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Kickstarter campaign for new Elite game begins
0By: Jason McCarthy | November 8th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Elite is attempting to make a comeback to PC by March 2014, with the franchise’s co-creator David Braben looking to touch the target of $1.25 through the crowd-funding website Kickstarter. The new space simulation franchise is being developed by Frontier Developers, the same studio that produced RollerCoaster Tycoon 3, Disneyland Adventures and various other renowned titles. ...
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The Toyota Prius is the focus of the latest Gran Turismo 5 update
By: Moses Abaortae | November 8th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Kaz Yamauchi, the founder of PolyPhony Digital and the creator of the Gran Turismo series, recently took to Twitter to highlight the changes set to make their way to the racing simulation title. Gran Turismo 5 is nearing its second birthday, or rather anniversary, and the game’s developer, Polyphony Digital is supporting the game with regular updates and content to keep fans ...
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Dota 2 Heroes – An Introduction to Razor the Lightning Revenant
By: Jason McCarthy | November 7th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Razor the Lightning Revenant is an agility-carry hero who is built like a tank since he has enough damage in other ways. He has the capacity to harass enemy heroes early game, thus being able to gain lane control and continues to make a solid impact mid-to-late game, courtesy of his abilities that synergise extremely well with each other. His first ability Plasma Field is an...
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Capcom claims it’s “too early to judge” Resident Evil 6
By: Moses Abaortae | November 7th, 2012 |Uncategorized
The game may have disappointed many and brought in lower than expected sales but the game’s publisher refuses to call it a failure and is waiting for the dust to settle before assessing Resident Evil 6’s performance. The latest game in the long running series has split fans right down the middle as the series...
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Halo 4’s release met with relief and nervousness by dev
By: Moses Abaortae | November 7th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Kiki Wolfkill, the executive producer for Halo 4 at 343 Industries, describes the emotions he went through leading up the game’s release as well as the response from fans and critics. Halo 4 released on election day and while Barack Obama was re-elected as President of the United States for a second term, Maste...
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Gran Turismo series sells over 67-million units
By: Moses Abaortae | November 7th, 2012 |Uncategorized
The PlayStation exclusive racing simulation series has sold an incredible 67,890,000 units since the first game was released in the last millennium on the PlayStation One and sales of the game are only just beginning to saturate. It may not be everybody’s cup of tea but the Gran Turismo series is the racing gam...
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343 Industries wants Halo to emulate Star Wars
By: Moses Abaortae | November 7th, 2012 |Uncategorized
The executive producer, Kiki Wolfkill, explains what the next instalment in the Halo series holds in store for gamers and how the studio is looking to expand the story and make it accessible through more mediums. Halo 4 is a success among the critics and looks set to be a hit with both fans and in terms of sales ...
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Resident Evil 6 successful to some degree, says Capcom
By: Jason McCarthy | November 7th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Critics have not been very kind while reviewing Resident Evil 6, highlighting a number of issues that Capcom has allegedly allowed to stay in the game before releasing it to the public. The reception to the sixth title in the once loved and still renowned survival horror third-person shooter had not been generally great, causing many analysts to say that it was yet another unsu...
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No plans of porting Halo 4 to PC, confirms Microsoft
By: Jason McCarthy | November 7th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Fans of the Halo franchise awaiting the arrival of the title in the series on PC can stop waiting because Microsoft has no plans of porting the game to other platforms. Speaking with The Penny Arcade Report, a Microsoft representative conceded that even though the company is always searching for ways to expand the fan-base of the already immensely popular sci-fi first-person sh...
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Nintendo all set to defy odds with Wii U
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | November 7th, 2012 |Uncategorized
There is no doubt that Nintendo is a survivor, managing to hold its own in an environment that according to many analysts does not exactly lean in its favour. When the Japan-based company presented its next-generation console, the Wii U, at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) earlier this year, the reaction of the crowd was not even close to what the company had anticipated....
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Industry shifting away from blockbuster to aaa model, believes Splinter Cell: Blacklist director
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | November 6th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Splinter Cell: Blacklist director believes that the gaming industry will be moving away from blockbuster titles to games with more systemic depth in the not-so-distant future. Gamesindustry.biz reported that while attending the Gamercamp festival in Toronto, Patrick Redding stated that he sees the era of AAA titles to coming to an end and expects it to be replaced by a newer ga...
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Console version of DMC: Devil May Cry to run at 30fps
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | November 6th, 2012 |Uncategorized
The console version of the highly-anticipated DMC: Devil May Cry will run at 30 frames per second (fps) instead of 60fps that have become a norm in recent years, though the feel would just be the same. The game’s director Hideaki Itsuno conceded during an interview with Eurogamer that keeping various factors in mind, the decision to make the game at 30fps on consoles was made...
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Wii U’s Mass Effect 3: Special Edition distinctive features detailed
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | November 6th, 2012 |Uncategorized
The Nintendo loyalists have been missing out on plenty of renowned franchises that had been coming out on the Sony and Microsoft consoles, as well as PC. Things, however, are about to change a little as one of the biggest video game series in recent titles, Mass Effect, is all set to make its debut on the Nintendo console that is scheduled to arrive in the North American market...
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Record breaking Assassin’s Creed 3 tops the charts
By: Moses Abaortae | November 6th, 2012 |Uncategorized
United Kingdom: the latest weekly software sales charts are in and it makes for some good reading for Ubisoft while Danger Close will be horrified to see how far Medal of Honor: Warfighter has fallen. There has been plenty of ‘moving and shaking’ in the charts as grenades and airstrikes fly past, assassin’s fight against the Templars, chokeslams are dished out and content...
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Treyarch assures fans that Black Ops 2 doesn’t have lasers or aliens
By: Moses Abaortae | November 6th, 2012 |Uncategorized
The latest instalment in the Call of Duty series is taking major risking and making a number of changes but the developer assures fans that the game still holds the series experience. Before Black Ops 2 was revealed Treyarch and Infinity Ward both had their own theme going with the Call of Duty franchise. Infinit...
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Black Ops 2 is shaking up the series formula claims dev
By: Moses Abaortae | November 6th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Treyarch tend to take more risks with their entries in the Call of Duty series and innovate more than Infinity Ward and the studio looks set to continue that tradition with Black Ops 2 as John Rafacz, the director of communications, explains. Infinity Ward may have found the winning the formula with Modern Warfar...
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What Spec Ops: The Line tells us about the shooter genre
By: Moses Abaortae | November 6th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Jager has done to the video game industry what Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now did for Hollywood. However, there has been a huge divide between the game’s review scores and its sales, which makes us wonder just what makes a shooter sell? Spec Ops: The Line was never going to be able to sell as many copi...
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Dust 514 open beta set for 2013
By: Moses Abaortae | November 6th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Sony eagerly anticipated free-to-play title, developed by CCP, is currently in its closed beta stages with the open beta scheduled for release sometime early next year. The freemium or free-to-play market is one area where a number of publishers wish to establish their presence as many believe that it is the structure and business model that will become the most common in the f...
