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Treyarch and Activision distance themselves from Black Ops Declassified
0By: Musa Afridi | September 15th, 2012 | Uncategorized
Both the developers and the publishers of the IP have denied any direct involvement with the upcoming PlayStation Vita first-person shooter, claiming they simply consulted the developers, Nihilistic, on the fiction. It seems that Black Ops: Declassified, the first game under the Call of Duty brand to be released ...
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The Wii U could face competition from the new PlayStation 3 – Pachter
By: Musa Afridi | September 15th, 2012 | Uncategorized
Wedbush analyst, Michael Pachter, believes that Sony is holding back PlayStation 3 stock to increase demand for the console as it looks to launch a new model that is set to compete with the Wii U. Sony and Nintendo are two of the oldest names in the console market, with Nintendo currently set to release its eighth generation console in the market. Nintendo also seems to have ...
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Insomniac CEO responds vaguely to Resistance: Burning Skies questions
By: Musa Afridi | September 14th, 2012 | Uncategorized
Burning Skies was developed by Nihilistic Games and was the first first-person shooter on the console but when Ted Price, the CEO of Insomniac Games, was asked about what he thought of the game his response was both diplomatic and vague. Resistance is one of Sony’s exclusive IPs and the series can be found with...
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Resistance wasn’t a Halo because….
By: Musa Afridi | September 14th, 2012 | Uncategorized
The series’ developer, Insomniac Games, reflects on why their PlayStation 3 exclusive series never reached the level of Microsoft’s behemoth of a first-person shooter, Halo. A few months after completing the Resistance trilogy, which saw players fight for humanity’s survival against the Chimera across two continents and ending their exclusivity deal with Sony, Insomniac G...
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PlayStation Vita sales slump in Japan as Max Payne 3 impresses
By: Musa Afridi | September 14th, 2012 | Uncategorized
Sony sees the sales figures of its portable gaming console drop to almost a quarter of its previous week’s sales while Rockstar enjoy some success in Japan with the release of Max Payne 3. Different regions around the world have different trends when it comes to sales of both hardware and software, however, whe...
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Metal Gear Rising cancelled! In Japan…on the Xbox 360
By: Musa Afridi | September 14th, 2012 | Uncategorized
Konami confirms that the Metal Gear spin-off will not be releasing on Xbox 360 consoles in Japan for unspecified reasons, making it a PlayStation 3 exclusive in the reason. Metal Gear Rising was meant to be the first game to make use of Hideo Kojima’s in-house game engine, the Fox engine. However, due to a numb...
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Special: Halo 4’s new enemies and weapons – Part II
By: Musa Afridi | September 14th, 2012 | Uncategorized
Master Chief’s most daunting enemy type and the new weapons he has to both face and wield are set to take the game in new, fresh direction...at least that’s what 343 are promoting at this stage. The Knight Battlewagons are also set to be a challenge to take down as well as they will sport heavy armour and shielding as well as a Scattershot (shotgun-type weapon) which means ...
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Special: Halo 4’s new enemies and weapons – Part I
By: Musa Afridi | September 14th, 2012 | Uncategorized
343 Studios releases profiles of the various Promethean enemy types as well as the new weapons that players will encounter as they done the role of Master Chief once more. Master Chief has taken down his fair share of enemies since the first Halo game, some were more charismatic and endearing than others. Being able to create enemies as memorable as Bungie did is something that...
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Video Games are the cause of dangerous driving my….
By: Moses Abaortae | September 14th, 2012 | Uncategorized
A study published by Dartmouth College has found a correlation between violent video games and dangerous driving as well as a link between video games and drinking and driving. Let us start things off with the actual story first. A study conducted by Dartmouth College was able to establish the link between aggres...
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Bethesda not convinced about Wii U
By: Jason McCarthy | September 14th, 2012 | Uncategorized
Despite the people at Nintendo working hard to convince the general public that the upcoming Wii U is not as bad as the critics make it seem to me, some analyst, publisher or developer ends up stating something that takes its toll on the Japanese company’s efforts. This time, the damage has been done by Bethesda, the publisher behind blockbusters like Elder Scrolls and Fallou...
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