Xbox 360 has being awarded 2012 TV innovation award by IMS research agency, Microsoft won over 13 other category winners during the third annual ceremony of these awards at the Monte Carlo Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. Xbox 360 got this award for it’s video on demand service, sadly this service is currently not available in India however good start Microsoft nevertheless.
You can read more about this event here
Wondered why Android names their OS after Dessert’s, check this interesting article from Android Authority
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what is your favourite pick for year 2012. I would be looking at Max Payne 3 and GTA V http://m.ign.com/articles/1215473
Check this Apple phone prototype which was designed by Hartmut Esslinger, who was instrumental in designing the Apple II desktop PC. It seems Apple as a company was interested in making a telecom device featuring a touchscreen and stylus input as early as 1983.
Facebook crosses 300 million users mark on 31st December 2011, read more about this here
The Dark knight seems to be on a roll riding the success of Batman Arkham city game on Consoles and PC, Batman swoops into the gaming scene on iOS with a toned down version of Arkham City game titled Arkham City Lockdown.
Warner Brothers have partnered with NetherRealm Studios (team behind recent Mortal Kombat game) to bring develop a Batman game that suits mobile platform and sticks to the hand-hand combat game play for this version pepped up with gadgets and Batman suit unlocks as you progress in the game. List of arch rivals of Batman include The Joker, Two-Face, Solomon Grundy and Deathstroke with their gangs of baddies. Bashing thugs across fixed location on the gotham city map is surely equal to the fun of beating them down on the main version of this game I have played on console. It does pack little variety in terms of gadget unlocks and health pack upgrades that complement your game progress in an apt way.
Controlling swipes to execute combat moves on my iPad was an easy walkthrough with a tutorial help towards the start of the game, found little akward to control tilt during boss fights on iPad. Gameplay looks polished and and visually decent on iPad screen, quite short though in terms of time you would spend playing a rather short campaign however engaging that would make you return to bringing down villans again with boosted ability of Batman as you progress with your gadget arsenal and also adding replay value with DLC Skin downloads. Warner Brothers have provided an option to download Batman Skin DLC (3 skins) to promote additional revenue from the game.
For a price of $6 this game is a must buy for Batman fans, long long wait for a decent Batman mobile game has finally being answered.
If mobile gaming is currently posing as a direct competition to Consoles, OnLive Inc. has brought console gaming to Tablet and Smartphones via a new app currently available on Android Market (Unfortunately not available in India currently) which now allows gamers to play their favorite console class games across PC, TV, Tablets and Smartphones providing support for touch and controller play. Cloud gaming is heading in the right direction which reduces the hassle for a gamer to be sticking on a console or high-end PC rig to play visually appealling games. With the introduction of Smart TV’s connected to internet it adds another platform suitable to promote cloud gaming.
Question is would Apple and Google actively promote cloud gaming via companies like OnLive? since it takes away a direct share of revenue from these big players in association with mobile game development companies like Gameloft, EA, Ubisoft, Zynga and others who are striving to improve the quality of gaming on tablets and smartphones giving gamers graphically rich and interactive games. Becasue a cloud gaming company would have an array of game titles which a subscriber can choose from within their library, not sure how the charging model would work on trading platforms like App Store and Android market, nevertheless it is a good headstart for cloud gaming to head towards Tablet and Smartphone segment where all the moolah is currently.
