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GTA V tops poll for most anticipated game
0By: Moses Abaortae | September 6th, 2012 |Uncategorized
A recent poll held by CVG has revealed the top five titles that gamers are looking forward to the most and it includes the likes of Metal Gear Solid, Assassin’s Creed 3, BioShock Infinite and The Last of Us. It may not have been the comprehensive of polls or the most elaborate, but it does throw up a number of interesting results nonetheless. However, before diving into the r...
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Latest Resident Evil 6 demo out this month!
By: Moses Abaortae | September 6th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Capcom has announced another round of Resident Evil 6 demos scheduled to open to the gaming public on September 18. However, it will only be available to gamers in the Japan region. Capcom has put a lot behind the latest instalment of the core series of the Resident Evil franchise, as not only has it assembled its largest ever development team for a project but it has also fore...
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iPhone 5 announcement scheduled for the 12th of September
By: Moses Abaortae | September 6th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Apple is holding a conference within the week to announce the next generation of iPhones and one can expect ‘Bad Piggies’, the latest game from Angry Birds developer, Rovio, to feature as well. Ok, so we’ll be honest, Apple has not officially stated what the conference being held is for, although if history has anything to teach us then the only thing the meeting can be a...
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Erotic game ‘Seduce me’ pulled from Steam Greenlight
By: Moses Abaortae | September 6th, 2012 |Uncategorized
No Reply Games, the developers of the title, were outraged as they discovered the fact that their game had been removed from Valve’s Greenlight service on Steam. Steam in essence is online platform that allows PC Gamers to meet and greet, play together and even purchase content and games. The service is a trendsetter as a number of major publishers such as Ubisoft and EA have...
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Nintendo Wii U release date and price outed by another source
By: Moses Abaortae | September 6th, 2012 |Uncategorized
It seems that the industry is closing in on both the release date and the price of the Wii U as a number of sources all seem to point towards November and a price range of $249.99 to $349.99. There may not be as much excitement surrounding the release of the Nintendo Wii U as compared to that which led up to the ...
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Microsoft may delay launch of Xbox 720 – Analyst
By: Moses Abaortae | September 6th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Michael Pachter, an analyst from Wedbush, believes that the Xbox 720 may the last console to the party as Microsoft will want to make sure it can cater to the demand. This means gamers could have to wait until 2014 for the console. The next generation of home consoles are in development, that is a fact, however, ...
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Rovio announces Angry Birds spin-off Bad Piggies
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | September 5th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Rovio is all set to prove that it is not just a one-hit-wonder with the Angry Birds spin-off Bad Piggies, which is scheduled to launch for iOS, Android and Mac on September 27, with the Windows Phone, Windows 8 and PC version of the game to follow sometime later. Fans of Angry Birds may have spent hours punishing the green pigs for stealing eggs from the birds, refusing to lear...
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GameStop boss expects either new Xbox or PlayStation 4 to arrive in 2013
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | September 5th, 2012 |Uncategorized
The current-generation consoles have been there for quite some time now, going well beyond the traditional life-cycle of their predecessors and thus the gamers are getting anxious to see what the industry giants in store for them. While most of the speculations regarding the upcoming consoles suggested that the Sony and Microsoft will be launching their high-end consoles in 201...
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Industry heading towards golden age of gaming, believes EA’s Frank Gibeau
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | September 5th, 2012 |Uncategorized
There is no denying the fact that the gaming industry is undergoing some significant changes over the last few months, something that has been repeatedly pointed out by analysts and companies alike. The president of Electronic Arts (EA) Labels Frank Gibeau is convinced that the industry is heading toward a golden age of gaming despite struggling for stability and adapting to th...
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Capcom confirms leaked copies of Resident Evil 6 sold in Poland
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | September 5th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Capcom has confirmed that the copies of Resident Evil 6 sold this past weekend in Poland were stolen. The latest title in the Resident Evil franchise was originally scheduled to release for the Xbox 360, PlayStation and PC on November 20. However, the game somehow made it into the market well before its scheduled release date, with reports coming in about copies of the Germa...
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Steam charges $100 fee for Greenlight submission
By: Musa Afridi | September 5th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Fee intended to discourage non-serious games being submitted and all fees will be donated to the charity, Child’s Play as Valve buckles down on its latest feature. Steam is an online digital distribution platform and much more. The service recently expanded to allow users to submit their own video game creations to be shared and sold to other subscribers of Valve’s service....
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Controversy has helped Tomb Raider – Gearbox executive
By: Musa Afridi | September 5th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Randy Pitchford, the President of Gearbox, explained how the assault scene controversy helped put the Tomb Raider reboot on the map admitted the executive at the cost of sounding cynical. There is a saying the entertainment industry that no publicity is bad publicity and it seems that the same holds true for the interactive entertainment industry as well. There have been a n...
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“High-end tablets” will be major threat for consoles – Gibeau
By: Musa Afridi | September 5th, 2012 |Uncategorized
EA Labels President, Frank Gibeau, who recently flaunted having seen the next-gen consoles, also highlighted the two platforms that should be considered threats to home consoles in the future. According Mr. Gibeau there is still plenty of room in the interactive entertainment industry for home consoles to not onl...
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EA executive continues hyping up PlayStation 4 and Xbox 720
By: Musa Afridi | September 5th, 2012 |Uncategorized
It seems that EA Labels president, Frank Gibeau, has the uncontrollable urge to remind everyone that he has seen both next generation consoles and rub in every gamer’s face just how awesome they are… There is hinting, teasing and then just plain flaunting and Mr. Gibeau seems to have a talent for the latter. ...
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Furious 4 no longer part of the Brothers in Arms franchise
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | September 4th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Developer Gearbox Software has revealed that Furious 4 is no longer a part of the Brothers in Arms franchise and will instead is being re-imagined into a completely new intellectual property (IP). Talking about the upcoming game during the “Inside Gearbox Software” panel at PAX Prime panel in Seattle this week, Gearbox Software president Randy Pitchford provided with the la...
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EA announces Command & Conquer the Ultimate Collection
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | September 4th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Not too many days ago, we got the news that Square Enix has announced a Final Fantasy Ultimate Box Collection featuring almost the entire series in one single package in order to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the franchise. However, the Japanese-based company is not the only one celebrating an anniversary of a successful franchise as Electronic Arts (EA) has anno...
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Square Enix announces Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy 13
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | September 4th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Square Enix had been teasing the fans of the of the Final Fantasy franchise with a good news that awaited them at the 25th Anniversary Event in Tokyo Japan. Keeping true to their word, the publisher did manage to overwhelm the fans with some pretty exciting announcement. As it turns out, the much-loved main protagonist from Final Fantasy XIII Lightning is all set to ...
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Valve to spearhead innovation in PCs, begin recruiting
By: Moses Abaortae | September 4th, 2012 |Uncategorized
A job listing on Valve’s website is looking candidates experienced in hardware development as the studio looks to take matters into its own hands and move the PC forward as a platform for gamers. When one looks at the consoles that have been released by the likes of Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo over the years a...
