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Apple to Deliver Two Tablet PC Models in 2H10

Cupertino-based Apple has reportedly pushed back the launch of its tablet PC, which was originally slated for a March release, and now will come only in the second half of the next year. The delay seems to have been caused by a change in the components of the tablet, and also by the decision to release a model that ...

19 November 2009
08:24 GMT

Dragon Age: Origins PS3's Date Is Once Again November 3

When Dragon Age:Origins got its first delay, from October 20 to November 3, PlayStation 3 owners got a crippling blow. The game's version for Sony's console received an unspecified launch date, and was left simply marked as to be ready "later in November." A reason, or any details regarding this decision we...

26 October 2009
10:31 GMT

Diablo II Patch 1.13 for Mac OS X Delayed

Blizzard Entertainment originally announced Patch 1.13 for its action RPG Diablo II earlier this year. Already delayed once, the patch is now being held up by concerns about the impact of increased player stash sizes on the battle.net servers. Early last month, Blizzard’s Bashiok revealed that work had commenc...

5 October 2009
08:18 GMT

Microsoft Pushes Back Windows Home Server Power Pack 3

The third Power Pack for Windows Home Server won't come around the same time Windows 7 will, a recent post on the Windows Home Server Blog announced recently. As many of you might already know, Microsoft released the beta flavor of Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 back in July, and it seems that it will deliver ...

30 September 2009
08:33 GMT

Shakira’s New Album Pushed Back to November

Shakira may be experiencing some trouble with her third English studio album, as its release date has just been pushed back by more than one month. Although no mention of this is made anywhere in the media, word in the industry has it the singer is trying to vamp up the record following the lukewarm welcome in the US...

22 September 2009
09:05 GMT

Delays and Continued Iterations Key to Blizzard Success

Blizzard has developed a reputation, shared by few other video-game developers, like Valve, for only releasing its titles to gamers when it was sure that it had put together a great package with no flaws and an engaging experience. Recently, the company pushed back Starcraft II, its real-time, strategy sequel, to the...

21 September 2009
18:11 GMT

More Big Games Will Be Delayed to Late 2010

Take a look at the following list of high-profile video games: Massive Action Game, Singularity, Mafia II, Red Dead Remeption, Bayonetta, Dark Void, Super Mario Galaxy and the blockbusters BioShock 2, Starcraft II, Mafia II. They were all titles that were set to arrive in the last quarter of 2009, making the year one...

21 September 2009
04:11 GMT

$149 iPod touch, Updated Model Delayed (Rumors)

Several well-established sources believe Apple has quite a few reasons not only to start selling camera-equipped iPods, but also to cut the price on the popular iPod touch to as low as $149. Other units in the iPod range may also be on track for refreshes and price reductions, these people believe. 9to5Mac points ou...

8 September 2009
03:19 GMT

iPhone MMS Holdup Explained by AT&T Blogger Guy

AT&T recently confirmed that iPhone users would be able to start using MMS come September 25. Available via a software update (as stated by AT&T), MMS will be supported on iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS units, excluding the first-generation iPhone. Following the written announcement, AT&T has now posted a video featuring "...

7 September 2009
04:35 GMT

Nokia Comes With Music in the US Only Next Year

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia is reportedly pushing back the launch of its music service in the United States. The company promised earlier this year that it would launch Comes With Music on the US market in 2009, yet it seems that now it has decided to make the service available for mobile phone users in the coun...

1 September 2009
11:34 GMT

Beyond Good & Evil 2 Development Might Be on Hold

GamesCom was a delight for most gamers but it seems that at least one group of fans might be a bit sad following the convention. Colin Solal Cardo, who works for consumer site Gamesyde, has tweeted that “I got confirmation at Cologne's Gamescom that Beyond Good & Evil 2 is on hold for now. No idea if it�...

25 August 2009
04:42 GMT

StarCraft II Officially Pushed Back to 2010

There are plenty of games set to appear this fall season, with headliners like Modern Warfare 2, Uncharted 2 or Assassin's Creed 2. But one big sequel that won't make its estimated release date is Blizzard's StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, the first chapter in the StarCraft II trilogy. What was specul...

