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Dominating the T20 World Cup Fantasy League: Player Transfer Policy
0By: Moses Abaortae | September 19th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Here is your one-stop shop for an in-depth look at how you can set up your team to take full advantage of the 24 changes allowed during the group stages of the tournament. Cricinfo is set to have the cricket fanatics all pondering over which formation they want to set their team up in, which players to have in th...
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BioWare reveals its plans to release another Mass Effect game in the future
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | September 19th, 2012 |Uncategorized
It turns out that BioWare is far from done with its Mass Effect franchise despite the ending of the third part leaving very little for the story to continue with. The Canada-based studio may have lost its co-founders Greg Zeschuk and Ray Muzyka as the two industry veterans decided to call it a day, but that has hardly made the company lose its focus or direction. BioWare’s...
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Wii U pre-sold out in most online retail stores
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | September 18th, 2012 |Uncategorized
It has hardly been a week since Nintendo announced the release date and price of Wii U for the North American region and in contrast to the earlier speculations, the response so far has been nothing short of impressive. Sensing the strong demand for the product, some of the US retailers made the upcoming console available for pre-order, offering people the satisfaction that the...
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Firebrand Games creative director points out biggest challenges that stand between Wii U and success
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | September 18th, 2012 |Uncategorized
The industry analysts are already convinced that Nintendo’s latest hardware Wii U is destined to fail because of the numerous challenges awaiting it upon its launch in North America on November 18. This view is not shared by the Scottish developer Firebrand Games, who is of the opinion that the upcoming next-generation console is very much capable of holding its own in a toug...
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Wii U is far more than what meets the eye, asserts Firebrand Games
By: Jason McCarthy | September 18th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Nintendo has been in the hot-seat ever since it revealed the Wii U at its Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) press conference earlier this year. The underwhelming response of the fans was taken a sign of inevitable doom for the new hardware, with many industry analysts writing off the console completely, arguing that it hardly has the juice to hold its own in front of Sony and ...
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Partnership with Nintendo important for future of Bayonetta franchise, says Platinum Games
By: Jason McCarthy | September 18th, 2012 |Uncategorized
The statement made by Platinum Games regarding Bayonetta 2 being exclusive to Nintendo’s upcoming console Wii U left fans of the game shocked and angry. The developer, however, believes entering into a partnership with Nintendo is crucial to the success of the game as it would allow it to become stronger and hold its own at a time when the console games market is in a bit of ...
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Zynga bites back at EA with counter-suit
By: Jason McCarthy | September 17th, 2012 |Uncategorized
The war between Electronic Arts (EA) and Zynga continues as the latter recently countersued the Battlefield publisher, calling the copyrights infringement lawsuit filed against as baseless while accusing EA of carrying out “anticompetitive and unlawful business practices.” Hitting backing on EA this past weekend, the social gaming studio stated that the accusation against t...
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Nintendo to continue its support for Wii
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | September 17th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Nintendo has confirmed that it will continue to support Wii despite launching its successor Wii U come November in the North American and European region. In a Q&A session with the investors following the company’s Wii U conference in New York earlier this week, the president of Nintendo of America Reggie Fils-Aime made it clear that the company plans on selling Wii in th...
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Wii U has no games to support two controllers at launch
By: Moses Abaortae | September 17th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Nintendo executive explains reason for not offering Wii U controllers separately in stores but explains that gamers can expect dual-controller supported games to be available next year. The Nintendo Wii U has split gamers and critics right down the middle and many still don’t know what to make of it. The dual s...
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Fan made Half-Life remake Black Mesa has been released
By: Moses Abaortae | September 17th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Developers release the game ahead of Steam Greenlight’s official launch. Oh, and its free to download and play. While a majority of PC gamers will be waiting for any news relating to Gordon Freeman and what he is getting up to in Half-Life 3, others have turned their attention to the eagerly anticipated fan-mad...
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Assassin’s Creed 3 has 50 Achievements and Trophies
By: Moses Abaortae | September 17th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Ubisoft’s latest game has plenty for completionists to do in the latest instalment in the Assassin’s Creed series, including learning Desmond’s fate. Interesting… There is a certain level of satisfaction derived from increasing one’s Gamerscore, especially when the small blip appears on screen which rea...
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Black Ops 2 gets a Zombie campaign – rumour
By: Moses Abaortae | September 17th, 2012 |Uncategorized
According to a listing on the online retailer, Amazon’s, website, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 will come with both a multiplayer and a story mode for the highly popular zombies mode, though neither Treyarch nor Activision have commented on the report. Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 has quite the task of not only convin...
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Nintendo not worried about using established IPs too much
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | September 17th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Despite the recent criticism, Nintendo is not worried about releasing too many Mario games coming back to bite them. During a recent interview with Games Industry International, the president of Nintendo of America Reggie Fils-Aime came out and bluntly stated that the company has no plans of killing a goose that is laying golden egg since each new egg has a new and fresh experi...
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Nintendo Wii U release date and price announced for North American and European region
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | September 17th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Nintendo Wii U will hit the North American market on November 18, whereas the European market will see the arrival of the next-generation console by November 30. The announcement was made by the Japan-based company during a press conference in New York, America, on Thursday, September 13. The release date and price of Wii U had been revealed for the Japanese market before it...
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Wii U launch date and price announced for Japan
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | September 16th, 2012 |Uncategorized
The suspense over the launch date and price of Nintendo’s next-generation console is finally lifted, well for the Japanese consumers at least. During the first of two Japanese Nintendo Direct events, it was announced that the Wii U will hit the market on December 8. It was further revealed that the console will be available in two different models, Premium and Basic. Th...
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Is the Nintendo Wii U doomed from the start?
By: Musa Afridi | September 15th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Or does Nintendo have another potential winner? Wishfree.com looks into the strengths and weaknesses of the first of the next-generation consoles in order to determine whether or not it turns out to be the next big thing or that other thing that no one will remember when the PlayStation 4 and Xbox 720 are...
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The Nintendo Wii U’s price is so important because…
By: Musa Afridi | September 15th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Well there are a number of reasons and Wishfree is here to tell you all about why considering a Wii U requires a bit of extra research as well. So the Nintendo Wii’s release date(s) were announced during the Nintendo Direct conference and in case anyone missed it, well that’s it then, no one is allowed to re-...
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Did the Wii U’s price, games and controller impress?Did the Wii U’s price, games and controller impress?
By: Musa Afridi | September 15th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Or add more fuel to the ‘misery’ fire? Wishfree continues its look Nintendo’s next generation console. Starting things off with the launch day content that will be available for the console. The line up itself seems catered towards attractin...
