NVIDIA Announces TegraZone Player Choice Winners

The results are set for NVIDIA‘s first annual Players Choice Awards. NVIDIA tallied fan votes for games over the next couple of categories: Best Graphics, Best Gameplay and greatest Overall. Many great games were helpful to choose between, including Dark Meadow, Shadowgun THD, Grand Theft Auto III, Riptide GP, Soulcraft THD and many more.


Some tough choices, still the fans have spoken. Previously it was almost a clean sweep by Rockstar.


Best Graphics - Shadowgun THD
Having its water, damage, aging, and particle effects, Shadowgun THD had little competition in the Best Graphics category.


Best Gameplay - Grand Theft Auto III
GTA III and Shadowgun THD were battling it out within this category, but as a result of full-on game controller support, Rockstar’s game came to pass ahead.


Best Overall - Grand Theft Auto III
Again, GTA III and Shadowgun THD came to blows for Best Overall. With full 3D stereo on Tegra devices that support 3D, as well as the previously mentioned game controller support, GTA III took the crown as Best Overall Game.

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THD N2-A Shows Off Macbook-Esque ICS-Powered N2-A Notebook

We all know a bit of you all love your Macbooks, but wouldn’t you love it in case could have the Android OS inside of a Macbook body? Well as a result of the THD N2-A clamshell notebook, you are going to to enjoy the very best of both worlds. The ICS-powered 13.3-inch notebook features an LED-backlit 1366 x 768 LCD screen, 1.2GHz ARM Cortex A8 processor, 1 gig of DDR3 RAM, built-in WiFi (having optional ethernet or 3G dongle using the USB ports) and look ahead to it— a 4200mAh battery. The N2-A will not are created with a touchscreen option, so you’ll have to use the touchpad and keyboard (which curiously features a Windows key i would like to add) in order to navigate the operating system— though there is the choice to connect a USB mouse into the system.


Overall, the N2-A notebook is certainly at the modest scale. The device itself is shockingly light and thin too for a notebook: it comes in at 3.4 lb, whilst also including a decent silver finish. You’re probably wondering how much this lovely machine will cost, right? Well, you can’t buy such a gem notebook buy itself, but purchasing the notebook in groups of 500 units will run no more than $74,500 from THD directly. But again you'll be able to picture it in this way: in case you have 500 Android friends who will be searching for a few of that Android-on-a-Mac experience, it could initiate to about $149 a chunk, which is definitely competitive to even premium tablets out there. Hit the break to discover photos and video of your N2-A in action.

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Apple Seeks To Ban Sales Of Samsung Galaxy S III In U.S. For Violating Siri Patents

The patent wars between Apple and Google are merely getting hot. On Tuesday, Apple filed a motion – in its second California litigation against Samsung – which could ban the sale of many Galaxy S III in th usa. Basically, they tossed the Galaxy S III inside the same motion to ban the Galaxy Nexus in the usa. But why? Due to infringements related to Apple’s infamous voice command sassy butler Siri.


Apple isn’t too satisfied about many of the fairly blatant similarities between Samsung’s own proprietary S Voice interface and Siri, and such could cause some serious inconvenience for people in support of roughly nine million or until comfortable rumored pre-orders of your Galaxy S III. More specifically, Apple claims that Samsung’s latest flagship Android phone violates two patents held by the company; one a unified search patent with regard to Siri, along with the other a data-tapping patent that may be also being used against HTC within a request for an instantaneous import ban of 29 infringing devices.


So, in case the Galaxy S III isn’t on the market yet in the u s a, where did Apple purchase the hardware that they put underneath of the legal microscope? They purchased it from the The uk, wherein the phone occurred sale around the time of May 29.


