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Act I and Level 13 cap lifted for new digital buyers of Diablo III
0By: Jason McCarthy | June 29th, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
Blizzard has relaxed the restrictions on digital purchasers of Diablo III, allowing the players to finally progress beyond Act I and also find themselves released from the Level 13 cap. The latest title in the Diablo franchise still has plenty of security measures in place to keep new players from experiencing the complete features of the game until their payment is verified, w...
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EA compares Steam and Origin to MySpace and Facebook
By: Musa Afridi | June 29th, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
Electronic Arts takes a swing at Valve’s online digital distribution platform, Steam, and claims that Origin is working towards being better than their competitor. It is no secret that digital distribution of video games has grown in the past few years especially since the introduction of Valve’s Steam platform. Both Sony and Microsoft took notice of this and launched the P...
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Resident Evil 6 Collector’s Edition revealed, without figure though
By: Musa Afridi | June 29th, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
The world sighs in disappointment as the RE6 Collector’s Edition doesn’t come with Chris Redfield, Leon Kennedy or even Jake Muller figures but it does have an Ivy University hoodie. As is the case with any triple-A title that is part of a long running series, there never is just one option of the game for gamer’s to choose from. Be it titled a Collectorâ...
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Grand Theft Auto titles re-rated by ESRB for the PlayStation 3 only
By: Musa Afridi | June 29th, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
Grand Theft Auto 3 and Grand Theft Auto Vice City have both been re-rated by the Entertainment Software Rating Board indicating the games are set for release on the PlayStation 3. Grand Theft Auto 5 may be in development at the moment but it seems that Rockstar are trying to fill the gap between now and the game’s release by re-releasing two of games in the one of the best-se...
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Homefront 2 is CryTek’s project, has nothing to do with THQ
By: Moses Abaortae | June 29th, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
The developer of the both the Crysis series and the upcoming sequel to Homefront has stated that the financial woes of THQ will not affect the upcoming game in any way. THQ has found the past few years in the video game industry rather difficult as it is suffered financially. The result has been the company laying off a large number of its employees, including a number of senio...
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The Last Guardian is still in development, may be a PlayStation 4 launch title
By: Moses Abaortae | June 29th, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
Fumito Ueda, the former Sony game designer, claims that the upcoming PlayStation 3 exclusive is still under development, sparking rumours that the game may be a day one release for the PS4. Fumito Ueda resigned from Sony last year, during the development period of Team Ico’s upcoming title, The Last Guardian. The latest game from the studio was teased two years ago at E3 and ...
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Crysis 3 designed with China in mind, demonstrates CryEngine’s versatility
By: Musa Afridi | June 29th, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
The upcoming third instalment of the Crysis series was designed keeping Chinese internet cafes in mind as well as consoles and according to CryTek CEO, Cevat Yerli, shows off just how versatile the CryEngine is. If the Crysis games are known for anything it has to be the graphical prowess of the games as well as the ‘can your PC run it’ question that set the benchmark for h...
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Activision confirms Amazing Spider-Man to arrive six weeks later on PC
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | June 29th, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
It has been confirmed by Activision that the new Amazing Spider-Man game is slated for release on PC on August 10, 2012. The publisher gave no explanation as to why there was a six weeks delay in the game’s release on Windows even though it has already been launched for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii, iOS and Android platform in both North Am...
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Producer Mike Gamble teases additional DLC for Mass Effect 3
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | June 29th, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
Just a couple of days after releasing the Extended Cut downloadable content (DLC) for Mass Effect 3, game developer BioWare teased fans with news of more DLC in store for the future. Mike Gamble, producer of the third and final chapter in the Mass Effect trilogy, dropped the not-so-implicit hint about additional DLC in the pipeline for the sci-fi action role-playing game (RPG) ...
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The Last of Us multiplayer confirmed but story is single-player only
By: Moses Abaortae | June 29th, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
Naughty Dog has confirmed that the latest PlayStation 3 exclusive will not have two-player cooperative campaign while also teasing multiplayer at the same time. Sony has always had a strong line-up of first-party content; whether it was the Crash Bandicoot series on the PlayStation One or the many, many exclusive IPs on the PlayStation 3 such as Killzone, Metal Gear Solid, Gran...
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