Heading back to school can cost serious cash, especially in the textbook department, but if getting smart before classes start can save you money. Using online and digital tools can target the best deals, and with e-textbooks all the rage, you can lighten your backpack load without emptying your wallet. Here are a few top tech-savvy picks for back-to-school.
With a near official confirmation of a next-generation Nintendo console looming, more evidence is mounting to a new console format war with a price cut to the original Wii system due this Monday on May 15. The price cut will drop the price of the original Wii from $199.99 to $169.99, which is pretty close to what we’ve been hearing about previously. It will also make the way for Nintendo’s next system. The blurry cam comes from an internal source at Target.
The Grand Theft Auto franchise continues to impress us, and with the last major release arguably the strongest the franchise has ever seen, well, needless to say we are anxiously awaiting any bit of news about a possible fifth game in the series.
So, while it’s not like Rockstar has come out with a big revelation about the next GTA, Computer and Video Games does report that GameStop Germany lists the release date as January 15, 2012.
In attempting to stuff new magic into a venerated series, DICE approaches game design by creating innovation and not intentional repetition. The developer isn’t interested in recreating their old games, but fundamentally craft new and visceral experiences for players. Essentially, they want to make the only Battlefield game you’d look to play.
Multiple sources have confirmed the existence of the Wii‘s successor and the next Nintendo cash cow pegged for an announcement to hit this June at E3.
At Captivate, Capcom revealed the first ten playable characters in Street Fighter X Tekken, while producer Yoshinori Ono spoke at length about Tekken’s affinity for unusual characters and how Street Fighter X Tekken will handle the situation.
Netflix destroyed Blockbuster for a number of reasons, but one of them was the fact that people are generally lazy (hey, I’m one of them) and would rather download a movie or have it delivered to their house than get up and drive to the store. According to G4, the successful company will now further serve our couch-potato culture by adding Kinect support to their services.
We’ll just come out and say it: all this new technology is basically the equivalent of The Clapper, only for gamers.
Mass Effect has proven itself to be an engaging and unique franchise that has provided gamers with plenty of entertainment, but for most of us, it seemed to be common knowledge that the upcoming third entry would mark the end point for the series. However, that may not precisely be the case; Computer and Video Games reports that the good people over at Bioware have been pondering what directions they could take the games in the future.
It’s not over just yet, folks.
How is the Kinect working out for you? Good, great? Well, Rare studios is looking to make the experience even better. Rare studio manager Scott Hensen told MCV that the Kinect has more potential than what’s currently out in the market and they’re looking for better ways to exploit it.
