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Frankenweenie on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital Disney and creative genius Tim Burton (creator of “The Nightmare Before Christmas”) proudly announce the home entertainment debut of “Frankenweenie” arriving as a 4-Disc Blu-ray™ Combo Pack, Digital and On Demand—January 8, 2013. A must-add to any Tim Burton collection, the hilarious 3D stop-motion animated masterpiece is filled with quirky characters and unexpected twists. Boasting an electrifying variety of bonus materials, the4-Disc Combo Pack (Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy) includes an all-new original short “Captain Sparky vs The Flying Saucers”; an exciting behind-the-scenes featurette with Tim Burton “Miniatures in Motion: Bringing ‘Frankenweenie’ to Life”; a showcase of the film’s touring exhibit, “‘Frankenweenie’ Touring Exhibit”; Tim Burton’s original live-action short of the same name, and more... Continue reading: Disney and Creative Genius Tim Burton bring Frankenweenie to Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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VTech CareLine Phone System for Seniors Seniors who want to age independently in their homes can now stay connected to friends and family with the new CareLine™ home safety telephone system from VTech ® Communications, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of VTech Holdings Ltd. Designed with experts in aging and technology, the affordable and easy-to-use CareLine system incorporates features to uniquely meet seniors' daily communication needs, including large displays, reminder capabilities, volume boost and a wearable pendant with one-button dialing that directly calls people that seniors communicate with most. VTech's three-piece CareLine SN6197 system (MSRP: $119.95) includes a full-featured corded phone as the base unit, a cordless handset and a wearable pendant, each designed for optimal usability by older consumers... Continue reading: VTech Answers Communications Needs Of Seniors With New CareLine Phone System in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
The Photograph: Composition and Color Design, 2nd Edition Rocky Nook, Santa Barbara's leading publisher of books on the techniques and aesthetics of digital photography, is pleased to announce the release of the second edition of The Photograph: Composition and Color Design, by Harald Mante, internationally acclaimed master of photography. The book explains the essential elements to achieving the highest level of visual design in photographs.Extensively revised and updated, the 2nd Edition includes 60 new images and illustrations. Also included are new chapters that cover analyzing shapes and colors and a discussion of the square image format. In-depth lessons are beautifully illustrated with more than 750 images from Mante's portfolio, plus over 160 diagrams... Continue reading: Rocky Nook Publishes The Photograph: Composition and Color Design, 2nd Edition in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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Babes In Toyland and The Joy Luck Club on Blu-ray BABES IN TOYLAND: Just in time for the holiday season, see a young (pre-The Matrix) Keanu Reeves and a 1986 Drew Barrymore as their characters are transported to Toyland where they discover that truly believing in toys will unlock the magic needed to save the day in BABES IN TOYLAND! THE JOY LUCK CLUB: Based on Amy Tan's critically acclaimed and best-selling novel, THE JOY LUCK CLUB, explores the complex intergenerational bonds and frustrations of four Chinese American women and their respective mothers born in feudal China. A good reminder this holiday season that nobody's relationship with their mother is perfect... Continue reading: Babes In Toyland and The Joy Luck Club for the First Time on Blu-ray December 11th from Disney in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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Kinect Hacks: Motion and Pattern Detection Create your own innovative applications in computer vision, game design, music, robotics, and other areas by taking full advantage of Kinect’s extensive interactive, multi-media platform. With this book, you get a step-by-step walkthrough of the best techniques and tools to come out of the OpenKinect project, the largest and most active Kinect hacking community. Learn dozens of hacks for building interfaces that respond to body movements, gestures, and voice, using open source toolkits such as openFrameworks, the Processing IDE, and OpenKinect driver library. Whether you’re an artist, designer, researcher, or hobbyist, this book will give you a running start with Kinect... Continue reading: O'Reilly Publishes Kinect Hacks: Tips & Tools for Motion and Pattern Detection in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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TAI CHI ZERO on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital The first chapter in a planned trilogy, Director Stephen Fung’s (House of Fury, Jump) steampunk-infused martial arts epic TAI CHI ZERO debuts on Blu-ray™, DVD and Digital January 22nd from Well Go USA Entertainment. Featuring martial arts choreography by the legendary Sammo Hung (IP Man 2: Legend of the Grandmaster), the film follows Yang Luchan, a young genius who, tired of being picked on, travels to Chen Village to learn the art of Tai Chi. Luchan finds out the hard way that it is forbidden for a villager to teach an outsider when the villagers, from strong men to old women to little children, repeatedly challenge him to a series of fights, all of which he loses quite badly. But... Continue reading: TAI CHI ZERO debuting on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital January 22nd