The third installment in the Battlefield franchise, Battlefield 3, touches down October 25. As we anxiously await its release, EA has released new game play trailer showing off the power of Frostbite 2. Stunning graphics, cinema quality renders and award winning audio are all in tow — in one word ‘wow’.
June, 2011
A second morsel of gaming goodness has been delivered by EA this afternoon. This time in the form of an extended Need for Speed: The Run demonstration live on the showroom floor at E3. In a no holds barred cross-country race from San Francisco to New York, you’ll fight an army of racers and a hailstorm of bullets both inside and outside of the car. For the first time in the franchise’s history, your car and your body will be on the line.
Amidst the EA Sports press conference at E3 2011, the gaming empire has unveiled SSX: Deadly Descents. We can now confirm with absolutely certainty the game will launch in January of next year. Over on the official SSX Facebook page two characters, Elise and Mac, have been announced with a third character promised by the end of E3.
iTunes in the Cloud, which allows you to download your purchased songs to all your supported devices, was just revealed at WWDC 2011 alongside Apple’s new iCloud backup service. We’ve been hearing reports about it for months, but now the dust has settled, there’s some bad news in the fineprint – it’s available to try right now, but it’s also US only right now. Fiddlesticks.
Apple has not said whether it will come to the UK, or whether its iTunes Match subscription service, also stated as US only, will make the cut. Google’s new Music streaming service also suffered from a similar restriction but could be easily bypassed simply by using a proxy to request an invite. This one’s not so easy to get around.
We’ve contacted Apple UK to find out if it has confirmed plans for iTunes in the Cloud in rainy Britain, and will update as and when we hear back.
Just minutes ago Microsoft unveiled the brand New Xbox Experience, bringing with it entertainment-focussed voice commands to replace the controller, YouTube, Bing Search and live TV, paving the way for live voice-activated Sky television to be piped to UK Xbox 360 consoles. Live Sky Sports direct to our consoles? Yes please.
Our biggest gripe with the iPad, ever since launch more than a year ago, is that this laptop slayer actually needed to be plugged into a desktop to work. No more. With iOS 5, iOS chief Scott Forstall announced at WWDC in San Francisco today, you’re now met with a “Welcome” message and can start using your tablet straight away.
Oh yeah – and your iPhone updates? They’re coming over the air. They won’t hurt your data tariff too much either, since they only add the increments, and don’t require you to redownload the whole OS.
Apple was light on whether backups of your iPhone or iPad in iOS 5 will be included as well, but the company has still to touch on iCloud, so stay tuned for more details.