Gadgets and Video Games

There’s still time for a few more quick Apple tablet rumors before Apple totally surprises everyone by announcing a tablet! The latest pre-announcement rumors come from entrepreneur Jason Calacanis (who used to own us ), who claims to have been given the device in advance due to his “pundit” status. In a series of tweets, he listed a bunch of possible details about the device, including an OLED screen, HDTV tuner, ability to run multiple apps simultaneously (currently not present in iPhone OS), wireless keyboard connectivity, and $599, $699, and $799 price points for various models depending on size and memory. It also features front and back cameras like the DSi. Speaking of Nintendo, Calacanis said that ” Apple tablet games are sick. Basically nintendo wii-level innovation.” He cited an “insane” custom implementation of Farmville to be shown on the stage today.

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Apple Tablet games are ’sick,’ Calacanis tweets

It would appear that BioWare has gotten things with our buddy Zaeed all sorted, as his Xbox 360 DLC pack is now available through Mass Effect 2 ’s Cerberus Network. Coming in an update this morning, the disgruntled, padded mercenary is now available for the low, low price of zero dollars . As BioWare doc Greg Zeschuk explained to us recently , additional content arriving for Mass Effect 2 through the Cerberus Network will be free of charge, with “paid DLC packs” available separately. Gallery: Mass Effect 2 PSA: Mass Effect 2’s Zaeed DLC now available originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:45:00 EST.

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PSA: Mass Effect 2’s Zaeed DLC now available

According to horror film news site Bloody Disgusting , anonymous sources have revealed that Warner Bros. Pictures is currently looking to reboot its recently purchased , long dormant Mortal Kombat film franchise. “But Joystiq,” you might be asking, “why has the Mortal Kombat film franchise been long dormant?” Our dear, naive readers: This is why the Mortal Kombat film franchise has been long dormant

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Rumor: Warner Bros. working on Mortal Kombat film reboot

We know at least four portions of EA that probably aren’t thrilled about the Playfish acquisition. Gamasutra reports that significant layoffs have taken place at EA’s Tiburon, Redwood Shores, Black Box, and Mythic divisions. Gamasutra suggests that the layoffs exceed the scope of EA’s normal annual layoffs. We’re attempting to verify the actual percentages with EA

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Report: EA layoffs at four major divisions

Sure, the upcoming God of War Collection is a lot more resolution-y than the original PS2 games, but does that produce a noticeably better-looking game? Bitmob tested the original God of War games on their backwards-compatible PS3 systems and took comparison shots of both.

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Inspect Kratos’ HD facelift in God of War Collection

Update: Major Nelson has just confirmed that 0D Beat Drop will be joined by both NBA Unrivaled and Encleverment Experiement . Word has come down from on high, and this week’s Xbox Live Arcade release is none other than 0D Beat Drop .

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This Wednesday: 0D Beat Drop on XBLA (and maybe NBA Unrivaled) [update: also Encleverment Experiment]

It’s true that we haven’t played a “video game” on a cellular device (at least, one that wasn’t an iPhone) since our lengthy Snake sessions back in 1999 — though we imagine there’s a contingency of folks out there who get excited for mobile adaptations of console games. For instance, you may find yourself thrilled about Glu’s next mobile project — a version of Modern Warfare 2 that’s coming to Androids, Blackberrys, BREWs, J2MEs and Windows Mobile phones in Q4 of this year.

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Glu developing Modern Warfare 2 for mobile phones