Sony Online Entertainment announced that the long-awaited cross-server Battleground will go live on February 16th. Time to bring that old level 85 elf out of retirement and strap on those green spandex battle-guards as one of the biggest events in the history of EeverQuest approaches. For subscribers of the long-running MMO no what matter server your character is on players will be able to participate in epic player-vs-player bouts with up to 48 players in arena-style bouts. According to t...more

War Machine won't be the only one helping Iron Man in his next adventure. He'll also be assisted by Grammy-nominated band Lamb of God. No, Lamb of God won't be appearing as playable characters. They will be supplying an exclusive song for Iron Man 2: The Video Game, though. Quick, someone make a joke noting that Lamb of God plays heavy metal music while Iron Man wears a suit made of heavy metal. It would be a really clever observation. Iron Man 2: The Video Game hits the Xbox 360, PSP, Wii, a...more

The Amazon Kindle is have some amount of sorting-off things that have been climbing up their legs, with the pricing problems and all. In the mean time, Barnes and Noble have made the most of this and decided to bring out the Nook. It’s like making hay while the sun shines. Surely, the Nook will be a hot favorite among Valentine’s Day shopper, now that it’s all new and all. There’s also a cool Nook locator for those who wish to hunt for the stores that retail the product. These will be stocked f...more

With a form factor that puts all near competition out of contention, the uber sleek and uber slim LG Mini GD880 is made ‘in response to specific requests from actual consumers’. The existing customers of LG seem to be having a problem with the excess bulk of the full-touch (3.2” screen) phones that are available presently. Under the sleek, sexy and slim hood comes some interesting features like 7.2 Mbps HSDPA, Wi-Fi, a-GPS, FM and even a cool 5 megapixel camera. The phone is most likely aimed a...more

iPhone repair site iResQ believes that it has received a cool front panel of what may well be, the front panel of the 4th generation iPhone. The store revealed three images that are supposed to bear witness to this holy truth. From the images we can deduce that the LCD seems to be glued to the digitizer which resembles the gen-1 iPhones. The panel in question here also seems to be slightly longer than the original ones. A reflective sensor decks the area near the speaker. No idea as to what exa...more

A movie version of 24 has been rumored only slightly less than that always promised but never happening Arrested Development movie. Here's the latest development in the potential big screen adventures of Jack Bauer: EW says it may finally happen. We've heard that before, damn it. Their source says the studio is in talks with Billy State, the screenwriter of Russell Crowe's State of Play, to come up with a big screen take on the franchise. He's already pitched his idea to the studio. Except, ...more

Kalicanthus Entertainment announced that an open-beta test session will take place for their upcoming MMORPG, Craft of Gods, and they're accepting registrants now. This is probably the first time Ive heard of an open-beta, closed-testing session but I guess there's a first for everything. According to the press release The first Open Beta session will take place from Thursday, February 18th 2.30 pm CET, to Sunday, February 21th 2.30 pm CET. During this period the level cap will be 10. Other s...more

PopCap Games announced a new release date today for the iPhone port of Plants vs. Zombies. It seems they'll make their mid-February target after all. The tower defense game was expected last month but then given a last-minute delay by PopCap. It'll arrive on the App Store on Monday, February 15th. That's George Washington's birthday, which is perfect considering how much he liked training plants to massacre the undead. In addition to announcing the date, PopCap sent out a new trailer. It's go...more

To hell with pants, and the pantsy regimes supported by ads like this one. At first, I loved this commercial. It struck my soul as a deep and loving ode to the joy that all men feel when unconfined from the tyranny of pants. Then Dockers had to screw it all up by suggesting that the brave patriots in this short were wrong to love their un-inhibited pantsless-ness. Don't listen to the lies of the Man! Pants are the chains that bind our bodies to the Machine. Free your legs and free your mind!

There is an app for just about everything on the iPhone. Games are what we mostly see for the device, but hoards of other apps for things from tracking how much you eat to finding your way around the country are available. AT&T has announced the launch of a new app for the iPhone that lets families track where other family members are at all times. The app is called the AT&T FamilyMap App and it is available now on the App Store. The app lets you track the location of another family member on a...more