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Treyarch and Activision distance themselves from Black Ops Declassified
0By: Musa Afridi | September 15th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Both the developers and the publishers of the IP have denied any direct involvement with the upcoming PlayStation Vita first-person shooter, claiming they simply consulted the developers, Nihilistic, on the fiction. It seems that Black Ops: Declassified, the first game under the Call of Duty brand to be released ...
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The Wii U could face competition from the new PlayStation 3 – Pachter
By: Musa Afridi | September 15th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Wedbush analyst, Michael Pachter, believes that Sony is holding back PlayStation 3 stock to increase demand for the console as it looks to launch a new model that is set to compete with the Wii U. Sony and Nintendo are two of the oldest names in the console market, with Nintendo currently set to release its eighth generation console in the market. Nintendo also seems to have ...
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Insomniac CEO responds vaguely to Resistance: Burning Skies questions
By: Musa Afridi | September 14th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Burning Skies was developed by Nihilistic Games and was the first first-person shooter on the console but when Ted Price, the CEO of Insomniac Games, was asked about what he thought of the game his response was both diplomatic and vague. Resistance is one of Sony’s exclusive IPs and the series can be found with...
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Resistance wasn’t a Halo because….
By: Musa Afridi | September 14th, 2012 |Uncategorized
The series’ developer, Insomniac Games, reflects on why their PlayStation 3 exclusive series never reached the level of Microsoft’s behemoth of a first-person shooter, Halo. A few months after completing the Resistance trilogy, which saw players fight for humanity’s survival against the Chimera across two continents and ending their exclusivity deal with Sony, Insomniac G...
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PlayStation Vita sales slump in Japan as Max Payne 3 impresses
By: Musa Afridi | September 14th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Sony sees the sales figures of its portable gaming console drop to almost a quarter of its previous week’s sales while Rockstar enjoy some success in Japan with the release of Max Payne 3. Different regions around the world have different trends when it comes to sales of both hardware and software, however, whe...
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Metal Gear Rising cancelled! In Japan…on the Xbox 360
By: Musa Afridi | September 14th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Konami confirms that the Metal Gear spin-off will not be releasing on Xbox 360 consoles in Japan for unspecified reasons, making it a PlayStation 3 exclusive in the reason. Metal Gear Rising was meant to be the first game to make use of Hideo Kojima’s in-house game engine, the Fox engine. However, due to a numb...
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Special: Halo 4’s new enemies and weapons – Part II
By: Musa Afridi | September 14th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Master Chief’s most daunting enemy type and the new weapons he has to both face and wield are set to take the game in new, fresh direction...at least that’s what 343 are promoting at this stage. The Knight Battlewagons are also set to be a challenge to take down as well as they will sport heavy armour and shielding as well as a Scattershot (shotgun-type weapon) which means ...
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Special: Halo 4’s new enemies and weapons – Part I
By: Musa Afridi | September 14th, 2012 |Uncategorized
343 Studios releases profiles of the various Promethean enemy types as well as the new weapons that players will encounter as they done the role of Master Chief once more. Master Chief has taken down his fair share of enemies since the first Halo game, some were more charismatic and endearing than others. Being able to create enemies as memorable as Bungie did is something that...
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Video Games are the cause of dangerous driving my….
By: Moses Abaortae | September 14th, 2012 |Uncategorized
A study published by Dartmouth College has found a correlation between violent video games and dangerous driving as well as a link between video games and drinking and driving. Let us start things off with the actual story first. A study conducted by Dartmouth College was able to establish the link between aggres...
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Bethesda not convinced about Wii U
By: Jason McCarthy | September 14th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Despite the people at Nintendo working hard to convince the general public that the upcoming Wii U is not as bad as the critics make it seem to me, some analyst, publisher or developer ends up stating something that takes its toll on the Japanese company’s efforts. This time, the damage has been done by Bethesda, the publisher behind blockbusters like Elder Scrolls and Fallou...
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Top 5 overrated video games of all time – Part 5
By: Jason McCarthy | September 13th, 2012 |Uncategorized
1. Assassin’s Creed It is becoming increasingly common to find this game sitting high in various lists of overrated games and that too for a good reason. Before the game was to be launched, Ubisoft created a lot of hype about a new engine that the company was working on, Anvil. This new technology was to be used to introduce a new genre of gaming, stealth-action-adventure,...
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F1 2012 demos are now live on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
By: Moses Abaortae | September 13th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Codemasters is hoping to entice gamers to buy their upcoming Formula One game ahead of its release in late September with their demo, which gamers can now download and play…unless they’re in Japan. Formula One is one of the biggest sports in the world, with legions upon legions of fans cheering their favourit...
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Rockstar denies GTA 5 release date leak
By: Moses Abaortae | September 13th, 2012 |Uncategorized
The screenshot apparently leaking the release date to Grand Theft Auto 5 has been confirmed as being a fake by the studio as many continue to wait for a street date for the next instalment in the record setting series. Grand Theft Auto 5 is easily the most anticipated game to have been announced in the past six m...
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PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale could get Kat and Abe
By: Musa Afridi | September 12th, 2012 |Uncategorized
The roster for the latest party game from Sony for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita is set to get both Gravity Rush’s Kat while Oddworld’s Abe is being considered. Sony is aiming to target the ‘neglected’ family and party gaming genre with its upcoming title, PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale, which one can liken to the company’s version of Super Mario Smash B...
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Generals 2 gets single-player campaign
By: Musa Afridi | September 12th, 2012 |Uncategorized
The latest instalment in the Command & Conquer series gets a mode to satisfy players who want to invest in the game’s characters and story as EA’s announces that Generals 2 is not a multiplayer only game. Anyone who remembers the original Generals game will also have noted that the title came with not o...
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EA prone to introducing new concepts, says DICE general manager
By: Jason McCarthy | September 12th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Electronic Arts (EA) is often lambasted by critics for not being innovative enough, a reputation that continues to grow with each new sequel of its popular franchises. DICE general manager Magnus Troedsson, however, disagrees with the notion and believes that the publisher is carrying out a fair bit of innovation. In a recent interview with Gamasutra, the Battlefield studioâ...
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The War Z changes up the free-to-play formula
By: Musa Afridi | September 12th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Hammerpoint Interactive’s latest game is looking to put players money on the line as their death in the game means that they lose all their items, including the ones they paid real money to purchase in an effort to promote a cautious approach to the game. Day Z is a mod that lets gamers play as a survivor in a zombie apocalypse. The game is unforgiving and fellow players, who...
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Study shows that fewer people are playing Video Games
By: Musa Afridi | September 12th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Anita Frazier, an analyst from NPD, has highlighted that the number of core gamers has decreased by 12-million and that next-gen consoles could be the only thing to bring those numbers back up. When the debt and financial crisis hit the world a number of industries suffered, with some feeling the heat more than others. To say it did not affect the video game industry would not ...