Samsung replied to Apple’s motion on Wednesday afternoon claiming that it’s in troubled waters to give to the record for the Nexus motion which was a filed around the time of February. This can be the statement which they released:


"If Apple wishes to seek an injunction the actual Galaxy S III, the legal court should require Apple to submit a brand new motion and enable the parties to develop complete factual record for all four factors. Accordingly, the legal court should reject Apple’s motion to amend its current notice of movement for preliminary injunction."


Samsung claims that Apple’s allegations can have no impact on the already pre-ordered devices. When the nine million pre-order rumor holds true, that will prove that wide substantial of persons might possibly be disappointed if Apple succeeds. Funnily enough, Samsung had claimed that the Galaxy S III wasn’t presented by lawyers; it’s needs to appear as though this would be a mistake. Nevertheless, it's probably interesting to view how they hash this one out in court.


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Square Enix officially announces Tegra 3-optimized Demons’ Score

Square Enix just posted their presser announcing their upcoming Tegra 3 -optimized title, Demons’ Score. It’s a breakbeat action game that seemlessly fuses music and battles and it was created using Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 3 to create high-quality 3D graphics.


The premise is Serenity is exactly your average college girl, though when her father goes missing, she sets out to look for him for the lab facility where he works. All Hell breaks loose when she lays on the job the Demons’ Score, a mysterious program which allows her body to get possessed by various demons. Where did her father disappear to? What’s the mystery in the area of the Demons’ Score? Serenity’s battle starts off with the thunderous tunes of Hell!


Obviously since Demons’ Results are Tegra 3-optimized you are able to expect some really cool enhancements which includes:


Advanced bloom effects
Bloom is truly a graphics technique where bright places within the scene bleeds onto its surroundings. It really makes the scene more photo realistic and give the characters more depth.


Advanced rim lighting
Rim lighting will be the effect where of a character is lit from behind, the lasers light leaks around him like a halo. It enhances how we are able to dramatically show the character.


Dynamic shadows
Dynamic Shadow, where the shadow moves as the character does, making a more life-like effect.


Depth of field effects
Depth of field, a unique system where we focus our camera in the character and blur the object that’s right in front and behind him. It really makes the game higher and immersive.


Higher resolution textures
High resolution, using twice higher render target resolution compared to other versions, the complete image will certainly be sharper and higher quality.


Demon’s Score should be out in the summer months some time this year, however for now check out the trailer below and will help us to understand you may think.

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Gameloft announces new Amazing Spider-Man Android game, to be released on July 3

Hollywood hasn’t exactly been a flowing river of original ideas these past few years, hence it came as no surprise that, just five years after Spider-Man 3, the super-hero movie series was rebooted. A brand new “Amazing Spider-Man” is because of be released this coming summer time, by using a fresh new cast, director, screenplay along with a slightly tweaked storyline.


Andrew Garfield will require over the title character of a typical movie from Tobey Maguire and, while it’s obvious we’re not managing the exact same plot just as the 2002, 2004 and 2007 films, we don’t expect many touches of originality either.


However, longstanding fans of a typical Spider-Man comics and franchise will definitely take 3D and IMAX theatres quickly on June 3 and are also also expected to take a new mobile game from Gameloft. The French developer has officially announced the launch of the official Amazing Spider-Man game, on account of happen at the same time in the movie premiere.


We don’t know much in regards to the future Android game, however i should expect some spectacular visuals and outstanding hints. Gameloft may possibly be collaborating with Marvel to come up with video game design degree go through the comics’ storyline and, according to the producers:


"The Amazing Spider-Man is going to be a full 3D action game that assimilates familiar characters and environments, and also provides players with lots of missions, rich gameplay and comprehensive battle systems".


Gameloft and Marvel have released another Spider-Man mobile game many years back, “Spider-Man: Total Mayhem”, and, though it wasn’t just the smartest and the majority original app around, it did supply a lot of action, some smooth controls and enough missions and levels to not get bored of quickly.