6 August 2009
03:48 GMT

A Gamer's Week: 25 July – 1 August

It seems that the theme of the videogame world this week has been delay, as more and more games appear to be moving from the fall and winter of 2009 to the greener-looking spring of 2010. Is it fear of the behemoth that is Modern Warfare 2? Is it just a need to put some more work into them? We don't know but thi...

1 August 2009
08:11 GMT

Splinter Cell Conviction Delay Won't Affect the End Game

French publisher Ubisoft has quite a lot of high-quality franchises in its portfolio, but one that hasn't been on the radar of many fans is its Splinter Cell stealth series. After receiving a lot of iterations, the franchise has seemingly gone undercover, as the Splinter Cell Conviction title was announced but n...

29 July 2009
16:41 GMT

Bayonetta Also Gets Delayed to 2010

During the winter of 2008, a lot of high-quality video games appeared. Some of them were sequels, while others were completely new properties that seemed extremely interesting to a lot of people and had quite the hype built up around them. Sadly, a lot of gamers only managed to buy sequels to already established fra...

20 July 2009
11:01 GMT

A Gamer's Week: 11 – 18 July

Hello and welcome to another edition of A Gamer's Week, your roundup of everything hot and interesting from the gaming industry in the last seven days. This past week has been a rollercoaster for gamers, as while upcoming games received new details, others were sadly delayed and scheduled for next year. Speculat...

18 July 2009
05:31 GMT

Analyst Says Take Two Will Dominate 2010 Thanks to BioShock 2 Delay

Yesterday, fans of the BioShock franchise were quite sad to learn that the upcoming BioShock 2 title would be delayed and that they wouldn't be able to explore the underwater city of Rapture one more time until the beginning of 2010. But this is great news, at least for Take Two, according to Electronic Enterta...

15 July 2009
13:11 GMT

BioShock 2 and Mafia II Get Pushed Back into 2010

Bad news for BioShock and Mafia fans, as Take Two, the company that will publish the highly anticipated sequels of the extremely popular franchises, has revealed that they will both be pushed back from their projected release in late 2009 into an early 2010 time frame. BioShock 2 was scheduled to arrive this fall, o...

14 July 2009
16:41 GMT

Palm Pre to Hit Bell Canada in June

According to the latest news on the Internet, the newly launched Palm Pre high-end mobile phone is expected to become available for purchase in Canada via Bell as soon as this month. It seems that a Bell customer service representative said in a recent conversation that the handset was expected to come to the carrier...

15 June 2009
03:41 GMT

Red Faction: Guerrilla Gets Delayed For PC

A lot of games boast the fact that they have destroyable environments, but this feature is usually limited to a few doors and/or wooden boxes, with many other things like buildings and barricades capable of withstanding even a rocket launched straight into them. But the Red Faction series of titles has managed to ma...

25 May 2009
15:01 GMT

Cupcake Delayed for T-Mobile USA Users

It seems that T-Mobile G1 users who live in the United States will not be able to enjoy the long anticipated Android 1.5 Cupcake update for their handsets this week either, as the mobile phone carrier has just announced that the release of the software has been delayed with at least one week, which places the estimat...

20 May 2009
03:10 GMT

Champions Online Delayed to September 1

Cryptic Studios, which is now wholly owned by Atari, has announced that its superhero MMO Champions Online has been delayed and now has a release date set for September 1 2009. The game was initially scheduled to come out on the PC on July 14, which is also the national day of France (someone is bound to find a conne...

19 May 2009
04:27 GMT

Garmin's Nuvifone Delayed Again

According to the latest news on the Web, Garmin will set back its nuvifone GPS/smartphones once again, this time pointing towards a release in the second half of the year, at least this is what the company's president and COO Cliff Pemble seems to have said during a recent conference call with analysts. “...

11 May 2009
05:46 GMT

Batman: Arkham Asylum Gets Delayed and PC Requirements

Comic books have offered a lot of material for other branches of the entertainment industry, spanning from movies to TV series. But the gaming industry hasn't been oblivious to them and has turned to them in order to get stories and heroes for different video games. The most recent company to take on a comic bo...

4 May 2009
11:11 GMT

Nokia E71x to Come to AT&T on May 4

When it comes to AT&T releasing the Nokia E71x on its airwaves, yet another rumor about the launch date adds to the already long line of reports in this regard. The latest news on the web points towards May 4 as the day for the mobile phone to hit the market, yet nothing has been confirmed so far, and we might see th...

