BlackBerry's rebirth: how a fallen smartphone giant plans to remake itself

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BlackBerry has stopped bleeding--officially, at least. In a memo leaked to Reuters, says CEO John Chen staff that three years of job losses are over, and that the former mobile legend can start building itself back up instead of to save what remains of her smartphone rich. But how did it at this point? And more importantly, how does it plan to bounce back in an era when even many of its corporate customers have moved to Android and iOS? As you will see below in our gallery, BlackBerry only gets at this point after some serious errors and painful decisions--but last appears to have a strategy that, while imperfect, at least one hard realities. Gallery | 7 PhotosBlackBerry demise and rebirth + see all 7

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Rock Band team hits Kickstarter to fund a remake of its cult classic, Amplitude

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and Dance Central wants to return to its roots, but needs your help to do so. That's right, Harmonix Music Systems is revisiting the PlayStation 2 cult classic Amplitude and have turned to Kickstarter to fund development. Harmonix says that while making Rock Band, the plan was to use the new beat-matching tools it developed for that game and apply them to a sequel to its classic rhythm title. That fell by the wayside, however, as publisher-funded games naturally took priority over a passion project. For the new version, Harmonix plans to apply the improvements afforded by the last 11 years (namely: widescreen HDTVs, more powerful consoles, the development team's talent) and marry them with the original's game-play. Because Sony still owns the property, the game's only been announced for PS3 and PS4 release, though. One aspect of the original that won't make the cut, however, is online play -- you'll have to make due with leaderboards and local multiplayer.
If that isn't too much of a deal-breaker, admission starts at $20 for a download code upon the game's release next March, or $40 for an advance copy next February. The backer rewards get crazier the higher the pledge amount. If you pledge $8,000 the team will come to your house and throw a party
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When it launched almost seven years ago, BioShock was quite the looker thanks to its stylized aesthetic and the custom version of Unreal Engine 2 under its hood. The game has held up pretty well in terms of visuals (all that water!), but it's certainly starting to show its age. Don't get us wrong, we love the original. It's just that we wouldn't turn down a new version of the game running with all the bells and whistles that Epic's next-gen development tools offer, either. Well, as Kotaku has spotted, an enterprising indie dev has kindly done something along those lines.

What you see in the fan-made video below is the result of YouTuber noodlespagoodle taking assets from the 2007 release and dropping them into Unreal Engine 4. In doing so, Andrew Ryan's failed paradise somehow feels even more moody and claustrophobic than before, the iconic Big Daddies all the more menacing. Sadly, the clip is pretty short and has us jonesing for a shiny new Eve hypo. With the fate of BioShock up in the air, however, it's anybody's guess if something like this could actually happen.

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