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EA confirms Battlefield 3 Premium sales hit 800,000 in first two weeks
0By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | July 2nd, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
Electronic Arts (EA) has confirmed that the paid-for downloadable content (DLC) Battlefield Premium for Battlefield 3 has attracted 800,000 subscriptions in the first two weeks since its launch on June 4. In an interview with USA Today, EA Games Label boss Patrick Soderlund revealed that the DLC has already driven $40 million in revenue. The add-on pack is priced at $50 for Pla...
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Hindu deities in SMITE stirs controversy, Hi-Rez COO confirms no plans to use Abrahamic figures
By: Jason McCarthy | July 2nd, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
Hi-Rez Studios has confirmed that it will not be introducing Jewish, Christian and Islamic figures to its deity-based multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game SMITE. The studio has shown a lot of boldness by using deities and figures from various religions as playable characters and creating a scenario where they have to combat each other in SMITE. Deities from the Hindu ...
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Mobile a boon rather than a bane for consoles and PC, says DICE general manager
By: Jason McCarthy | July 2nd, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
DICE general manager Karl Magnus Troedsson believes that the demand for console and PC games are not under threat because of the booming mobile gaming space. In an interview with Edge, Troedsson asserted that the two gaming platforms are not posing a threat to the popularity of the other, but are instead aiding each other by alluring more people towards video games. "People ...
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Call of Duty: Black Ops for the Vita is actually classified
By: Musa Afridi | July 2nd, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
Treyarch admit they are in the dark as to which studio is developing Black Ops: Declassified for the PlayStation Vita, while remaining tight lipped on whether or not the game would be released for the Nintendo Wii U. Call of Duty: Black Ops: Declassified has a lot riding on it for both Sony and Activision. The game is the first title from the studio for the PlayStation Vita and...
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Gran Turismo 5 gets fresh DLC, a free car and a not so free track
By: Moses Abaortae | July 2nd, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
Polyphony Digital is continuing to support its PlayStation 3 exclusive racing simulator, Gran Turismo 5, by announcing yet another DLC Pack for the game. Gran Turismo 5 has been released for well over a year. The game hit stores in November 2010 and has undergone a host of changes thanks to over 13 minor updates as well as one major update since then. At the same time the de...
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Activision shuts down Radical Entertainment, assures Prototype 2 to hit PC on July 24
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | July 2nd, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
The failure of Prototype 2 to find broad commercial audience has resulted in an effective demise of the game’s developer Radical Entertainment. Owned by Activision, the studio has been instructed to cease development of its own games immediately and instead support other projects that the publisher is currently working on. A significant reduction has also been made in the stu...
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New Mass Effect 3 endings to “add value” to the game and the series
By: Moses Abaortae | July 2nd, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
BioWare’s Casey Hudson, the game’s executive producer, explained that the development team’s passion, fan feedback and adding value to the franchise was the reason they changed the endings. Mass Effect fans were left raging after they ended the latest game in the series, where none of the three endings that players could unlock, based on their decisions and actions during...
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The Amazing Spider-Man takes on Batman in the UK Charts
By: Moses Abaortae | July 2nd, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes and The Amazing Spider-Man both debuted in the United Kingdom last week and began an epic battle for the top spot in the video game sales chart, but who came out on top? It has been another seven days since the last time wishfree.com took a look at the charts and it is time now to once again delve into the sales figures to see which game reigned s...
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BioWare admits there was some feedback they couldn’t address
By: Moses Abaortae | July 2nd, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
The Mass Effect developers conceded that there was some feedback they could not address regarding the endings of the game. Mass Effect is one of the current generation’s best selling and loved series with the three games selling in the millions. The series centres around the game’s protagonist, Sam Shepard, whose gender is up to the player to decide, as he or she embarks on...
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LittleBigBioShock? LittleBigPlanet Vita pre-orders get BioShock content
By: Moses Abaortae | July 2nd, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
PlayStation’s cutest icon is making his way on to Sony’s second-generation portable gaming console as Sack Boy makes his debut on the PlayStation Vita with a bit of help from BioShock. Sony has a bit of a problem on their hands as their second-generation of portable gaming console, the PlayStation Vita, is struggling on the sales front. Although the consumer electronics gia...
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