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Activision removes multiplayer map following complaints by Muslim gamers
0By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | October 9th, 2012 | Uncategorized
Favela, One of the most popular multiplayer maps in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, has been pulled out of rotation by Activision after Muslim gamers complained over holy writings in the map’s bathroom. According to a report by Kotaku, a couple of paintings featuring a quote that read “Allah is beautiful and He loves beauty” from Muslim’s Prophet Muhammad were seen hang...
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Assassin’s Creed 3: Liberation’s will see Aveline meet Connor
By: Moses Abaortae | October 9th, 2012 | Uncategorized
Ubisoft has confirmed that the protagonists from the two games will meet in the Vita version of the game, which runs parallel to the events of the console version of Assassin’s Creed 3. Fans wet themselves in excitement at the prospect of a proper third-party Vita game. Ubisoft seem to have made it a point to support every new platform that comes out, almo...
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The Walking Dead tops the PSN’s PlayStation 3 Charts
By: Moses Abaortae | October 9th, 2012 | Uncategorized
The top 20 PlayStation Network and PlayStation 3 (Full Game) Charts have been released by Sony and it makes for some interesting reading. Starting things off at the bottom and the quirky, light humoured yet addictive co-op game that is Castle Crashers manages to crash the top 20’s castle, albeit only just.
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It’s all LittleBigPlanet in the PlayStation Vita charts
By: Moses Abaortae | October 9th, 2012 | Uncategorized
Sony has released the charts for September and it seems that many are taking advantage of the lower prices on offer via the PlayStation Store and picking up digital copies of the games they want. The PlayStation Vita is easily the most powerful portable gaming console in the market at the moment, though that could change very soon. There are a number of titles on offer both in ...
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Black Ops: Declassified zombies mode update – there aren’t any
By: Musa Afridi | October 9th, 2012 | Uncategorized
Activision confirms that the PlayStation Vita entry of the Call of Duty series will not feature the popular Zombies mode but will offer something similar instead. Treyarch tends to be the more innovative and risk-taking studio out of the two that develop and release their respective Call of Duty title every other...
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Metal Gear Rising Revengeance has minimal Kojima involvement
By: Musa Afridi | October 9th, 2012 | Uncategorized
Lead producer of Metal Gear off-shoot, Yuji Korekado, explains how Hideo Kojima is only on hand to ensure the game fits into the universe for the future. Hideo Kojima is one of the most respected developers in the video game industry. Pretty much every game he has developed is pure gold and yes, that is in refere...
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Metal Gear Rising producer highlights balancing issues
By: Musa Afridi | October 9th, 2012 | Uncategorized
Yuji Korekado, from Kojima Productions and the producer of Revengeance, points out how the game’s concept made designing levels a nightmare and how the katana played a major role in choosing who to outsource the game’s development to. The next instalment in the Metal Gear Solid series may be some time away, b...
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Platinum have made Metal Gear Rising a better action game
By: Musa Afridi | October 9th, 2012 | Uncategorized
Yuji Korekado, the producer of the upcoming Metal Gear title starring Raiden, Revengeance, explains how the developer has added elements that have taken the action game to another level. Metal Gear Solid is one of the major reasons Sony managed to sell so many PlayStation 3’s early on. The game was award more Game of the Year accolades than anyone can count – we may be exag...
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World of Warcraft exploit kills entire cities, Blizzard swiftly fixes the issue
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | October 8th, 2012 | Uncategorized
It seems that nefarious individuals had found a way to turn certain cities in a handful of World of Warcraft realms into death traps, killing all players and non-player characters in them instantly. According to WoW Insider, the realms affected by this exploit included Stormwind, Orgrimmar, Tarren Mill, Ragnaros, Draenor, Twisting Nether, though some other servers were affected...
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Times have never been better for launching new IP, says Remember Me developer
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | October 8th, 2012 | Uncategorized
A lot of publishers are of the opinion that holding off new intellectual properties (IPs) until the arrival of the next-generation consoles would be the best thing to do. Electronic Arts’ (EA) Label boss Frank Gibeau was the most recent advocate of pushing the release of new IPs to next-generation consoles, pointing out to the many advantages that it can have for the company ...
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