-
Watch Dogs website hacked, e-mail addresses leaked!
0By: Moses Abaortae | June 30th, 2012 |News, Uncategorized
The game centred around hacking gets hacked as thousands of user e-mail addresses are compromised. Ubisoft yet to comment on situation. In a twist of events that may very well be used an example to define irony for generations to come in the gaming community, Watch Dogs, the game that centres itself around the premise of hacking, has had its website hacked and thousands of emai...
-
Nintendo confirms release dates for new Pokémon games on DS and 3DS
By: Jason McCarthy | June 29th, 2012 |News, Uncategorized
Nintendo has confirmed that the Pokémon Black and White 2 will be arriving for DS on October 7 in North America before hitting the European market on October 12. The company also announced that Pokémon Dream Radar will become available for 3DS on the eShop on the same day in both the regions. Pokémon Black and White 2 was released in Japan a few days back, making the Nort...
-
Act I and Level 13 cap lifted for new digital buyers of Diablo III
By: Jason McCarthy | June 29th, 2012 |News, Uncategorized
Blizzard has relaxed the restrictions on digital purchasers of Diablo III, allowing the players to finally progress beyond Act I and also find themselves released from the Level 13 cap. The latest title in the Diablo franchise still has plenty of security measures in place to keep new players from experiencing the complete features of the game until their payment is verified, w...
-
EA compares Steam and Origin to MySpace and Facebook
By: Musa Afridi | June 29th, 2012 |News, Uncategorized
Electronic Arts takes a swing at Valve’s online digital distribution platform, Steam, and claims that Origin is working towards being better than their competitor. It is no secret that digital distribution of video games has grown in the past few years especially since the introduction of Valve’s Steam platform. Both Sony and Microsoft took notice of this and launched the P...
-
Resident Evil 6 Collector’s Edition revealed, without figure though
By: Musa Afridi | June 29th, 2012 |News, Uncategorized
The world sighs in disappointment as the RE6 Collector’s Edition doesn’t come with Chris Redfield, Leon Kennedy or even Jake Muller figures but it does have an Ivy University hoodie. As is the case with any triple-A title that is part of a long running series, there never is just one option of the game for gamer’s to choose from. Be it titled a Collector...
-
Grand Theft Auto titles re-rated by ESRB for the PlayStation 3 only
By: Musa Afridi | June 29th, 2012 |News, Uncategorized
Grand Theft Auto 3 and Grand Theft Auto Vice City have both been re-rated by the Entertainment Software Rating Board indicating the games are set for release on the PlayStation 3. Grand Theft Auto 5 may be in development at the moment but it seems that Rockstar are trying to fill the gap between now and the game’s release by re-releasing two of games in the one of the best-se...
-
Homefront 2 is CryTek’s project, has nothing to do with THQ
By: Moses Abaortae | June 29th, 2012 |News, Uncategorized
The developer of the both the Crysis series and the upcoming sequel to Homefront has stated that the financial woes of THQ will not affect the upcoming game in any way. THQ has found the past few years in the video game industry rather difficult as it is suffered financially. The result has been the company laying off a large number of its employees, including a number of senio...
-
The Last Guardian is still in development, may be a PlayStation 4 launch title
By: Moses Abaortae | June 29th, 2012 |News, Uncategorized
Fumito Ueda, the former Sony game designer, claims that the upcoming PlayStation 3 exclusive is still under development, sparking rumours that the game may be a day one release for the PS4. Fumito Ueda resigned from Sony last year, during the development period of Team Ico’s upcoming title, The Last Guardian. The latest game from the studio was teased two years ago at E3 and ...
-
Crysis 3 designed with China in mind, demonstrates CryEngine’s versatility
By: Musa Afridi | June 29th, 2012 |News, Uncategorized
The upcoming third instalment of the Crysis series was designed keeping Chinese internet cafes in mind as well as consoles and according to CryTek CEO, Cevat Yerli, shows off just how versatile the CryEngine is. If the Crysis games are known for anything it has to be the graphical prowess of the games as well as the ‘can your PC run it’ question that set the benchmark for h...
