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Resident Evil 6 debut sees PS3 sales increase by 472 percent
0By: Moses Abaortae | October 12th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Japan: Capcom’s latest instalment in the Resident Evil series tops the software charts selling half-a-million units while Sony will be pleased to know that sales of its console jumped from just under 9,000 units to over 42,000 units during the same period. Resident Evil 6 has made an impressive debut in Japan as the re-categorised action-horror game topped the software charts...
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Capcom confirms on-disc DLC will be free
By: Jason McCarthy | October 12th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Capcom confirms on-disc DLC will be free The relation between Capcom and the fans of the Resident Evil franchise have remained cold for quite some time. The publisher was hoping to change all this with the sixth instalment in the survivor horror third-person shooter, but unfortunately things are not changing for the better. People who pre-ordered Resident Evil 6 and later...
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Battlefield series gets a TV show
By: Musa Afridi | October 12th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Sony TV and Fox are set to bring the video game series, Battlefield: Bad Company to the TV screens as production on an action-comedy series has begun. Hollywood always seems interested in making a movie based on someone else’s hard work, creativity and initiative. Whether it’s making movies based on comic books or video games, it does what it has to in order to capitalise o...
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Sony using God of War demo to boost sales of Total Recall
By: Musa Afridi | October 12th, 2012 |Uncategorized
The remake, starring Colin Farrell and Jessica Biel, of the classic sci-fi film is set for a release on BluRay and Sony is hoping that adding a God of War: Ascension demo in the mix will increase sales of the extended director’s cut. Total Recall originally broke new grounds in the sci-fi world when it was released all those years ago and as is the case with Hollywood, where ...
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Fans’ issues with the Call of Duty game engine baffling, says Treyarch
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | October 11th, 2012 |Uncategorized
There is no denying the fact that the Call of Duty franchise has and is doing exceptionally good in the market. However, the fans of the franchise do not see too happy with the quality of graphics and make frequent demands from the developers to upgrade the engine. Treyarch design director David Vonderhaar, however, appears confused over the frequent calls for a better engin...
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Gears of War film being revived
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | October 11th, 2012 |Uncategorized
The fans of the Gears of War franchise will be pleased to hear that the plans to revive the silver screen adaption of the military sci-fi third-person shooter are being revived. According to the Hollywood news site Variety, Creative Artists Agency is quite keen to start meeting producers in the coming weeks to re-activate the development of the film. The film was originally ...
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Bridgestone denies featuring Sony’s Kevin Butler in commercial
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | October 11th, 2012 |Uncategorized
2012 has been a year of high-profile law-suits, which include but is not limited to the Apple and Samsung lawsuit as well as the ongoing legal battle between Electronic Arts (EA) and Zynga. Two more companies have drawn daggers at each other, this time the gaming industry giant Sony filing a law-suit against the tire manufacturer Bridgestone. The troubled stemmed following t...
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Ubisoft delays Wii U-exclusive Rayman Legends to 2013
By: Jason McCarthy | October 10th, 2012 |Uncategorized
If you were looking forward to getting your hands on the upcoming Wii U-exclusive Rayman Legends, you will have to wait a little longer than you expected. The game was among the launch titles for Nintendo’s next-generation console that will be hitting the North American market on November 18, but publisher Ubisoft has confirmed that the game will not be releasing this year. ...
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PETA launches campaign against Pokémon Black and White 2
By: Jason McCarthy | October 10th, 2012 |Uncategorized
For years, millions of gamers around the globe have been enjoying the Pokémon experience in form of games, television shows and trading cards. However, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is not too happy with the concept of the franchise and decided to take a stand against Pokémon Black and White 2, likening the treatment of Pokémons in the game to that of abused animals, whi...
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FIFA 13 holds off zombie apocalypse to top the charts
By: Musa Afridi | October 10th, 2012 |Uncategorized
United Kingdom: the weekly software sales charts are in and the combined might of Resident Evil 6’s Leon Kennedy, Chris Redfield and Jake Muller could not knock the king of football simulation off the number one spot. There nothing sleepy about the dogs at number 10 in the charts as Square Enix’s Sleeping Dogs is doing what the triads are so good at doing a...
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Tomb Raider retailer specific pre-order incentives detailed
By: Musa Afridi | October 10th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Survival and Collector’s Edition will not be retailer specific though. Lara Croft is set to offer different goodies based on where gamers book their copy of the game. It is now customary for one game to have multiple editions apart from the standard copy of the game. Special Editions, Collector’s Editions and Limited Editions have been a norm in the industry, with some publ...
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Ghost Recon heads to Pakistan in Khyber Strike DLC
By: Musa Afridi | October 10th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Ubisoft’s revival of the Ghost Recon series with Future Soldier is set to get another wave of content with the latest DLC pack that sees it going to the city of Peshawar and the surrounding areas. Ubisoft has really come on strong in the previous years and has pretty much established itself as a major player in...
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Day 3 of League of Legends Season 2 World Playoffs plagued by cheating allegations and connection issues
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | October 10th, 2012 |Uncategorized
After smooth sailing during the first-two days of the League of Legends Season 2 World Playoffs, the biggest eSports tournament taking place in Los Angeles, America, was plagued by cheating allegations and connection issues on the third day, i.e. October 6, 2012. A couple of games taking place on day 3 of the playoffs did not live up to the expectations of the organisers as far...
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Survey hints at free Vita games for PlayStation Plus members
By: Musa Afridi | October 9th, 2012 |Uncategorized
It seems Sony subscription based premium service may just be offering Vita owners some free goodies if the results of an on-going survey are to be believed. The PlayStation Vita is still a relatively new piece of technology and Sony still seems to be gauging the market and the tastes and preferences of their spec...
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Activision removes multiplayer map following complaints by Muslim gamers
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | October 9th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Favela, One of the most popular multiplayer maps in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, has been pulled out of rotation by Activision after Muslim gamers complained over holy writings in the map’s bathroom. According to a report by Kotaku, a couple of paintings featuring a quote that read “Allah is beautiful and He loves beauty” from Muslim’s Prophet Muhammad were seen hang...
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Assassin’s Creed 3: Liberation’s will see Aveline meet Connor
By: Moses Abaortae | October 9th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Ubisoft has confirmed that the protagonists from the two games will meet in the Vita version of the game, which runs parallel to the events of the console version of Assassin’s Creed 3. Fans wet themselves in excitement at the prospect of a proper third-party Vita game. Ubisoft seem to have made it a point to support every new platform that comes out, almo...
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The Walking Dead tops the PSN’s PlayStation 3 Charts
By: Moses Abaortae | October 9th, 2012 |Uncategorized
The top 20 PlayStation Network and PlayStation 3 (Full Game) Charts have been released by Sony and it makes for some interesting reading. Starting things off at the bottom and the quirky, light humoured yet addictive co-op game that is Castle Crashers manages to crash the top 20’s castle, albeit only just.
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It’s all LittleBigPlanet in the PlayStation Vita charts
By: Moses Abaortae | October 9th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Sony has released the charts for September and it seems that many are taking advantage of the lower prices on offer via the PlayStation Store and picking up digital copies of the games they want. The PlayStation Vita is easily the most powerful portable gaming console in the market at the moment, though that could change very soon. There are a number of titles on offer both in ...
