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Prototype 2 Delayed on PC, Console Versions Get Upgraded to Radnet Edition

Good news and bad news for Prototype 2 fans today, as Activision has confirmed that the PC edition is now scheduled to arrive after the PS3 or Xbox 360 versions, while console gamers that buy the game new will see their copy of the title upgraded to the Radnet Edition. Prototype 2 has been in development at Radical ...

1 February 2012
14:21 GMT

Prototype 2 Hardened Steel Pre-Order Bonus Available from Best Buy

Activision has just announced a brand new pre-order bonus for those interested in Prototype 2, as they’ll be able to get the Hardened Steel Vehicle Armor upgrade if they pre-purchase the game from Best Buy in North America. Prototype 2 is getting ready for its April release later this year, so Activision wants...

30 January 2012
03:54 GMT

Prototype 2 Pre-Order Bonus Brings Impressive New Ability

Those interested in the upcoming Prototype 2 open world action game now have one more reason to pre-order the title, as GameStop is offering a bonus ability, in the form of “Sgt. James Heller’s Devastating Bio-Bomb Butt Kicker Ability.”Activision and Radical Entertainment are getting ready to releas...

9 January 2012
03:45 GMT

Apple Building ‘Prototype’ Glass & Stone Retail Store

Apple is erecting a new retail outlet just a block away from its existing Palo Alto store using trademark glass-stone-and-steel in a 15,000 square foot location.Plans for the new “prototype” store were reportedly filed earlier this month. Palo Alto planning manager Steven Turner said: "It's a very un...

23 December 2011
04:01 GMT

Microsoft Shows Prototype Arc Touch Mouse

Last year, Microsoft made official its Arc Touch Mouse, which marked a change in the manner in which users could use the small piece of hardware for their daily work, through replacing the traditional scroll wheel with a strip featuring touch capabilities. The company has been also working on another Arc Touch Mou...

12 December 2011
08:01 GMT

New Prototype 2 Video Presents the World of the Game

A brand new video for Prototype 2 has just been released, and it focuses on the world of the new game, which is split up into three distinct areas, the green, yellow, and red zones. Prototype 2 is slowly taking shape at Radical Entertainment, under the guidance of Activision, and we've already seen quite a few ...

22 November 2011
02:40 GMT

New System Turns Any Surface Into a Touchscreen

A certain PhD student called Chris Harrison, and others, just invented a new technology that can allow for “graphical, interactive, multitouch input on arbitrary, everyday surfaces.” The idea Chris Harrison had is not so much a touch interface as it is a gesture recognition technology, since it isn'...

18 October 2011
20:01 GMT

[UPDATE]Microsoft Sensor Detects Multitouch Through Fabrics

Touch input is always evolving, like everything else, and it looks like Microsoft really wants responsiveness, going as far as to make a sensor that can pick up commands through clothing.By now, most everyone will be more than familiar with the idea of touch input.In fact, this sort of interactivity is so widespread...

18 October 2011
10:14 GMT

Prototype 2 Gets Impressive Combat Trailer

Over the weekend, just as the New York Comic-Con was in full swing in the U.S., Activision has premiered a new trailer for its upcoming Prototype 2 open world brawler, showcasing the combat prowess of its new protagonist, Sergeant James Heller.Prototype impressed through the array of powers given to its main characte...

17 October 2011
02:26 GMT

First iPhone 5 Physical Mockup Created (Video)

A bunch of talented Germans have worked up the first real iPhone 5 mockup that you can actually hold in your hands and compare to existing hardware.The device was spawned based on the most plausible rumors about the next-generation handset, including the four-inch screen, the wider form factor, the elongated home but...

30 September 2011
05:39 GMT

Possible Future QNX BlackBerry Handset Leaks

What might become a new BlackBerry smartphone in the more or less distant future seems to have just leaked into the wild, offering us a glimpse at what RIM might soon have in store for us. What can be seen in the images that emerged into the wild courtesy of Chinese website MaxPDA includes a full-QWERTY BlackBer...

29 August 2011
15:51 GMT

Become a Character in Prototype 2 Thanks to Activision and GameStop

Activision and GameStop have kicked off a rather unusual pre-order promotion for next year's Prototype 2 game, which ultimately awards one of the eligible customers from North America the chance to become a character in the new title, currently in development at Radical Entertainment.Prototype 2 was initially an...