-
Activision confirms Amazing Spider-Man to arrive six weeks later on PC
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | June 29th, 2012 |News, Uncategorized
It has been confirmed by Activision that the new Amazing Spider-Man game is slated for release on PC on August 10, 2012. The publisher gave no explanation as to why there was a six weeks delay in the game’s release on Windows even though it has already been launched for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii, iOS and Android platform in both North Am...
-
Producer Mike Gamble teases additional DLC for Mass Effect 3
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | June 29th, 2012 |News, Uncategorized
Just a couple of days after releasing the Extended Cut downloadable content (DLC) for Mass Effect 3, game developer BioWare teased fans with news of more DLC in store for the future. Mike Gamble, producer of the third and final chapter in the Mass Effect trilogy, dropped the not-so-implicit hint about additional DLC in the pipeline for the sci-fi action role-playing game (RPG) ...
-
The Last of Us multiplayer confirmed but story is single-player only
By: Moses Abaortae | June 29th, 2012 |News, Uncategorized
Naughty Dog has confirmed that the latest PlayStation 3 exclusive will not have two-player cooperative campaign while also teasing multiplayer at the same time. Sony has always had a strong line-up of first-party content; whether it was the Crash Bandicoot series on the PlayStation One or the many, many exclusive IPs on the PlayStation 3 such as Killzone, Metal Gear Solid, Gran...
-
The Nintendo Wii U price teased at under £250 – Rumour
By: Moses Abaortae | June 29th, 2012 |News, Uncategorized
According to a reliable source as any at this point in time, Nintendo will price their console under the £250 mark and expects the console to pleasantly surprise consumers. Reports are emerging thick and fast regarding the price of Nintendo’s next generation console with nearly everyone pricing it between £200 and £300. The latest report that has emerged has come from the ...
-
Max Payne 3 Local Justice DLC due next week for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | June 28th, 2012 |News, Uncategorized
Rockstar Studios is all set to release the first downloadable content (DLC) for its third-person shooter Max Payne 3 next week. The add-on pack titled the Local Justice will hit the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on July 3 while it will become available for the PC version on July 17. The paid-for DLC pack will bring a number of new things into the game, which range from new maps...
-
The demanding nature of gamers gets to Nintendo’s Reggie Fils-Aime
By: Jason McCarthy | June 28th, 2012 |News, Uncategorized
Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime has bluntly stated that it is impossible to satisfy gamers as no matter how much you give them, they would always keep asking for more. Responding to an underwhelming reaction of the fans to his company’s press conference at the 2012 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), a seemingly exasperated Fils-Aime told Kotaku that the gamer ...
-
Crystal Dynamics spills the beans on a sequel even before the new Tomb Raider game arrives
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | June 28th, 2012 |News, Uncategorized
Crystal Dynamics global brand director Karl Stewart has hinted of a possible sequel to the upcoming Tomb Raider reboot. Talking to Videogamer, the director of San Francisco-based developer conceded that the latest game in the franchise was going to present Lara Croft in an entirely new light. While the strong new persona has a lot to offer, the latest story being introduced is ...
-
Only 20 percent of players will finish Hitman: Absolution, predicts game director Tore Blystad
By: Jason McCarthy | June 28th, 2012 |News, Uncategorized
Director of Hitman: Absolution Tore Blystad does not seem too optimistic about the percentage of players who will stick long enough with the latest title in the franchise to experience its last level. In a recent interview with The Official PlayStation Magazine UK, the game’s director predicted that less than a quarter of the players, 20 percent to be more precise, will make ...
-
CryTek claim free-to-play title Warface is the first “social FPS”
By: Musa Afridi | June 28th, 2012 |News, Uncategorized
Cevat Yerli, the CEO of CryTek, the studio behind the visually stunning Crysis series spoke about the upcoming free-to-play shooter Warface and how he hopes it will redefine how people look at games in that category. In a recent interview with CVG, Yerli discussed the eagerly anticipated online shooter, Warface, which is part of CryTek’s vision to redefine business models for...
