• Square Enix announces Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy 13

    By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan  |  September 4th, 2012  |  Uncategorized

    Square Enix had been teasing the fans of the of the Final Fantasy franchise with a good news that awaited them at the 25th Anniversary Event in Tokyo Japan. Keeping true to their word, the publisher did manage to overwhelm the fans with some pretty exciting announcement. As it turns out, the much-loved main protagonist from Final Fantasy XIII Lightning is all set to ...

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  • Valve to spearhead innovation in PCs, begin recruiting

    By: Moses Abaortae  |  September 4th, 2012  |  Uncategorized

    A job listing on Valve’s website is looking candidates experienced in hardware development as the studio looks to take matters into its own hands and move the PC forward as a platform for gamers. When one looks at the consoles that have been released by the likes of Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo over the years a...

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  • LittleBigPlanet Vita development complete

    By: Moses Abaortae  |  September 4th, 2012  |  Uncategorized

    Sony announce that the title has gone Gold and is right on schedule ahead of its September release date. The game is one of many titles set for release over the next few months as Sony looks to provide more content to its Vita user base. In the video game industry, when a game’s development process is complete and it is ready to be transferred onto physical media or ready to ...

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  • Wii U version of Mass Effect restricted to 720p

    By: Moses Abaortae  |  September 4th, 2012  |  Uncategorized

    Straight Right, the developers responsible for porting the game to Nintendo’s console, has revealed that the game will not run at 1080p as many were expecting, which could prove to be a blow for both EA and Nintendo. The Nintendo Wii U is nearing it’s, as yet unannounced, release date and with it comes the hype and announcements by developers about their latest games and pr...

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  • Dark Souls dev has second thoughts on difficulty

    By: Moses Abaortae  |  September 4th, 2012  |  Uncategorized

    Hidetaka Miyazaki, the director of Dark Souls, is considering making the game easier in order to be more accessible to a wider gaming audience and wants to find the right balance between “satisfying” and “difficult”. Chances are that the reader has not played either Dark Souls or its predecessor, Demon Souls, or if he did then he did not make it past the first level, bu...

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  • Ubisoft slams ‘easy mode’ in video games

    By: Moses Abaortae  |  September 4th, 2012  |  Uncategorized

    Assassin’s Creed 3’s lead designer, Alex Hutchinson, believes that too many games are ruined by the lack of challenge, i.e. ‘easy modes’ but assures fans that Ubisoft’s games are more about balance than difficulty. Video games are seen by many as a past time and then there are those who take them as a challenge. The former usually play a game no higher than the ‘Nor...

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  • Half Life remake, Black Mesa, release date announced

    By: Moses Abaortae  |  September 4th, 2012  |  Uncategorized

    The fan made remake of the classic first-person shooter title is set for release on the 14th of September, although some of the latter chapters/levels of the game are still in development. There may be a number of gamers who have not played the original Half Life and do not get what the fuss is about w...

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  • Is Sony’s PlayStation Vita worth a buy?

    By: Musa Afridi  |  September 3rd, 2012  |  Uncategorized

    Part 6: The Verdict So after going into plenty of detail about Sony’s second generation portable gaming console, the PlayStation Vita, it’s applications, games, accessories and every other factor, it is now time to answer the question whether or not the PlayStation Vita is worth a buy.

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  • Is Sony’s PlayStation Vita worth a buy?

    By: Musa Afridi  |  September 3rd, 2012  |  Uncategorized

    Part 5: The Augmented Reality games can be counted on one’s fingertips with the most notable being Reality Fighter, Cliff Diving, Table Top Tanks and Fireworks. There are others as well but these are the only ones worth checking out. Reality Fighters is an interesting title ...

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  • Is Sony’s PlayStation Vita worth a buy?

    By: Musa Afridi  |  September 3rd, 2012  |  Uncategorized

    Part 4: One can expect this baffling shortcoming to be remedied in the future but for the time being importing playlists is all the user has to make do with. Games Coming to the foundation of the PlayStation Vita and one re...

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