QQ News - February 2016

A fire hose of geeky news headlines for the month of February, 2016.

Headlines

  • Nicholas Meyer Joins New Star Trek Series (Startrek)
  • Star Trek Creator's Son Rod Roddenberry Joins New CBS TV Series (IGN)
  • Star Trek: Bryan Fuller Named Showrunner of New CBS Series (IGN)
  • HTC Vive is $799, Ships Early April And You Can Answer Phone Calls In VR (Uploadvr)
  • Valve Sells 15,000 Vive VR Headsets in 10 Minutes (Gamerant)
  • HoloLens Development Edition Available for Pre-Order (IGN)
  • Tesla Preparing To Charge Into Affordable Car Market (NPR)
  • Scientists achieve perfect efficiency for water-splitting half-reaction (Phys)
  • Amazon Lumberyard is a free AAA game engine deeply integrated with AWS and Twitch with full source. (AWS)
  • A Message from the Assassins Creed Team (Blog)
  • Zelda, Metroid, EarthBound, More SNES Games Headed to New 3DS Virtual Console (IGN)
  • Final Fantasy 9 Available Now on iOS and Android (IGN)
  • Hideo Kojima and Guillermo Del Toro Confirmed as DICE Summit Keynote Speakers (Dicesummit)
  • Conan O'Brien Lands in South Korea, People Freak Out (Kotaku)

QQ News - January 2016

A fire hose of geeky news headlines for the month of January, 2016.

Headlines

  • Final Fantasy Adventure Remade (Rpgamer)
  • The Witness (Gameinformer)
  • XCOM Modders Announce New Strategy Game (M)
  • Homeword: Deserts of Kharak (Gameinformer)
  • Final Fantasy 9 Announced for PC and Mobile in Japan (IGN)
  • EA Won't Have Booth at E3 2016, Briefing Scheduled for Sunday Afternoon (GameSpot)
  • Steam sales in 2015 (Medium)
  • Origin PC's new Omni gaming all-in-one wraps you up in its curved screen (Cnet)
  • 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Zooms Past 'Avatar' (Forbes)
  • George Miller Says He Wont Direct Another Mad Max Sequel (Slashfilm)
  • At CES, Netflix Adds Over 130 Countries to Streaming Service (Nytimes)
  • Nintendo Alters Controversial Fire Emblem Fates Scene (M)
  • NASA Achieves Gender Equality Milestone (IGN)
  • Alan Rickman, Harry Potter and Die Hard actor, dies aged 69 (BBC)
  • Darkwing Duck Is Not Coming Back (IGN)
  • General Motors, Gazing at Future, Invests $500 Million in Lyft (Nytimes)
  • Grant Gustin 'Fully Supports' Ezra Miller as the Flash (IGN)
  • An iPhone Charging in Midair Is the Coolest CES Demo I've Ever Seen (Gizmodo)
  • Popular YouTubers Try To Trademark 'React' (Kotaku)
  • GIMPS project discovers largest known prime number (Sciencedaily)
  • New Final Fantasy 15 Character Revealed, Release Date Event Details Confirmed (IGN)
  • Carl Zeiss Smart Glasses Won't Make You Look Like A Glasshole (Tomsguide)
  • Mighty No 9 Suffers Third Delay (IGN)

QQ News - December 2015

A fire hose of geeky news headlines for the month of December, 2015.

Headlines

  • Official XCOM 2 "Retaliation" Trailer (Youtube)
  • XCOM 2 season pass and preorder bonus revealed (PcGamer)
  • Final Fantasy VII Remake Trailer (Youtube)
  • Final Fantasy 7 Remake Being Created With Unreal Engine 4 (IGN)
  • This Is Why the Final Fantasy 7 Remake Is In Multiple Parts (IGN)
  • PSX 2015: Final Fantasy 7 Remake Will Be a Multi-Part Series (IGN)
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 Trailer (Youtube)
  • Star Trek Beyond Trailer (Youtube)
  • Simon Pegg on the 'Fantastic Fun' and 'Extraordinary' Pressure of Writing Star Trek Beyond (IGN)
  • Star Trek Into Darkness' Damon Lindelof Admits Khan Twist Was a 'Mistake' (IGN)
  • Star Trek: Beyond Wraps Filming (IGN)
  • Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Trailer (Youtube)
  • Civil War (Youtube)
  • Elite Dangerous: Horizons (Youtube)
  • Independence Day: Resurgence Trailer (Youtube)
  • Independence Day: The Fate of Will Smith's Character Revealed (IGN)
  • X-Men: Apocalypse Trailer (Youtube)
  • X-Men: Apocalypse Reshoots Will Involve Hugh Jackman, So Get Speculating (Slashfilm)
  • Faeria Letter (Faeria)

QQ News - February 2015

A fire hose of geeky news headlines for the month of February, 2015.

