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August proves to be a successful month for Nintendo, courtesy of 3DS and new Super Mario Bros. 2
0By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | September 11th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Nintendo may be having a tough time convincing analysts and gamers that its upcoming Wii U console is not as bad as everyone is making it to be, but the atmosphere at the company is hardly gloomy, thanks to the continuing success of its 3DS line and the latest title in the Mario franchise. The Japan-based company has revealed that the sales figure of its 3DS rose increased by m...
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Wii U version of Ghost Recon Online put on hold indefinitely
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | September 11th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Ubisoft has put the Wii U version of Ghost Recon Online on hold indefinitely, with the development team at Shanghai studio shifting their focus entirely to the PC version of the game. Talking to Videogame, Ghost Recon Online’s producer Theo Sanders conceded that the development team is only working on the PC version of the upcoming free-to-play shooter and therefore the vers...
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Dead Space 3 to terrify gamers in new ways according to developer
By: Moses Abaortae | September 11th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Visceral Games’ Steve Papoutsis, the executive producer of the third instalment of EA’s Dead Space series, explains how he wants to mix things up and keep the scares “fresh” in the snow covered planet, Tau Volantis. The original Dead Space game shocked the world with just how gory, violent, terrifying and absolutely brilliant it was. The game slipped onto the market pre...
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EA’s Dead Space is a more than Triple-A, it’s Quad-A boasts dev
By: Moses Abaortae | September 11th, 2012 |Uncategorized
The game’s executive producer explains how Dead Space 3 will make use of the game’s audio and setting to provide fresh scares for players and also categorizes the game as a Quad-A title. Starting things off with the latest classification of video games, created by Visceral Games in order to hype up their latest instalment in their survival-action-horror series, Dead Space 3...
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Executive producer defends Dead Space 3’s human dismemberment
By: Moses Abaortae | September 11th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Steve Papoutsis explains that players will finally get some payback on the Unitologists who have done them so much harm in the previous instalments of the Dead Space series. When Dead Space 1 was released, it shocked the world with its em...
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Dead Space 3 heading “towards a big showdown” – dev
By: Moses Abaortae | September 11th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Isaac Clarke will have to brave the elements and the unseen as Visceral Games Steve Papoutsis, the executive producer of the game, explains how the setting and low visibility will provide plenty of opportunities to scare the living daylights out of players. Dead Space 3 is now heading into its third instalment an...
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Capcom shakes things up, plans shorter sales cycles
By: Moses Abaortae | September 10th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Gamers can expect shorter development cycles and more sequels for series such as Resident Evil, Devil May Cry, Dead Rising and Street Fighter as the publisher looks to aim towards an annual release cycle for its top games. When it comes to Japan there are a number of top developers and publishers that have seen success not just in their own region but across the world as well; ...
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Co-op will add a new experience to Dead Space franchise – dev
By: Moses Abaortae | September 10th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Steve Papoutsis, the executive producer of Dead Space 3 at Visceral Games, believes that co-op will add to the overall experience rather than take away from it as he attempts to ease the worries of some of the fans of the series. Dead Space 3 is set to shake up the usual formula for the series by changing the set...
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World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria receives a green signal by Chinese government
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | September 10th, 2012 |Uncategorized
There is a good news for the Chinese fans of World of Warcraft as the Chinese government as given the green signal to the operation of the upcoming expansion pack Mists of Pandaria in the region. Blizzard’s critically acclaimed massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) has had a bit of trouble with the Chinese government in the past due to the content of the gam...
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Poor game design result in poor experience, says Creative Assembly’s Renaud Charpentier
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | September 10th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Whenever a new hardware arrives in the market, the developers find themselves competing against each other to unleash its potential through presentation of a visually pleasing experience. This focus on graphical advancement instead of gameplay is something that ends up hurting the overall experience offered by the games, believes Creative Assembly lead designer Renaud Charpenti...
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Football Manager 13 could make its way on to the Vita
By: Musa Afridi | September 10th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Sports Interactive, the studio behind the game, has not ruled out the game one day releasing on Sony’s PlayStation Vita, however, for that to happen the studio admits that the game needs to post strong sales on other platforms first. The PlayStation Vita is in need of content and third-party support. That much is clear and even Sony will not argue against it, in fact, they ha...
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Death takes the US Sales charts with Darksiders 2
By: Musa Afridi | September 10th, 2012 |Uncategorized
THQ’s sequel to the original Darksiders game dominates the software sales charts in the United States as Sleeping Dogs free falls to mid-table and Kingdom Hearts 3D impresses. Following our look at the United Kingdom’s sales chart it is now time to hop over the small pond that is the Atlantic Ocean and see wh...
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Hacker finds PlayStation Vita exploit, begins Homebrew process
By: Musa Afridi | September 10th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Yifan Lu claims to have hacked Sony’s PlayStation Vita console to allow users to create homebrew games for the console using the “Usermode Vita Loader”, however the process is still in its early stages. The PlayStation Portable, which was the predecessor to the current PlayStation Vita console, started off ...
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Need for Speed Most Wanted will have Kinect voice support
By: Musa Afridi | September 10th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Microsoft is continuing its ‘better with Kinect’ campaign with the announcement that EA’s latest offering in the Need for Speed franchise will allow players to make changes to their car using the peripheral’s voice command options. The product lifecycle of consoles seem to have decreased over the years an...
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The Ghost Recon Online delay could hurt the Wii U
By: Musa Afridi | September 10th, 2012 |Uncategorized
It may not be the biggest name that the Nintendo Wii U will be offering but Ghost Recon Online is an important one and Wishfree.com explains why. Earlier on we covered the story of Ubisoft’s Ghost Recon Online being delayed but now it is time to take a look at how that could hurt the Wii U more than many people may think. First of all, it would be wise to clarify that Ubis...
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The 3DS impresses and the Xbox 360 dominates the US
By: Musa Afridi | September 10th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Microsoft continues to take full advantage of home soil as it outsells the PlayStation 3 for 20th straight month, while the Nintendo 3DS demonstrates the fact that portable gaming consoles may not be as dead as everyone seems to think. The world is divided into three major segments for the video game i...
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Ubisoft announces Rayman: Jungle Run for iOS and Android
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | September 8th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Ubisoft pleased a lot of gamers with their decision to re-invent its Rayman franchise by reverting back to its original side-scrolling roots for Rayman: Origins. As it turns out, Ubisoft is far from done with the revived Rayman experience. The cuddly blonde character is headed to iOS and Android with the latest title in the franchise Rayman: Jungle Run, which is scheduled for r...
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AAA games are fading, Assassin’s Creed III to offer an entirely new experience, says Ubisoft
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | September 7th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Video game industry is undergoing some significant changes, keeping the gamers in a bit of suspense as to what they will be offered within a couple of year’s time. It seems that some game makers are not feeling too optimistic about the coming days, with Ubisoft’s Alex Hutchinson being one of them. The creative director of highly-anticipated Assassin’s Creed III sounds ...
