HIGHLIGHTS EA has removed micro-transactions from Star Wars Battlefront 2 This is temporary and not permanent EA fails to understand why this is a problem Star Wars Battlefront 2 is out now the world over. But hours before release, publisher EA has revealed that the game’s predatory and intrusive micro-transactions have been removed. What this means is, Star Wars Battlefront 2’s crystals, which is the game’s premium currency that can be bought with real money for in-game advantages has been removed for now. According to a statement on EA’s official Star Wars Twitter account attributed to Oskar Gabrielson, General Manager at Star Wars…
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It has been a great year for Nintendo fans, with the new Switch console as well as a throwback console based on the beloved Super Nintendo Entertainment System. But it has also been a hard one, if you’re actually trying to find these consoles in stores. With the holidays coming, Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aimé said in an interview with The Washington Post that the company is working to have a regular supply of both consoles on store shelves for the rest of the year. Though, he said, it can be hard to predict what demand will be like. The research firm…
HIGHLIGHTS Microsoft has announced Black Friday deals for the Xbox One At the moment, only Xbox Gold subscribers can partake in the sale It begins for everyone else on November 20 The Xbox Black Friday Sale 2017 sees a host of games for the Xbox One and Xbox One X going at a deep discount. These include the likes of recent releases such as Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus, Destiny 2, and even FIFA 18. Right now, those with an Xbox Live Gold subscription can partake of the deals four days early. As always, these are digital deals not disc, so do check your bandwidth and…
According to data from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, teen suicide rose from 2010-2015 – and some think it may have to do with an increase in social media use. “That’s becoming more prominent,” said David Miers, Mental Health Services Manager at Bryan Health. “More of a percentage of our connection is communicating to people through electronic means, and less so through that face-to-face connection.” While cyber bullying may seem the obvious culprit, some say websites like Instagram and Facebook portray people’s lives are being “perfect” which in turn causes some teens to feel like their own lives…
In the United States, some 81 percent of people have some form of a social media profile. Social media is a great way to share your life with friends, but it is increasingly becoming a source of evidence in legal proceedings. It is not uncommon to see that a Facebook post was the reason for the apprehension of a criminal suspect, but social media is also playing a large role in civil litigation. Gathering the evidence The first mechanism an attorney or investigator may use in attempting to gather social media evidence is by simply searching an individual’s name. Many…
After being slammed by rabid pro-Duterte online supporters for defendingjournalists, Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque bid goodbye to the task of managing his own social media accounts. Roque, on Wednesday, November 16, posted on Facebook that he was leaving the social media world for now. “Good-bye for now! I would like to thank everyone for being my friend on FB, twitter and Instagram. Effective tomorrow, I tun over my social media accounts to a Palace professional who, I’m sure, would do a better job at informing you about my daily activities,” wrote Roque. He told Rappler that his social media accounts will be managed…
At BlizzCon 2017, Blizzard has announced that StarCraft 2 will soon be free-to-play. Wings of Liberty – the first campaign for StarCraft 2 will be free for all from November 14. And if you already have that, you get the second campaign – Heart of the Swarm. This will be possible for a limited time only. “For a limited time, players who already own Wings of Liberty (as of October 31, 2017) but have not yet purchased Heart of the Swarm will be able to get the latter campaign free by logging in to the Blizzard Battle.net desktop app and claiming their free Heart of the Swarm gift between November 8…
At BlizzCon 2017, Blizzard announced that Heroes of the Storm, the company’s multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) gets Hanzo, a character from its popular shooter, Overwatch. Hanzo is a ranged character that uses a bow. His ultimate ability summons a dragon that damages every foe in its path. Hanzo isn’t the first character from Overwatch to join Heroes of the Storm. He joins Genji, Junkrat, Ana, D.Va, Lucio, Zarya, and Tracer. It seems that it won’t be long before Overwatch’s entire roster joins Heroes of the Storm. Another addition to Heroes of the Storm is World of Warcraft’s Alexstrasza – a dragon-human character she transforms…
As competition among top smartphone manufacturers gets stiffer, Chinese handset maker Vivo on Friday opened its maiden offline Experience Centre in Bengaluru in the presence of Kannada actress Sruthi Hariharan. Spread across 3,600 square feet, the Experience Centre features retail community zones where prospective buyers can access the entire range of Y and V-Series of Vivo smartphones. “The launch of our first ‘Experience Centre’ in India is for customers to experience our products before making a purchase decision. We will be launching additional ‘Experience Centres’ across key markets in the country in the coming months,” said Kenny Zeng, Chief Marketing Officer, Vivo…
Do you remember the term “a slow news day”? Can you imagine such a thing now? Can you imagine getting just a single minute’s peace from the chaos? Consider the following… Another horrific mass shooting in America that left 26 people dead, including children and pensioners. It came just four weeks after the last lethal mass shooting in America, in Las Vegas, that saw 58 victims shot dead. The release of the Paradise Papers which revealed the monumental extent of tax-dodging going on around the world, implicating everyone from the Queen to U2 to the cast of Mrs Brown’s Boys. (And you…