The 3DS is banging on all cylinders these days. While this morning’s most intriguing development is still clouded in mystery, there’s still quite a bit on the immediate horizon for people to be excited about, especially for our friends across the pond.

Planning is essential when confronted with a lengthy list of potentially cash-worthy releases, so it’s a good thing Nintendo has released an updated European 3DS release schedule, which you can check out after the break.

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Peep this European 3DS release schedule originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 23 Feb 2012 02:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Battlefield 3: Aftershock is MIA from the iOS App Store due to a lack of quality. IGN got a hold of a communique from EA, in which the publisher stated it is committed to delivering quality mobile entertainment and, therefore, decided to remove the game.

An EA spokesperson said the company is “currently re-evaluating the app” in response to the consumer feedback. Sounds like the 2.5 star rated app, which suffered complaints about its controls and multiplayer, may not return to the app arena any time soon.

Battlefield 3: Aftershock pulled from App Store originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Battlefield 3: Aftershock is MIA from the iOS App Store due to a lack of quality. IGN got a hold of a communique from EA, in which the publisher stated it is committed to delivering quality mobile entertainment and, therefore, decided to remove the game.

An EA spokesperson said the company is “currently re-evaluating the app” in response to the consumer feedback. Sounds like the 2.5 star rated app, which suffered complaints about its controls and multiplayer, may not return to the app arena any time soon.

Battlefield 3: Aftershock pulled from App Store originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sony’s Vice President and Managing Director from the UK and Ireland, Fergal Gara, talked with Eurogamer at the PS Vita launch last night in London, and said there’s a lot more in store for the new handheld console. The current pricing and memory concerns are the results of “early days.”

On price, for example, Gara says that the system is priced as low as Sony could get it on launch day, “not a lot above an iPod and a hell of a long way below a good tablet.” Given the hardware included, Gara says Sony “priced it as attractively as we could afford to, frankly,” with an eye toward creating a lasting product over the next few years.

Gara also admitted memory is a concern, with hefty downloadable games filling memory cards up quickly. Having learned from the Japanese Vita release, he says, Sony is already securing memory, chips and deals to release bigger cards in the UK, and presumably in North America as well.

Sony VP in UK and Ireland talks Vita pricing, says bigger memory cards on the way originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sony’s Vice President and Managing Director from the UK and Ireland, Fergal Gara, talked with Eurogamer at the PS Vita launch last night in London, and said there’s a lot more in store for the new handheld console. The current pricing and memory concerns are the results of “early days.”

On price, for example, Gara says that the system is priced as low as Sony could get it on launch day, “not a lot above an iPod and a hell of a long way below a good tablet.” Given the hardware included, Gara says Sony “priced it as attractively as we could afford to, frankly,” with an eye toward creating a lasting product over the next few years.

Gara also admitted memory is a concern, with hefty downloadable games filling memory cards up quickly. Having learned from the Japanese Vita release, he says, Sony is already securing memory, chips and deals to release bigger cards in the UK, and presumably in North America as well.

Sony VP in UK and Ireland talks Vita pricing, says bigger memory cards on the way originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Our fellow bloggers at Engadget have gotten their hands on the Blade laptop from Razer (the very first commercial fruits of that “Switchblade” concept seeded so long ago), and the unit gets some high marks, despite some significant flaws. The worst issue with the laptop seems to be the audio (the built-in speakers are so bad that Engadget suspected their unit was broken somehow), but in general the problem with the Blade seems that it’s tuned for a mix of portability and performance, which means neither gets to be perfect.

Yes, the Blade is sleek and super thin for a PC laptop, but it trades on that build by being a “gaming” unit that doesn’t play StarCraft 2 or Skyrim on their highest settings perfectly. And that’s something that Engadget would definitely like “the world’s first true gaming laptop” to do. For the sticker price of $2,799, Razer traded a little too much performance for the admittedly impressive form factor.

But while Engadget doesn’t recommend the laptop wholeheartedly, the site does praise the Blade’s “bright and delectably tactile” LED buttons. The article surmises we’ll see those types of controls again soon, either in Razer hardware, or units from other device manufacturers.

Engadget evaluates Razer Blade performance originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Our fellow bloggers at Engadget have gotten their hands on the Blade laptop from Razer (the very first commercial fruits of that “Switchblade” concept seeded so long ago), and the unit gets some high marks, despite some significant flaws. The worst issue with the laptop seems to be the audio (the built-in speakers are so bad that Engadget suspected their unit was broken somehow), but in general the problem with the Blade seems that it’s tuned for a mix of portability and performance, which means neither gets to be perfect.

Yes, the Blade is sleek and super thin for a PC laptop, but it trades on that build by being a “gaming” unit that doesn’t play StarCraft 2 or Skyrim on their highest settings perfectly. And that’s something that Engadget would definitely like “the world’s first true gaming laptop” to do. For the sticker price of $2,799, Razer traded a little too much performance for the admittedly impressive form factor.

But while Engadget doesn’t recommend the laptop wholeheartedly, the site does praise the Blade’s “bright and delectably tactile” LED buttons. The article surmises we’ll see those types of controls again soon, either in Razer hardware, or units from other device manufacturers.

Engadget evaluates Razer Blade performance originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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BioWare has confirmed that the Mass Effect 3 “From Ashes” DLC that leaked on Xbox Live Marketplace yesterday is one of the items included with the Collector’s Edition. The extra character, mission and outfits will also be sold separately (at 800 MSP / $10) for owners of the game’s standard version.

Mass Effect 3 producer Michael Gamble hit the BioWare forums to clarify some stuff surrounding the exact components of the DLC. You’ll want to avoid it if you don’t want to learn the identity of what we shall tactfully refer to as “the extra, downloadable person.”

[Thanks, Patrick.]

Mass Effect 3 ‘From Ashes’ DLC also sold separately from Collector’s Edition originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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BioWare has confirmed that the Mass Effect 3 “From Ashes” DLC that leaked on Xbox Live Marketplace yesterday is one of the items included with the Collector’s Edition. The extra character, mission and outfits will also be sold separately (at 800 MSP / $10) for owners of the game’s standard version.

Mass Effect 3 producer Michael Gamble hit the BioWare forums to clarify some stuff surrounding the exact components of the DLC. You’ll want to avoid it if you don’t want to learn the identity of what we shall tactfully refer to as “the extra, downloadable person.”

[Thanks, Patrick.]

Mass Effect 3 ‘From Ashes’ DLC also sold separately from Collector’s Edition originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It makes sense. More individuals are streaming Netflix on their consoles and, as of last summer, the Wii was used to stream Netflix most often. According to a report on AdWeek, Nintendo is working out deals with major content providers right now for the Wii’s successor, the Wii U.

AdWeek’s sources say that Nintendo is aiming for parity between video streaming and gaming, much like what Microsoft did with the latest version of the Xbox 360 Dashboard. Sources say Nintendo held meetings back at CES in Las Vegas focusing on sports and music — one source in particular says that Nintendo is working with Comcast right now for cable distribution rights.

It’s all pretty forward-thinking stuff for Nintendo, if true. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata recently spoke about NFC payments and microtransactions on Wii U, showing an interest in broadening the system’s financial model. The Wii U will launch by “the year-end season.”

Report: Nintendo negotiating Wii U video content streaming originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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