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EA not abandoning Battlefield 3 despite Battlefield 4 announcement
0By: Moses Abaortae | July 23rd, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
The game’s developer, DICE, has stated that it has multiple teams working on the IP to ensure both titles get their due treatment and support Battlefield 3 while its follow up is in development. Electronic Arts has once again done what has become famous for in the past few months and confirmed a new title after initially leaking it by accident on their digital distribution pl...
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Freemium games are “pure” according to Sony executive
By: Moses Abaortae | July 23rd, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
John Smedley, the head of Sony Online Entertainment, believes that the free-to-play game model lack of reliance on marketing for sales means it relies on the experience to sell than anything else. The Sony executive has publically stated that he believes that the publisher is at the forefront of bringing the freemium business model to the mainstream with titles such as DC Unive...
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Rumour: Final Fantasy Versus XIII is dead
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | July 23rd, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
If you are a Final Fantasy fan and have been anxious to get some sort of update on the development and release date of the PlayStation 3 exclusive title Final Fantasy Versus XIII, we have a bad news for you. According to an alleged report from Kotaku, Square Enix has cancelled the project and folded back its development and resources to utilise them in the development of anothe...
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Nintendo President believes Wii U will be important for the world
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | July 23rd, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
Nintendo Wii U may have plenty of hurdles to overcome in order to establish itself as a successful system, but that does not stop the company president Satoru Iwata from stating that the upcoming console will be “important for the world.” While most of the hype surrounding Wii U is related to it being the first in line of next-generation consoles, beating out the likes of S...
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Dishonored developer voices concern over lack of variety in industry
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | July 21st, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
The lack of unique intellectual properties (IP) in gaming industry has been getting more apparent over the last few years. A number of analysts have pointed out the lack of variety when it comes to video game experience and emphasised on the need for creativity in order to keep the industry from dying. The developer of Dishonored and Half-Life 2 Viktor Antonov has also spoke...
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Sleeping Dogs to feature voices of Emma Stone and Lucy Liu
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | July 21st, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
Square Enix’s upcoming game Sleeping Dogs will be featuring the voices of well-known Hollywood and Hong Kong cinema stars, including Emma Stone and Lucy Liu. The company revealed the names of the celebrities who are involved in the project, stating that “a line-up of both Hollywood and Hong Kong cinema stars were enlisted to help the game capture the tone of Hong Kong cinem...
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Dota 2 Heroes – An introduction of Krobelus the Death Prophet
By: Jason McCarthy | July 20th, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
Krobelus the Death Prophet is not like your average intelligence hero in Defense of the Ancients (Dota) 2 as her endurance capability is comparable to that of a strength hero. Death Prophet is an intelligence hero that has an ability to push lanes and towers like none other. Built quite tank-like, she can also deal quite a bit of physical damage per second (dps) with her ultima...
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40-hour Diablo III session results in death of teenager in Taiwan
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | July 20th, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
Too much of anything can prove harmful and that is exactly what has transpired in a Tainan, Taiwan, as a man identified by his surname of Chuang collapsed and died after a 40-hour gaming session of Diablo 3 on Sunday, July 15. According to reports, the 18-year-old man booked a private room in an internet café on Friday afternoon. He did not emerge from the room for the next tw...
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Sam Raimi steps down from his role of World of Warcraft film director
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | July 20th, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
The movie adaptation of Blizzard’s immensely popular massively multiplayer online role-playing game (RPG) World of Warcraft has suffered a setback as director Sam Raimi has detached himself from the project. Talking with CraveOnline at the Comic-Con last week, Raimi revealed that he had stepped down as the director of the forthcoming film based on the popular World of Warcraf...
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No Mega Man and Pac-Man for Xbox 360 version of Street Fighter X Tekken, confirms game producer
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | July 19th, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
The recent discovery of data relating to Mega Man and Pac-Man on the Xbox 360 version of Capcom’s Street Fighter X Tekken disc came as a huge and pleasant surprise for the owners of the Microsoft current-generation console. However, the joy did not last for long as the producer of the two-dimensional (2D) fighting game Tomoyaki Ayano made it clear during an interview with Sil...
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