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Sony admits that Beyond is a huge risk despite Heavy Rain’s success
0By: Moses Abaortae | June 22nd, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
Despite the success of Quantic Dreams’ earlier success with Heavy Rain, the consumer electronics giant believe that Beyond: Two Souls is still a risk and anything but safe. When it comes to innovation in the video game industry one has to rank Nintendo as first. The Nintendo Wii was years ahead of its time as it introduced motion controllers into the mainstream, a phenomenon ...
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Game of Thrones: Ascent is inspired by Mass Effect and Dragon Age
By: Moses Abaortae | June 22nd, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
Developer, Disruptor Beam, working on social game based on the Game of Thrones universe for Facebook and wants to provide an experience that no other game on that platform has. A Song of Ice and Fire is a series of novels written by George R.R. Martin, though many will be more familiar with the popular HBO television series, Game of Thrones, which is based on those very novels....
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The Last of Us catered for more mature audience as compared to Uncharted
By: Moses Abaortae | June 22nd, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
Sony has admitted that Naughty Dog’s upcoming post-apocalyptic survival-action game will embrace the M-rating and the risky territory that comes with it. Following the theme of how Sony is taking risks that no other studio in the industry is, with titles such as Quantic Dream’s upcoming Beyond: Two Souls, the president of software development, Scott Rhode, also pointed out ...
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Sony executive claims “innovation” is the number one priority at PlayStation
By: Musa Afridi | June 22nd, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
The Last of Us, Beyond and the Unfinished Swan are the latest in risky, innovative titles from Sony for the PlayStation 3 and Scott Rhode, the president of software development at Sony, clams that it reflects the company’s emphasis on innovation. This year’s E3 was mostly about surprises as well as the lack of surprises as some publishers showed some truly exciting new game...
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Metal Gear Solid 5 may be heading to the Xbox 360 – Rumour
By: Musa Afridi | June 22nd, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
Hideo Kojima’s latest instalment in the MGS series may not be a PlayStation exclusive as the newly developed Fox Engine can develop for multiple platforms simultaneously. Legendary video game creator, Hideo Kojima, sent the gaming world in raptures earlier in the week when he not only announced that he was working on Metal Gear Solid 5 but that Solid Snake would be returning ...
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South Korean Diablo 3 players offered refunds following a rocky launch – Video Game News
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | June 22nd, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
Blizzard has offered refunds to the South Korean Diablo 3 players as compensation for the log-in problems and slow connections that were experienced on the day of its PC launch. The America-based developer has accepted responsibility for the rocky launch of the PC game in the region and has already made an announcement regarding its refund policy on its Korean website. Accor...
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Microsoft rejects settlement offer by Motorola Mobility in Xbox 360 lawsuit – Video Game News
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | June 22nd, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
Microsoft rejects settlement offer by Motorola Mobility in Xbox 360 lawsuit – Video Game News The patent dispute between Microsoft and Motorola Mobility fails to escape impasse as the Seattle technology giant rejected a settlement offer from the latter. The Google-owned Motorola Mobility attempted to resolve the lawsuit outside of court by asking Microsoft to pay a royalty...
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Nintendo President shatters Xbox SmartGlass
By: Musa Afridi | June 22nd, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
Satoru Iwata claims that Microsoft has only touched the tip of the iceberg of what the Nintendo Wii U is already capable of doing and that the Wii U would do everything that Microsoft’s tech can do but better. Nintendo seem to be in a bullish mood regarding their next generation console, the Wii U, as the company has launched a direct attack on their competitor, Microsoft. ...
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Sony to shut down PlayStation Network Store in South Korea for an indefinite period
By: Jason McCarthy | June 22nd, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
Sony has announced that starting June 29, the PlayStation Network Store will be going offline in South Korea for an unspecified time. A new “Shutdown Law” has been passed in the country to keep gamers aged 16 or less from playing video games at night. The measure is being taken by the South Korean lawmakers with the intended motivation of reducing the hours that the youngst...
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THQ cancels next Saints Row expansion pack to roll it into the fourth game in the series
By: Jason McCarthy | June 22nd, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
THQ has made it official that Saints Row: The Third standalone expansion pack titled Enter The Dominatrix has been scrapped to become incorporated into the fourth sequel of the game. After a series of small downloadable content packs, the publisher of the game had made announcement of the first standalone expansion pack in May, citing autumn as the possible date for release. ...
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