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Ghost Recon Future Soldier Next hinted at by Ubisoft
0By: Musa Afridi | December 27th, 2012 |News
An image of a presentation slide on Ubisoft Kiev’s Facebook page confirms that a sequel to Future Soldier is in the works The Ghost Recon series has been around since the days of the PlayStation One and have always focused on tactical combat as opposed to the run and gun games that were so popular back in those...
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California Democratic senator condemns NRA’s response to violent video games
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | December 27th, 2012 |News
California Democratic senator calls the response of National Rifle Association (NRA) in wake of Connecticut shooting “pathetic and completely unacceptable.” The California Democratic senator Leland Yee is not happy with the response of the National Rifle Association (NRA) in wake of the deadly shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, on December...
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Wii U in wake of Sandy Hook Elementary shooting
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | December 26th, 2012 |Featured
Nintendo has established itself as a source of entertainment for the entire family instead of a specific target market, such as hardcore gamers or the more contemporary casual gamers. Where other console and video game making companies focus on graphics and performance, the Japan-based company has always kept gameplay and content on top of the priority list, something that has ...
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Connecticut shooting a wake-up call for game makers
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | December 26th, 2012 |Featured
The outburst by the National Rifle Association (NRA) vice president Wayne LaPierre has attracted a lot of criticism from the media, video game industry, film industry, music industry and even the general American public. Instead of blaming the deadly weapon that took the lives of 20 children and 6 adults in the tragic incident of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting on Friday,...
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NRA condemns violent video games, films and music videos in wake of Connecticut shooting
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | December 26th, 2012 |News
National Rifle Association (NRA) points a finger at violent video games in wake of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Carrying a licensed gun is not a crime in America, or anywhere else for that matter, but that will not be the case if the protesters calling out for an all-out ban on guns in the society have their way. Naturally, the National Rifle Association (NRA) is o...
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Americans say no to games with guns
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | December 26th, 2012 |Featured
The tragic incident of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting at in Newtown, Connecticut, on Friday, December 14, is something that the world and especially the American people will not be forgetting in a long time. The deadly incident claimed lives of 20 children and 6 adults, affecting so many families while sending a fresh wave of fear through the entire nation, which has sti...
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PlayStation Blog 2012 Awards: Game of the Year – Editors
By: Moses Abaortae | December 25th, 2012 |PS3 News
With Assassin’s Creed 3 winning the fans PlayStation 3 Game of the Year award for 2012, it is now time to turn our attention to the editor’s picks. 2012 has been a good year for both sequels as well as new IPs and while gamers were busy picking their favourite games of the year, the editors and managers of the PlayStation Blog were left to decide on which game they wished t...
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PlayStation Blog 2012 Awards: Game of the Year – Fans
By: Moses Abaortae | December 25th, 2012 |PS3 News
The US PlayStation Blog allowed visitors to vote for their favourite game in a number of categories and the Game of the Year went to a certain hooded, hidden-bladed Assassin. It around this time of year that a number of video game related sites release their lists of Game of the Year, best game of this console or that platform and to be fair, a number of the awards are fairly p...
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Is there real value in Sony’s PlayStation Plus subscription?
By: Moses Abaortae | December 25th, 2012 |Uncategorized
It has been a number of months since Sony launched their premium subscription service and we take a look at whether or not there are any Plus points in paying for the service. Sony’s primary edge over its competitor, Microsoft, in the current generation console war was the fact that the PlayStation Network and access to the online features was free. However, as time wore on, ...
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EA missed an opportunity with FIFA 13
By: Moses Abaortae | December 25th, 2012 |Featured
The PlayStation Vita and PlayStation 3 partnership could have been explored by the developer, much in the same way MLB ’13 The Show is planning on. One of the PlayStation Vita’s greatest strengths is its ability to link up and connect with the PlayStation 3 console and do a host of different things that not many developers have taken advantage of or demonstrated the potenti...
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Games to look forward to in 2013 – Part 3
By: Musa Afridi | December 25th, 2012 |Featured
The first two games in this series, Dead Space and Crysis, were both three-quels but it is time to change the pace a bit with a prequel or rather an origin game. Chances are that if a gamer ever owned a PlayStation One, PlayStation 2 or a PC around the time of those consoles, then they have either played or heard about Tomb Raider. The series spawned a number of titles and spin...
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Games to look forward to in 2013 – Part 2
By: Musa Afridi | December 25th, 2012 |Featured
Dead Space 3 is set to get the next year going but it will be followed soon after by another title from EA, one that PC gamers will be looking forward to for sure. So Dead Space 3 is all set to bring a number of changes to the series; from a change in setting to the introduction of co-op as well as a new weapon creation system but it seems that EA seems to want to keep ‘space...
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Games to look forward to in 2013 – Part 1
By: Musa Afridi | December 25th, 2012 |Uncategorized
The next year already holds plenty of promise for gamers with a plethora of new titles, reboots, prequels and sequels set to be released and we take a look at the best of them. While many will be looking forward to the new year for a better tomorrow, there will be those who will be looking forward to it for a whole set of other reasons. A number of titles are set to make their ...
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Are multiplayer games killing their single-player counterparts
By: Moses Abaortae | December 25th, 2012 |Featured
We take a look at and analyse whether or not we could be seeing the last of the triple-A story driven games. If one takes a look at the best selling games in the past five years then the Call of Duty games rank number one by a country mile and then some. The series has perfected a model for financial success which every other studio is trying to replicate, more often than not b...
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The PlayStation Vita Digital title of the year is…
By: Musa Afridi | December 25th, 2012 |Vita News
A number of games are exclusive only to the PlayStation Store and available as digital downloads on the Vita and both the fans and the editors have made their picks. Perhaps the best example of the PlayStation Vita’s prowess is in its unique offerings on the arcade front. While the full on titles have received mixed responses from gamers and critics, it’s the downloadable t...
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Uncharted: Golden Abyss wins the Game of the Year gong
By: Musa Afridi | December 25th, 2012 |Vita News
Bend Studio’s first date with the Uncharted series and their outing on the Vita has been voted by fans as the best game on Sony second-generation portable console. With the end of the year fast approaching and the world not having ended, it is time to get back into the swing of things as we bring you coverage of just what is happening in the world of video games. Starting off...
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The PlayStation Blog Editors chose their favourite Vita title
By: Musa Afridi | December 25th, 2012 |Vita News
The fans picked Uncharted: Golden Abyss as their Vita Game of the Year but it seems the editors over on the blog went for something different. The PlayStation Vita celebrated its first birthday recently and the console has been a mixed bag for many. There are a section of gamers who are extremely pleased with the console while others have been let down at the same time. The ...
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Sales of video game not affected by Connecticut shooting, says analyst
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | December 24th, 2012 |News
Cowen & Company analyst assures investors of minor impact at most on sales of games from possible legislation or consumer backlash following Connecticut shooting. The whole world and especially the American people are still stunned by the tragic incident of an armed man gunning down 20 children and 6 adults, including himself and his mother, at Sandy Hook Elementary School ...