in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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Dust-Off Electronics and Screen Cleaning Kits Dust-Off®, the leading brand of consumer electronic cleaning products, is offering a variety of gifts to help consumers keep their new electronic devices free of dust, dirt and fingerprints with their extensive line of cleaning products. The holiday season is quickly approaching and in the spirit of giving many people receive the latest gadgets, but what good are these items if they don’t look and perform their best? From televisions, to tablets, to the latest gaming systems, Dust-Off’s screen cleaners and tailored kits are a safe and effective way to clean all types of products. Dust-Off’s cleaners are an easy and affordable way to keep electronics looking and running like new, and are ideal to be gifted... Continue reading: Give the Gift of Clean this Holiday Season by Keeping Electronics Dust and Dirt Free in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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Bad Data Handbook: Mapping the World of Data Problems What is bad data? Some people consider it a technical phenomenon, like missing values or malformed records, but bad data includes a lot more. In this handbook, data expert Q. Ethan McCallum has gathered 19 colleagues from every corner of the data arena to reveal how they’ve recovered from nasty data problems. From cranky storage to poor representation to misguided policy, there are many paths to bad data. Bottom line? Bad data is data that gets in the way. This book explains effective ways to get around it. Among the many topics covered, you’ll discover how to... Continue reading: O'Reilly Publishes the Bad Data Handbook: Mapping the World of Data Problems in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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New TOSH.0 Blu-ray and DVD Collections COMEDY CENTRAL® will release new "Tosh.0" compilations on Blu-ray and DVD assembled according to host Daniel Tosh’s famous clothing selections. Over the course of the series run, each new set of episodes has featured Tosh wearing various themed wardrobe choices including hoodies (season 1a), cardigans (season 1b), casual jackets (season 2a), deep V's (season 2b), collared shirts (season 3a), exposed arms (season 3b), collegiate apparel (season 3c), high fashion (season 4a), sick kicks for the ladies (season 4b) and over-priced concert tees with sexy stubble (season 4c). "Tosh.0: Deep V's" includes 16 full-length episodes and will be released on Blu-ray and DVD nationwide by COMEDY CENTRAL Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment... Continue reading: New TOSH.0 Blu-ray and DVD Collections to be Available in time for Christmas in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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The Bourne Legacy on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital On the verge of having their conspiracy exposed, members of the government’s intelligence community will stop at nothing to erase all evidence of their top secret programs in The Bourne Legacy, coming to Blu-ray™ Combo Pack, DVD and On Demand December 11, 2012 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment. The film is also available via Digital Download. Inspired by master storyteller Robert Ludlum’s immensely popular books, The Bourne Legacy takes the action-packed Bourne series to an explosive new level. With his life in jeopardy, agent Aaron Cross (Jeremy Renner) must use his genetically-engineered skills to survive the ultimate game of cat-and-mouse and finish what Jason Bourne started. Presented in incomparable high-definition picture and perfect DTS master audio 7.1 surround sound, The Bourne Legacy Blu-ray™ includes an array of behind-the-scenes bonus features that take viewers inside the making of this global action-thriller... Continue reading: The Bourne Legacy coming to Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and On Demand December 11th in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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Under Defeat HD: Deluxe Edition for PlayStation 3 Rising Star Games Inc. announced that the classic shmup (shoot 'em up) arcade game Under Defeat HD: Deluxe Edition is now available for PlayStation®3 exclusively through Amazon for $29.99. Players looking to get their hands on the digital version via PlayStation®Network can do so on December 4. Developed by Japanese arcade video game company G.Rev, Under Defeat is widely regarded as one of the best-selling and finest shooting games ever made. Set in an alternate universe during a World War-esque conflict, Under Defeat HD lets players take on the role of a helicopter pilot in a territory divided by struggle between the Empire and the Union... Continue reading: Under Defeat HD: Deluxe Edition is Now Available for PlayStation 3 in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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BabyFirst TV Lineup of DVDs from Mill Creek Entertainment Starting off the year right, Mill Creek entertainment will release BabyFirstTV’s award-winning programming through innovative, inspiring and interactive DVDs for babies, toddlers and parents including... Harry The Bunny - Come Along and Play, Shushybye Baby – Bedtime Stories and Songs, Sweet Dreams – Soothing Sights and Sounds, Baby Class – Building Blocks of Learning, Art and Music – Sensory Wonderland, Best of BabyFirst – An Educational Adventure, Color Crew – All About Color and Numbers Around the Globe – Adventures in Counting. BabyFirstTV is the leading provider of TV, online and mobile programming dedicated to babies and toddlers with programming in over 35 million households in the US and 2 million downloads of their 40 