Final Fantasy XIV is due out on PC in September, but fans of the series were dismayed to hear that the Playstation 3 wont be seeing the MMO until March 2011 at the earliest. Developer Square Enix has come clean about why this is the case.
Final Fantasy XIV Producer Hiromichi Tanaka has admitted that Square Enix have run into some ‘technical difficulties’ with the PS3 version of the title and that these are responsible for the nearly six month delay.
If you’re planning on using your satnav or a maps app on your mobile for your holiday trip this summer you might want to think again. Data roaming charges when using Google Maps Navigation can stack up, and cost around 20p per mile.
The 2015 digital radio switchover date is staying, but only as a target, culture minister Ed Vaizey will set out today. But the digital radio switchover off has had some fierce opposition, and is currently first second and third place in the highest rated of Nick Clegg’s law repeal site Your Freedom.
Activision studios handle a lot of games. With fifteen active studios all working on multiple titles you can perhaps understand why the market seems a little crowded sometimes and why – occasionally, we’re not pointing any fingers here – the quality control can slip a bit.
Activision bosses understand this too, which is why they have announced that from here on in each studio under the Activision umbrella will be sticking to just one title at a time.
Reports from iPhone 3GS owners who’ve seen their battery life bottom out since installing iOS 4 have been fermenting on forums for a while. Now a Norwegian journalist says Steve Jobs replied to his queries about iOS 4’s effects on iPhone 3GS battery life. And unsurprisingly, Steve says the problem isn’t a problem at all…
The Microsoft Kin was killed before it could even make it to the UK and rumours this morning suggested that US sales were truly diabolical with just 503 phones flogged. Now it turns out that there might have been slightly more clamour for the Microsoft Kin but not nearly enough to get Steve Ballmer sleeping like a baby again…
The Digital Economy Act faces a showdown with ISP’s, as BT and Talk Talk announce that they’ve joined forces and filed papers demanding a judicial review of the Digital Economy Act.
Android phones are selling well – maybe a little too well. Market research firm iSuppli is reporting that demand for Android handsets with OLED displays is exhausting available supplies.
HTC has been chucking out AMOLED handsets left right and center – starting with the Nexus One for Google, and other manufacturers aren’t far behind. Trouble is, there are only two companies who can produce AMOLED is sufficient quantities to supply the industry, and at least one of them would prefer to hoard a stash for itself.