22 April 2009
02:15 GMT

Braid for the PC Gets Pushed Back

Braid is one of last year's most popular arcade titles, as it gained a lot of fans when it was released during Microsoft's Summer of Arcade promotion for the Xbox 360. Its intricate story and solid platforming made it a must buy for any gamer. The man behind the game, independent developer Jonathan Blow, a...

30 March 2009
13:01 GMT

No Nokia E71 for Now, Says AT&T

AT&T was reported a few days ago to finally be on its way to releasing the long expected Nokia E71 on its airwaves, yet it seems that the carrier won't make the move this time either. And it seems that this delay won't be a short one – the device won't be spotted in the operator's offering u...

24 March 2009
09:25 GMT

Compal Delays Two Palm Smartphones

According to the latest news on the Web, Compal Communications, a Taiwanese Original Device Manufacturer (ODM) that works with a range of companies among which Palm is also included, has been forced to delay the shipments of two devices for Palm, yet the name of the handsets hasn't been unveiled so far. It see...

23 March 2009
11:50 GMT

Palm Treo Pro Goes to Alltel

It seems that Palm's Treo Pro will be soon added to a carrier's offering, only that it will not be on Sprint, as we were all expecting, but on Alltel. The handset is expected to be added to the mobile phone operator's lineup on March 5th, on Thursday that is, and it should feature a price tag of $199 u...

2 March 2009
10:52 GMT

System Boot Time Saver

Every time we boot the system, there are a number of applications that try to start at the same time with Windows, which happens because many programs create shortcuts in the startup folder. In this context, there are a few situations that need to be taken into account. The first one is when the application warns you...

25 February 2009
12:11 GMT

Lego Universe Gets Pushed Back to 2010

Online games are very popular these days, with a lot of people understanding the benefits of titles such as World of Warcraft, which offer a great social tool in order to make friends who have the same hobbies as one does, besides a great gaming experience. One of the latest companies to announce its entry into onli...

18 February 2009
12:41 GMT

Guild Wars 2 Won't Be Delayed, Says NCsoft

The MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game) genre is a very outstanding one, with almost each and every title having a very loyal fanbase that supports it wholeheartedly and is eager with anticipation when it comes to the release of new updates or even new iterations. While Blizzard's World of W...

18 February 2009
02:57 GMT

MacBook Pro 17-Inch Shipping as of Friday, Sources Say

Last week, those who ordered their 17-inch MacBook Pro allegedly received an e-mail from Apple, being reassured that their powerful notebooks were on their way. Apple noted that a few parts were being waited on, hence the delay. Now, those who ordered the newest member of the unibody family claim they've receive...

16 February 2009
10:33 GMT

Apple Missing Some 17-Inch MB Pro Components, Report Says

Softpedia has recently reported that Apple started sending out e-mails to buyers of its newly introduced MacBook Pro (17-inch). The letter sent out to those who pre-ordered the system claims that Apple is doing the best it can to ship the notebooks out to them as fast as possible, mentioning February 19 as the arriva...

6 February 2009
06:38 GMT

MacBook Pro 17-inch Shipping Pushed to Feb 19

Apple customers commenting over at SlashGear have revealed that the Mac maker is having some trouble shipping its newest MacBook model on time. It is not known whether or not the hold up is hardware-related.The people in question posted an e-mail from Apple's Online Store. In the e-mail, Apple doesn't expla...

5 February 2009
06:18 GMT

Sims 3 Delayed, New Release Date Not Available

It seems that fans of simulated life will have to wait a little longer to get their hands on The Sims 3, which just might be the most anticipated title coming from Electronic Arts this year. The publisher is saying that the process of reevaluation has begun and a new release date will only be announced when the compa...

27 January 2009
04:04 GMT

Startup List Manager

How many times have you wondered about your PC’s slow booting and how this can be improved? Shelling out money on new, more powerful hardware is not a solution as, at one point or another, you will get back right where you started. One solution would be managing what loads up with Windows and shortening the lis...

21 January 2009
12:11 GMT

Kogan Agora Indefinitely Delayed

It seems that we won't be able to see the Kogan Agora on the market in the near future, maybe not even in the not-so-near one as well, since the phone is announced to have been delayed indefinitely. According to a post published on the maker's blog, the phone may have been delayed due to “potential fu...

