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Uncharted film loses another director, gains writers
0By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | August 27th, 2012 | Uncategorized
Uncharted film loses another director, gains writers For the fans of Uncharted franchise that have been anxiously waiting to feast their eyes on the film adaptation of the game, there is a bit of a bad news. They will have to wait a bit more as the director seat has become vacant, again. Sony Pictures, Atlas Entertainment and Arad Productions may be committed to getting the ...
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Remedy Entertainment says next-generation consoles way ahead of PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | August 27th, 2012 | Uncategorized
A lot of people have been wondering whether the hype surrounding the next-generation consoles is justified. A handful of analysts believe that the age of consoles is moving towards a wall and will not be able to have the same effect on gamers with that the current generation consoles and their predecessors managed to have. There are people in the industry, however, who are c...
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Activision plans to bring popular franchises on mobile
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | August 27th, 2012 | Uncategorized
Recently, there has been a lot of talk regarding smartphones and tablets, with the surge in their popularity convincing many analysts that the handheld device is the future. A number of publishers have been turning their attention to the aforementioned platform instead of remaining focused on consoles and PC. It is for this very reason that the entry of Activision into the mobi...
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The world is becoming gamers, says industry legend Peter Molyneux
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | August 24th, 2012 | Uncategorized
People are always looking for ways to kill boredom and while they were heavily reliant on the film industry for their daily dose of entertainment, the trend has changed in recent times. Video games are beginning to become more popular than ever before. While it was traditionally confined to a particular niche, it is now catering to the entertainment needs of a major and diversi...
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World of Warcraft level cap to stay at 20, confirms Blizzard producer
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | August 24th, 2012 | Uncategorized
The decline in the popularity of World of Warcraft in recent times has Blizzard putting on their thinking caps to keep the subscriptions from falling. One of the many solutions discussed among the America-based company to keep gamers interested in the massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) included increasing the level cap above 20 in the free-to-play version o...
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Ubisoft aims to tackle piracy through free-to-play model
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | August 23rd, 2012 | Uncategorized
Piracy is a plague that has been haunting the entertainment industries for decades, with no absolute solution in sight. Companies making programmes and software for PC are among the biggest victims. We have often heard Microsoft and other big fishes addressing the issue and attempting to counter it through different measures, but one company that has been in spotlight in recent...
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EA’s Peter Moore speaks in favour of change in gaming industry
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | August 23rd, 2012 | Uncategorized
The gaming industry has been undergoing some major transformation in recent years, exploring new business models and utilising distribution channels. Some analysts are of the opinion that the industry is struggling to survive in the evolving ecosystem and therefore trying out different things to find something that might delay the so-called inevitable fate. Electronic Arts (...
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Sony to be more selective about their use of 3D
By: Moses Abaortae | August 23rd, 2012 | Uncategorized
It seems that PlayStation titles will no longer have the 3D tagged slapped across the cover unless it “makes sense” to have it implemented there but Jim Ryan, the CEO of PlayStation Europe, also adds it’s not the end of the company’s use of 3D in gaming. There was a time, a few years ago, where Sony was all about 3D technology. Cameras, televisions and video games were ...
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Sexy Hitman Absolution nuns to get “context” before being killed
By: Moses Abaortae | August 23rd, 2012 | Uncategorized
Square Enix has announced that it will give the nuns from the controversial trailer more context and background before players can waste them in typical Hitman fashion. When the sexy nun hitwomen trailer for Square Enix’s upcoming title, Hitman Absolution, was released it split the world into two; those who were blown away by the trailer and those who were so offended by it t...
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Annual Assassin’s Creed releases are a “curse of success” – Ubisoft executive
By: Moses Abaortae | August 23rd, 2012 | Uncategorized
But revenue reinvested in smaller, riskier titles for consumers. Alex Hutchinson, the creative director of the Assassin’s Creed series, claims that the publisher is reaping the rewards of investing such a considerable amount in the earlier games of the series and that the money will be spent bringing new titles for gamers to enjoy in the future. Huge franc...
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