Monthly Archives: February 2014
Pokémon is coming to Netflix Ireland tomorrow
February 28, 2014 | Luke Hoare GreeneCancel all of your weekend plans and prepare for a Pokémon marathon.
Starting tomorrow (March 1st), two Pokémon movies and two animated seasons of the Pokémon TV show will be available to stream on Netflix, Netflix and the Pokémon Company … Read More
Plants Vs. Zombies Garden Warfare review – These plants are Crazy!
February 28, 2014 | TheEffect.net ContributorPlants vs Zombies started out as a tower defence game back in 2009 and the series has been spreading its seed across a host of media platforms over the years. With the release of Plants vs Zombies 2 late last … Read More
HTC Aims to Create a Supercomputer with ‘HTC Power to Give’
February 27, 2014 | John ReillyHTC’s ‘Power to Give’ campaign is a ground breaking mobile-based volunteer computing project to allow smartphone owners to help answer some of the worlds biggest questions. Smartphone users are asked to unlock their unused processing power in order to help answer … Read More
Dead Rising 3 DLC review – Operation Broken Eagle & Fallen Angel
February 27, 2014 | TheEffect.net ContributorEpisode 1: Operation Broken Eagle
Operation Broken Eagle is the first of the four-part downloadable content released for Dead Rising 3 named “The Untold Stories of Los Perdidos”. Each of the downloadable content follows four different characters on their own … Read More
Uber officially launches in Dublin
February 26, 2014 | Derek ReillyYesterday marked the official official launch of Uber in Dublin. If any of you are already familiar with taxi hailing apps such as Hailo, you’ll have a general understanding of what Uber is and how it works. The difference … Read More
Dead Rising 3 Review – The dead just keep coming
February 26, 2014 | TheEffect.net ContributorAs a fan of the previous Dead Rising games, I always found something in the game that made me want to not play it anymore, from a poor saving system to quests in co-op mode only to save the other … Read More
A Brand New Trailer For Godzilla Arrives
February 25, 2014 | John ReillyWarner Bros and Legendary Pictures latest trailer for the upcoming Summer blockbuster has just arrived and we finally get to see quite a bit more of the infamous monster set to wreck havoc on our cinema screens May 16th. Starring … Read More
Nokia X – Nokia’s first (and probably last) Android phones
February 25, 2014 | Luke Hoare GreeneThree years since signing a deal with Microsoft to create Windows Phone hardware, Nokia have announced three new phones running on Google’s Android OS.
Dubbed the Nokia X, X+ and XL, the devices were unveiled on stage at Mobile World … Read More
Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare Gameplay Video Shows Battlefield-like Modes
February 25, 2014 | ChrisOver the weekend, a last-minute look at the Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare was released, this time narrated by the one and only, Xbox’s own, Major Nelson. Microsoft’s Major Nelson has lent his voice to a the video and this … Read More
HTC announce the new Desire 610 & Desire 816 @MWC2014
February 24, 2014 | John ReillyEarlier on today, HTC officially announced their latest models in the Desire smartphone range, the Desire 610 and Desire 816. Both mid-range smartphones, the new Desires aim to give the consumer access to many of the features found in the … Read More
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