| Call of Duty: Black Ops multiplayer: further details revealed Posted: 31 Oct 2010 04:43 AM PDT Posted by Richard Wordsworth on Sun 31 Oct 2010 Black Ops ramps up the customisation options and adds online splitscreen. World at War developers Treyarch already gave us a taster of what Call of Duty fans can expect from Call of Duty: Black Ops multiplayer at the beginning of September, and now just two weeks before the game's release we're still getting details that are making the week of November 9th look like a period of not-much-getting-done.
According to developer Treyarch's community manager Josh Ollin, Call of Duty: Black Ops' multiplayer looks to be taking pointers from Bungie's Halo series, offering players on both PS3 and Xbox 360 the chance to play online from the same machine with an online splitscreen mode.
A further tip of the hat goes to Halo for the new almost excessively detailed levels of match customisation: players can now start matches with specific weapon loadouts, select which gear can be found in the level and which "perks" (player-specific boosts like enhanced speed or invisibility to radar) are made available. "You want a pistols-only match?" asks Ollin, via the PlayStation blog, "make one. No longer do custom matches rely on the honour system."
New game types created by players can also be saved and uploaded online for the Call of Duty: Black Ops multiplayer community to enjoy. Says Ollin: "You just might create the most addictive game mode of all time from the comfort of your living room!"
The previous installment in the Call of Duty franchise - the record-shattering Modern Warfare 2 - scooped up awards around the world for its frenetic multiplayer deathmatches. Whether Black Ops can raise the bar still higher will become clear on November 9th.
Via: PlayStation Blog
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| Amazon Kindle will receive ebook lending Posted: 31 Oct 2010 03:59 AM PDT Posted by Richard Wordsworth on Sun 31 Oct 2010 Amazon Kindle books can be borrowed for up to a fortnight, gratis This just in from Amazon HQ: users of the Amazon Kindle ebook reader will soon be able to "lend" each other titles they've purchased for up to two weeks from sometime this year, according to a post by the Kindle team.
Once a user has lent a copy of a book from his or her digital library, the user receiving the book will be able to read it just as if they'd purchased it themselves. However, the original purchaser won't have access to their ebook so long as it is on loan - just like how actual books used to work.
A book can be lent to another Kindle user for up to two weeks, although each book can only be lent once (whether that is once per person or once per book isn't clear from the Kindle team's post). Not all books will be lend-able, however; it's down to individual publishers deciding which of their titles can and cannot be borrowed.
The Amazon Kindle team also announced in the post plans to make newspapers and magazines purchased from the Kindle store available to customers using the various incarnations of the Kindle app (they had until now only been accessible on the physical Kindle itself).
No word on when these updates will hit beyond "later this year", but when they do, you'll be the first to know.
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| Amazon Kindle gets ebook lending Posted: 31 Oct 2010 03:59 AM PDT Posted by Richard Wordsworth on Sun 31 Oct 2010 Amazon Kindle books can be borrowed for up to a fortnight, gratis This just in from Amazon HQ: users of the Amazon Kindle ebook reader will soon be able to "lend" each other titles they've purchased for up to two weeks from sometime this year, according to a post by the Kindle team.
Once a user has lent a copy of a book from his or her digital library, the user receiving the book will be able to read it just as if they'd purchased it themselves. However, the original purchaser won't have access to their ebook so long as it is on loan - just like how actual books used to work.
A book can be lent to another Kindle user for up to two weeks, although each book can only be lent once (whether that is once per person or once per book isn't clear from the Kindle team's post). Not all books will be lend-able, however; it's down to individual publishers deciding which of their titles can and cannot be borrowed.
The Amazon Kindle team also announced in the post plans to make newspapers and magazines purchased from the Kindle store available to customers using the various incarnations of the Kindle app (they had until now only been accessible on the physical Kindle itself).
No word on when these updates will hit beyond "later this year", but when they do, you'll be the first to know.
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| Google Nexus 2 gets Android 2.3 Gingerbread Posted: 31 Oct 2010 03:03 AM PDT Posted by Richard Wordsworth on Sun 31 Oct 2010 Google Nexus Two whispers: designed by Samsung, packs Android 2.3 More details are surfacing on Google's latest hush-hush incarnation of its own-brand smartphone, the Nexus Two. The reportedly Samsung-designed follow-up to last year's Nexus One has been tipped to be the first handset on the market to come running Android 2.3 - or Gingerbread, as the kids call it.
The updated Gingerbread OS is rumoured to include an updated user interface, improved social networking capabilities and access to an Android music store, although Google remains tight-lipped on whether the handset even exists.
From what details have been leaked so far, the Google Nexus Two looks and feels a lot like the Samsung Galaxy S, with a 4" AMOLED touchscreen and a black gloss plastic shell. New additions include the now compulsory front-facing camera for all those video calls you're itching to make.
The Google Nexus Two is expected to get its big debut at a Samsung press event in New York on November 8th. More details when we have them.
Via: i4u.com
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