Posts Tagged ‘games’

LG IT SOLUTIONS AND UBISOFT LAUNCH NEW PARTNERSHIP

November 15th, 2011 by Dave@LGUK
 
Slough, Berkshire, 15 November, 2011 – LG Electronics (LG) and leading videogame publisher Ubisoft have partnered to launch a new consumer promotion in UK and Ireland, to give away one free copy of the Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood PC game with every purchase of the LG D2342P 23” 3D monitor. Running from the 1st November through to the 7th December, this offer is reflective of the strong partnership between LG and Ubisoft and the efforts and commitment of both companies to provide the ultimate 3D gaming experience with their products. LG, a leading manufacturer of 3D products, has a...
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LG TAPPED TO INTRODUCE CAPCOM’S STREET FIGHTER IV ON UPCOMING HD SMARTPHONES

September 19th, 2011 by Dave@LGUK
 
LG Electronics announced today that it has entered into an exclusive deal with CAPCOM, Japan’s legendary game developer known for creating multi-million selling franchises. The agreement gives LG exclusive rights to Street Fighter IV on its first HD Android smartphone for three months after its launch. The Street Fighter series, which debuted in 1987, is found on millions of game consoles and in arcades all over the word but has never before been offered on the Android platform. Street Fighter IV will make its Android smartphone debut on LG’s global apps site in the fourth quarter. “We are honored to...
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The Fun Factor

October 20th, 2009 by Dave@LGUK
 
This lovely piece of digital creativity has kept us entertained this afternoon so I thought I would share it with you. It is part of a series of 3 clips from a Swedish campaign designed to improve the city of Stockholm in different ways, as well as putting a smile on your face. Check out the video below, it will brighten up your afternoon. This great clip has got me in a musical mood and I have been playing the piano app on my Chocolate BL40 all afternoon, any...
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Charlotte and the Crystal GD-900 Camera & M-Toy

August 19th, 2009 by Dave@LGUK
 
We asked a real-life teenager to take a look at the camera & M-Toy functionality of the new LG Crystal GD-900. Say hello to...
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Cryptozoo: Bringing weird wildlife to the streets

June 16th, 2009 by Dave@LGUK
 
Cryptozoo is a "secret world of strange and fast-moving creatures", it is also a social networking and real-world game designed by Jane McGonigal for the American Heart Association. The game is part of an AHA initiative in collaboration with the Institute for the Future to "re-invent physical activity with the help of online games and social media". CryptoZoo is about inventing the future of physical activity, about making play and gaming a bigger part of how we take care of ourselves. CrytpoZoo is a proof-of-concept game, a way for us to show what physical activity could (and we think, should) be like...
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Akoha – the online game that aims to make real world better

May 29th, 2009 by Dave@LGUK
 
Akoha is an rather special online game - it combines social networking, online gaming and real-world activity to help make the world a better place. Players carry out real life and virtual 'missions' such as “Donate an Hour of Your Time” or “Make Someone Smile” to collect points, recruit new players and, as important, spread good deeds and perform little acts of kindness. It's still in Beta, having only launched at the TechCrunch50 conference last September, but it's already seen more than 3,000 mission plays in 37 countries and was selected as a finalist for GamesBeat2009’s Who’s Got Game? start-up competition...
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Timewasters both fun and educational

October 2nd, 2008 by Dave@LGUK
 
I may be slow on the uptake here(?) but I've just come across Yearbook Yourself a great little site where you upload a photo of yourself for a chance to see what you would look like in yearbook photos from the 1950’s through to the 'noughties'. It's been a real distraction in our office this morning, possibly in part because we poor Brits are rather neglected when it comes to yearbooks - the closest comparison I have is a uniform blouse which everyone in my class scrawled all over on the last day of school, most of it illegible because...
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