Softpedia News - GlobalSoftpedia News - GlobalBratz: The Movie Unlockables (PS2)- July 2, 2008 Bratz: The Movie is a video game developed by Blitz Games and Barking Lizards Technologies and published by THQ. It was launched in 2007 for four platforms, the Game Cube, the PlayStation 2 from Sony, the Game Boy Arcade and the Nintendo DS. The video game is based on the movie, which was released on DVD, called Bratz The Movie and on the doll line called Bratz. The gameplay of Bratz: The Movie is more or less the same as its predecessor Bratz: Forever Diamondz. The game offers four playable.http://news.softpedia.com/news/Bratz-The-Movie-Unloclkables-PS2-88979.shtml Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore Achievements (Xbox 360)- July 2, 2008 Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore is one of the many games created by Rock Band developer Harmonix in the Karaoke Revolution series. Even though the game has quite a few similarities with the aforementioned Rock Band, it is a really successful title that still fights head to head against the better known SingStar. An interesting thing about the game&039;s mechanics is that it does not try to understand the words of the singer, but detects the pitch of the voice. This means...http://news.softpedia.com/news/Karaoke-Revolution-Presents-American-Idol-Encore-Achievemen... Sony Patents Touchscreen and Digital Tactile Pixels- July 1, 2008 Sony Computer Entertainment America has recently obtained a patent that details its plans to create, as the patent states, a "hand-held device with touchscreen and digital tactile pixels". This is the patent that will most likely lead to all those rumors regarding the PlayStation Portable 2.0 or the PlayStation Phone. Sony has listed a whole array of potential applications for the new patent, including phone, portable media player, e-mail device, web browser and navigation device. The US...http://news.softpedia.com/news/Sony-Patents-Touchscreen-and-Digital-Tactile-Pixels-88948.s... Lost Odyssey Achievements (Xbox 360)- July 1, 2008 Lost Odyssey is a role playing game (RPG) developed exclusively for the Xbox 360 console by Mistwalker and published by Microsoft. The game was released on the 6th of December 2007 in Japan, the 8th of February 2008 in Australia, the 12th of February 2008 in North America and the 29th of February of the same year in Europe. Just like the first title developed by Mistwalker, it received generally good reviews. The gameplay of Lost Odyssey is similar to what the first titles in the Final...http://news.softpedia.com/news/Lost-Odyssey-Achievements-Xbox-360-88989.shtml Bratz: Rock Angelz Cheats II (PS2)- July 1, 2008 Bratz: Rock Angelz is a video game developed by Blitz Games and Barking Lizards Technologies and published by THQ. It was launched in 2005 for four platforms, the Game Cube, the PlayStation 2 from Sony, the PC and the Game Boy Advance. The video game is based on the movie, which was released on DVD, called Bratz Passion 3 Rock Angelz and on the doll line called Rock Angelz. The game offers four playable characters, called Yasmin, Cloe, Sasha and Jade. The in-game currency is represented by...http://news.softpedia.com/news/Bratz-Rock-Angelz-Cheats-II-PS2-88971.shtml PlayStation 3 Cost Sony 3.3 Billion- July 1, 2008 Sony has filled a report with the Securities and Exchange Commission which details the way the PlayStation 3 has shaped how the company views the console manufacturing business, while also revealing some very interesting figures regarding its cost and how Sony plans to turn it into a profitable one. Apparently, the total cost of development, production and marketing for the PlayStation 3 since its launch date are a staggering 3.3 billion dollars. The costs are not covered by the profits made.http://news.softpedia.com/news/PlayStation-3-Cost-Sony-3-3-Billion-88957.shtml XtremeMac Acquired by Imation- July 1, 2008 On Monday, Imation Corp announced its acquisition of Xtreme Accessories LLC, also known as XtremeMac. XtremeMac is responsible for some of the most stylish iPod and iPhone accessories, and has generated approximately $25 million of revenue in 2007. Imation, the world&039;s biggest provider of removable data storage products, made it official yesterday that it has acquired "substantially all of the assets of privately held Xtreme Accessories, LLC". The deal was signed as follows: 7 Million...http://news.softpedia.com/news/XtremeMac-Acquired-by-Imation-88995.shtml Games Go to Libraries- July 1, 2008 People might think that gamers spend all their free time playing games, but librarians say that&039;s not the truth: just as grandmas and aunties become gamers and get totally hooked on the Wii (hey, at least it&039;s a start!), hardcore gamers are beginning to show up in some nontraditional places, such as public libraries. Of course, until now, there havent been too many gaming-equipped book lenders but things are about to change if the American Library Association (ALA) succeeds and launch...http://news.softpedia.com/news/Games-Go-to-Libraries-88956.shtml Bratz: Forever Diamondz Cheats II (PS2)- July 1, 2008 Bratz: Forever Diamondz is a video game developed by Blitz Games and Barking Lizards Technologies and published by THQ. It was launched in 2006 for four platforms, the Game Cube, the PlayStation 2 from Sony, the Game Boy Arcade and the Nintendo DS. It is based on the movie, which was released on DVD, called Bratz Passion 4 Fashion Diamondz and on the doll line called Forever Diamondz. The gameplay of Bratz: Forever Diamondz is more or less the same as its predecessor Bratz: Rock Angelz. The..http://news.softpedia.com/news/Bratz-Forever-Diamondz-Cheats-II-PS2-88968.shtml Kids to Program Their LEGO Robots Using WeDo- July 1, 2008 LEGO Education, The LEGO Group&039;s educational division, has announced LEGO Education WeDo, one of the company&039;s new educational products. The Mac-compatible tool teaches classroom robotics to students 7-11 years of age. Using the provided software, primary school students are going to be able to program the robots they craft out of LEGO pieces. WeDo is touted as bridging the physical world (represented by LEGO models) and the virtual world (computers and programming software)...http://news.softpedia.com/news/Kids-to-Program-Their-LEGO-Robots-Using-WeDo-88973.shtml |