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Playable Rayman Legends demo to go live on Wii U’s launch day
0By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | November 17th, 2012 |Uncategorized
The fans of the Rayman franchise may have been disappointed to find out a few months back that the game would not be a launch title for Nintendo’s upcoming console Wii U, but Ubisoft has come up with somewhat of a consolation for them. According to what the company has told Polygon, a demo version of the platform game will become available on the same day that the next-genera...
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EA CEO calls for standardised rating system for video games
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | November 17th, 2012 |Uncategorized
The surge in the popularity of games in recent years has made it even harder to ignore the necessity of having a universal game rating system, believes Electronic Arts (EA) CEO and chairman of the US Entertainment Software Ratings Board (ESRB) John Riccitiello. Speaking to the guests at an event in Washington DC yesterday, the publishing executive stressed on the requirement of...
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Fuse gets preorder incentives
By: Musa Afridi | November 17th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Insomniac Games, the developers of the upcoming co-op shooter, are looking to release their game in March next year but EA, the publisher, have already started hyping up the game with by announcing what gamers can get if they book their copy of the game early. For those who are not familiar with the upcoming game from the creators of the Resistance trilogy, fear not, because Fu...
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PlayStation All-Stars gets two new characters as free DLC
By: Musa Afridi | November 17th, 2012 |Uncategorized
The upcoming party title from Sony, PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale, has its first official DLC announcement with Kat and Emmett Graves set to join the cast as free downloadable characters. Sony emphasized how the casual and family market in the gaming industry was being neglected by developers and published ...
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Scott Derrickson to direct Deus Ex: Human Revolution film
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | November 16th, 2012 |Uncategorized
CBS Films is dead serious about ensuring that the film adaptation of Deus Ex: Human Revolution turns out to be no joke. The soberness with which the studio plans on handling its latest project became apparent after it announced the ‘Exorcism of Emily Rose’ and ‘Sinister’ captain Scott Derrickson as the director of the feature film. Along with the directorial duties, ...
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Tom Hardy to play Sam Fisher in Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell movie
By: Jason McCarthy | November 16th, 2012 |Uncategorized
The film adaptations of video games have not proven to be a great idea in the past, but it seems Ubisoft is looking to change the perception with the Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell movie. As per a report by Variety, Inception and The Dark Knight Rises actor Tom Hardy has been chosen to play the role of the film’s main protagonist Sam Fisher. Hardy is among the most prominent...
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Mega-Man franchise still alive, confirms Capcom
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | November 15th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Capcom has confirmed that the fans of the Mega-Man franchise have not seen the last of their beloved Blue Bomber. It has been quite some time since Mega-Man has made his appearance on consoles and hand-held devices, with Mega-Man 10 for the PlayStation Network, Xbox Live and WiiWare being the last entry in the series. The long absence of one of the most prolific series by Ca...
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Criterion gives some Need for Speed Most Wanted tips
By: Musa Afridi | November 15th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Jeremy Chubb, the Community Manager at the dev studio, gives some useful tips for the demo of the game that was recently released on both the PlayStation Network and Xbox LIVE Marketplace. The latest Need for Speed game may not be the best in the series but it’s not far from it either if public and critical opi...
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The Walking Dead Season Finale dated!
By: Musa Afridi | November 15th, 2012 |Uncategorized
It all ends on with the epic conclusion on the 21st of November, and no, this is not in relation to AMC’s television series. Telltale Games have ushered in a new genre into the world of mainstream gaming. Although interactive storytelling has been around for some time, with Quantic Dream releasing He...
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Black Ops II sells over 1-million units on release at GameStop alone
By: Musa Afridi | November 15th, 2012 |Uncategorized
The latest Call of Duty title is on-track to beat out Modern Warfare 3’s record and becoming the best-selling game in history after a strong opening night of sales. Halo 4 may have taken up all the headlines in terms of being the biggest entertainment launch in the United States for 2012, beating out the likes ...
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Using hacked PlayStation 3 will lead to permanent ban from PSN, warns Sony
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | November 15th, 2012 |Uncategorized
The PlayStation hack released last month has naturally not gone down too well with Sony, leading the latter to warn consumers that anyone found using the “unauthorised software” will face a life-time ban from PlayStation Network (PSN). Described as the mother of all hacks for the PlayStation 3 by some software geeks on the internet, the latest custom firmware and LV0 decryp...
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Molyneux accepts responsibility for Curiosity issues
By: Musa Afridi | November 15th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Claims coders, architects are not to blame and assures users that their coins are safe and the studio, 22cans, is working to get everything back in order. Curiosity is the experiment of the experiment savvy developer, Peter Molyneux, who quit his lucrative post at LionHead Studios, the developers of the Fable games, in order to start up his own venture. The studio he founded...
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Epic Games expects development cost to double for next-generation games
By: Jason McCarthy | November 14th, 2012 |Uncategorized
The cost of developing games will be twice as much as they are now, believes the technology adviser at Epic Games Tim Sweeney. Commenting on the next-generation technology and how it would affect the cost of development during a presentation at the Montreal International Game Summit, he made reference to the large amount of resources that were used in the development of Samarit...
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Ubisoft not too happy with the price tag on Wii U
By: Jason McCarthy | November 14th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Nintendo has been receiving a lot of suggestions from all directions regarding its next-generation console Wii U ever since it was first announced. The one thing that had everyone most interested was the price that the company eventually decided to sell it for, as it is thought of as one of the most crucial factors that makes or breaks the sales of a product. With the Japan-...
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Warner Bros reacts to mislabelled “Demo” discs of LEGO Lord of the Rings issue
By: Jason McCarthy | November 14th, 2012 |Uncategorized
A labelling error on the Xbox 360 version of LEGO Lord of the Rings has left some users scratching their heads in confusion. Paying for the full version of the LEGO version of a tale originally written by JRR Tolkien and brought to silver screen by Hollywood director Peter Jackson, some players found themselves staring at a “Demo” disc instead of the full retail copies that...
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Mass Effect 4 could be built on Battlefield 3 engine
By: Musa Afridi | November 14th, 2012 |Uncategorized
EA seems to have identified its FrostBite Engine as its internal strength and BioWare will be using it when they begin developing the title, which could turn out to an MMO. One of the biggest IPs to have hit the gaming world this generation of consoles, the Mass Effect series has established itself as one of the more popular trilogies. The previous game, Mass Effect 3, saw the ...
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PlayStation Vita firmware update incoming, details
By: Musa Afridi | November 14th, 2012 |Uncategorized
The system software update v2.00 will add a number of new features including an improved Twitter app, an app for email and better performance as well as an enhanced browser app. The PlayStation Vita is set for an overhaul on the system software or firmware front with a major update incoming. The update should interest both existing and potential PlayStation Vita owners as it al...
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Next Crysis game will not be called Crysis 4…interesting
By: Musa Afridi | November 14th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Cevat Yerli, the CEO of CryTek, has announced that planning for the next Crysis game as already begun and that calling it Crysis 4 would not be the best thing to do at this point in time. So what exactly is Yerli talking about? In a recent interview, the CEO of CryTek announced that the studio was putting the first pieces in place for a radical and new experience based on the f...
