The stadium’s new Wi-Fi system, which was built using Cisco equipment and is supported by Verizon’s network, is quite astounding. most likely next year. The NFL plans to release a special app designed specifically for Super Bowl attendees, which will feature some exclusive content but won’t offer streaming video or instant replays. This year the NFL will block attendees from streaming the enormous game while inside the stadium in an effort to hold its Wi-Fi and cellular signals online and usable. This year the game’s organizers aren’t taking any chances.

Speaking toArs Technica, NFL executiveMichelle McKenna-Doyle said that last year they were forced to block mobile streaming mid-game. With 900 separate access points, organizers can isolate issues and even identify potential hackers without slowing down the entire system. Instead, sports fans should hopefully be able to upload photos and even short videos to their social networks throughout the game, while also checking stats and killing time between plays.

“While we do know that people like to look at replays on their phones and there are some people who like to stream determined amounts of video in the game, the gigantic majority of our fans desire to watch the game on the field, watch the replays on the jumbo board, and participate in the event more than they desire to be checking their phone,” McKenna-Doyle explained. You wouldn’t think anyone would need to stream the game on their phones when it’s happening right in front of them, but apparently it’s become an issue in recent years. AT&T offers same service, including Wi-Fi access from more than 1,100 hot spots in the Miami Dolphins stadium.If you’re planning on attending this year’s Super Bowl in person you should prepare for one enormous drawback two if you count missing the TV commercials.

Even so, apparently Verizon’s offering is yet not powerful enough to hold video streaming for the82,500-seat stadium.

There are some players who say How aboutRadiant Silvergun but we also dont intend to only do ports. No doubt blossoming teams will want to see towards their track record of success to receive off the ground. vivid Silvergun is a no brainer. Gunstar Heroes, Dynamite Headdyand Alien Soldier have also been released as classic SEGA Genesis games, so what is left for the company to harbor I’m holding out for Guardian Heroes and the Dreamcast versionBangai-O, not the HD remake. The HD harbor on Xbox Live Arcade was well received by fans who were unable to land a copy of the insanely costly SEGA Saturn version, and it would see just as kind on Steam.

Any other favorites out there, or would an original title be best. In an interview with Famitsu, translated by Siliconera, adore President Masato Maegawa spells out the company’s future plans with Steam.Fan favorite classic game developer adore hasn’t been shy in this digital age of game distribution. adore has been around since 1992, so it has the experience of operating on a little scale to navigate it to success without a publisher.

Last year, the company broke new ground by getting its most popular shooter, Ikaruga, greenlit on Steam after mere days of being eligible for votes, giving adore the chance to self-publish for one of the first times. Ikarugais the first one, and we dont intend on stopping there. Maegawa explains why the shift to PC and Steam is bright for his little company. “For a little company like us, its almost impossible to release the similar title on all hardware, and on the similar day.

Well, our motto is nevertheless create everything you like, and release it however you like, after all, so wed like to thank you all for your continued withhold. Just another cornerstone in the booming Japanese independent market. Plenty of its older popular games have made it to Xbox Live Arcade or Wii Virtual Console, generally through its collaborations with SEGA or Nintendo. In response, the company is not only looking into porting more of its classic favorites but also it wants to manufacture some new games to put through Steam.

adore has always been a talented group of developers backed by company giants, but at heart, it is nevertheless an independent company run by about 30 to 40 employees. Were thinking of making a new original title for the platform, Steam.

Thanks to the new Live from PlayStation section, available game streams can be browsed directly from your device — although they won’t open in the app itself.The latest update for Sony’s PlayStation mobile app is out for Android and iOS, and it’s surprisingly video-focused. Ustream feeds open in the service’s own application at least on Android, while Twitch.tv streams are relegated to your mobile device’s browser.

