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Microsoft fined $731 million for locking European users into Internet Explorer, again Add a comment A faulty Windows 7 update that rolled out in Europe two years ago just cost Microsoft a whopping $731 million – a fine imposed on the software giant by the European Commission (the European Union’s anti-trust authority), following an anti-trust investigation for violating an agreement made in 2009. via: www.digitaltrends.com

Green Throttle Arena Turns Android Gaming into Hardcore Experience! Charles Huang, Guitar Hero co-developer together with Palm’s Matt Crowley have created Green Throttle Games and are looking to transform Android tablets and smartphones into full-scale gaming consoles. They have been developing a new gaming solution called Green Throttle Arena, which has just been launched a few days back. via: techshash.com

Miyamoto Prepares Nintendo For His Retirement The man who created Mario, Zelda, Pikmin, StarFox, and Donkey Kong turns 61 this year, and has to start thinking about what the company will do when he’s no longer there. Shigeru Miyamoto, the man who created a large bulk of Nintendo’s most popular franchises, is getting old, and his retirement is on the horizon. via: www.escapistmagazine.com

Ace Attorney Collection 3DS Has Been Proposed By Capcom US Christian Svensson, Capcom’s Corporate Officer and Senior Vice-President, has revealed via the Capcom Unity forums that he has suggested to Capcom that they should create an Ace Attorney Collection for the Nintendo 3DS. Unfortunately, this is something he has been asking for the past few years with no solid response. via: mynintendonews.com

EA, your SimCity is broke EA, your SimCity is broke A cautionary tale goes ignored From: Comment: I’ve been putting a lot of time into SimCity over the past few nights, whenever the temperamental servers would permit it. I’m not able to experiment with the social features as much as I’d like to, because they’re not really working. via: www.gamesradar.com

Dead Space Is Probably Pining For The Fjords It’s not pinin’! It’s passed on! This franchise is no more! It has ceased to be! It’s expired and gone to meet its maker! It’s a stiff! Bereft of life, it rests in peace! Its metabolic processes are now ‘istory! It’s off the twig! via: www.rockpapershotgun.com

Cowabunga! ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows’ Game Trailer For game fans growing up in the 1980s, few tie-in games were as enjoyable, and at the same time downright frustrating, as Konami’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles title on the NES. Ever since that time, the lean, green, pizza-eating,… via: gamerant.com

Rumor: Galaxy S4 to introduce eye-tracking that will autoscroll text as you read Add a comment According to the latest rumor, Samsung is enhancing the Smart Stay feature seen on the Galaxy S3 for the release of the Galaxy S4, as it’ll introduce a sister feature dubbed eye scrolling on its new flagship phone. via: www.digitaltrends.com

Assassin’s Creed 4′s ‘disgraceful’ whaling criticised by PETA Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag will let players engage in a spot of whaling – that is, hunting down whales with harpoons. Animal rights group PETA has slammed the game for the treatment of our underwater allies. via: www.vg247.com

Square Enix Hints At Localization Of Bravely Default: Flying Fairy Square Enix apparently notices the demand by Western consumers for Nintendo 3DS-exclusive Bravely Default: Flying Fairy, which launched last year in Japan. Via the official Twitter account for the role-playing game, the company is supposedly hinting that it will eventually come to the West,… via: mynintendonews.com