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April, 2009
Rock Band Unplugged for the PSP will most likely release in the UK on 12 June. MTV, Harmonix and Electronic Arts have announced a global release “beginning 9 June”. As games traditionally release on a Friday in the UK, that should see Rock Band Unplugged available 12 June.
Imagine gaining a trophy on a PS3 game and having a story automatically appear in your Facebook mini-feed, or text-chatting on your PS3 with one of your Facebook buddies whilst playing a game. Well, that could soon be a reality, as it seems Facebook and PS3 may be working on some form of integration.
TweetDeck, the world’s most popular Twitter client, just struck back against the launch of Seesmic Desktop yesterday with a major update fixing bugs and adding a host of new features, including Facebook integration. The Twitter Wars are on, folks.
It wasn’t only the LG Viewty II that was peeped in Orange’s Q2 release schedule. There is the Samsung Preston and the LG Calisto, two phones about which we’ve heard nothing before now.
The Symbian Foundation really really likes what other operating systems and mobile companies have been doing with their various App Stores, Markets and App Worlds. So much so that the Foundation wants to encourage loads of the things, all bound up in an Application Warehouse.
The Nintendo Wii and DS consoles are to get a joint video download service. Nintendo head Satoru Iwata revealed the plans, saying: “If the Wii and the DS are connected, it should be possible to download video through the Wii and take it with you on the DS.”
We got our first chance to paw and prod the Sony W-Series Walkman back at CES in January, but now the big S has finally unleashed its sporty, wearable new music player onto shop shelves.