The REAL Iron Man

Wang Kang, who works for a telecom company in Shanghai, you spend three months making a costume out of high density foam, wires, and tubes; then you wear it into the office and frighten the Hell out of your coworkers. Kang's costume is extremely detailed. Not only that, but it weighs approximately eight stone (112 lbs), which means that walking around in the outfit must've been insanely uncomfortable. According to Wang, "no colleagues knew my mission. Some of them froze there seeing me approach. Some were even screaming in fear."

The costume, which is of the Mark I armor, is promised to be the first of many from the young man. Wang wanted to work on the Mark I so he could refine his skills and then work on a Mark II outfit. While photos and videos of the costume in action have been circulating the Web to a ton of acclaim, at least a few folks were less than amused with Wang's costume. Apparently his supervisors demanded that he be escorted off company property by a security guard.

Wii U Due Next Spring/Summer

Nintendo's Wii U launched to a confused reception at E3 last week - the game industry at large appeared to welcome the new platform but, at the same time, stock market trading dropped Nintendo's share value to a five-year low.

Social Media Infographic

Here's a great picture that shows how social networks currently stand. Interestingly, Facebook is only mentioned once in this data!

Data compiled by Ignite Social Media

Nintendo's Wii's Successor Announced at E3

Reggie Fils-Aime revealed Nintendo's new console and its controller live on stage at the company's E3 press conference today. The new system is known as Wii U, and the controller features a large 6.2 inch touchscreen onto which games can be projected. You won't need to give up your gameplay when someone else comes into the room and wants to watch TV.

NGP Officially Named Playstation Vita

At E3, Sony unveiled that the NGP will be named Playstation Vita, and the handheld will pack AT&T-exclusive 3G. The Vita has 2 version, the 3G, and the Wi-fi ( iPad much? ). And they cost quite a hefty sum too! $US/EU299 for 3G, or $US/EU249 for Wi-Fi only. Though it is still under Nintendo's 3DS's price.

3DS eShop Open!

After a slight delay, the 3DS eShop is now open for business. That’s just one numerous features enabled in a major system update that just went live a few moments ago. Gamers can also use the system’s Internet browser and transfer DSiWare games from their DSi/DSi XL system to the 3DS. Supposedly system owners can enable automatic updates as well.
Source : Nintendo Everything

Nintendo Hacked

Seems like there's nowhere safe in the internet! Nintendo Co. said Sunday that a server for its U.S. unit's website had been hacked into but that no company or customer information was compromised, marking the first time the Japanese gaming giant has been targeted in widespread global hacking attacks.

A Couple Of PSN Updates

First and foremost, here's a great video on why Anonymous didn't cause the PSN outage. And I personally agree with him. Simply put, there are no lulz on the PSN outage, the only thing there was boredom, and criminal activity.

DS Lite Discontinued, Price Down to 100 $

Nintendo announced that it is dropping the suggested retail price of the DS Lite to $100, effective June 5. The move adds weight to reports that the handheld has been discontinued. A recently leaked internal memo from GameSpot indicated that Nintendo is retiring the DS Lite and would no longer produce the system.

Source:
Electronista

PSN Full Restoration In Sight

Sony Corporation and Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) announced today that Sony Network Entertainment International (SNEI, the company) will fully restore all PlayStation®Network services in the Americas, Europe/PAL territories and Asia, excluding Japan, Hong Kong, and South Korea by the end of this week

Twitter Released Information to Court

South Tyneside Council says Twitter has released information after it acted in a US court to identify a Twitter user behind allegedly libellous statements.

The council went to court in California after three councillors and an official complained they were libelled in a blog called "Mr Monkey".

Council spokesman Paul Robinson said information had been disclosed by Twitter to its lawyers.

This was "being analysed by technical experts", he added.

Apple VS Samsung War Rages On

Around a couple of weeks ago, Apple opened fire with asking a judge to order Samsung to hand over pre-production samples of the Droid Charge, Infuse 4G, Galaxy S II, and Galaxy Tab 10.1 and 8.9 so Apple could determine if those products should also be part of the lawsuit and potentially file a motion to block them from the market.

PSN Asia Is Back

PSN Asia is Back! With some of the news pertaining to the Welcome Back Program for Asians. Although the PSN is not fully operational, some of the features are already online as of now.

Successor To PS3 and 360 In Development

It's official. All 3 giants on the console industry is making successors to their consoles. Nintendo is set to reveal their next console at this year's E3. Sony confirmed during the company's investor meeting today that they're developing the successor to PS3. And if we look at recent job postings on networking website LinkedIn, first discovered by Beyond3D, it reveals that the company is hiring positions to work on next-generation console architectures in its Xbox division.

Sony's Financial Earnings

Today, Sony announced its earnings for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2011. As expected there are a steep increase in loss compared to last year's losses.

Sony's Problems Rages On

Seems that the rumor that the PSN Store will reopen on May 24 is a false alarm. Sony's update stated that the service back up by the end of the month. Some features of the network will also be offline for maintenance until day's end today, though a “majority” of US consumers will still be able to access online play. This as fresh hacker attacks plague the company in Greece and Japan.

Sony's Network Outage Costs 24 Billion USD

How much did the PSN outage actually costs Sony? With 77 million accounts details compromised and a reported $318 per record attached for the third party security firm alone, Sony are looking at a bill of $24.5 billion. If you add that to the recently announced customer compensation package and the revenues from the network itself, then the result is one expensive headache for Sony.

DoA : Dimensions Cancelled in Sweden, Norway And Denmark

Dead or Alive: Dimensions is a fighting game for the Nintendo 3DS. One of the great games that'll be released for the 3DS. It has been released in Japan 3 days ago. But there's still a couple of days left before it's released in America.

Despite the lack of great games in the 3DS ( for now ), Nintendo has cancelled the release of DoA Dimensions in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark due to pornography laws.

Rapture Release Delayed

Image from Virtual Shackles

Yes folks! It seems that the rapture, or the end of time will be delayed yet again to 2012. Now if people will just stop pretending that they really know when it'll be doomsday, seriously.

Sony Hacked Again, Not PSN This Time

There seems to be someone or some group having a grudge against Sony. Yet again, Sony is hacked – this time its Japanese subsidiary ISP So-net has been robbed by hackers, with attackers successfully stealing loyalty points from customers.