Duke Nukem Forever may have launched to tepid reviews last week but that doesn’t mean all hope is lost for future Duke titles. Duke Nukem Forever publisher Take Two has said that the series will continue. During an interview with Forbes, Take Two CEO CEO Strauss Zelnick was asked if the publisher owns the IP surrounding Duke and whether it could produce other Duke content, such as movies and TVs. Zelnick replied that we will see “future Duke IP coming from [Take Two].”
“Part of it is the economic opportunities that interact with entertainment are so huge. Part of it is that we are very creative folks in control,” he explained to Forbes. “Part of it is we don’t want to ever be in the position of dumping something down just to make another buck.
“If we can take some of our intellectual property and bring it to another medium in an extraordinary high quality way, that delights consumers and represents an interesting commercial opportunity for us, we will. We have certainly considered doing that with BioShock and with other titles. So far we haven’t brought anything to market, but stay tuned.”
Duke Nukem Forever arrived last week, receiving lukewarm reviews from both critics and fans. However, having been in development since 1996, many argue that the game was bound to disappoint diehard fans who had been waiting 15 years for the title to hit stores.
Have you ever tried fiddling around with your car’s internal parts? Perhaps, changing the engine oil or even changing the brake pads?
29-year-old Matt Stutzsman is one of those do-it-yourself wrench-turners, but unlike most of us, he was born without arms. To prove that he has the right stuff to change his own brakes, Stutzsman decided to pop by a friend’s shop to change the brakes on his Pontiac Grand Prix, which he drives by using his left foot to operate the throttle and brake pedals, and the right foot for steering and other functions.
Hit the jump to watch video of Stutzsman changing his brakes with his feet without even breaking a sweat. What makes this video really compelling is that Stutzsman treats the nine-plus minute tutorial as a learning opportunity for the rest of us, and not as a way of showing what he can do without arms. Salute to you Mr Stutzsman!
DigiTimes has been fueling rumors of Amazon’s first foray into the LCD tablet market for months, and it seemed that their rumor are starting to sound very real. Today it ratchets up the specificity with sometimes contradictory claims that Quanta Computer will be responsible for assembling the tablet with a supposed TI (not NVIDIA) processor and Wintek (not EIH) touch panel among its components.
According to DigiTimes, Amazon hopes to move some four million units in 2011 alone with plans to launch the new tablet as soon as August. Possible? Sure, likely even, although they previously said that Samsung is making one for ‘em. But we’ll wait for Bezos to sing before updating our holiday shopping lists. No, seriously, I still trust you.
AliveCor’s iPhoneECG case was pretty sweet but, being a case, could only be strapped to an iPhone 4. Doctors content with their 3GS or patients who prefer to hug an iPad to their chest will be happy to hear the company is working on a more hardware-agnostic option for your iOS heart monitoring needs.
The business card-sized iCard ECG mounts to the back of your iDevice using velcro and wirelessly feeds data from its electrodes to the AliveECG app. The app automatically records 30 seconds of your heart’s rhythmic pulse before uploading it to AliveCor’s servers for sharing with your doctors.
The bad news? They’re still awaiting FDA approval, so you can’t run out and pick one up just yet. But, when it does hit shelves, it looks like you’ll have a choice of red or black — so you can make sure your medical accessories match your scrubs.
The limited edition Galaxy Tab 10.1 handed out at Google I/O was rooted in no time, and it looks like owners of the more widely available retail version can now thank XDA member shep211 for opening up some new possibilities on their iteration of the tablet as well. As usual, you should proceed with some caution if you decide to take the plunge, but good news is that the root can be “derooted” if you wind up having second thoughts — all the details you need are at the source link below.
Well surprise surprise. While Maxis is busy launching their Samsung Galaxy S II, DiGi secretly spearheaded the competition by launching the highly anticipated flagship Android smartphone from HTC, the HTC Sensation.
HTC Sensation offers dual-core processing power besides boasting a higher resolution qHD display that pushes 960×540. Maxis had earlier indicated that they are bringing in the device but it seemed like DiGi has beaten them to the punch this time around. Usually we don’t see DiGi bringing in phones that fast.
The HTC Sensation is offered on DG Smart Plan at RM1399 for 24 months and RM1699 for 12 months. For comparison, Maxis’s Galaxy S II is offered right now at RM1199 (with RM200 discount) for 24 months and RM1599 for 12 months.
DiGi’s website is still having issues right now but you can try to view the bundle offer in the link below (apparently it’s still down at the time of writing).
Huawei announced its 7.1-inch MediaPad during this weekend, a tablet that boasts a version of Android that’s supposedly optimized for 7-inch displays. It’s the first Android 3.2 device, and it packs a dual-core 1.2GHz Qualcomm CPU, 8GB of internal storage, 1080P video playback, a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera, 5-megapixel rear-facing camera auto focus and HD video recording capabilities, HSPA+, 3G, WiFi, HDMI, GPS and Flash 10.3. Other than being optimized for 7-inch devices, Android 3.2 doesn’t appear to be all that different from Android 3.1.
No word on pricing, or release yet, but the device will reportedly be hitting sometime in Q3 of this year. According to Engadget, Huawei also has no plans for WiFi-only version, so if you have an aversion to paying for a separate 3G data plan just for a tablet, you should probably steer clear of this device, especially since it looks like a super jumbo size of the Apple iPhone 4.
DigiTimes has been fueling rumors of Amazon’s first foray into the LCD tablet market for months, and it seemed that their rumor are starting to sound very real. Today it ratchets up the specificity with sometimes contradictory claims that Quanta Computer will be responsible for assembling the tablet with a supposed TI (not NVIDIA) processor and Wintek (not EIH) touch panel among its components.
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