Most downloads by customers on the Xperia Play - that's the 'PlayStation' phone with the PSOne slide controller - are paid for, leading Sony Ericsson to point to a reversal in the trend for free games. Bloomberg reports that more than 75 percent of the downloads on the Xperia Play are paid for. The device itself hosts free titles as well as ones holding a price tag between 69p and £6.05."It's reversing a trend of a majority not paying for games," Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB's head of market development,pso2 RMT, Dominic Neil-Dwyer, told Bloomberg at GamesCom, pointing to other app stores where the trend of free downloads still exists.The Xperia Play saw a massive price reduction at the beginning of the month. The 50 percent price slash saw the phone come down from £500 to £289,DQ10 RMT. Tom Pakinkis
2012年10月30日星期二
Star Wars The Old Republic, Battlefield
EA has revealed record-breaking pre-orders for Battlefield 3 and Star Wars: The Old Republic ahead of their respective launches this October and this "holiday". According to the publisher's CEO John Riccitiello, pre-orders for DICE's shooter "are tracking extremely well", at more than ten times the rate of those the publisher saw for Battlefield: Bad Company 2,DQ10 RMT.Meanwhile,aion RMT, the company says BioWare's MMO has broken EA pre-order records.According to Cowen & Company analyst Doug Creutz, channel checks "indicate that [Battlefield 3] pre-orders are roughly comparable to those of Call of Duty: Black Ops last year, which has gone on to sell over 20 million units",pso2 RMT, although not as strong as those for Modern Warfare 3.EA started taking pre-orders for Star Wars: The Old Republic last week, when it detailed three separate editions of the game.
2012年10月26日星期五
Artie Lange Howard Called Me at the Psyc
Howard Stern didn't turn his back on Artie Lange when the comic entered treatment last year -- in fact,pso2 RMT, Lange claims, Howard even called him ,メイプルストーリー RMT... while Lange was in a psych ward.Lange dropped the Dan Patrick Show a line this morning, claiming, "Howard called me a bunch of times when i was going through the hardest parts of my ordeal ... he called me when I was in the psych ward once."As we previously reported, Lange disappeared from the Stern show in January 2010 to deal with a private medical condition. Lange claims he'd do anything to get back on the Stern show -- telling DP, "I would vacuum the studio. I would do anything they wanted ... I would do it in a heartbeat,DQ10 RMT."We broke the story ... Artie's plotting his own return to radio -- a sports show unaffiliated with Stern -- but so far, no deal's in place.
2012年10月25日星期四
Casey Anthony's Lawyer We TOASTED B
7/8/2011 12:40 AM PDTby TMZ Staff Casey Anthony's defense lawyer tells TMZ ... his team popped bubbly and raised their glasses after the not-guilty verdict because "We have a long-standing tradition; we toast to the Constitution,aion RMT."TMZ spoke with Cheney Mason -- the guy with the beard -- who tells us his team decided to hit the Terrace 360 restaurant across the street from the courthouse Tuesday because, "We were celebrating saving Casey Anthony's life."Mason also defended his use of his now infamous middle finger salute that day -- telling us it was directed at a "guy from a radio station who has been stalking my team for months."Cheney says, "He was yelling at the ladies on my team,メイプルストーリー RMT, 'Are you on your period?' and he was also calling them 'baby killers.'""This guy was outside and pounding on the glass and I flipped the son-of-a-bitch off,ダークブラッド RMT, and I'll do it again!"Cheney states -- "It was an expression of my first amendment right."
Would-be Guatemala mayor nabbed in rivals
GUATEMALA CITY — Police have arrested an ex-mayoral candidate in a town outside Guatemala City on charges he ordered the murder of two rival candidates. Fernando Marroquin was arrested Tuesday in Antigua. Rival Enrique Ovalle was gunned down in a car on June 11. Five days later Enrique Dardon was shot to death in a barber shop.All were running for mayor of San Jose Pinula, a town of 50,000 people west of Guatemala's capital, in a Sept. 11 vote.Interior Minister Carlos Menocal says he has ballistic evidence implicating two of Marroquin's workers. Marroquin was also attacked but Menocal says that was faked and is charging him with simulating a crime,ro RMT.Officials in his party say Marroquin is no longer a candidate in the election.Only one candidate is left on the ballot,ダークブラッド RMT.
2012年10月24日星期三
Bathroom Blowup Triggered 'Idol'
8/12/2010 12:45 PM PDTby TMZ Staff Asia'h Epperson was all smiles as she was released from jail early this morning -- as she and her sister told us their arrest was all over a bathroom blowup.The "American Idol" Season 7 contestant and her sister claim they were in the restroom at the Colony nightclub when they encountered the alleged victim, who they say pushed her way past them, allegedly attempting to use the stall for other than ordinary purposes. That's when a brawl broke out and the sisters beat the woman up -- allegedly.As "A,aion RMT.I,ドラクエ10 RMT." rejects often do ... Epperson used the cameras to plug her album and take a shot at Simon Cowell,ro RMT.