mobile/tablet apps... Continue reading: BabyFirst TV Available in an Educational and Entertaining Lineup of DVDs from Mill Creek Entertainment in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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The Words and To Rome With Love on Blu-ray and DVD THE WORDS and TO ROME WITH LOVE will be arriving soon on Blu-ray and DVD from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. TO ROME WITH LOVE (out 1/15) – an enchanting romantic comedy, set in Rome, features a star-studded cast including Woody Allen, Alec Baldwin (TV’s “30 Rock”), Academy Award® winner Roberto Benigni (Best Actor, Life is Beautiful, 1999), Academy Award® winner Penelope Cruz (Best Supporting Actress, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, 2009), Judy Davis (A Passage to India), Jesse Eisenberg (The SocialNetwork), Greta Gerwig (Damsels in Distress) and Ellen Page (Inception). Alison Pill (TV’s “The Newsroom”) and Allesandra Mastronardi also star in the film. The story is told in four independent vignettes about four characters whose adventures change their lives forever: an average Roman wakes up one day to find himself a well-known celebrity; an American architect revisits the streets on which he used to live as a student; a young couple on their honeymoon are pulled into separate romantic encounters; and a man who possesses great talent and yet is completely anonymous finds a way to share his talent with the world... Continue reading: The Words and To Rome With Love on Blu-ray and DVD December 24th and January 15th in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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Animaniacs: Volume 4 on DVD Catch up with slapstick adventures of Yakko, Wakko, and Dot as Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group releases Animaniacs: Volume 4 on DVD February 5. This 3-disc collector's set features 24 episodes from this fan favorite cartoon series following the wacky characters who were so crazy that the studio executives locked them in the water tower on the Warner Bros. studio lot. Each episode features comedic educational segments that cover subjects such as history, mathematics, geography, astronomy, science, and social studies, often in a musical format. The series follows an ensemble cast of off-the-wall Warner Bros. characters, appearing in a wide variety of roles. Wakko, Yakko, and Dot Warner, are... Continue reading: Animaniacs: Volume 4 Escaping From The Warner Water Tower on DVD February 5th in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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Gabriel Iglesias Presents Stand-Up Revolution: Season 2 Stand up for Fluffy! The “Gabriel Iglesias Presents Stand-Up Revolution” second season DVD will be released by COMEDY CENTRAL Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment on December 21. The DVD includes extended episodes with all-new material from Iglesias, as well as sets from 12 top comedians and an outstanding selection of bonus features. Bonus features include the making of the music video, “Hey It’s Fluffy” animated shorts and outtakes. The second season of “Gabriel Iglesias Presents Stand-Up Revolution” premiered on COMEDY CENTRAL on October 4. In this new season... Continue reading: Gabriel Iglesias Presents Stand-Up Revolution: Season 2 on DVD December 21st in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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Statistics in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition Need to learn statistics for your job? Want help passing a statistics course? Statistics in a Nutshell is a clear and concise introduction and reference for anyone new to the subject. Thoroughly revised and expanded, this edition helps you gain a solid understanding of statistics without the numbing complexity of many college texts. Each chapter presents easy-to-follow descriptions, along with graphics, formulas, solved examples, and hands-on exercises. If you want to perform common statistical analyses and learn a wide range of techniques without getting in over your head, this is your book... Continue reading: O'Reilly Publishes Statistics in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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Python for Kids: A Playful Introduction to Programming For anyone starting out in computer programming, the learning curve can be frustratingly steep. The simple stuff is easy enough to grasp, but anything actually useful remains frustratingly out of reach. And when you're a kid with no programming history behind you, the task can seem insurmountable. A new book from No Starch Press promises to help soften that learning curve. Jason R. Briggs' Python for Kids is a kid-friendly introduction to Python, one of the world's most powerful and widely used programming languages. "I can still quite vividly remember the feeling of learning to program at the age of eight," says Briggs. "When you program, you create something from nothing in a way that's quite different from any other medium. I hope readers experience the same sense of wonder as they work their way through Python for Kids..." Continue reading: No Starch Press Publishes Python for Kids: A Playful Introduction to Programming in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
