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Free-to-play games doing great, Zynga tarnishing the model’s image, believes SOE president
0By: Jason McCarthy | December 19th, 2012 |PC News
Reputation of free-to-play games tarnished due to the social game maker’s mishandling of model, believes company’s president John Smedley. Free-to-play gaming has been growing in popular in recent years, with more and more publishers developing interest in the model and reaping the benefits that it offers. During a recent interview with PC Gamer, Sony Online Entertainmen...
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Decision to fire top Infinity Ward developers was easy, says Activision CEO
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | December 19th, 2012 |News
Decision to take action against Vince Zampella and Jason West was pretty easy to make, claims the Activision boss. Activision came down hard and heavy on Infinity Ward’s top developers, including the two executives namely Vince Zampella and Jason West, in 2010, firing them from the very studio that they created. The swift action raised a number of questions and brought the...
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Dota 2 Heroes – An Introduction to Purist Thunderwrath the Omniknight
By: Jason McCarthy | December 19th, 2012 |Featured
Purist Thunderwrath the Omniknight can easily be considered as one of the most annoying heroes in Defense of the Ancients (Dota) 2 because of the immense amount of effort it requires to make him bleed to death. It appears that while designing the hero, IceFrog had a picture of Superman in front of him. While Omniknight did not get the cool laser or freezing breath, he did get h...
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Dota 2 Heroes – An introduction to Rylai the Crystal Maiden
By: Jason McCarthy | December 19th, 2012 |Featured
Behind every successful man, there is a woman. Rylai the Crystal Maiden is well-suited to live up to this rather arguable notion in Defense of the Ancients (Dota) 2 by possessing abilities that make her support prowess unquestionable. Crystal Maiden is not just a hot chick, but also contributes to her team by bring a very strong support that can help them out in a multitude of ...
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Classic NES Mega Man games coming to 3DS eShop in North America
By: Jason McCarthy | December 19th, 2012 |3DS News
Capcom bringing all six Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) Mega Man titles to North America via 3DS eShop. The classic Mega Man games are all set to hit Nintendo’s portable gaming console in North America next week, with Capcom announcing that the first of six games originally released for NES will be hitting 3DS eShop on December 27. The second game is scheduled to arriv...
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Saints Row: The Third touches the 5.5 million sales milestone
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | December 19th, 2012 |News
Company president claims open-world action game hit the 5.5 million mark in sales, calling it an unrecognised hit. THQ has finally gotten itself an excuse to open a bottle of champagne and get a taste of joy as its open-world action game Saints Row: The Third reaches a new sales milestone. Released in November for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC in mid-November last year,...
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Dota 2 Heroes – An Introduction to Raigor Stonehoof the Earthshaker
By: Jason McCarthy | December 18th, 2012 |Featured
Raigor Stonehoof the Earthshaker, more commonly referred to simply as shaker, is one of the most commonly picked heroes in Defense of the Ancients (Dota) 2 as he happens to be one of the best initiators and team fight heroes in the entire game, especially after he is done farming a blink dagger. His first skill Fissure is absolutely game breaking if used efficiently. When used,...
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Accessibility a key topic for Dark Souls II, says game director
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | December 18th, 2012 |News
Making the sequel to the renowned action role-playing open world video game accessible for new-comers a priority for developer. Reputed as one of the most challenging games to have been made for the current-generation consoles in recent years, Dark Souls is extremely unforgiving to players, demanding an ample amount of skills and perseverance off them. Tomohiro Shibuya, one ...
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Levine claims BioShock Infinite’s multiplayer was unconventional
By: Moses Abaortae | December 18th, 2012 |PS3 News
The head of Irrational Games, Ken Levine, also pointed out that the mode was scrapped due to a lack of time as the studio focused on perfecting the single player experience. The eagerly anticipated third instalment in the BioShock series is set to immerse players in a completely new setting from the previous two games. While the first two games were set in Rapture, an underwate...
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The Nintendo Wii U knocks the 3DS off the top spot
By: Moses Abaortae | December 18th, 2012 |Charts: Japan
Japan: the Wii U ends its portable cousin’s dominance at the top of the hardware sales charts in the region, but it sells fewer units than the PlayStation Vita’s launch. Nintendo is currently the only manufacturer to have released a next generation console with no news about what Sony and Microsoft are up to apart from the fact that their respective consoles are in developm...
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“Pivotal” The Last of Us character revealed
By: Moses Abaortae | December 18th, 2012 |PS3 News
Eric Monacelli, the community strategist at Naughty Dog, reveals another key character in their upcoming game as it is revealed that 24 star, Annie Wersching, is Tess, Joel’s partner. Sony is in full swing as it looks to end the year with a flurry of The Last of Us announcements as well as a host of other deals and special offers. The sudden flood of information surrounding N...
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Batman: Arkham Asylum hits the PlayStation Network this week
By: Moses Abaortae | December 18th, 2012 |PS3 News
Sony are set to add another title to their digital library with the first of Rocksteady’s Batman games as it is set hit the PlayStation Store this week. The PlayStation Store is set for its weekly update and although there really isn’t anything new on offer this time around there are one or two titles that will catch everyone’s eye. Whether or not it will be followed by a...
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Capcom releases free title update for Resident Evil 6
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | December 18th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Title update introducing a number of features requested by fans to Capcom’s latest title in the renowned third-person shooter. Capcom has released a new title update for the Resident Evil 6, which will resolve a number of issues that the fans have been complaining about since the game’s launch in October, 2012, for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The latest offering in t...
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Resident Evil 6 heading to PC March 22, 2013
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | December 18th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Release date for the PC version of Capcom’s third-person shooter revealed, with the game to feature “all console content.” After keeping the PC gamers in suspense for quite some time now, Capcom has finally nailed down March 22, 2013, as the date when Resident Evil 6 arrives for Windows. In the recent announcement made by the publisher, it was revealed that the PC vers...
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Square Enix confirms staff cuts in Los Angeles office
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | December 18th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Company has confirmed that staff from its office in Los Angeles has been laid off, while assuring that the development of its online titles will not be affected. Downsizing is an ugly reality that is becoming increasingly prominent ever since the world got hit by recession over five years ago. Staff cuts and closing of offices is not an uncommon thing in the video game indus...
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Dota 2 Heroes – An introduction to Mortred the Phantom Assassin
By: Jason McCarthy | December 18th, 2012 |Featured
Mortred the Phantom Assassin is arguably one of the strongest heroes in Defense of the Ancients (Dota 2). She may not be the most tough-looking hero in game, nor does her basic abilities seem really devastating. However, with one of the most effective ultimates of the game at her disposal, finding her enemies fleeing from her is quite understandable. Phantom Assassin is an agil...
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Dota 2 Heroes – An introduction to Rubick the Grand Magus
By: Jason McCarthy | December 18th, 2012 |Featured
The addition of Rubick the Grand Magus to the Defense of the Ancients (Dota) 2 hero roster brought smiles to the faces of a number of gamers who had been really looking forward to having some fun with one of the most unique ultimates in the game. Rubick is an intelligence hero whose unique mechanics allow him to fill many roles, whether it is an initiator, pusher, nuker or disa...
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Activision CEO firmly against a Call of Duty film
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | December 18th, 2012 |Uncategorized
Activision boss has no plans of turning the highly-acclaimed first-person shooter franchise into a Hollywood film, fearing it “could taint the brand.” The wall separating the video game industry from the film industry has become thinner than ever in recent years, with more and more of the publishers showing interest in bringing their games to the silver screen. All it ta...