China To Get First Gaming Console This Ye
China and video games don't exactly get along. Which is why the fact that Lenovo's new home console is getting a release in China this year is pretty big news. Accoding to a report from Kotaku the iSec,pso2 RMT, which features Kinect-like controls, will be out on the Chinese mainland this December and will cost 3,000 Yuan or about $470. We'll see if this has any impact on the Chinese ban on video games though,ドラクエ10 RMT.Home consoles have been banned in China since 2000, after the parents of children worried that their kids would waste their time playing video games. In the years since, not only has there been a strong PCgaming culture spring up in China, but all of the major consoles, Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii, are all manufactured in China. Console makers have had to find other ways to get games into the Mainland, inlcuding making "plug and play" style consoles. Not only is there the console ban,ダークブラッド RMT, but piracy is also a major issue in China, which might scare away the "Big 3."Source: Kotaku
2012年10月23日星期二
Lindsay's Jeweler She Did This to Us Bef
Four days before Lindsay Lohan allegedly stole the $2,500 necklace at the center of her felony case,pso2 RMT, she tried walking out of the same store with a diamond earring ... this according to the police report obtained by TMZ ... but the prior incident could actually help Lindsay's case.According to the report, on January 18, four days before the alleged necklace incident, Lindsay went to Kamofie & Company and tried on a pair of 18 karat gold white diamond earrings. Lindsay removed one earring and left the other in her ear while she shopped.According to the report, "Ms. Lohan gathered her things and started to leave the jewelry store without making a purchase. Ms. Lohan's hair was flipped to one side covering the diamond earring." The report states, "[The clerk] stopped her and reminded Ms. Lohan she was still wearing the earring,DQ10 RMT. Ms. Lohan laughed,aion RMT, admitted to her mistake and removed the earring from her ear and returned it to [the clerk]."The scenario involving the earrings is similar to Lindsay's conduct in the store when she left with the necklace.Ironically, the earring incident could actually help Lindsay. She had absentmindedly left her own, more expensive earrings on the counter as she began walking out of the store with the single earring. And, people who know Lindsay say she's a scatterbrain who forgets basic things all the time.Remember, trials are all about creating reasonable doubt. So she's either a klepto or forgetful... and when in doubt, the verdict must be not guilty.
Shane Mosley Wife Gets Championship Belts
Sugar Shane Mosley has been forced to give up 3 championship belts -- to his wife ... in his divorce!TMZ has obtained Sugar Shane's divorce settlement documents and -- if you've been divorced -- we're betting his is a lot different.The settlement provides that ex-wife Jin "shall maintain custody and control of three championship belts for each of the respective parties' three minor children,ドラクエ10 RMT." Each of the kids get a belt when they turn 18.And Jin will get half of Sugar Shane's cut of profits from videotapes and DVDs of his big fights, including bouts with Oscar De La Hoya, Miguel Cotto and Fernando Vargas. Since the divorce was filed in California and community property rules apply, Jin gets half of Sugar Shane's fight purses during their marriage. But luckily for Sugar, his big fight against Manny Pacquiao was held after the couple separated, so his $3 mil is his alone.And get this ... the couple accumulated 854,ダークブラッド RMT,410 American Express points during their marriage, and she gets half. To put that in perspective, for Jin's 427,205 points,メイプルストーリー RMT, she can buy either an industrial generator or a 10-speed bike.
2012年10月20日星期六
Heavy Rain dev's new game Infraworld
Sony Computer Entertainment has filled a trademark for 'Infraworld',ro RMT, a game previously cancelled in the early stages of development at Heavy Rain studio Quantic Dream. The trademark movement has naturally led to speculation the developer could've resurrected the project,DQ10 RMT, which hardcore Heavy Rain players will remember appeared as an Easter Egg in the excellent PS3 thriller (check it out in this video.Heavy Rain auteur David Cage previously confirmed to CVG that Quantic Dream is beavering away on two "very different" projects - and when they're finished,ダークブラッド RMT, he's going to turn his attention to shaking up the shooter category."I want to create a genre," he said. "I want to convince more people that [emotional gaming] is a valid direction for the industry; to show them that this was not just one product, one story. It's a format that can be used to tell any kind of story in any genre with any tone."He added: "I would really like the opportunity to work on a different type of game. I would love to see if what we discovered could be applied to a first-person shooter, for example." Andy Robinson
2012年10月19日星期五
Rupert Murdoch -- Accosted by Protester a
80-year-old Rupert Murdoch was nearly PIED IN THE FACE during his hearing at Parliament today -- but the assailant actually got nailed, thanks to Mr. Murdoch's wife,ro RMT.Look closely at the video (below) ... you see the assailant on the left of the screen. He then prepares to hurl the pie ,DQ10 RMT; -- which appears to be some sort of white foam in a foil pie dish. Murdoch's wife,メイプルストーリー RMT, Wendi Deng (pink jacket) ... hurls her body toward the man to block the attack. The assailant -- real name Jonathan May-Bowles -- ended up getting the brunt of it.Murdoch was in Parliament to testify about the News of the World scandal.
2012年10月18日星期四
Chris Bosh's BALLER Wedding -- The Party
Miami Heat superstars LeBron James and Dwyane Wade finally had a reason to smile this off-season ,pso2 RMT... when the Big 3 reunited to celebrate Chris Bosh's wedding in Miami. As TMZ first reported, Bosh dropped a TON of cash for a VERY lavish and VERY expensive wedding ceremony at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach this weekend. Bosh said "I do" to his bride Adrienne Williams ,ダークブラッド RMT... even though he was already officially married to her a few weeks ago,ro RMT. Mazel Tov ... again!
Chris Bosh's BALLER Wedding -- The Party
Miami Heat superstars LeBron James and Dwyane Wade finally had a reason to smile this off-season ... when the Big 3 reunited to celebrate Chris Bosh's wedding in Miami. As TMZ first reported, Bosh dropped a TON of cash for a VERY lavish and VERY expensive wedding ceremony at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach this weekend,ダークブラッド RMT. Bosh said "I do" to his bride Adrienne Williams ... even though he was already officially married to her a few weeks ago,ドラクエ10 RMT. Mazel Tov ... again!