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PS Vita overheating cases prompts Government agency to investigate
0By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | July 27th, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
National Institute of Technology and Evaluation is investigating Sony’s hand-held gaming device PlayStation (PS) Vita following a number of instances of systems burning out while plugged in for charging. According to reports, 31 cases have been chronicled since the launch of the portable gaming system six months ago. 23 of these cases have been reported in Japan, while eight ...
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Version 2.0 of Final Fantasy XIV officially renamed Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | July 27th, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
Square Enix has revealed that the sweeping version 2.0 update of Final Fantasy XIV will be titled Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. A change in name is not the only thing that will be seen in the upcoming version of Final Fantasy XIV, a game that was completely overhauled following its tumultuous launch. According to the publisher, the game has been rebuilt right from the g...
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Release date for World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria expansion pack announced
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | July 26th, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
Blizzard Entertainment announced that the new World of Warcraft expansion pack named Mists of Pandaria will be out in retail and digital stores on Tuesday, September 25, 2012. The upcoming expansion pack for the highly-acclaimed massively multi-player online role-playing game (MMORPG) will allow players to explore the long-lost continent of Pandaria, while introducing a whole n...
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Square Enix president confirms Final Fantasy Versus XIII still alive
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | July 25th, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
Square Enix president Yoichi Wada has confirmed that the rumours of Final Fantasy Versus XIII being cancelled are not true. About four days ago, Kotaku had cited anonymous sources saying that the long-delay action role-playing game (RPG) had been cancelled a few weeks back, with the resources and development of the game folded back to be used in another numerical title, most li...
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Sony out to prove free-to-play “really works”
By: Moses Abaortae | July 25th, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
John Smedley, the Sony Online Entertainment boss, claims that titles such as Dust 514 will prove that freemium is here to stay. A term everyone will hear in the gaming industry these days is free-to-play; a number of publishers are working on establishing their presence in the freemium market with Ubisoft, Sony, ...
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Blizzard CEO comments on always-online requirement for Diablo III
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | July 24th, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
There is no doubt about the commercial success that Blizzard’s latest action role-playing game (RPG) Diablo III has garnered. However, the reaction of the fans to the always-connected requirement has not exactly been encouraging for the developer. Addressing the complaint in a recent message to the fans, Blizzard’s CEO Mike Morhaime defended the always-online requirement fo...
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God of War: Ascension to keep women safe from the brutality of Kratos
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | July 24th, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
For a series that is well-known for its gratuitous depiction of violence and gore, God of War will be pulling back a few punches, especially when it comes to the fairer sex, in the upcoming title. Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) Santa Monica Studio design manager David Hewitt conceded that God of War: Ascension will be low on violence against women, something that is being ta...
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Industry veteran believes hardware manufacturing days for Nintendo are numbered
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | July 24th, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
Nintendo may be doing a pretty good job of providing valuable entertainment at the moment, but that does not stop former Electronic Arts (EA) COO Bing Gordon from believing that it is destined to become “primary a software company.” The industry veteran is convinced that the hardware manufacturing days of the company are numbered and is pretty much staring at a fate similar...
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Bug in Diablo III allow Wizards to become invincible, Blizzard still working on a fix
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | July 24th, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
Blizzard just cannot seem to get a break as it finds itself encountering yet another challenge, this time involving a bug that makes Wizard players invincible for an indefinite length of time. The exploit, which is triggered by using certain spells and skill-modifying runes in a specific sequence, is reportedly in use by Diablo players for at least a day and yet the developer i...
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Bioware set the wrong precedent with Mass Effect 3
By: Moses Abaortae | July 23rd, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
An anonymous employee from one of the major publisher claims that the way Bioware handled the Mass Effect 3 ending saga claiming that he is “worried about the precedent” set by the developer. Mass Effect 3 was one of the most eagerly anticipated games of the year and it did not disappoint until players reache...
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