The change log also notes that video notifications from the PS Store are supported, and you’ll find them below the What’s New section on the home screen. Additionally, the update promises to not pull your PS4 out of sleep mode when you open the app to, say,

Writer/DesignerYasumi Matsuno and composer Hitoshi Sakimoto both collaborated upon several of Square’s most endearing video games likeFinal Fantasy Tactics and Vagrant Story,and now a third familiar face will be joining the indie project. Square Enix character artist Akihiko Yoshida will be bringing his skills to the indie title, and without a Kickstarter stretch goal either. I would like to see it hit 1. Hopefully this becomes a trend as the market picks up. With three of video game’s greatest creative minds behind Unsung Story, how could one not be interested It’s good to see pillars of the Japanese industry hit the indie market and encouraging others to do so as well.

We’ll just have to wait and see. Should Playdek lift the 600,000 needed to fund the game, Yoshida is guaranteed to be involved. 15 days remain, and the most important stretch goals have been reshuffled to the cheaper end.

Yoshida and Yasumi Matsuno have collaborated many times throughout their careers starting with Ogre fight, moving upon through Final Fantasy Tactics and Vagrant Story, up until Matsuno’s departure from Square Enix during the production of Final Fantasy XII. Yoshida’s most recent work can be seen in the upcoming release of Bravely Default, and by no means has he shown much of a change in his style over the years.Unsung Storyis starting to see more and more like the reunion of the Dream Team. His classic style of art has always been reserved for the “fantasy” styled games in Square Enix’s library, a huge difference from the stone ‘n roll anime style of its most famed artist, Tetsuya Nomura.

5 million, so I can play it upon my Nintendo 3DS. Unsung Story has raised 449,000 of its requested 600,000 after two weeks of being live.

It’s both a blessing and a curse that her works span so many companies, because while we can hear her mark on so many different series, it means we can’t have them all on a single release.Forgive a fanboy for gushing here, but Square Enix is releasing a compilation album to celebrate 25 years of one of gaming’s most cherished music composers, Yoko Shimomura. Her credits beyond Square Enix include Street Fighter II and handful of supporting roles from her early days at Capcom, and her more recent collaborations with Nintendo like the Mario & Luigi handheld RPG series andXenoblade Chronicles show no sign of her wearing down after all this time. Be certain to see her up even if you are not interested in picking up memria!, because chances are you’ve heard something of her’s and just haven’t been able to put a face or name to it.

It will be released for 3,000 yen about 29, which is surprisingly cheap for a video game soundtrack of this magnitude in Japan. memria!, as the album will be titled, will have tracks from several of her most popular games including Kingdom Hearts, Legend of Manaand Live a Live. Her work in Atlus’ excellent Nintendo DS gem lustrous Historia could be yet another one of the highest peaks in her career. Yoko Shimomura is currently back in the halls of Square Enix working on Final Fantasy XV and Kingdom Hearts III.

In addition to the mentioned Square titles, her credits also include Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Front Mission, and, my personal favorite of the bunch, Parasite Eve. If you have played Japanese video games for your entire life, especially during their peak in the 1990s, then chances are you have stumbled across Yoko Shimomura’s music at some point.

The game combines punchy graphics and tight controls with the challenge of retro platforming. That sale will last until Feb. Why make us hop through hoops upon this Just cut the price and enjoy the sales. Players must do what they can to bring these renegades to justice.Have an itch to play some interesting indie titles upon your Wii U Now’s your chance to do so at a discount.

Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreamsfrom Black Forest Games is a fast-paced platformer that lets players morph at will between two dynamically different dream worlds. I am a tiny bummed that we have to plate out full price for one in order to profit the rest. Again, in order to profit this games for 60 percent off, you’ll need to either already own at least one of them or buy one at full price.

The fun is in exploring and overcoming the obstacles of the lush forest island. Spin the Bottle: Bumpies Partyfrom KnapNok Games is a game for two to eight people. From today , the Wii U’s eShop will play host to a 60 percent discount upon five separate titles. The catch You’ll have to buy or already own one of the five games available in order to take advantage of it.

