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THQ offering its best games for a little over free
0By: Moses Abaortae | December 5th, 2012 | Uncategorized
The Humble Bundle on Steam will see the likes of Darksiders, Red Faction: Armageddon and Company of Heroes offered for $1, with anything extra being donated to charity. In the first move of its kind, the flailing publisher is looking to get some good karma or rather get in Santa Clause’s good books as it is planning to sell its best titles for $1 each, with consumers able to ...
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Dead Island: Riptide dev slams German Censorship Board
By: Moses Abaortae | December 5th, 2012 | Uncategorized
The game’s creative producer, Sebastian Reichert, has a go for the inconsistencies of the institution comparing Dead Island’s ban to Gears of War being allowed to be sold in German retail outlets. The German Censorship Board is one of the stricter ones in the world. It does not allow games to be released in the country that do not pass their extensive policies. Blood needs ...
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The Nintendo Wii U sells out on UK launch
By: Moses Abaortae | December 5th, 2012 | Uncategorized
Over 40,000 consoles were sold on the opening day of the Wii U’s release in the United Kingdom creating a shortage in the region. Nintendo working to replenish stock. The first batch of sales figures for Nintendo’s latest consoles are in and it makes for some positive reading for the manufacturer. The Wii U sold over 400,000 units on in its first week in the United States a...
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525,000 PS3s and 160,000 PlayStation Vitas sold on Black Friday
By: Moses Abaortae | December 5th, 2012 | Uncategorized
Sony delighted with Holiday Season sales as both consoles see massive spike in sales following Black Friday and the week preceding it with Jack Tretton, the President of SCEA, taking the opportunity to comment express his pleasure. Sony reports impressive sales figures following Black Friday as their main console, the PlayStation 3 sells over half-a-million units in six days, w...
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Survey hints at next Assassin’s Creed setting and characters
By: Moses Abaortae | December 5th, 2012 | Uncategorized
Ubisoft asks fans whether they wish to see Connor and Desmond return and if they want another instalment of the franchise to be set in the American Revolution. There seems to be a very clear pattern emerging when it comes to Ubisoft’s approach to the Assassin’s Creed series. The game is currently the studio’s best-selling series of all time with Assassin’s Creed 3 break...
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Original Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance bosses didn’t make the final cut
By: Moses Abaortae | December 5th, 2012 | Uncategorized
The concepts thought up by Kojima Productions were scrapped from the final Platinum Games version as they did not fit in the new direction the game was taking following the switch in developers. Just to add a bit of background and avoid any confusion from the start, Metal Gear Solid: Revengeance was originally intended to be the first game to be developed using Hideo Kojima’s...
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Report – Rayman Legends arriving on February 26, 2013
By: Jason McCarthy | December 4th, 2012 | Uncategorized
Rayman Legends will be reportedly hitting the shelves on February 26. 2013, or at least that is what Pure Nintendo wants its audience to believe. The bi-monthly publication, which aims to continue what magazines such as Nintendo Power started, claims to have received a confirmation from Ubisoft that the game will be getting releasing in the final week of February. If the dat...
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Wii U sales touch 400,000 during week 1 in UK, games fail to secure place in Top 10 on UK chart
By: Jason McCarthy | December 4th, 2012 | Uncategorized
Wii U has already reached the European shores and so far, the going has been pretty smooth for Nintendo’s first-ever HD console. Launching in UK and the rest of Europe on November 30, the console has made a pretty decent impact in the market. So far, 400,000 units have been sold, which is a very impressive figure, considering that it has hardly been seven days since the co...
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Peter Molyneux refutes speculations of his impending retirement
By: Jason McCarthy | December 4th, 2012 | Uncategorized
Video game designer and programmer Peter Molyneux has shot down speculations of his plans to retire from the game making business. The 22Cans founder is among the established gaming industry veterans who have played a huge role in helping the industry its glory. It is for this very reason that the speculations of his retirement following his statement during an interview wit...
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Wii U is good but not great, says game designer Peter Molyneux
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | December 4th, 2012 | Uncategorized
The video game designer and game programmer Peter Molyneux feels that Nintendo’s latest console is good, but still leaves plenty to be desired. Wii U is without any doubt a very different console to say the least. Never before has a system been as much about its controller as Wii U. Of course, innovation is something that has always set the Japan-based company apart from i...
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