END OF WATCH on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña are a pair of LAPD officers patrolling one of the city’s most violent and gang-ridden areas in End of Watch, coming to Blu-ray™ Combo Pack, DVD and On Demand on January 22, 2013, from Universal Studios Home Entertainment.A gut-wrenching, first-person account of life on the streets from writer and director David Ayer (Training Day), End of Watch offers audiences a rare window into the world of law enforcement, packed with action, humor and emotion. With its incomparable high-definition picture and perfect hi-def 5.1 surround sound, the End of Watch Blu-ray™ immerses audiences in a dark and chaotic world, and includes an hour of exclusive bonus features including deleted scenes and director’s commentary... Continue reading: END OF WATCH coming to Blu-ray Combo Pack with UltraViolet, DVD and Digital Copy January 22nd in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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WD Black 4TB High-Performance Internal Hard Drives WD ®, a Western Digital company and a world leader in hard drives, announced its highest performance, highest capacity desktop hard drive, the WD Black™ 4 TB, 3.5-inch, 7200 RPM drive. Shipping immediately, the fast performance and ultimate capacity of the award-winning WD Black drives make them perfect for gaming, high-performance desktop systems and workstations. WD Black hard drives combine 7200 RPM spin speed, 64 MB cache, dual stage actuator technology, SATA 6 gigabits per second (Gb/s) interface, and an integrated dual processor to deliver ultimate performance in a maximum-capacity drive. "Maximizing the features and functionality of power computing applications such as gaming, multimedia and video editing, the new WD Black 4 TB hard drives offer capacity and performance... Continue reading: WD Expands Its Highest-Performing Black Desktop Hard Drives To 4 TB Capacity in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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iOS SDK Development Ready to write your killer app for iOS 6? Now you can learn how, with iOS SDK Development. Since the iPhone's launch in 2008, the iOS platform has added two new device families, thousands of new APIs, new tools and programming practices, and hundreds of thousands of new apps. Yours can be one of them. This book guides you through the state of the art of iOS development, including the radically overhauled Xcode 4 toolchain, the iOS 6 SDK, and the new iPhone 5. You'll accelerate your development with new tools like Storyboards, practice on new APIs like the Twitter framework, and learn the latest features of the Objective-C programming language... Continue reading: Pragmatic Bookshelf Publishes iOS SDK Development in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale for PS3 and PS Vita Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC (SCEA) announced the North American launch of PlayStation® All-Stars Battle Royale exclusively for the PlayStation®3 (PS3) and PlayStation®Vita (PS Vita) systems. Developed by SuperBot Entertainment, in conjunction with Sony Santa Monica Studio and PS Vita developer BluePoint Games, the title celebrates PlayStation's rich history by bringing together an array of legendary characters from PlayStation's most popular games for the platform's first-ever exclusive multiplayer brawler. Launching with a roster of 20 unforgettable first and third-party PlayStation characters, the result is an original take on the classic fighting game that continues... Continue reading: PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale enters the Arena This Holiday Season in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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Family Guy: Back To The Multiverse for PS3 and Xbox 360 Universes are about to collide as Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc., and Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products announced that Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse is now available at retail outlets nationwide. The console video game takes the source material from the Family Guy series, including its hilarious sense of humor and outrageous spirit, to offer fans an unforgettable, interactive third-person action experience. Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse introduces an all-new original story written and voiced by Family Guy talent and influenced by the famous Family Guy season eight episode, "Road to the Multiverse", where... Continue reading: Family Guy: Back To The Multiverse is Now Available for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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Sony Editing Suites for Vegas Pro and Movie Studio Sony Creative Software, a leading global provider of professional editing and authoring applications, released two suite packages, Movie Studio Platinum: Visual Effects Suite 2 and Vegas™ Pro 12 Suite. Both come equipped with versions of the visual effects software HitFilm 2 from London-based development company, FXhome. These new collections enable users to dramatically enhance their productions with professional special effects via a seamless and integrated workflow. Vegas Pro 12 Suite also offers a diverse bundling of professional audio and video editing applications, soundtracks, and more. Movie Studio Platinum: Visual Effects Suite 2 has all the creative tools needed to produce professional-looking movies. Sony Creative Software offers interoperability between HitFilm 2 Express and Movie Studio Platinum 12 to... Continue reading: Sony Announces New Editing Suites For Vegas Pro And Movie Studio Platinum in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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Madden NFL 13 and FIFA Soccer 13 for Nintendo Wii U Electronic Arts Inc. has launched Madden NFL 13 and FIFA Soccer 13 on Wii U™ in North America, bringing two of gaming’s biggest franchises to Nintendo’s brand-new console. With beautiful HD graphics and exclusive new features using the Wii U GamePad™, Madden NFL 13 Wii U and FIFA Soccer 13 Wii U deliver authentic experiences and new ways to play. Madden NFL 13 Wii U offers several features exclusive to the Wii U, including streamlined playcalling, personnel