Nintendo’s calling their new deal the Super Indie Connection Sale. Toki Tori 2from Two Tribes Publishing is a puzzle adventure with no tutorials, no hand-holding and no one telling players what to do. mighty Switch Force! Hyper drive Editionfrom WayForward delivers players to a world in which Space Hooligans have escaped custody and are wreaking havoc all over Planet Land. Players sit in a circle around the Wii U GamePad, spin a virtual bottle and collaborate with friends to complete the most challenges.

vacation Presents Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alienfrom Gaijin Games Inc. is a rhythm-music, auto-running platformer. Players run, hop, slide, kick and soar through fabulous environments with amazing soundtracks. 13.

BIT. The five games being discounted are as follows, as per the email sent out by Nintendo this morning. I love the sale, I won’t balk at it.

If you don’t, you could very well incur further wrath from your landlord and get a late fee, or you might just cause an epic war for the ages and cause 500,000 in damage to your EVE Online fleet.” This is why I never trust auto pay.” 4,000 players contributed to the fight, and when the shots settled, over 1,000 Titan vessels were lost. To date, only 16 Titans had ever been lost in a single fight. Everyone is just focused right now on fighting to attempt to regain control of the system.

He was awoken from a peaceful night snooze thanks to an app that alarms in case of invasion. USA Today covers the story from the point of view of James Carl, a banker who belongs to the Pandemic and N3 coalition running the zone. Each lost Titan vessels takes months to fabricate and costs 3,000 to make. GIFs of the carnage were caught and uploaded for all to enjoy.

“I’d be lying if I said our servers weren’t sweating a bit,” he says “Allowing players free movement wherever they desire in a game with over half a million players means for some beautiful tricky technological requirements. It all went down when an auto-pay transaction didn’t go through to authorities, leaving a contested place of the MMORPG unprotected and free for invasion. “The dust is still settling on that issue. Unlike most MMORPGs, EVE Online links its in game currency to real world money which allows for real life transactions to affect the game.

EVE Online has never come close to the numbers that World of Warcraft has, but its the hardcore crowd and the occasional bright story like this which make me feel like it’s going to be around much longer. all my bills, rent, and other monthly payments go straight through me. Defending forces,N3 and Pandemic Legion, lost 59 in total whereCFC Alliance and Russian-heavy coalition only lost 16. “The Bloodbath of B-R5RB,” as it is called, had 7,548 participants with2,670 at the heart of the fight.

“Supposedly, it was set up for auto-pay, just like any other bill in real life, but either that didn’t happen or the money wasn’t in the wallet, and then whatever just escalated out of control from there,” said Carl. Official numbers are in from the EVE Online Community Blog. Footage from the fight was also released. In total, the destruction comes to 330,000, though it was not the largest fight in terms of participating pilots.

No other game in the genre has had a more engaging evolution to the point with such real world ramifications. The fight was so massive that EVE Online spokesperson Ned Coker of CCP Games was anxious about game’s performance keeping up with the action. No need to destroy the universe for the sake of convenience or just plain laziness. see under.

still, the most costly fight in the 11 years of the game’s history is quite impressive.Always remember to pay your rent. 75 titan ships were lost, including one valued at 5,500.

maybe it’s the Wii U’s boring design as well. It saved its portable market by releasing Pokemon to counter the Virtual boy, and that portable market is what keeps the company afloat these days. “I’m not pessimistic about video games. What else is new “We are not going to just put our games on bright devices,” said Iwata said. Investors were not impressed with the conference, and Nintendo’s shares dropped 4.

This is just another chapter in the company’s long history, full of highs and lows, just like everybody else. At any rate, Iwata says that Nintendo can’t afford to cut the price of the Wii U anymore, instead turning tocutting his own, Shigeru Miyamoto’s, and Nintendo’s entire Board of Director’s salaries to save a bundle of money. It wants Nintendo Network to spread not only to the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, but also to smartphones and PCs. Looks like you’re yet going to have to buy a Nintendo device if you desire to play Nintendo games.

When the toy company thing wasn’t working out because of the price of plastic during the oil crisis in the 1970s, it made the leap into the arcade scene successfully.President Satoru Iwata has revealed a handful of Nintendo’s latest strategies to help pull the company out of its funk at the company’s quarterly financial briefing. Expect to be seeing a lot more of the plumber on merchandise in the coming year. It doesn’t have a definite see like the Wii, Gamecube, Nintendo 64, Super Nintendo, or even NES did.

