Month: November 2014
Will the Star Wars trailer break the internet tomorrow?
You may have heard the rumours that a new Star Wars film is in production. Yeah, it's been kept pretty quiet, and almost nobody is talking about it, but Star Wars Episode VII - aka The Force Awakens - is due in cinemas around the world in December 2015. As is the movie industry's annoying…
WATCH: Advanced Warfare Zombies Trailer
We heard rumours about this last month, but it has now been officially confirmed by Activision that Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare is getting zombie DLC. Exo-Zombies is apparently a "survival co-op experience" and will be released next year. You can watch the trailer above.
The Digest: Vinyl is back… and 4 other things people are talking about today
[nextpage title="Next"] Vinyl record sales hit 18-year high | BBC News "More than one million vinyl records have been sold in the UK so far this year - the first time the milestone has been achieved since 1996. The figures mark a largely unexpected resurgence in an industry now considered to be dominated by digital.…
How accurate is Assassin’s Creed: Unity compared to real life Paris?
Pretty accurate, it seems - at least according to some awesome photos taken by Damien Hyperlite. He posted to Imgur a series of photos showing the game and the real buildings, and it is safe to say that whilst the game might be buggy as hell, they clearly spent a lot of time getting the…
Is GoPro working on DRONES?
In what seems like a logical move, GoPro is apparently working on building a consumer drone to sell. The news comes via UberGizmo, and it says that GoPro's supposed drone will cost between $500 and $1000 and, umm, land, some time in 2015. The move would make a lot of sense - GoPro is already…
Twitter to look at your other apps to better target its ads
Twitter is to use the other apps you have downloaded to make its targeted adverts more relevant to you, it has emerged. According to the Bangkok Post quotes Twitter as saying: "We are collecting and occasionally updating the list of apps installed on your mobile device so we can deliver tailored content that you might…
Ubisoft dishes out free games to placate Assassin’s Creed: Unity complaints
Ubisoft has announced that the Downloadable Content for Assassin's Creed: Unity will now be free - to make up for the bug-riddled mess that was the game's initial release. The update comes following the release of Patch 3 - which is yet another fixer for some of the problems in the game. Writing on the…
Apple is now the biggest company in human history
Yesterday, Apple's market cap - the number by which companies are valued - briefly passed over $700bn - and at $703bn was apparently the most valuable company in human history. According to The Channel, this means that it surpassed even the GDP of Switzerland - so not even all of the Toblerone in the world…
Nintendo to sell empty boxes in shops. Really.
Far be it from us to question Nintendo in its infinite wisdom, but the company has just announced that it will be selling empty boxes. Seriously. Buyers of Nintendo Pocket Football Club and Mario vs Donkey Kong from shops will open the case to find... um... nothing. Well, just a download code for the titles.…
Blinkbox adds offline viewing support
Exciting news for Blinkbox customers (yep, all six of you): The movie and TV on demand service has added offline viewing capabilities to its iPad and Android apps. Apparently the offline functionality will allow you to download purchased content on up to five devices - though rented movies will only be available on one. To…
