Apple Registered 3 Car-Related Domain Names in 2015
Apple appears to have registered three car-related domain names in 2015.
As reported by MacRumors, apple.car, apple.cars, and apple.auto were registered in December 2015, though they are not yet active yet.
Apple is already involved in the auto industry with CarPlay, its iOS vehicle integration. However, some are speculating that these new domains confirm rumors of Apple's electric car project.
Project Titan, the project's apparent code name, has hundreds of employees who were poached from various automobile companies, like Tesla, Ford, and GM. According to MacRumors, one electric motorcycle startup, Missions Motors, had to "cease operations" after Apple recruited many of its employees.
Fallout 4, Witcher 3 Among GDC Award Nominees
The nominees for the 16th annual Game Developers Choice Awards have been revealed.
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, both of which are up for Game of the Year consideration, earned the most nominations with four each. Rounding out the list of GOTY contenders is Fallout 4, Rocket League and Bloodborne.
The winners across all categories—including Best Debut, Best Narrative and many others—will be revealed at the Game Developers Choice Awards ceremony on Wednesday, March 16.
See the full list categories and their respective nominees below.
$150,000 Rocket-Firing Boba Fett Figure Listed on Ebay
Do you have a spare $150,000 sitting around? Are you a die-hard Star Wars fan? If so, we have good news. A one-of-a-kind Boba Fett action figure is up for auction on eBay.
The listing (via Game Informer) is said to be "a once in a lifetime chance to own the rarest, greatest Star Wars action figure in the world," according to seller rarestarwarstoys. The 1979 Kenner figure was a prototype that the famous toy company never put into production. The item was originally shown on display at the Kenner Booth in New York City at the 1979 Toy Fair.
Can Kylo Ren Be Redeemed?
Full spoilers follow for Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Adam Driver’s Kylo Ren is one of the most interesting aspects of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Part of why he’s so compelling -- beyond Driver’s intense performance as a confused young Force-user torn between two worlds -- is because we just don’t know where the character is going to wind up in future films. His struggle to find his true path could send him into the abyss that is the dark side of the Force, or he may yet wind up realizing the error of his ways and betraying his master, Snoke. But I’ve been wondering, if the latter direction is how Ren’s story winds up playing out, can we, the audience, ever really forgive him for his sins?
Half-Life Writer Marc Laidlaw Leaves Valve
Half-Life and Half-Life 2 scribe Marc Laidlaw has confirmed his departure from Valve Software.
Laidlaw confirmed the news to Gamasutra, explaining that he "left very recently" and that he may now "return to more self-directed writing projects."
"I am no longer a full or part time Valve employee, no longer involved in day to day decisions or operations, no longer a spokesman for the company, no longer privy to most types of confidential information, no longer working on Valve games in any capacity," Laidlaw said.
"My nickname when I first started at Valve in 1997 was 'old man Laidlaw,'" he said. "The little baby level designer who gave me that that nickname is now older than I was then."
Overclocked: Let’s Talk Oculus Price
Steve Gaynor of Tacoma and Gone Home's Fullbright Company joins Mitch Dyer and Dan Stapleton to break down 2016, from Steve's game to XCOM 2, Firewatch, Oxenfree, Deus Ex, and more. In the longest Overclocked episode yet, the crew digs into the current state of PC game development and the $600 price of Oculus -- which is expensive, for sure, but isn't necessarily absurd.
Scorsese More Hands On With Vinyl Than Boardwalk Empire
Martin Scorsese and Terrence Winter - the creative team who brought us Boardwalk Empire - are back with a new HBO series about the raw, wild, and dangerous would of rock and roll in 1973. And this time, Rolling Stones' frontman Mick Jagger is a part of the producing team as well.
Vinyl stars Bobby Cannavale, Olivia Wilde, and Ray Romano, and features a much more "hands on" Scorsese than Boardwalk. Scorsese was an executive producer on Boardwalk, and directed the first episode, but when he, Winter, Jagger, and the cast appeared at the TCA Winter Press Tour, the director made it clear that he was already more involved with Vinyl's first season than with the previous series. Not only did he direct the pilot episode again, but he's been an integral contributor throughout.
New Ghostbusters Prototype Action Figures Revealed
Ghostbusters director Paul Feig has revealed Mattel's new prototype figures based on his upcoming reboot film.
Feig unveiled the figures, which stand six inches tall, in a post on Twitter. See all four of the film's leading ladies, including Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Melissa McCarthy and Leslie Jones realized in toy form below.
Our Mattel 6" prototypes. #TheresGhostbusters pic.twitter.com/utz2FZPBU0
Final Fantasy 9 Is Coming to PC in the West
Square Enix has announced that Final Fantasy IX is "coming soon" to Steam in the west.
This enhanced port of the beloved PS1 original boasts several new additions, including achievements, an auto-save function and Steam trading cards. It also features HD character models and cinematics, as well as a high speed option and no encounter mode.
The publisher has yet to provide a specific release date for Final Fantasy IX on PC, but according to its Steam product page, the game will arrive "early 2016."
New Rainbow Six Patch Addresses ‘Top Community-Raised Fixes’
An upcoming patch for Rainbow Six Siege will focus on matchmaking improvements that have been raised by the players.
The update - which rolls out on January 7 for PC, and January 14 for consoles - seeks to improve the server tick rate, enable data server selection for PC users, "refine" the quality of PvP matches, and improve the accuracy of the estimated waiting time while sitting in matchmaking lobbies.
The patch is releasing first on PC "because of the faster deployment process" and "in order to test the impact the fixes have and adjust if needed".
"Keep in mind that we will be improving with every update," says Ubisoft in a forum update. "Update 1.2 will not fix all of our current top issues and that we are actively working on fixing them as soon as possible."