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Why a The Raid: Redemption video game would work so well…
0By: Musa Afridi | November 12th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Ever sat in the movie theatre or at home watching an action flick and wondering how awesome a game the movie would make? Well, The Raid: Redemption literally screamed for a video game adaptation and here is why it can work. First things first, for those of you who do not know about The Raid: Redemption and call yourselves action movie fans then please proceed to slap yourselves...
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5 cars confirmed for Gran Turismo 6 at 10th annual GT Awards
By: Musa Afridi | November 11th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Kaz Yamauchi handed out five awards at this year’s SEMA show in Las Vegas and as is tradition, the winners will feature in the next Gran Turismo game. The highlight was the sublime David Eckert’s Ford Mach 40. For petrol heads who like their racing games done simulator rather than arcade, there really is nowhere else to go but Polyphony Digital’s Gran Turismo series. T...
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PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale has gone Gold
By: Musa Afridi | November 11th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Sony celebrate by revealing final boss and the opening cinematic of the eagerly anticipated and rather ambitious game. ‘Going Gold’ or having ‘gone Gold’ is a term used in the video game industry to describe the event that the development of a game has been completed and that the game is now being written onto discs and being readied for retail. So when news broke th...
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Latest God of War entry on the PlayStation blog urges you to join Ares
By: Musa Afridi | November 11th, 2012 |Uncategorized
The original god of War before Kratos showed him to his brutal end, Ares will be one of the gods that players can choose to align themselves with in the God of War Ascension’s multiplayer component. Doing so will give the player a number of unique advantages over their foes. Santa Monica studios may no longer be behind the development of the latest entry in the God of War ser...
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Need for Speed film’s plot and lead characters revealed
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | November 11th, 2012 |Uncategorized
The fans of the Need for Speed franchise have been anxiously waiting for details on the film adaptation that was announced earlier this year. A report by Variety turns out to be just what the fans had been waiting for, as it reveals the plot of the film, while also revealing the name of the actors who will be playing the lead role. According to the report, the upcoming Need ...
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Seven US Navy SEALs members get disciplined for involvement in Medal of Honor game
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | November 11th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Seven members of the US Navy SEALs Team Six are under investigation for revealing secrets while serving as consultants on Electronic Arts (EA) Games’ Medal of Honor: Warfighter. The publisher boasts bringing real-life commanders, both active as well as retired, on-board during the development of their war-oriented games to bring as much realism into the experience as possible...
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Star Wars: The Old Republic going free starting November 15
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | November 11th, 2012 |Uncategorized
The free-to-play model has been becoming increasingly popular with every passing day and it seems that Electronic Arts (EA) and LucasArts, recently acquired by Disney, have been bit by the freemium bug as well. It has hardly been a year since the launch of the massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) Star Wars: The Old Republic as a subscription-based product, bu...
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No need for a new PlayStation in the market just yet – Part 2
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | November 11th, 2012 |Uncategorized
The smartphones are indeed causing a bit of complication for Sony, with many analysts asserting that a new console is becoming a necessity for the gaming giant to survive in the changing environment. However, Sony is convinced that there is absolutely no need to rush its new hardware before it is really due. A senior company executive had clearly stated earlier this year that h...
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No need for a new PlayStation in the market just yet – Part 1
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | November 11th, 2012 |Uncategorized
The life-cycle of a console is considered to be crucial to its success, a belief that is shared by majority of the analysts in the gaming industry. The uproar over the extended life of Sony’s and Microsoft’s current-generation consoles also acts as an indication of the challenging times that await the two gaming giants because the gamers are not happy with the way things ar...
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Dota 2 Heroes – An Introduction to Slithice, the Naga Siren
By: Jason McCarthy | November 9th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Slithice, the Naga Siren is an agility hero that provides some excellent damage as well as crowd control, therefore allowing allies to get away from some terrible situations. She is a bit frail when it comes to enduring incoming damage, but that is not a huge set-back for her as her abilities do well to increase her survivability, in fact making it extremely hard to kill her. S...
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Dota 2 Heroes – An Introduction to Ethreain, the Lich
By: Jason McCarthy | November 9th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Ethreain the Lich is a very flexible hero who is picked very consistently on a competitive level. He is a great solo, especially against tri-lane, while also being one of the best team-fight heroes in the game. Frost Blast is Lich’s first spell. It is a single-target nuke that deals 200 damage to an enemy along with a 150 additional damage in a small Area of Effect (AoE) of 2...
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What does the leaked Destiny info tell us about the game…
By: Musa Afridi | November 9th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Bungie recently gave a behind-closed-doors presentation on their upcoming title, the details of which have been leaked by an anonymous attendee. So what is the game all about? We take a look. Halo 4 may have hit stores yesterday but it was instantly compared to the previous Halo trilogy and prequel, which was developed by none other than Bungie. The studio created the vast, ric...
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Mark Wahlberg’s Shooter would make a brilliant video game because…
By: Musa Afridi | November 9th, 2012 |Uncategorized
One of the better action movies to have been released over the past few years, The Shooter, starring Mark Wahlberg is another film that would fit right into the world of video games and here’s why… Released in 2007, Shooter became a bit of a cult hit, which its IMDB rating of 7.1 out of 10 would reinforce for those who doubt the statement. The plot summary reads: “A ma...
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Capcom announces major changes, too little too late?
By: Musa Afridi | November 9th, 2012 |Uncategorized
The publisher is set to decrease the amount of work it outsources and is set to grow internally by adding over 2,000 jobs over the course of the next 10 years, but is it the shake up the company needs? The publisher has been on the receiving end of a fair bit of stick in recent years with its habit of releasing multiple versions of what is essentially the same Street Fighter ga...
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Resistance 3 sucks you in…
By: Musa Afridi | November 9th, 2012 |Uncategorized
If you haven’t played Insomniac’s final entry in the Resistance series then you probably should, it only takes a few minutes to hook you… There is age old adage, which has also become a bit of cliché as well, ‘you don’t know what you have until its gone.’ That holds true for Insomniac’s Resistance trilogy on the PlayStation 3. When the first game was released ...
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Ubisoft pretty confident about Wii U’s success
By: Jason McCarthy | November 8th, 2012 |Uncategorized
With Nintendo’s next-generation console Wii U just around the corner, hitting the US market on November 18 to be more precise, a lot of people have become curious regarding its potential to do well in the market. One publisher that seems really optimistic about the performance of the upcoming console is Ubisoft. The publisher’s CEO Yves Guillemot is conceded that his com...
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Ubisoft talks about impact of next-generation technology on development costs
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | November 8th, 2012 |Uncategorized
The discussion about next-generation seems to be everywhere in the gaming industry, with publishers, developers and analysts all carrying their own opinions regarding when, what and how of the high-end consoles. While the performance capabilities of the much-awaited consoles has been the most talked-about factor, the discussion has recently shifted to something that is of huge ...
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Capcom plans to expand internal development team by 1000 over next 10 years
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | November 8th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Capcom seems to have finally accepted that things are not going too great for it and therefore come up with a new strategy to try improving the quality of its products. The publisher revealed during a question and answer session with the investors last week that it plans on adding 1000 more jobs at the company within the next 10 years. This would allow it to create a larger ...
