EA and Respawn teased Titanfall fans last month by announcing the highly-anticipated shooter would be getting a beta before launch. Now, one month before the game’s release, EA has officially announced that beta will begin on Valentine’s Day.
Fans can now register for the closed beta test through the Titanfall website. The test is being held for both Xbox One and PC on Friday, February 14. Players will need an Origin account to register for the event.
Francios Hollande, French President and rumored philanderer, attended Tuesday night’s state dinner with the Obamas all by himself shortly after a very public scandal and break up with his first lady.
Fiat-Chrysler's Fiat brand will kick off a marketing campaign Thursday for the 500L to help differentiate the four-door hatchback from the smaller two-door Fiat 500 minicar.The campaign begins with a national 60-second commercial on TV and online called "Mirage," featuring entertainer Sean "Diddy" Combs.In the spot, created by agency Doner, two distressed men are shown trudging across a hot desert landscape.
Caribou Coffee, whose previous out-of-home ad stunts have included heated bus shelters in Minneapolis, is back with another special campaign—a giant, five-story-tall Pinterest board built (with help from ad agency Colle+McVoy) at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn. Caribou used pinned images from fans as inspiration for its new Real Inspiration Blend blend of coffee. That sounds like a stretch, but the giant Pinterest board is pretty impressive.
Toyota is recalling nearly 1.9 million Prius cars to fix a software malfunction that in the worst case scenario, could cause the hybrid vehicles to lose power and shut down mid-drive.
Around 700,000 of the cars are being recalled in North America, and even more in Japan.
“Toyota will update the motor/generator control ECU and hybrid control ECU software on certain Model Year 2010-2014 Prius vehicles,” said the company in a press release.
Google officially closed its acquisition of Nest on Friday, just after gaining approval from the Federal Trade Commission.
The company revealed in an SEC filing (via Re/code) that the transaction closed on February 7th. Here’s the relevant snippet:
Media's resident curmudgeon Brian Jacobs reminds all digital pioneers there's still much to be gained from knowing advertising's history.
Did your inner child ever think it would be cool to see Aladdin, Belle, or Ariel do more than traipse around Disneyland with a smile so fake that it looked kind of painful?
Sure, they did. Our inner kids still want to see them do a full out majestic song and dance routine – and that’s just what the cast of Frozen offered fans this weekend.
Ever since the release of Demon’s Souls in 2009, gamers have been clamoring for more hardcore action RPGs that push their skills to the limit. Now a Western RPG developer is taking their crack at the Souls formula.
Lords of the Fallen, an upcoming hardcore Western action RPG from CI Games, has been shrouded in mystery since its announcement last year. While we’ve heard quite a bit about the game, we almost went a year without seeing any gameplay. With the game coming out later this year, the developers are now beginning to show off some gameplay.
Oscar Pistorius, South African Paralympian-turned-pariah, has at least one thing off his plate before facing trial for murder: He has agreed to an out of court settlement in an assault case unrelated to the murder of his former girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.