Assassin’s Creed Revelations, the latest instalment in Ubisoft’s stealth and stab franchise is out today, but before you shell out for it on your console of choice, take a gander at this bargain. OnLive, the fantastic game streaming service, is offering a free console if you buy the game through its network.
Asus and Acer have already slashed orders for their ultrabooks, as the super slim laptop category struggles to do the business PC makers had hoped. But now Lenovo reckons it’s got a solution, with plans to unleash a new 14-inch Ultrabook next year, costing just £499.
Last week, we reported on the bleak state of 4G in the UK, and how LTE looked set to take off in sub-Saharan Africa first. While a permanent, commercial nationwide network is still a way off, there’s some good news this morning: O2 has turned on an LTE network stretching across the capital today.
The Amazon Kindle Fire hasn’t even been given a UK release date yet, and our US gadget-loving brethren don’t get their hands on it until tomorrow. But news has emerged from the Far East of plans for a follow-up. Read on to see just what’s planned for the Amazon Kindle Fire 2.
Netflix has ramped up its planning ahead of its UK launch next year, unveiling an exclusive streaming deal with Lionsgate UK. The hook-up means that classics like Reservoir Dogs and The Blair Witch Project, as well as Sly Stallone’s woeful actioner The Expendables, will all be available to stream exclusively when Netflix launches on these shores next year.
Just a heads up to all our more vocal readers: we’re turning off Disqus, which we use for the comment system here on Electricpig, for the weekend at 5pm. Don’t worry: nobody’s been bad. We’re just doing some fiddling with the servers behind the scenes (maintenance and all that), and it’ll be back in operation on Monday at 9am. See you on the other side, and in the meantime, here’s some reading for the weekend for you:
You can keep your stylus. Not to mention your add-on joystick. Allow us to present the Nintendo DS played with a samurai sword. All you need are some homebrew electronics, a rubber thumb, a DS console and some samurai skill. Read on, and see the video after the break.
