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Pink 3DS won’t come with free game from February 10

In a rather odd move, Nintendo of America has made a point of announcing the removal of a free game from its pink 3DS offerings in US. Nintendo launched the pink console in US on December 4 as part of ‘limited edition’ bundles, offering with it a choice of either Nintendogs + Cats: French Bulldog [...]

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SSX’s Online Pass is a breath of fresh air

Over the last couple of years we’ve grown accustomed to seeing console titles with online multiplayer bundled with an Online Pass in an effort to curb the used games market. Some games’ Online Passes are more lenient than others, but I’ve never heard of any Online Pass that allows you to freely play the multiplayer [...]

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‘Hunger Games’: Jennifer Lawrence ‘should be nominated’ for an Oscar for work …

Image Credit: Murray Close  With less than two months to go before the March 23 premiere of The Hunger Games, the first installment of Suzanne Collins’ breathlessly addicting  trilogy, director Gary Ross is already predicting the possibility of another nomination for his 21-year-old star Jennifer Lawrence come next year’s Oscars. “The range in this performance, [...]

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Derrick Rose: Free throw misses were ‘unreal’

Posted by Ben Golliver  Derrick Rose came up short at the free throw line against the Miami Heat. (Getty Images) There’s no lonelier place in basketball than the free throw line after a big miss. Reigning NBA MVP Derrick Rose was reminded of that fact on Sunday night. Rose, a career 81.9 percent foul shooter who is [...]

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2012 Piggies Awards for Massively Multiplayer Games Blogging Recognize top WoW …

EDINBURGH, Scotland, January 30, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ – The top names in Massively Multiplayer Games (MMORPG) blogging, including bloggers focussed on World of Warcraft, RIFT, and new blockbuster Star Wars the Old Republic, have been rewarded in the 2012 “Piggies” awards for MMORPGs and MMORPG blogging. The awards were announced this month on MMORPG information [...]

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Angry Birds Coming to Facebook

It’s become an addiction that both kids and adults can’t kick. And it’s about to spread to an even bigger group of people. Whether you’re a business executive with a smartphone — or a third grader with access to mom and dad’s iPad — there’s a good chance you’ve played Angry Birds. And now — [...]

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Olympics: Games chiefs free up 120000 hotel rooms

LONDON – London 2012 Olympics organizers have released more than 120,000 hotel room nights back onto the open market, they announced Sunday. They confirmed that some 20 percent of the room nights they had reserved in London would be returned to hotels to offer up to other customers. The spaces had been reserved to provide [...]

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