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Black Ops: Declassified zombies mode update – there aren’t any
0By: Musa Afridi | October 9th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Activision confirms that the PlayStation Vita entry of the Call of Duty series will not feature the popular Zombies mode but will offer something similar instead. Treyarch tends to be the more innovative and risk-taking studio out of the two that develop and release their respective Call of Duty title every other...
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Metal Gear Rising Revengeance has minimal Kojima involvement
By: Musa Afridi | October 9th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Lead producer of Metal Gear off-shoot, Yuji Korekado, explains how Hideo Kojima is only on hand to ensure the game fits into the universe for the future. Hideo Kojima is one of the most respected developers in the video game industry. Pretty much every game he has developed is pure gold and yes, that is in refere...
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Metal Gear Rising producer highlights balancing issues
By: Musa Afridi | October 9th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Yuji Korekado, from Kojima Productions and the producer of Revengeance, points out how the game’s concept made designing levels a nightmare and how the katana played a major role in choosing who to outsource the game’s development to. The next instalment in the Metal Gear Solid series may be some time away, b...
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Platinum have made Metal Gear Rising a better action game
By: Musa Afridi | October 9th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Yuji Korekado, the producer of the upcoming Metal Gear title starring Raiden, Revengeance, explains how the developer has added elements that have taken the action game to another level. Metal Gear Solid is one of the major reasons Sony managed to sell so many PlayStation 3’s early on. The game was award more Game of the Year accolades than anyone can count – we may be exag...
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World of Warcraft exploit kills entire cities, Blizzard swiftly fixes the issue
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | October 8th, 2012 |Uncategorized
It seems that nefarious individuals had found a way to turn certain cities in a handful of World of Warcraft realms into death traps, killing all players and non-player characters in them instantly. According to WoW Insider, the realms affected by this exploit included Stormwind, Orgrimmar, Tarren Mill, Ragnaros, Draenor, Twisting Nether, though some other servers were affected...
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Times have never been better for launching new IP, says Remember Me developer
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | October 8th, 2012 |Uncategorized
A lot of publishers are of the opinion that holding off new intellectual properties (IPs) until the arrival of the next-generation consoles would be the best thing to do. Electronic Arts’ (EA) Label boss Frank Gibeau was the most recent advocate of pushing the release of new IPs to next-generation consoles, pointing out to the many advantages that it can have for the company ...
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PlayStation All-Stars to have rivalry based story mode
By: Musa Afridi | October 8th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Superbot, the game’s developer, explains how they plan on creating rivalries between characters from different universes such as Jak and Daxter not seeing eye to eye with Ratchet and Clank. Sony is focused on filling the Nintendo Wii shaped void this holiday season by releasing a number of titles aimed at casual gamers with a family friendly feel to it and bit of a party atmo...
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Far Cry 3 dev admits emphasis on narrative is a risk
By: Musa Afridi | October 8th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Ubisoft Montreal’s Dan Hay, the producer of Far Cry 3 is not hiding the fact that the change in direction has put extra pressure on the studio, but believes that they can deliver. Far Cry 3 literally blew audiences away with both its reveal trailer last year at E3 and also at the same event this year when the gameplay, coop mode and a number of insane features were shown off....
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League of Legends Season 2 World Finals attracts the attention of global fans
By: Jason McCarthy | October 5th, 2012 |Uncategorized
The highly-anticipated League of Legends Season 2 World Finals have already kicked-off in Southern California, America, bringing the 12 best team from around the globe to the biggest eSports tournament ever to compete for the $2,000,000. With the popularity of the multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game touching the skies, the hype surrounding the event hardly comes off as ...
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No Doubt and Activision agrees on settlement to end three-year-long legal feud
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | October 5th, 2012 |Uncategorized
After fighting a legal battle that began in 2009, No Doubt and Activision have agreed on settlement just days before the case was to go before the jury. According to the report by the Association Press, the two parties have agreed to settle the lawsuit without dragging the matter into the court any further, though the terms of the settlement are not yet revealed. The whole i...
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Developer details Black Ops: Declassified Zombies, perks and Bouncing Betty?
By: Moses Abaortae | October 5th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Nihilistic is set to mix things up on the perks front in Call of Duty’s debut on the PlayStation Vita as well as Survival mode, which sees players take on waves and waves of as yet, unannounced, enemy types. Sony is looking to add a number of big names to the PlayStation Vita roster as it looks to get the PlayStation Vita into the mainstream. A number of third-parties are bri...
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Controls, weapons and animations are “top priority” for Black Ops
By: Moses Abaortae | October 5th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Robert Huebner, the head of Nihilistic Studios, the developers behind Black Ops: Declassified for the PlayStation Vita, highlighted the two areas they were focusing on to ensure the classic Call of Duty experience is not lost translation on its way to the console. Huebner earlier explained how the studio had done a lot of work in giving the game a visual upgrade and making the ...
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Black Ops: Declassified isn’t as ugly as it was in Gamescom – dev
By: Moses Abaortae | October 5th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Robert Huebner, the head of Nihilistic studios, has assured gamers that the PlayStation Vita game has undergone a number of major upgrades in terms of visuals and is more Call of Duty-like. Sony is looking to garner as much support it can for the Vita, which, although Sony admits is doing rather well by their standards, is still struggling on the sales front in the eyes of anal...
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Over 4.5 million units of Resident Evil 6 shipped across the globe
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | October 5th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Capcom has revealed that it has already shipped more than 4.5 million copies of the latest instalment in its Resident Evil franchise, Resident Evil 6. According to the publisher, this figure of initial worldwide shipments is higher than the ones for its previous titles. The company further went on to concede that from the time the first Resident Evil title arrived in the mar...
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EA cancelled NBA Live 13 at the 11th hour, reveals Microsoft representative
By: Jason McCarthy | October 4th, 2012 |Uncategorized
A Microsoft representative has revealed that Electronic Arts’ NBA Live 13 had been cancelled just a week before it was due for release, while also confirming that it was going to be a downloadable game instead of a retail one. According to Microsoft director of Xbox Live programming Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb, the publisher had waited until the very last moment to make up ...
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Impossible to satisfy every Resident Evil fan, says Capcom
By: Jason McCarthy | October 4th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Fans of the Resident Evil franchise and Capcom have not been on very good terms over the past few years because the former are not happy with the efforts of the latter in recent years. The executive producer of Resident Evil 6 Hiroyuki Kobayashi has described the tension between the developer and fans as something similar to what exists between two parents when they have differ...
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PS 3 gamers unable to boot digital version of Resident Evil 6, Capcom suggests temporary fix
By: Jason McCarthy | October 4th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Things continue to go badly for Capcom as far as its Resident Evil franchise is concerned, with the latest offering in the series already finding itself stuck in a quicksand. Those who pre-ordered Resident Evil 6 and subsequently downloaded the survival horror third-person shooter on their PlayStation 3 are unable to load the game. Upon booting the game, they receive an erro...
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Gears of War creator resigns from Epic Games
By: Musa Afridi | October 4th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Cliff Bleszinski a man with over 20 years of experience in the business and an impressive catalogue of games under his belt such as Unreal Tournament and Gears of War, is taking a break from the video game industry. Many who are familiar with news relating to the behind the scenes workings of the video game industry will be familiar with the name Cliff Bleszinski. For those who...
