Sentences with phrase «launched than surprising»

I played nearly every game this year, which is something I can only claim to have done for the past few years, and despite that, this year it actually wasn't hard for me to pick a top ten, as more disappointments launched than surprising successes.

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Earlier this year, ISIS launched surprise attacks on 35 villages in northeast Syria and took more than 200 Christians captive.

To the stunned Soviets, who did not yet have the effective capacity to launch any sort of surprise attack on the United States (as Dulles well knew), the massive retaliation doctrine was perceived as little more than a massive intimidation tactic.

Rather than simply relying on the classic Dynasty Warriors approach — kill a whole lot of dudes with flashy combat until they're all super dead — Dynasty Warriors 9 will offer new abilities like stealthily picking off enemies from a distance and scaling castle walls with a grappling hook to launch surprise attacks.

After making some lofty claims that Velocity 2X would be «a game - of - the - year winner» when it launches in early September on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita, developer FuturLab posted a ton of tweets last night about their upcoming game, including how they will be surprised if a reviewers gives 2X less than a 7/10:

The Evora also weighed close to 3,100 pounds at launch, more than a thousand pounds heavier than a federal Elise (2005 - 2012,) and a surprising lot we thought at the time for a car from a company that long reigned supreme in its commitment to lightness.

For the more than 400,000 customers that plunked down $ 1,000 to reserve a Model 3 electric sedan, it probably comes as a surprise that Tesla hasn't launched its own website that lets buyers visualize and customize their future EV.

Hyundai redefined what its customers could expect when it first launched the Genesis sedan but the second generation model is even more surprising than the first.

When we drove the Crosstrek at launch, we were surprised to find that we liked driving it more than the available six - speed manual.

More than just a few felt surprised when the launch in 1980 of a new model generation by Rolls - Royce included Bentley model - because it had been noticed that previously the company's efforts at providing an alternative for the dyed - in - the - wool Bentley aficionado had been but half - hearted.

I'd be surprised if you didn't know because Nissan has sold more than one million examples of the Brit - built Nissan Qashqai since its launch in 2007, and with good reason.

Much to my surprise, engaging the launch control proved that this Charger could actually hustle — albeit much more quietly than its V8 counterparts.

The actual launch was a little later than intended when on the 7th September 2014 at the Chantilly Art & Elegance Concours d'Elegence in France the Virage Shooting Brake Zagato made what must have been a surprise appearance.

I can't say I'm surprised by the 2 Ghz clock speed, considering Nvidia is already launching the Nvidia Tegra 4 at 1.9 Ghz earlier than the Galaxy Note 3, so Samsung gets a little more time to increase the performance of Exynos 5 Octa and optimize it for power consumption.

It won't surprise anyone to know that some chatter online since the launch of AuthorEarnings.com has been less than cordial, although from where I sit, it seems we're past the worst of the kind of hostile exchanges we once witnessed around topics of self - and traditional publishing.

With a pretty underwhelming library of launch games and lower than expected sales I'm sure Nintendo is surprised, but I can help once again with my genius advice.

While the trailer itself looks intriguing, the real surprise was the revelation that the game would be hitting store shelves much sooner than many had imagined — it will launch May 5th of this year.

While the trailer itself looks intriguing, the real surprise was the revelation that the game would be hitting store shelves much sooner than many had imagined — it will launch May 5th of this...

Announced yesterday, the Street Fighter II 30th Anniversary Edition - celebrating the launch of the arcade version of the original Street Fighter in 1987, rather than the sequel's SNES release in 1994 - is a 5,500 - unit run of SNES cartridges containing a copy of the game, tri-fold box with foil and embossments, a premium instruction booklet, and «pack - in surprises» aimed at collectors and fans of the game.

I'm surprised at how much content is available in an early access game that launched on Steam less than a month ago.

In Baltimore, Maryland, the city's Sustainability Office launched a Neighborhood Energy Challenge with surprising results: last year, low - income Park Heights» homeowners conserved more energy on average than residents of gentrified Carroll Park, saving as much as $ 1,300 a year through simple measures like weather - stripping and reduced water use.

As an April Fools» Day surprise Blawg Review # 305 has launched, three days earlier than previously announced, on my personal / cultural blog, a fool in the forest.

Even more surprising than the Oculus Rift's failure to launch in 2014 was the fact that Samsung beat the company to the consumer VR punch with its surprisingly good Gear VR headset — a $ 100 Galaxy Note 4 accessory powered completely by the phone, with no wires required (unless you want to connect wired headphones, or course).

That Microsoft didn't launch a Surface Phone to spearhead Windows 10 Mobile is more surprising than not.

However, the Android One phones launched so far were less than exciting, which wasn't surprising, given that all Google wanted was to drive the price down, so more people buy mobile devices that can be used to browse the web and generated ad - based income.

Now that there is only ever one major launch of Android each and every year, it's no surprise that users are more hungry than ever to get their hands on the latest and greatest from Google.

Samsung launched the phone only in December 2015, but surprised many by offering the device with the older android 5.1 operating system rather than the 6.0 marshmallow OS.

Google made the surprise move of announcing that the next version of Android would be known as KitKat, rather than the Key Lime Pie that was widely suspected.As we look towards the launch of the next version of Google's mobile OS, which we expect to debut... Read more

Ever since launch, the console has been going on a great run and the exclusive Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild had sold more copies than the hardware itself much to the surprise of industry insiders.

At # 40, the Amazon Fire Stick is more expensive in the UK than it is in the United States (it launched at $ 39.99 stateside), but the premium is not that surprising.

As the handset launched on the other side of the pond a little less than a month ago, we've had an opportunity to try it out and as we noted in our hands - on piece, we were pleasantly surprised by how snappy and solid it feels for a device that costs less than $ 280 ($ 320) in Europe.