for BioShock 2 last night during Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. In case you missed it, here’s an encore presentation. Though it would’ve been nice to see some of the new plasmid powers in action (the ones you see—Winter Blast, Telekinesis, and Electro Bolt—all appeared in the …
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Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010
Today in Techland: Award nominations made us take a look at the past year in sci-fi: the good, the bad and the Megan Fox. Peter brought us tidings of tech joy with word of the upcoming Google tablet, and we discovered that Calvin and Hobbes creator Bill Watterson granted his first interview in 20 years.
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