management, and more — all directed from the innovative touchscreen of the Wii U GamePad. Utilizing the GamePad, fans can quickly and easily make pre-play adjustments, such as creating new offensive and defensive hot routes simply by tracing on the screen, or swapping personnel by... Continue reading: EA SPORTS Madden NFL 13 and FIFA Soccer 13 Available Now for Wii U in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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Adobe Edge Animate: The Missing Manual Want to create animated graphics for iPhone, iPad, and the Web, using familiar Adobe features? You've come to the right book. Adobe Edge Animate: The Missing Manual shows you how to build HTML5 graphics with Adobe visual tools. No programming experience? No problem. Adobe Edge Animate writes all of the code for you. With this book, you'll be designing great-looking web elements in no time. "My book is intended for web designers and designers-in-training. It starts off very gently explaining how to create simple animations using Edge's timeline and other tools," notes expert author Chris Grover... Continue reading: O'Reilly Publishes Adobe Edge Animate: The Missing Manual in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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21st Century C: C Tips from the New School Throw out your old ideas of C, and relearn a programming language that’s substantially outgrown its origins. With 21st Century C, you’ll discover up-to-date techniques that are absent from every other C text available. C isn’t just the foundation of modern programming languages, it is a modern language, ideal for writing efficient, state-of-the-art applications. Learn to dump old habits that made sense on mainframes, and pick up the tools you need to use this evolved and aggressively simple language. No matter what programming language you currently champion, you’ll agree that C rocks... Continue reading: O'Reilly Publishes 21st Century C: C Tips from the New School in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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TANK! TANK! TANK! for Nintendo Wii U NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. announced the release of TANK! TANK! TANK!™ to retailers in North America exclusively for Nintendo’s Wii U™ console. Based on one of NAMCO BANDAI’s most popular and successful arcade titles, TANK! TANK! TANK! allows up to four players to play together as they wreak havoc destroying giant alien monsters or go head-to-head in matches for tank supremacy bragging rights. Taking full advantage of the camera on the Wii U™ GamePad, players will be able to fully immerse in the game by taking pictures of themselves, their friends or family and have their pictures appear as avatars in the game. TANK! TANK! TANK! delivers a fantastic armament of tanks and assorted weapons, each designed to deal devastating damage to the intended target. Players will... Continue reading: NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. Rolls Out TANK! TANK! TANK! for Nintendo Wii U in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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2K Sports NBA 2K13 for Nintendo Wii U 2K Sports has announced that NBA® 2K13, the latest installment in the top-selling and top-rated NBA video game simulation franchise, is now available in North America for Nintendo’s Wii U™ system, and will be available internationally during the system’s initial launch phase. “We are thrilled that NBA 2K13 is an integral part of Wii U’s launch,” said Greg Thomas, president of product development for 2K Sports. “The game not only includes the same great feature set as the other consoles, but also has several exclusives that utilize the Wii U GamePad technology.” The Wii U version of NBA 2K13 marks the first time the franchise has been available in high definition on a Nintendo console... Continue reading: 2K Sports Announces NBA 2K13 Now Available for Wii U in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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Nintendo Wii U Game Console Nintendo’s Wii U™ console – the first new home video game system in six years – arrives on Nov. 18, aiming to change the landscape of games and entertainment with its new Wii U GamePad controller. With more than 30 launch-day games for all types of players, Wii U arrives just in time for the holidays and is poised to be the must-have gift of the season. The Wii U Basic Set will be available at a suggested retail price of $299.99 and includes a white Wii U console with 8 GB of internal storage, one white touch-screen GamePad controller, AC adapters for both the console and controller, a sensor bar and an HDMI™ cable. The Wii U Deluxe Set will be available at a suggested retail price of $349.99 and its components are black. This set includes... Continue reading: Nintendo's Wii U Console Introduces How U Will Play Next in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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Funky Barn for Nintendo Wii U It is time for gamers to harvest crops and shear some sheep with the launch of Funky Barn , the wild and wacky farm simulation for Nintendo's new Wii U™ system. Published by 505 Games and developed by Tantalus Media, Funky Barn lets players engage in hands-on farming as they raise and manage animals with quirky personalities, use offbeat farm equipment such as The Shearing Machine and The Egg Collector and manage their open-world farm by balancing a budget, laying down roads, planting trees, protecting the land against natural disasters and more... Continue reading: Funky Barn Brings Frenzied Farm Fun To Nintendo's Wii U in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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