Selasa, 03 Januari 2012

Shenmue mobile social game cancelled in Japan



Being a die-hard Shenmue fan like is a fairly upsetting experience.

Having seen only two of a planned trilogy of games released on the amazing Sega Dreamcast, Shenmue fans in the west will now have to hold a candlelight vigil for the mobile social game Shenmue Gai (a.k.a. Shenmue Town), which has been cancelled after a year of operations.

The formerly Japan-only title was a free-to-play game which wasn't a port or conversion. Instead, it was built on the world and story of the main series.



It was expected to evolve into a smartphone and browser-based game later down the line (Shenmue creator Suzuki hinted last year at a iOS port), but - as with everything Shenmue-related - things don't seem to have worked out.

Console yourself with the above picture of Ryo sporting his plaster and Nozomi wearing her trademark white jumper.

RIP Shenmue.


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Mobile Things That Won't Happen In 2012
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Here are five things we probably won't see take place in the mobile industry in 2012, along with a few that might. By Eric Zeman InformationWeek Plenty of good things and plenty of bad things happened throughout 2011 in the mobile industry and the same ...
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Mobile Digital Divide: Personal Apps Vs. Work Apps
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Today, consumers can do almost anything on a mobile device, from banking to taking a sample driver's license test. Many businesses have jumped through hoops to provide customers with phenomenal native Apple and Android smartphone and tablet apps ...
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Intel Confronts Qualcomm in Vegas Mobile-Device Standoff: Tech
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MacroSolve Continues Mobile App Patent Enforcement -- Files Ten Lawsuits ...
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The patent, a significant intellectual property asset to MacroSolve, further advances its position as a leader in the mobile solutions market. The patent addresses mobile information collection systems across all wireless networks, smartphones, ...
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G'Five cuts mobile price up to 30%
Times of India
NEW DELHI: Mobile handset maker G'Five said it has slashed product prices between 10-30 per cent across the board against the current trend of hiking rates by competitors due to depreciating rupee. "G'Five is one of the biggest manufacture of mobile ...
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Soffront Enhances Mobile CRM Platform
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Soffront Software Inc., a leading provider of cloud CRM software, today announced their enhancedmobile CRM platform. Soffront Software Inc., a leading provider of cloud CRM software, today announced their enhanced mobile CRM platform. ...
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T-Mobile Rings in 2012 with the "New Year, New Phone Sale"
MarketWatch (press release)
6--8, all T-Mobile smartphones and select mobile broadband devices are available for as little as $0--$49.99 net down BELLEVUE, Wash., Jan 03, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Following last year's successful holiday promotions such as "Magenta Saturday" and ...
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GlobalMed Introduces New Mobile Telemedicine Carts and Tablet PC with HP
MarketWatch (press release)
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Jan 03, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- GlobalMed today announced it is partnering with HP to introduce three new mobile telemedicine carts and a tablet PC solution powered by HP Workstations and EliteBook PCs that will bring doctors and ...
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Mobile Devices New Target For Hackers
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"Mobile devices are far behind where PCs are from a security perspective," says Gary Davis of McAfee. His company says hackers will take advantage of that lack of security to get viruses into your phone and tablet and try to steal your personal data. ...
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Damaka Launches Xriz™, World's First Mobile Video Client for Asterisk® PBX in ...
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60 Genius Brands to watch in 2012
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Mobile social sharing app, Path proved in 2011 that despite the theory that all people should share everything openly (like Facebook advocates), some demographics are simply not ready for social sharing public, or are early adopters and have tired of ...
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2012 advertising trends : Data-Based Media Buying, More Contextual Ads and ...
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New York: Online advertising took significant leaps forward in 2011, and, riding a wave of technological advancements and savvy companies looking at not just click-through rates but actual visitor engagement, should continue to generate positive brand ...
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What 2011 has taught us about mobile for 2012
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The industry may have forecasted more rapid brand adoption than what was achieved, but this doesn't mean that mobile didn't make it, because it certainly has. And now, due to a number of important reasons, it is about to explode. ...
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2012: Year Of Mobile
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Autodesk Starts Testing Android Mobile Apps
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Specifically, for a design application like Design Review mobile, certain Android hardware is better equipped to handle the kinds of data our customers will be working with than others. Tellerman says an Android version of Design Review mobile was the ...
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CES 2012 Preview: Ultrabooks Everywhere
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Google is expected to announce new hardware partners--possibly electronics maker LG and Samsung--and new chip hardware, possibly ARM-based chips, which could make Google TV less expensive than the current generation of devices that rely on Intel ...
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How to get rid of old hardware responsibly
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Apple's recycling programs let you recycle Mac batteries and iPods in its Apple Stores (the latter for ten percent off a new model), or you can mail iPods and any mobile phone to Apple for recycling. You can also ship them your old iPhone, ...
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Flurry: 1.2 Billion Mobile Apps Were Downloaded Over The Holidays
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Mobile Device Management Alone Is Not Enough for BYOD
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Christmas Smartphone And Mobile Device Activations Hit Record High; Did Apple ...
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T-Mobile Announces “New Year, New Phone” Sale, Rings In 2012
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Almost all of T-Mobile's devices are available for $49.99 or less. Of course, each deal requires a mail-in rebate card and the selection of a qualifying unlimited Value Plan. Payments start at around $10 per month on phones or $5 per month on mobile ...
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e-Cycle Donates Nearly $19000 to JDRF from Mobile Phone Recycling Campaign
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15 through the 23. e-Cycle donated $1 for every mobile phone the company purchased or recycled during the week. Chris Irion, e-Cycle founder and father of a daughter diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, said the goal of the promotion was to raise awareness ...
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Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II for Tegra 3 mobile devices
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According to an article over on Mobile Mag, Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 2 for Android will be released sometime in 2012; however the new episode will be available to Tegra 3 sporting devices to enable Android gamers to take advantage of the “improved...
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Phones Review
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Online buying was up both on Christmas Day and during the holiday season as a whole, and a large percentage of that buying was done with mobile devices. Over 90 percent of mobile device shopping was done with iPads and iPhones, ...
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Apple iOS 5 trounces Windows Phone browser in speed tests
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By AppleInsider Staff An unofficial benchmarking video shows Microsoft's native Windows Phone 7.5 Mango browser lags behind Apple's Safari for iOS in various speed tests, with the Nokia Lumia 800 testbed even being outperformed by an iPhone 4 running ...
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Nokia Smartphone Pressure Heats Up in 2012
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By Jim Wilkerson Nokia's (NYSE:NOK) entry in China's market in 2012 will be the launch of its Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) Windows Phone 7.5 Mango smart phones. High-end models could come from challengers, HTC and Samsung Electronics, as well as ZTE, ...
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