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John Carmack remains unenthusiastic about the next-generation consoles
0By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | June 21st, 2012 |News, Uncategorized
id Software co-founder John Carmack has distanced himself from the list of developers who are thrilled about the arrival of the next-generation hardware. The legendary games programmer conceded that Sony and Microsoft should focus more on the experience offered by their upcoming consoles instead of focusing on a boost in technical power. During an interview with Games Indust...
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Sony not rushing the Last Guardian
By: Moses Abaortae | June 21st, 2012 |News, Uncategorized
One of the most notable absentees at this year’s E3 was Team Ico’s The Last Guardian and Scott Rohde, the head of software development at PlayStation, was coy on giving any comments on the matter. E3 is the one event in the entire gaming calendar where everyone who is anyone in the gaming industry pays attention to what the developers and publishers have to say. This year...
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Crysis 3 dev slams Unreal Engine 4, claims competition is three years behind
By: Moses Abaortae | June 21st, 2012 |News, Uncategorized
Epic’s Unreal Engine 4 reveal does not impress CryTek as the developer claims that while the former is just showing off demo’s, CryTek has games that have already been released and are doing the same things. For those who do not know why two developers, CryTek and Epic, are making such a fuss about their various iterations of game engines, it is because in terms of harnes...
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PlayStation Vita sales almost double in Japan
By: Musa Afridi | June 21st, 2012 |News, Uncategorized
Sony will be pleased to hear that after last week’s increase in sales of the Vita the console has seen a 150% increase in sales in the previous weeks thanks to Persona 4. After an agonizing couple of months, the PlayStation Vita has finally started picking up in the sales department. The sales of the console have skyrocketed in Japan from 13,383 units sold last week to 34,459...
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Survey shows mobile gaming market is expanding due to freemium and tablets
By: Moses Abaortae | June 21st, 2012 |News, Uncategorized
PopCap studios survey is giving the industry an insight into the growth of the mobile games market as well as how tablets are bringing in new players and how freemium could be the future. PopCap studios rose to fame with its Bejeweled games as well as the quirky yet addictive, Plants vs. Zombies series. It was recently acquired by EA in a deal worth more than an estimated $1.2-...
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Industry Analyst Michael Pachter expects the next Xbox to hit the shelves in 2014
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | June 21st, 2012 |News, Uncategorized
Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter does not expect Microsoft to release Xbox 360’s successor anytime before 2014. The industry analyst strongly believes that Xbox 720 will be skipping 2013 despite the speculation that suggest otherwise. The next-generation console was tipped to be announced at next year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), but Pachter has rejected ...
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Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto concerned about the ubiquity of gun-focused games
By: Jason McCarthy | June 21st, 2012 |News, Uncategorized
Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto admitted that he is concerned about the gaming industry’s heavy and continued reliance on gun-oriented games. Just a week after expressing his desire to make a first-person shooter himself, the legendary designer conceded that he did not approve of games based around guns as such themes contain a very potent risk of affecting the minds of th...
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Diablo 3 real-money auction house goes live but only in the US
By: Moses Abaortae | June 21st, 2012 |News, Uncategorized
Blizzard has finally released the long awaited real-money auction house after delaying the feature a number of times. However, the service is only available in the United States for the time being. The Diablo series took a long break from the world of video games after the second game in the series, Diablo 2, was released a decade ago in 2002. Gamers have had to wait and rely o...
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The Nintendo Wii U price and release date leaked on Amazon.com?
By: Musa Afridi | June 21st, 2012 |News, Uncategorized
The online retailer’s German site has listed Nintendo’s next generation console on their site complete with a 399.99 Euro price point and a December release date. It is almost a norm in the video game industry to stumble upon news via sources other than official channels these days. Whether it be work experience on an as yet unannounced video game that has been listed on a ...