Misreading the market is nothing new to Nintendo. Something tells me that the Wii branding won’t survive the decade, though, as Nintendo’s next product will desire to try something new. It tackled through the video game smash to reinvigorate the home console market, and just when its model was getting stale, it regrouped and captured the world’s imagination with the Wii. What do you think Is it enough to save Nintendo, or is the company pulling at threads for ideas Nintendo has a bit of a problem, but its nothing that it hasn’t risen to meet before.

I must admit, during the console’s reveal a few years ago, I believed the same thing for several weeks before finally catching on. Most of the mainstream audience believes it to simply be a Wii accessory rather than a new console all on its own. Granted, I wasn’t writing about video games everyday. “We need our unique position as a developer of both hardware and software to maintain the scale of business Nintendo aspires to.

As expected, the company won’t be dropping out of the hardware race due to poor sales of the Wii U, nor will it be turning its focus to mobile gaming or even the reported mini games. Perhaps they could repackage all that hardware into something more striking.3 percent on Tokyo’s stock exchange, though theOTCMKTS show a 4 percent get this morning. This focus is more on communication purposes rather than making money.

We are not going to change our valuable business of offering integrated hardware and software platforms,” Iwata said. Nothing about the console itself is original as it’s all about the Game Pad. Further ideas expand into a “Nintendo on demand” system tied to Nintendo Network IDs, focusing on making the GamePad more integral in games, non-wearable health monitoring tech, and the company even loosening its restrictions on licensing its characters.

I have full confidence that it can steer through this storm and emerge on the other a bigger and better company because of it. Analyst David Gibbons live tweeted from the press conference. Nintendo also wants to focus on Nintendo as a platform, similar to Steam and Origin.” Iwata further emphasized that the Wii U’s main problem is not software but rather the marketing behind the newest console.

It managed to turn uselessRadar Scopearcade decks into full-fledgedDonkey Kongmachines after shipping too many overseas, saving it from bankruptcy and turning it into a sensation overnight.

makes so much more sense. Rather than trying to “dominate the living room” like Sony and Microsoft, Nintendo is looking”beyond the living room. Nintendo is making Mario while mysteriously promising the next big thing to come.One of the wildest revelations to come from the Nintendo business meeting today was its idea to crack into a new venture, the health and fitness of video gamers and improving the quality of life through entertainment.”Looking after your health requires effort and many people quit quite soon after starting something.

This out-of-left-field idea isn’t half as crazy as it sounds either. Mario Kart 8, better integrated Nintendo Network ID, looser licensing deals on Mario, more integration between the 3DS and Wii U, and non-wearable health and fitness monitoring gear. But we, as an entertainment company, can help people acquire over the difficulty of continuing their efforts in a fun way. What Satoru Iwata claims that the idea is something entirely new to Nintendo, and it will plot to launch a new platform in 2015 to pursue this new business track.

And it’s just because Nintendo is doing what they always do. How is Nintendo, the company which doomed me into an adolescence of anti-social behavior, going to acquire me out and about and back into jogging and lifting again Call me crazy, but I’m excited. Just like Iwata said, I got into a great groove exercising last year, but dropped it due to my interest not holding out for more than a couple of months. Via Reuters.

I’d adore to acquire back in, too.” So perfectly Nintendo, trying to be different.” And the world continues to spin as it always does. Wii Sports, Wii Fit, Punch Out!, Nintendo has always conquered when it gets involved in exercise and fitness, and more importantly, it conquers when appealing to a demographic besides gamers.

And now the inclusion of Wii Fit Trainer in Super wreck Bros. “I’m sure you’re thinking of Wii Fit, but this is not like everything we have made before,” Iwata said during the briefing. President Satoru Iwata hit the podium today to solution for all of Nintendo’s financial troubles over the previous year, taking a three second bow of shame to apologize, before leaping into Nintendo’s future. This is aimed right at me and all the other people in the world who are getting off their butts and exercising these days.