12 August 2011
02:40 GMT

Prototype 2 Arrives on April 24, 2012, New Video Available

Activision has finally pinned a release date on the upcoming Prototype 2 open-world adventure title, which is now scheduled to arrive next year, on April 24, while a new cinematic trailer was released yesterday, when the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con kicked off. The original Prototype impressed gamers with the huge arr...

22 July 2011
12:31 GMT

Nokia's Sea Ray Windows Phone Handled on Video

Later during this year, Nokia would bring to the market a new set of mobile phones, based on Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system, and what might prove to be the first such device can now be seen in a video presentation embedded below. The said device, reportedly sporting the codename of Sea Ray, rese...

19 July 2011
03:32 GMT

NTT Demos 1 Gbps WiFi

Coming to offer a boost to a certain widespread and popular connectivity technology, NTT has demonstrated a new iteration of the WiFi wireless solution, one that will eventually land in homes and offices. Wireless connectivity is being used in an increasingly large number of electronic applications, but there is ...

12 July 2011
02:46 GMT

RIM Already Has Working QNX-Based BlackBerry Prototypes

Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion is moving forth with the development of the first BlackBerry smartphones that would run under the QNX platform, and already has prototype devices in engineers' hands, some of the latest reports on the matter suggest. After unveiling its very first tablet PC, the Bl...

11 June 2011
02:53 GMT

LG to Showcase MeeGo Devices Next Month

South Korean mobile phone maker LG Electronics is the latest handset vendor to announce plans to work with the MeeGo operating system.Nokia might have abandoned plans to come to the market with a new mobile phone that would run under the MeeGo platform, but it seems that LG hasn't as of yet. The company is repo...

29 April 2011
03:32 GMT

Mega Man Legends 3 Will Get 3DS eShop Prototype Version

Video game publisher Capcom has announced that it plans to launch an early Prototype version of its upcoming Mega Man Legends 3 on the eShop service for the Nintendo 3DS when it is introduced, allowing fans of the series to actively provide feedback and contribute to the development of the game. The Prototype vers...

22 April 2011
09:21 GMT

Scientists Create Cooling Material That Well Surpasses Copper

Currently, copper is seen as the most effective material for cooling purposes, especially when it comes to CPUs and other sorts of processors, but a team of scientists from General Electric claims to have come up with a much better solution.Chips nowadays, be they DRAM chips, NAND units or processing units (CPUs, GP...

17 March 2011
06:29 GMT

Alleged Sony Ericsson Windows Phone 7 Handset Spotted

Japanese-Swedish mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson said a while ago that it did not plan on rushing to the market with a Windows Phone 7 device, but that it would wait a little longer before making the move. However, a series of allegedly leaked photos with a Sony Ericsson Windows Phone 7 prototype handset have m...

7 March 2011
02:48 GMT

The PSP 2 Will Not Get a Price or Battery Life Announcement

Kaz Hirai, who is the chief executive officer of Sony Computer Entertainment, has suggested that those who are looking to find out the price for the PlayStation Portable 2 handheld or the battery life of the newly announced device will have to wait for some time, as the company still sees the new platform as being in...

1 February 2011
17:41 GMT

Apple Macintosh Portable Prototype Emerges on Ebay

Hoping to make one generous computing enthusiast happy, Ebay seller "zieglerc" has put up for auction a prototype model of the Macintosh Portable, the first Mac "luggable" computer from late 1989. The listing shows a starting bid of US $1,750.00 with the last price challenge being allowed on December 31, 2010, 12:28:...

28 December 2010
05:34 GMT

Prototype 2 Officially Revealed, Dated and Detailed

During last weekend's Spike TV Video Game Awards, Activision has revealed what most gamers already knew: the existence of Prototype 2. The game's announcement was previewed by a teaser campaign, called Murder Your Maker, which already hinted heavily that a sequel to Prototype will be revealed. The ful...

15 December 2010
03:00 GMT

Prototype 2 Might Be Announced At the VGAs, Teaser Site Revealed

Activision is rumored to be preparing to reveal Prototype 2, the sequel to 2009's impressive third person title, which will be made at the upcoming Spike Video Game Awards.The VGAs are slowly approaching their beginning, on December 11, so speculations about the surprise announcements are beginning to heat up, w...

30 November 2010
14:41 GMT

Prototype MacBook Air Leaks Ahead of Apple October 20 Event

With two days to go before Apple unveils a potential new operating system for its Macintosh lineup, as well as new hardware that replaces some old Macs, an anonymous tipster was kind enough to leak images of an alleged prototype MacBook Air, albeit a rather old one.Engadget were the lucky ones to receive the pictures...