17 January 2009
04:35 GMT

Courtney Love’s Album Sponsored by ‘Tampons and Tequila’

If there was anything left about Courtney Love that still had the slightest chance to surprise us, this statement allegedly coming from an unnamed administrator of her MySpace official page must be it. Not only has Courtney’s upcoming album, “Nobody’s Daughter,” been delayed until February but...

6 January 2009
08:46 GMT

Fable II DLC Has Been Delayed

Fable II was one of the most expected games for the Xbox 360, largely due to the fact that it, or rather its creator, Peter Molyneux, promised that it would revolutionize the RPG (Role Playing Game) genre and that it would offer players a wide variety of choices for their characters. It registered some pretty big sa...

18 December 2008
09:21 GMT

Harmonix Apologizes to Wii Players for Rock Band 2 Delay

Rock Band is one of the most popular music games out there, bringing its developer, Harmonix, and publisher, MTV Games, quite a lot of profit. It was the first game that introduced other instruments to the music genre, giving users the opportunity to play the drums or vocals, and also came with a unique DLC (Download...

17 December 2008
13:01 GMT

Mars Science Laboratory Mission Postponed Until 2011

The Mars Science Laboratory, a small SUV-sized rover that is supposed to be the most advanced device to perform science experiments on the red planet's surface, has been delayed for two more years. The rover is already way over its initial budget, and the current delay will add even more to the mission cost...

5 December 2008
03:40 GMT

LHC Experiment Postponed Even More

In the past few months, the Large Hadron Collider slowly disappeared from public attention and kept an increasingly lower profile. However, just when not much was expected to be heard about it – since the last statements did not have anything interesting programmed LHC-wise until next June – something act...

1 December 2008
10:36 GMT

NVIDIA-Based MacBook Air Delayed

Customers are reporting that Apple has e-mailed them with an apology for delaying their orders on the new, NVIDIA-based MacBook Air units. The delay only appears to be affecting the entry-level 1.6GHz model with a 120GB SATA hard drive, sources indicate.Apple explains that an unforeseen issue has made it unlikely for...

6 November 2008
08:40 GMT

Sacred 2 Console Version Delayed Until 2009

Sacred 2: Fallen Angel is really shaping up to be an interesting title, promising to put players in the shoes of six character classes, all with their own, very much customized stories. It will be a prequel to the very popular Sacred RPG (Role Play Game), which sold almost 2 million copies since its launch in 2004. T...

23 October 2008
02:26 GMT

Prince of Persia Could Be Delayed to Next Year

Many people are eagerly anticipating Ubisoft's latest game in the Prince of Persia franchise, the title that is supposed to revive the series and offer the developers a chance to start it over again and bring us ten more POP games. However, it is quite possible for the entire plan to get a little delay if the de...

14 July 2008
13:06 GMT

Microsoft Denies GTA IV DLC Delay

The latest top page story about Grand Theft Auto IV is no longer about the game's super-coolness, but Rockstar's annoying way of dealing with the "right on time" concept. Yes, I am talking about the $50 million DLC purchased by Microsoft which was going to be released early this fall but has been delayed to...

9 June 2008
13:06 GMT

GTA IV DLC Delayed

Microsoft had to pay $50 million for it; many people bought the Xbox 360 version especially because of that, yet Take Two has decided to delay the whole thing - from fiscal Q4 2008 to fiscal Q1 2009. Yes, we're talking about the exclusive DLC for the Xbox 360 version of Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto IV. The g...

6 June 2008
13:06 GMT

Shattered Suns Delayed

The space strategy genre was going to welcome a new member to the family when Shattered Suns was supposed to be released by the end of this month. Still, it seems that the almighty gods of gaming and further polishing were completely against Shattered Suns and decided to delay it until the 19th of August 2008. The of...

23 May 2008
13:06 GMT

Mac Office XML File Converters to Arrive in June

Those of you stuck with Windows Office 2007, or Mac Office 2008 XML files waiting to be converted for use in Office 2004 for Mac should find comfort in knowing that Microsoft intends to release their long-delayed Open XML file converters as soon as June 2008 (next month). The company's group product manager for ...

15 May 2008
07:03 GMT


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