The brand new game’s storyline hasn’t been detailed straight away, but considering it will hit the market even as the movie, it’s safe to suppose that your chosen in-game mortal nemesis are going to be the Lizard. Hopefully, Emma Stone’s Gwen Stacy may possibly be as hot on your Android devices as it's on film, in order to own someone nice to elevate our spirits if we happen to get beaten by Dr.Curt Connors (aka The Lizard).


Naturally, we don’t know anything concerning the future game’s pricing either, but we expect it onto be at least as costly as “Spider-Man: Total Mayhem”, which is currently available at $6.99. Explore Gameloft and Marvel’s full press release below announcing the Android game’s coming, treat your eyes with the movie’s latest trailer and don’t forget to hit us that has a comment as well as let us understand how excited you happen to be about “The Amazing Spider-Man”!

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Demolition, Inc Android game comes available for non-Tegra devices

Previously released as a thoughtful game only for Tegra devices, the entertaining destroy-the-world game dubbed Demolition, Inc has become also intended for non-Tegra Android phones and tablets. Simply put, this game is almost the same as the only one made for Tegra devices and is also believed to be almost as good in terms of performance, gameplay, except perhaps for graphics which could become a bit inferior to the graphics inside the Tegra version.


For people with not played baccarat game before, it becomes an entirely physics-based game with the goodies that you’ll expect in a sci-fi action game – meaning you’ll be able to use cool weponas and tools. You’re primary objective – demolish human cities. In addition, you capture the role of a UFO accordingly should that sounds exciting, you’ll most probably enjoy this game.

Adding an exceptional factor straight into the game is that all these not predetermined. Which means that during one run, what you’ll do within a particular point in the game could be different in future you have taken the action for spin. Hence, blowing up a building in a single game, that building might fall to an appropriate, but then fall to the left the moment time you skilled the point of achieving a well defined body and muscle shape which will result to having a sexy fit b for.




Other functions of Demolition, Inc include fully simulated car and buildings, endless utilization of combining tools and weapons, various tools and weapons, exciting leves with 6 cities and 30 districts, skills improvement, rampage mode, and online high scores.


Finally, you'll be able to grab Demolition Inc on Google Play for $1.99. In case you are in posession of a non-Tegra phone or tablet, allow the game try and inform us your beginning impression.

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Corning introduces the paper-thin and flexible Willow Glass

When the gorilla inside the industry, it’s hard to not find Corning’s creations in your own favorite gadgets. As a matter of fact, the damage-resistant Gorilla Glass and your sequel have now been used by 33 major brands in over 750 product models and 750 million devices the planet over. So, what’s next for the glass specialist?


Corning has spotted a trend, which others have first too, by announcing the launch of Willow Glass, an ultra thin and bendable method of glass, how the company hopes will revolutionize the sort of next-generation gadgets. The thinness and adaptableness of Corning Willow Glass signifies that displays may well be “wrapped” in the areas around your phone, tablet, and other devices.


“Displays be pervasive everyday and manufacturers strive to make both portable devices and bigger displays thinner. Corning Willow Glass gives the substrate performance to preserve device quality inside a thin and light form factor,” said Dr. Dipak Chowdhury, division vice president and Willow Glass program director. The firm aims for Willow Glass to eventually be produced in a roll-to-roll processing, as a substitute for the present sheet-to-sheet process, which would ensure it is clone of how newspapers is produced. This may drastically bring down prices, as the roll-to-roll process is more efficient and economical.

Although the Willow Glass has just been launched, Corning already has big plans for its bendable glass. Corning likes to make use of the Willow Glass in light and malleable solar cells later on. That’s fine and all, but we’re more interested to check out which phone manufacturer will snap up the display substrate and emerge on track of a breakthrough product.


Corning isn’t the sole company wanting to score points within the bendable display area. Kicking off having its own flexible displays is Samsung, in the Youm displays, which use a plastic substrate other than glass. The Korean’s flexible OLED panels will reportedly maintain production recently, with over 960,000 glass sheets already ordered.

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