18 October 2010
03:06 GMT

Dell Thunder Handled on Video

One of the mobile phones Dell plans on bringing to the market with Google's Android operating system on board is the Dell Thunder, which has just emerged in a hands-on video, as well as in a series of live photos. Running under Google's Android operating system, the device that can be seen in the photos be...

20 August 2010
04:20 GMT

Microsoft Menlo Prototype Smartphone, not Just the Menlo OS

Earlier this year, the Menlo moniker was connected with a new operating system project from Microsoft Research that was apparently exploring the evolution of Windows Compact Edition (CE). It now appears that Menlo is not just a mobile platform, but also a fully-fledged smartphone. Microsoft research is building the n...

9 August 2010
03:38 GMT

Samsung's Windows Phone 7 Prototype Gets Handled

Microsoft's new Windows Phone 7 operating system is only several months away, and more and more info on it and on the devices that should run under it has started to emerge. Following the official unveiling over at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, and a short appearance at MIX, a Windows Phone 7 prototyp...

23 June 2010
06:06 GMT

Windows Phone 7 Boots Up Pretty Fast

Although Windows Phone 7 is not yet in its final flavor, the mobile operating system seems to be moving pretty nice. A video available with a Windows Phone 7 prototype embedded at the end of this article shows that the platform is being loaded in a little more than half a minute, which is pretty impressive, one shoul...

12 June 2010
06:59 GMT

Windows Phone 7 Samsung Prototype Surfaces on Video

South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung is among the first companies to have a working Windows Phone 7 handset prototype, which means that it might also be among the first to come to the market with an actual device later during the ongoing year. We already had the chance to have a glimpse at a Samsung device runnin...

27 May 2010
03:57 GMT

Vietnam Leaks New Prototype Apple Device - Camera-Equipped iPod touch

Another major Apple leak has been reported in Vietnam, the third one this month, stemming from the same source. A camera-equipped, third generation iPod touch (most likely the one Apple never got to release reportedly because of component suppliers) has surfaced over at Tinhte.vn, the site that also leaked the second...

19 May 2010
10:14 GMT

Aava Mobile Unveils Moorestown-Based Device

The Mobile World Congress closed its gates in Barcelona, but it left behind quite a nice series of new mobile phones, among which we can count an open mobile device from Aava Mobile, which is meant to power next generation smartphones. The company unveiled at the MWC show in Spain a reference design that includes In...

19 February 2010
06:22 GMT

Prototype MacBook Pro Emerges on eBay, Boasts Red Motherboard

Prototype Apple products always make waves, and this item should be no different. Listed as “PROTOTYPE - Apple 17" MacBook Pro - Red Motherboard,” a computer purporting to be coming from Apple’s tool shed has surfaced on eBay. The current bid is of US $255.00, but that’s because it’s not...

17 February 2010
09:10 GMT

iPhone 4 Slightly Bigger than 3GS Model, Leaked Pictures Suggest

A set of leaked pictures allegedly depicting the front part of Apple’s next-gen iPhone show a slightly taller handset, compared with existing iPhone models. Discussing the photos in question, iPhone repair site iResQ claims they depict the actual parts that would make up the fourth-generation iPhone expected to...

10 February 2010
04:48 GMT

Leaked Picture of iPhone 4 Emerges (Unconfirmed)

Hours ahead of the iPad’s big debut, knowledgeable sources leaked a couple of pictures purporting to show a prototype of the Apple tablet-to-be. In those photos, a second, much smaller device could be spotted, but all eyes were on the iPad at the time. As it turns out, that device is allegedly one of Apple'...

3 February 2010
06:46 GMT

Apple Tablet Specs, Features Leaked by Actual Tester

Apparently, iTablet beta testers have a green light for dishing out deets regarding the hyped product. While not breaking their NDA with Apple, the testers claim the company's tablet is the most “amazing device ever.” Initially spotted by Softpedia via a post over at the SoupSoup Tumblr blog, Jason C...

27 January 2010
09:08 GMT

New Photos of iTablet Leaked - Prototype

A new set of realistic iTablet pictures has emerged, with Engadget noting, “This is as convincing as it gets.” Leaked by an unnamed source, the images show a “really big” tablet, seemingly a prototype, running an advanced version of the iPhone OS and an iPhone-specific application.Cut out from...

