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Nintendo taps Steel Diver franchise for its first free-to-play game

Nintendo was coy when it announced that its first free-to-play game will launch before the end of next March, divulging only that it wouldn't belong to the Mario or Pokemon franchises.

The Daily Roundup for 06.18.2013

You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point.

This is the Daily Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for the past 24 hours -- all handpicked by the editors here at the site.

Amazon Birthday Gift helps you buy your Facebook friends something nice, lets others pitch in

Look at the people with smiling faces in the above illustration. It's not too difficult to figure out what's going on: it's their birthday, and they're all happy because they're about to get presents.

Oculus remains focused on PC first for Rift, using new capital to scale up staff

The Oculus Rift company is barely one year old, but it's already off to a strong start. Developers have kits from a massively successful Kickstarter campaign, said kit has support from the industry's biggest game engine creators, and the consumer-friendly HD version is already being shown off to pre

Google Drive now stores your stuff in 18 more languages

Although Google Drive has spread far and wide, its localization hasn't always kept pace.

The service just took a few needed strides forward, however, with the addition of 18 new languages.

Editorial: What internet radio needs to disrupt actual radio

"Internet radio" is usually a misnomer, as well as an indicator of its ambition. The term "radio" is misapplied to internet services like AOL Radio, Rhapsody Radio, the upcoming iTunes Radio and their ilk. All these mediums are unrelated to radio technology.

Google brings carousel layout to local search results on the desktop

Google users may have already spotted the carousel design on search results while browsing on Nexus slates or the iPad, but, as of today, you can also expect this layout to show up on the desktop version of the site.

NASA picks eight astronaut trainees that may go to asteroids and Mars (video)

If you like space exploration, you'll want to get used to these eight faces -- odds are that you'll see at least some of them again.

Huawei Ascend P6 hands-on (video)

Well, we can't say that we didn't know it was coming, despite only getting officially announced this afternoon in London.

Either way, Huawei's Ascend P6 is here, and we got some hands-on time with it.

Engadget Giveaway: win one of two ChromeBook Pixels, courtesy of Gogo!

The ChromeBook Pixel is a stunningly beautiful piece of machinery.

With costs ranging from $1,300 to $1,500, however, it means you're shelling out even more than most standard ultrabooks and laptops.