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Metal Gear Solid 5 in development, Snake set to return
By: Musa Afridi | June 21st, 2012 |News, Uncategorized
The creator of the MGS series, Hideo Kojima, has singlehandedly created more excitement than E3 singlehandedly by announcing that his studio, Kojima Productions, is currently working on the fifth instalment in the Metal Gear Solid series. The news Metal Gear Solid fans have been waiting to hear since Metal Gear Solid 4 was released, almost an eternity ago, is finally out: Hideo...
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Fable creator praises Sony’s software, criticises hardware
By: Moses Abaortae | June 21st, 2012 |News, Uncategorized
Peter Molyneux, is one of a handful of developers in the video game world, that everyone listens to when he talks and the developer who created the Fable series and worked on Project Milo feels mixed towards Sony’s lack of clear direction. Fable was one of those titles that had that special something and one of the reasons behind the magical experience was the vision and etho...
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Microsoft Summer of Arcade promotion to get underway with Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD in July
By: Jason McCarthy | June 21st, 2012 |News, Uncategorized
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD is set to kick-off the annual Summer of Arcade promotion by Microsoft on July 19. The latest title in the Tony Hawk video-game franchise will be the first game in the series to use digital channels for distribution. Since the release of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 on Playstation over a decade ago, there has not been much for the fans to feel exited...
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Sony to remain silent on Playstation 4 until major visual leap can be demonstrated – Video Game News
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | June 20th, 2012 |News, Uncategorized
Playstation CEO Andrew House has confirmed his firm’s plans to keep its next-generation home console under wraps until a major technological breakthrough in terms of graphics is attained. Prior to the 2012 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles earlier this month, there was speculation that the company would be spilling minor details about Playstation 4 and even de...
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StarCraft II may work on Nintendo Wii U under right circumstances, says lead designer Dustin Browder
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | June 20th, 2012 |News, Uncategorized
The lead designer of StarCraft II, Dustin Browder, conceded that Nintendo Wii U seems like the most viable option if Blizzard ever plans on releasing its popular real-time strategy game on console. However, he immediately added that the interface of the console’s touch-screen tablet controller is not quite there yet and still requires some major changes before it becomes idea...
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Wii U version of Ghost Recon Online to be released after PC version
By: Musa Afridi | June 20th, 2012 |News, Uncategorized
Ubisoft has confirmed that they are currently working on getting their upcoming free-to-play shooter ready for the PC and any plans for a release on the Nintendo Wii U have been on hold. Ubisoft has grown into one the gaming world’s biggest names in publishing with franchises such as Ghost Recon, Splinter Cell and Assassin’s Creed. However, the studio is diversifying its po...
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PopCap Games survey highlights growth in mobile gaming market
By: Musa Afridi | June 20th, 2012 |News, Uncategorized
While Smartphones may be the weapon of choice for mobile gamers it seems that tablets are gaining a reputation for being a worthy alternative for gaming-on-the-go as well. A recent online survey conducted by PopCap Games, the developer of popular online games such as Plants vs. Zombies and the Bejeweled series, has come up with a number of findings that the rest of the indust...
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Dead Space 3 for the Nintendo Wii U remains a mystery
By: Moses Abaortae | June 20th, 2012 |News, Uncategorized
EA teases the gaming world by stating that the third instalment in Isaac Clarke’s twisted tale is “not currently in the plan” for the Nintendo Wii U. When Dead Space emerged onto the gaming world as a new IP from Electronic Arts, developed by a relatively unknown studio, Visceral Games, it did so without much of a fuss. However, as an increasing number of gamers began pla...
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Call of Duty for the Nintendo Wii U hinted at by Activision
By: Moses Abaortae | June 20th, 2012 |News, Uncategorized
The Call of Duty publisher has publically stated that it will back Nintendo’s next generation console and is excited by the prospect of the console’s Pro Controller. Activision is known primarily for the Call of Duty franchise including the Modern Warfare and Black Ops series. The former is developed by a number of studios including Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer games whil...
