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Sony takes swipe at Microsoft and Nintendo
0By: Moses Abaortae | July 31st, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
The consumer electronics giant claims that the competition needs to cater to the family-friendly genre, which incidentally is what Sony plans on doing this holiday season. The PlayStation consoles have been branded by many as the one brand that caters to both core and casual gamers, while Nintendo tends to focus on the latter and Microsoft on the former. Despite the release ...
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Nintendo records GBP 143-million loss but profitability is increasing
By: Moses Abaortae | July 31st, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
Nintendo has announced over a 100-million in losses for the quarter but believes it is making comeback as the 3DS continues to sell well. Microsoft’s console, the Xbox 360, is aimed at the core gamer market with a greater emphasis on North America and Sony’s aim is to have a global appeal with a plethora of titles that cater to everyone’s needs. Nintendo on the other hand...
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Sony investigates PlayStation Vita suicides
By: Moses Abaortae | July 31st, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
The console has reportedly had issues of burning while charging and although Sony is looking into the issue it maintains that it is not a product malfunction. A number of users have reported issues with Sony’s second generation portable gaming platform as a number of PlayStation Vitas have been burning while they were on charge. A total of 31 such complaints have been lodg...
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Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 draws first blood with demo
By: Moses Abaortae | July 31st, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
PES 13’s demo is now live on all major consoles as it looks to get a head start on its bitter rival, the FIFA series. The age old battle between two of the video game world’s football simulation giants is set to go another round later this year with both EA Sports and Konami set to release the latest instalments in their respective series. EA Sports has already talked ...
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Dead Space 3 will let you dismember people as well as necromorphs
By: Moses Abaortae | July 31st, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
EA and Visceral Games are set to take the Dead Space horror experience one step further by allowing players to dismember and torture the human AI in the third instalment of the series…for fun. Dead Space was one of the biggest surprises in recent gaming history as the game brought the fading survival horror genre back to life. The game was praised for the atmospheric environm...
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Splinter Cell Blacklist dev took inspiration from Assassin’s Creed
By: Musa Afridi | July 31st, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
The Ubisoft team working on the latest instalment of Splinter Cell shared plenty of details about the game including how the Assassin’s Creed series was also a major influence, as well as the fact that Sam Fisher would have a nemesis this time around. Maxime Beland is known for many things but for the next couple of months the creative director of Splinter Cell is on everyone...
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GameStop eyeing second-hand sales of digital content
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | July 28th, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
It has been revealed that GameStop is already looking into sales of second-hand digital content, news that is definitely going to make publishers and developers lose their sleep. The CEO of the America-based retailer company Paul Raines during an interview with GameSpot that they have begun to explore ways to stick to their business model by taking a look at various technologie...
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Game market moving closer to PC model, says THQ President
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | July 28th, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
THQ has been struggling to get a bit of sun for a number of years now since it finds itself competing against the likes of Electronic Arts (EA) Games and Activision, companies capable of allocating a much higher budget to development and marketing of games. The situation appears to be becoming even grimmer for the company as the newly appointed THQ President Jason Rubin notes t...
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Diablo III always-online requirement under fire by German consumer advocacy group
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | July 28th, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
There seems to be no end to the woes of Blizzard as the company finds itself under fire once again, this time for not specifying the always-online requirement for Diablo III on the packaging. Following the launch of the highly-anticipated third instalment in the popular Diablo franchise, the forums were swarmed with grumbling fans that were not too happy about the game requirin...
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Crysis 3 possible for Wii U, says Crytek developer
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | July 28th, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
Nintendo seems to be heading towards netting one of its biggest catch as the possibility of Crysis 3 has been teased for the up-coming console Wii U. A few months ago, Crytek director of creative development Rasmus Hoejengaard had completely ruled out the possibility for the third instalment in the Crysis franchise to come out for Nintendo’s first-ever high-definition (HD) co...
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