Hands-On with the 12.9-inch Apple iPad Pro
In addition to a pair of new iPhones, today Apple also announced the iPad Pro, the company's largest tablet yet. Packing a 12.9-inch display, the iPad Pro has been a subject of rumors and speculations for over a year, and starting November it'll finally be making its way into homes.
With a screen large enough to roughly fit two iPad Air screens, the iPad Pro is built to deliver as much content as possible, taking advantage of iOS 9's split-screen multitasking in the process. Fortunately, Apple did a great job at keeping its super-sized tablet as light and thin as possible. The device is not much thicker than the iPad Air 2 and, at just over 1.5 pounds, weighs about the same as the original iPad.
Unlocked: The ‘Xboy’ Handheld Was Almost Real
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We make an otherwise slow Xbox news week interesting by discussing notable 9/9 gaming birthdays, discuss former Xbox boss Robbie Bach's comments on how an 'Xboy' handheld almost came to exist, analyze what we learned about Destiny thanks to a court decision involving a former longtime Bungie employee, and give our ideas for what rides we think should be at Ubisoft's planned real-life theme park in Malaysia. And one lucky winner scores a copy of Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain for Xbox One!
Cruise, Edge of Tomorrow Director Eye Sci-Fi Film
Tom Cruise is reportedly joining director Doug Liman in developing the sci-fi film Luna Park, and is also eyeing a starring role in it.
Cruise and Liman are currently waiting on a new draft of the script and nothing is set in stone yet, but Variety suggests this is an auspicious sign for a project that had long been in development limbo.
Liman's passion project was initially prepared to move forward in 2011 with Chris Evans and Andrew Garfield in leading roles. It was greenlit by Paramount, but production halted when Skydance Pictures bailed, due to its budget surpassing $100 million USD.
9 New Fall TV Shows We’re Excited For
Fall TV is upon us and as the glut of both new and returning shows begins to overwhelm, we thought we'd pause to single out some possible highlights for you. Nine new shows that we're hoping will either straight-up slay or, you know, give us warm and fuzzy feelings of hope. It's a super-crowded landscape this year, what with network, cable, and streaming sites like Netflix and Amazon all hitting us with projects, so let's cherry pick some of the best new offerings this Autumn will bring us.
To see a more comprehensive list of the TV shows coming your way over the next three months, check out IGN's big Fall TV Preview here.
All the Terminator Genisys Blu-rays Headed to Retail
He said he’d be back, and now the Terminator is arriving at retailers all across America.
The f.y.e. exclusive Endo Skull packaging.
The impending release of the latest entry into the Terminator franchise, Terminator Genisys, will hit store shelves on November 10, 2015 from Paramount Home Entertainment, but it’s coming with an explosion of various retailer-exclusive combo packs, additional content, steelbook cases and more.
Star Wars: Episode 8 to Film in Ireland This Month
Lucasfilm is heading back to the Emerald Isle for Star Wars: Episode VIII.
While earlier reports out of Ireland said that Star Wars: The Force Awakens was returning to the rocky island of Skellig Michael this month for further shooting, Entertainment Weekly now reports that the filming slated to take place there will actually be for Episode VIII.
However, EW did reveal "that smaller scale
New Dark Souls 3 Info Sheds Light On Magic, Multiplayer
Dark Souls director Hidetaka Miyazaki has revealed some new details on the upcoming Dark Souls 3, including info on how systems like fast travel, multiplayer, magic and more will work.
Speaking to Game Informer, Miyazaki explained that Dark Souls 3 will allow players to fast travel from the start, similar to the way it worked in Dark Souls 2. Also like the second game, Dark Souls 3 will let players reallocate their stats so they can easily experiment with new builds or undo unwanted leveling choices. Miyazaki isn't sure if this will be done via an item similar to Dark Souls 2's Soul Vessel, but assures, "there will be a method for players to re-assign souls."
Hands-On with Apple’s New iPhones
As expected, today Apple officially introduced the newest members of its smartphone line, the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus. While the two appear identical to their predecessors, Apple has thrown in a number of hardware and software features to differentiate themselves from last year's models. Two of the biggest changes coming to the 2015 iPhone line is the 3D Touch feature and an upgraded 12-megapixel iSight camera—as well as the new Rose Gold option, if that's your style.
3D Touch takes the Force Touch feature present on the latest MacBook and Apple Watch to the next level, and the results are rather intuitive. Utilizing pressure sensors, the phone can detect how hard you press on the screen to reveal additional contextual menus or options. From the home screen, for example, if you push on the camera icon it'll bring up additional quick launching options like going straight to the front-facing camera for a quick selfie. 3D Touch is a whole different tool from within apps, with specialized features built into each program.
Apple TV Apps Limited to Just 200 MB
Apps for Apple's newly updated Apple TV are limited to a mere 200 MB, and anything above that size limit must be streamed from Apple's cloud storage service, iCloud.
According to the app programming guide for tvOS, Apple's operating system for its all-in-one set-top box, "there is no persistent local storage for apps on Apple TV." That means every app developed for the Apple TV has to be able to store data in iCloud, and also "retrieve it in a way that provides a great customer experience."
Apple has a system in place to help developers master the streaming requirements in place for tvOS, and includes a list of "main ways apps can benefit" from being streamed from iCloud. Among the list of benefits are remote storage of rarely-used resources, such as an app tutorial, and "remote storage of in-app purchases."
Star Wars Comic Reveals Big Link to The Force Awakens
Warning: beware of spoilers for Star Wars: Shattered Empire #1!
In today’s Star Wars: Shattered Empire #1 by writer Greg Rucka and artist Marco Checchetto, we met Poe Dameron’s parents: Rebel soldier Kes Dameron and A-Wing pilot Shara Bey. Poe Dameron is an X-Wing pilot in the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Awakens movie, played by actor Oscar Isaac.
Seeing how this comic is part of Disney’s “Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens” campaign that will bridge the gap between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens, it makes sense that it would start out by creating a strong link to the December release.