Following its launch on Dec. 25, Nintendo has taken the Pokemon Bank cloud storage app offline and removed it from the eShop in Japan following a strain on company servers, according to a notice on Nintendo of Japan’s website. Pokemon Bank was identified as the cause of a server crush that saw problems across Nintendo’s online servers affecting both its 3DS […]
Wolfire Games, the indie outfit responsible for the pistol-reloading sim Receiver, is currently working on a 3D beat-em-up called Overgrowth. The game is now available on PC, Mac and Linux through Steam Early Access for $25 – 17% off its $30 asking price – until January 2. Overgrowth is the sequel to Lugaru: The Rabbit’s […]
“Doctor Who’s” farewell to leading man Matt Smith was the most watched TV drama in Britain on Dec. 25. The Christmas special, “The Time of the Doctor,” saw the introduction of Peter Capaldi as the 12th Doctor, which likely lead to the spike in interest over 2012’s Christmas special “The Snowmen.” According to ratings reports, […]
With so many people engaging in post-Christmas celebrations, there are scattered reports of service outages or other problems due to unusually high use for a weekday or because an usually large number of consumers happened to call upon a service at the same time. Netflix on Thursday saw an issue that caused its service to […]
“Game of Thrones” was not only the most downloaded show of the TV season, but also the most downloaded show of the year. In fact, the per episode illegal downloads figure is higher than the best ratings “Game of Thrones” has ever had. According to file-sharing news sites “Game of Thrones” has an estimated 5.9 […]
Some highly rated December games, including this week’s Atlanta-San Francisco match up, has helped ESPN’s “Monday Night Football” finish its season with the franchise’s best numbers in three years. Nielsen estimates that “Monday Night Football” averaged 13.68 million viewers for its 17-game slate this season — up 7% from last year (12.83 million) and the […]
Chromebooks – notebook computers running Google’s Chrome OS – continue to expand their popularity, according to new numbers from NPD. The industry analyst firm took a look at desktop, tablet, and notebook sales over the course of 2013, finding that the low-cost, Chrome-powered devices took a significant portion of the U.S. commercial PC market. That […]
Purchases made from iPhones and iPads reportedly accounted for more than 83 percent of online shopping from mobile devices on Christmas Day, according to data published by IBM. Owners of iOS devices also outspent their Android-touting counterparts by a factor of nearly 2:1, with average purchases of approximately $94 versus $48 per order. The latest […]
Currently starring in 47 Ronin, the megabudget fantastical take on Japanese legend, Keanu Reeves is an actor who could potentially agree to be in just about any kind of movie, though he appears to always follow his personal tastes over doing anything strictly for a payday. One paycheck he is flat-out refusing is for Warner […]
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 has officially disappeared from Xbox Live. The news doesn’t come as a surprise, given that the final date to purchase DLC on the platform announced by Capcom is today. The game is still available on PSN for Vita, along with its collection of DLC, but there’s no available download for […]
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