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A-Men demo – initial impression: PlayStation Vita demos
0By: Musa Afridi | July 13th, 2012 |News, Uncategorized
Is the A-Men demo worth a download or should players pass despite the ‘free’ tag? The PlayStation Store is filled with titles that gamers can download and play, some of the titles are free to download and play but all them have demos available for download. With the PlayStation Vita still fairly new in the ma...
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The PlayStation Vita – A Noob’s Guide – iii
By: Musa Afridi | July 13th, 2012 |News, Uncategorized
With the various applications installed and the PlayStation Network account set up it is time now to take a look at a few features Sony’s second generation portable gaming console has to offer. The PlayStation Vita is designed primarily for gaming but it also has a number of features that enhance the experience...
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Review: Ghost Recon: Commander – a free-to-play Facebook game – 3
By: Musa Afridi | July 13th, 2012 |News, Uncategorized
With the details of the game out of the way it is time to finally give the game a rating and identify what gamers will enjoy and what they won’t. The Good: The first thing that one will enjoy about Ghost Recon: Commander is the fact that the game is free-to-play. This is not because it does not require a subscription fee, as many games on Facebook are free...
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Review: Ghost Recon: Commander – a free-to-play Facebook game – 2
By: Musa Afridi | July 13th, 2012 |News, Uncategorized
With the basic mechanics nailed down it is now time to move on to the gameplay and player progression of Ubisoft’s first free-to-play title. Player Progression As with any Facebook game along the line of Zynga’s Farmville or Texas Hold’em Poker, there is player progression. Completing objectives and successfully ending missions brings with it Experienc...
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Top 11 Trailers of E3 2012: Part 6
By: Moses Abaortae | July 12th, 2012 |News, Uncategorized
Moving on to the top five now with a trailer which raised quite a few eyebrows when it premiered during Ubisoft’s Press Conference and kept them raised till the very end. 4. Far Cry 3 Ubisoft deserves a commendation for keeping E3 interesting this year and really raising the bar in terms of content, style and presentation but at the same time they also int...
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Top 11 Trailers of E3 2012: Part 8
By: Moses Abaortae | July 12th, 2012 |News, Uncategorized
Second place goes to a trailer that broke its way into everyone’s hearts and was the talk of E3 and maybe even gave everyone a glimpse of the next-gen…maybe. 2. Watch Dogs When the first teaser trailer for the game was aired it had everyone confused as to what the hell Ubisoft were talking about. It went on about how everyone is connected and can be easi...
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Top 11 Trailers of E3 2012: Winner!
By: Moses Abaortae | July 12th, 2012 |News, Uncategorized
There were a number of brilliant trailers, some of which many will argue warrant the top spot, however, wishfree.com chose a trailer that sent a shiver up everyone’s spine and that too the good kind. 1. Assassin’s Creed 3 It was a close call between Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us, Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs and Assassin’s Creed 3. While many may argue that...
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Review: Ghost Recon: Commander – a free-to-play Facebook game
By: Moses Abaortae | July 12th, 2012 |News, Uncategorized
Part 1: Facebook has been infiltrated by a Tom Clancy’s elite Ghost team and gamers can unlock content for Ghost Recon: Future Soldier simply by playing Commander. A term that gamers will hear with increasing frequency over the next few months is free-to-play. A number of publishers are moving towards testing the waters of providing free games to consumers in a bid to remove ...
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Top 11 Trailers of E3 2012: Part 7
By: Moses Abaortae | July 12th, 2012 |News, Uncategorized
Moving on from Far Cry 3 and on to a title that looks set to raise the bar in terms of visuals and storytelling once again and may just show that there is life yet left in the current generation of home consoles. 3. The Last of Us When video game development studio Naughty Dog is associated with a game, one can expect a number of things from the title; first...
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Dota 2 Heroes – An Introduction to Io the Guardian Wisp
By: Jason McCarthy | July 12th, 2012 |News, Uncategorized
Io the Guardian Wisp joined the Defense of the Ancients (Dota) 2 roster in the final week on June 2012. His uniqueness works to his advantage if he is in capable hands and has a team that knows its way around. Wisp is a ranged-strength hero who funnily enough has more intelligence than strength. He, she or it is more of a utility hero that thrives with competent allies as it ca...
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Dota 2 Heroes – An introduction to Luna the Moon Rider
By: Jason McCarthy | July 12th, 2012 |News, Uncategorized
Introduced in the final week of June 2012, Luna the Moon Rider is a powerful addition to Valve’s remake of the popular action real-time strategy game Defense of the Ancients (Dota). She is a popular choice for players who possess good farming skills and not too quick with their fingers to handle more than a couple of active spells. Her fragility is one of her major drawbacks,...
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No micro-transaction system incorporated in Final Fantasy VII re-release, confirms Square Enix
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | July 12th, 2012 |News, Uncategorized
A lot of speculations have been put to rest after Square Enix confirmed that there will no micro-transactions in the upcoming PC re-release of Final Fantasy VII. Just a week ago, the company announced the release of an enhanced version of what is unarguably the most popular title in the Japanese role-playing franchise JRPG). This new version will include a number of new feature...
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Tekken director uncertain of the synergy between Wii U’s GamePad and fighting games
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | July 12th, 2012 |News, Uncategorized
Nintendo Wii U’s GamePad may have opened up a whole new world of possibilities for the developers to offer gamers an enhanced and unique experience, but the director of the Tekken franchise Katsuhiro Harada is of the opinion that the controller is not ideal for fighting games. In an interview with Eurogamer, Harada said that it was indeed a challenge to use the GamePad with f...
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Top 11 Trailers of E3 2012: Part 5
By: Musa Afridi | July 12th, 2012 |News, Uncategorized
This year’s E3 had its fair share of controversy as well with the now infamous Lara Croft ‘rape’ scene making its debut and causing quite a scene. 5. Tomb Raider Eidos had its hands full following their E3 trailer of Lara Croft’s reboot, Tomb Raider. T...
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Top 11 Trailers of E3 2012: Part 4
By: Musa Afridi | July 12th, 2012 |News, Uncategorized
There were a number of surprises at this year’s E3 and most of them can be attributed to French publisher, Ubisoft, and had it not been for them, the Nintendo conference would have been a train wreck. 7. ZombiU The Nintendo Conference got really boring reall...
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Top 11 Trailers of E3 2012: Part 3
By: Musa Afridi | July 12th, 2012 |News, Uncategorized
Medal of Honor: Warfighter ought to get first-person shooter fans excited as they saw the FrostBite engine being pushed to the limit, but E3 was not all about guns and experimental titles. 9. South Park: The Stick of Truth Although the game had been announced ...
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Top 11 Trailers of E3 2012: Part 2
By: Musa Afridi | July 12th, 2012 |News, Uncategorized
Quantic Dream’s Beyond: Two Souls was the surprise that everyone was expecting and it managed to create a sense of excitement for the game, however, there was a trailer that gave PC first-person shooter fans a reason to get excited. 10. Medal of Honor: Warfighter
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Top 11 Trailers of E3 2012: Intro and Part 1
By: Musa Afridi | July 12th, 2012 |News, Uncategorized
Wishfree.com takes a look at the top 11 trailers to be shown at this year’s E3 Press Conference, as we look to get a make our very own trailer dream team. For the dream team we need 11 trailers and while there will be no goalkeeper, defenders, midfielders or strikers, the team will have positions with the best trailer of the event, as voted by our expert panel, will take the ...