Headlines

  • The X-Files May Return to Television (IGN)
  • Final Fantasy Puzzles and Dragons (Kotaku)
  • Metroid Prime Trilogy Coming to Wii U (IGN)
  • New 3DS XL Coming To America In February (Kotaku)
  • Nintendo's AC Adapter Policy Isn't Fair (Kotaku)
  • Final Fantasy XV Is 60 Percent Finished (Kotaku)
  • Blizzard Rewards Ten-Year World of Warcraft Vets With Statue (Kotaku)
  • Hearthstone Master Loses To Low Rank Player w/ Starter Deck (Kotaku)
  • Dota 2 Tops 1 Million Players At The Same Time (RockPaperShotgun)
  • Simon Pegg Will Co-Write Star Trek 3 (EscapistMagazine)
  • Transferring games to New 3DS XL needs a Screwdriver (Polygon)
  • Square Enix has trademarked "Square Soft" and "Enix" (Kotaku)
  • Live-Action Zelda Series May Be in the Works (EscapistMagazine)
  • Big Layoffs At EverQuest Studio Today (Kotaku)
  • Sony Sells Off Studio Behind Everquest, H1Z1 (Kotaku)
  • Amazon In Talks To Buy Stores From RadioShack (EscapistMagazine)
  • Spider-Man coming to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (IGN)
  • YouTube now defaults to HTML5 (Youtube)
  • Disney Eyeing Chris Pratt for Next Indiana Jones (EscapistMagazine)
  • Jon Stewart Is Leaving The Daily Show (Kotaku)
  • Sonic Boom is the Worst-Selling Sonic Title in History (IGN)
  • New Alien Movie Confirmed with Director Neill Blomkamp (Variety)

QQ News - January 2015

A fire hose of geeky news headlines for the month of January, 2015.

Headlines

  • Apple, the Camera Company (PetaPixel)
  • iPad Sales Slump Twelve Percent But Android Tablets Soar (Forbes)
  • Samsung Shutters Flagship London Store Amid Falling Sales (TheVerge)
  • Minecraft Creator Outbids Beyonce For $70 Million Mansion (IGN)
  • Puzzle & Dragons Super Mario Bros. Edition announced (Joystiq)
  • Nintendo Will No Longer Sell Consoles or Games in Brazil (Kotaku)
  • She Hears A Nintendo Theme Once, Makes Beautiful Music (Kotaku)
  • Nintendo Shows off The Majora's Mask Skull Kid Pre-Order Statue (IGN)
  • OC Remix celebrates 15 years of remixes with more music (Joystiq)
  • Dragon Quest Heroes May be My Favorite Warriors-Style Game (Kotaku)
  • Instagram Hits 300 Million Monthly Users (TechCrunch)
  • Final Fantasy XV Features The First Female Cid (Kotaku)
  • Clock Tower successor 'Project Scissors' becomes NightCry (Joystiq)
  • Roberto Orci Won't Direct Star Trek 3 (IGN)
  • Commander Riker Would Love to Direct Star Trek 3 (EscapistMagazine)
  • Justin Lin to Direct Star Trek 3 (IGN)
  • League Of Legends Is Building Its Own Network To Kill Lag (Kotaku)
  • Liberal Education: At This College, Videogames Are a Varsity Sport (WSJ)
  • Destiny approaching 13 million players (Joystiq)
  • Sony: PS4 sales surpass 18.5 million following holiday boom (Joystiq)
  • Leaked Windows 10 Reveals Xbox, Cortana(EscapistMagazine)
  • Spartan Browser Features Revealed (IGN)
  • Paramount Cancels Team America Screenings (EscapistMagazine)
  • Experts Skeptical of Korea's Involvement in Hack (EscapistMagazine)
  • How Much Money did The Interview Make Online? (EscapistMagazine)
  • Related: Algebra (DaringFireball)

QQ News - October 2014

A fire hose of geeky news headlines for the weeks leading to October 5th, 2014.

  • Mojang Joins Microsoft; Founders Leaving (EscapistMagazine)
  • eSports 'Not A Sport' Says ESPN President (Kotaku)
  • Forget 9: Microsoft Introduces Windows 10 (EscapistMagazine)
  • iPhone 6 Sales Pass 10 Million Mark In First Weekend (IGN)
  • iOS 8.0.1 Update Breaking Touch Id, Cellular Reception (IGN)
  • The Potato Salad Kickstarter Festival Actually Happened (Kotaku)
  • Nintendo Celebrates Its 125th Anniversary (NintendoLife)
  • Smash Bros Sells One Million Copies in Two Days (EscapistMagazine)
  • Sony Financials: $2.2 Billion Net Loss This Year (EscapistMagazine)
  • Woman Suing Disney: Claims Frozen Is Based On Her Life Story (IGN)
  • First Dragon Quest Game Heads to iOS and Android (Rpgamer)
  • Destiny Ships $500 Million (Joystiq)
  • League of Legends Completely Restarts its Lore (IGN)
  • Final Fantasy XV Director Leaves, Focusing on Kingdom Hearts III (IGN)
  • TGS 2014: Here's the new Final Fantasy 15 Trailer (IGN)
  • Final Fantasy 15 Director: Gender Bias Is "Not Healthy" (IGN)
  • The Man Who Saved Final Fantasy XV (Kotaku)
  • Final Fantasy Type-0 HD Adds Easy Mode, Cuts Co-op (Kotaku)
  • Final Fantasy 13 Trilogy To Launch On PC Starting Next Month (IGN)