There MMO You’ve Been Waiting For: The Elder Scrolls Online
Fans of Bethesda’s brilliant Elder Scrolls franchise (which includes Game of the Year, Skyrim) have been waiting for this announcement for some time. Bethesda has announced that The Elder Scrolls Online, developed by ZeniMax Online Studios, will be the first MMO based on the Elder Scrolls universe. Developed for both PC and Mac, this is huge news for gamers that have always wanted to experience The Elder Scrolls world online with other players. Though no official timetable has been announced (yet), I’m sure we’ll hear a bit more at E3 this June. Click past the jump for Bethesda’s official press release.
Ever wish someone would take the Fable universe and combine it with the hack-and-slash charm of Gauntlet? If so, you’ll be happy to know that the folks at Lionhead Studio share your dream and have just released Fable Heroes–exclusively for Xbox LIVE Arcade. What started as a “what if” scenario among Fable developers has now become a full-blown co-op multiplayer, featuring characters that can level-up, abilities and game features to unlock, and of course, LOTS of gold. Fable Heroes is available now in the Xbox LIVE Marketplace for 800 Microsoft Points, and you can check out all of the details after the jump…
For those of you who have been settling for the lower-res iPhone version of Spotify on your iPad, settle no more: Spotify has officially landed on the iPad.
Sometimes (ok, most of the time) it’s the little things in life that give us the most joy; and if you were a button-mashing arcade dweller back in the 90s, no doubt that you lost plenty of quarters (and hours) to WWF WrestleFest. THQ did an excellent job of taking that arcade classic to the much smaller screen when they released WWE WrestleFest for iOS devices–and that experienced just became even more affordable with a price drop: $.99 for the iPhone , and $1.99 for the iPad version. Here’s the official announcement, as well as product links:
If you’ve been waiting to hear about the official dates (which we now know are June 11-15) and then purchase tickets to Apples World Wide Developers Conference this year, you may be out of luck–tickets went on sale this morning and sold out in under 2 hours (tickets sold out in under 12 hours last year). Always a popular event within the tech community, WWDC has become increasingly more mainstream every year as Apple’s popularity has grown–perhaps this is why Apple required that this year, only developers registered in one of Apple’s developer programs were allowed to purchase passes. The fact that the event sells out so quickly every year is impressive on its own–but when you factor in the price per ticket ($1599), you really get a stronger sense of just how much interest the event draws. While some may be hoping for new product announcements, the one thing we do know is that this year’s event will be focused on OSX Mountain Lion.
By the time you read this post, skype should finally be available on a PlayStation Vita near you. Supporting both video and voice chat over 3G as well as WiFi, the skype app works surprisingly well. Controls are familiar and intuitive, meaning those that have used Skype before will have no problem getting around, and first-timers will quickly get acclimated. Users should be pleasantly surprised by both picture quality and frame rates, and thanks to the light weight and form-factor of the Vita, I found this version of skype to be even better than what iOS devices offer–high praise indeed. The skype app for the PS Vita is a free download that can be found on the PlayStation Store on your handheld in the “app” category; give it a try and let us know what you think.
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