27 January 2010
03:12 GMT

'Prototype Laptop' Stolen from Apple’s Campus Last Year (Report)

A report by Zirana ("a one stop shop for all local information [for] residents of small and medium sized towns all across the world," including Cupertino) reveals that a prototype laptop worth 100,000 was stolen from Apple's campus last year. Below is the actual Zirana report on the matter. "Trade Secret Theft...

25 January 2010
03:59 GMT

The Year of The Pirate, Gaming Zodiac

As a new year approaches, it's time to look back at the past 12 months and make a list of what was what this year, to help us with our new-year resolution. And one thing that proved to be very fascinating was the list of top games that got pirated in 2009. TorrentFreak has scoured the net, took into account all ...

29 December 2009
03:26 GMT

Apple Equips Prototype iPhones with RFID-Capabilities (Rumor)

Reports are now emerging of a site focused on Near Field Communications that claims Apple has built new iPhone models (prototypes) that are equipped to support sensing RFID chips. RFID (Radio-Frequency IDentification) is a technology that allows a device to sense embedded chips in nearby objects without making direct...

6 November 2009
05:59 GMT

Apple Working on XL Aluminum Tablets (Rumor)

Citing a “100% reliable” source, Gizmodo claims that two prototype tablets were spotted in a factory in Shenzuen, China. The extra-large Apple tablets, as described by the source, allegedly sport screen sizes measuring 13-inches and 15-inches with one of the devices reportedly running Mac OS X when seen. ...

31 August 2009
04:36 GMT

Activision Sells 1 Billion Worth of Games in Three Months

Activision Blizzard has announced the financial results for the quarter that ended on June 30 and, despite the economic downturn and the overall slump in videogame-related sales, the publisher still managed to sell videogames worth 1.04 billion dollars, which is more than it originally estimated for the period. Opera...

6 August 2009
04:30 GMT

NPD Software: Prototype Slashes Its Way to the Top

Charts and sales rule the world around us, and now, thanks to the NPD group, we can see how they ruled the world of video games in the month of June. Don't forget that what was said in the hardware chart is also true for this software one. Drops were registered across the board and a comparison to the month of ...

17 July 2009
15:21 GMT

Analyze That: Exclusives Can Be Important

Two very similar videogames, inFamous from Sucker Punch and Sony and Prototype from Activision, were released in June, with launch dates very close together and with a tendency from videogame press outlets to compare them. inFamous was a PlayStation 3 exclusive and came a few days earlier, while Prototype was multipl...

15 July 2009
16:21 GMT

Analysts Expect Videogame Sales to Slide 20% in June

The NPD Group, which tracks sales of videogame hardware and software on the North American market, is set to release its sales numbers for June at some point during this week and analysts are already issuing predictions related to what they'll be telling us about the videogaming industry, which has had rough fiv...

13 July 2009
16:21 GMT

Fight Night Round 4 Springs to the Top

Electronic Arts must be pleased with the performance that its games on the United Kingdom market. After EA Sports Active managed to take Wii Fit down from its top position, Fight Night Round 4 battled its way to the top position on its first week on sale.The game is the follow-up to a very good title, Fight Night Rou...

2 July 2009
04:12 GMT

Prototype to the Top in the United Kingdom

Electronic Arts surely has high hopes for The Sims 3. After all, the series has broken sales records after sales records and the new game can be seen as being a platform on which Electronic Arts can continue to deliver content for quite a few years.Unfortunately, the initial performance of the title does not seem to ...

25 June 2009
14:31 GMT

A Gamer's Week: 13 – 20 June

This week, there has been a lot of talk about Project Natal and a rumored new Xbox gaming console. Before reading the news related to these subjects, bear in mind the fact that various Microsoft executives apparently cannot tell the difference between “a new console” and “a new launch.” And if...

20 June 2009
08:21 GMT

Prototype

Open world games are pretty standard these days, with many developers trying to place players in the shoes of ordinary people who have an interesting story. But sometimes, game creators spice it up a bit, and give every gamer what he wants: a super-powered character who can cause havoc in the world around him with a ...

19 June 2009
04:41 GMT

Prototype Challenges The Sims 3

The videogame chart in the United Kingdom might just have found its long term king, as The Sims 3 from Electronic Arts has managed to hold on to the top spot in the face of quite a strong challenge from Activision's Prototype.Of course, The Sims 3 has a wider appeal than Prototype. After all, the Sims series has...

18 June 2009
04:28 GMT


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