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April 04, 2013
Metal Gear solid V
When we saw the mysterious reveal for 'The Phantom Pain' at the VGAs, many Metal Gear fans jumped to the conclusion that the reveal was for in fact a new Metal Gear game.
News from Konami about this was unapparent until finally at GDC Kojima revealed the truth, and unsurprisingly the fans were right. In fact, Phantom Pain and Ground Zeroes came together to make Metal Gear solid V, and Kojima spilt all the beans as to why he didn't just make Metal Gear Solid V more obvious earlier in an interview with Game Trailers.
"There are several reasons for this. One is that I think core fans, myself included in this, wanted to do something really interesting in the
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March 29, 2013
Volition Not Scared
Without taking a look into either game, it's easy to stick them under the same tree. They are both open world games, following a similar set of game mechanics that are used to place the protagonist, or protagonists, into a world of crime. However, Volition is sure that Grand Theft Auto 5 won't make a bad impact on sales for SR4 compared to previous Saints Row games because they are 'entirely different games.'
John Boone, senior producer has said his thoughts on the differences between the game, "A crude example that I always think of is that, if I could compare a Modern Warfare game to Dead Space, sure, it's in the same genre of being a shooter but the style is so different.
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February 22, 2013
Destiny Info.
So Bungie has given the world a preview into the world of Destiny. Although no gameplay footage was shown, we've been given a bit more insight into how the game will work, and what we can find within the game.
Always on Connection
This was a big gripe for some players, an always on connection just doesn't make sense when you don't need the connection constantly to play the game, however with Destiny it makes a little more sense, and according to Bungie, bad connections won't affect your connection too badly.
"Activision has run a site-specific infrastructure on the world's biggest multiplayer game for several years. While you can play campaign in Call of Duty
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February 20, 2013
Crysis 3 Popular
The super graphically impressive series by Crytek has received a fair amount of success in the world of gaming, however it's been no match for other shooters like Call Of Duty or Halo. One reason for this may be that the previous Crysis games never really had a strong multiplayer element to the full bundle.
Crysis 3 has built upon the previous multiplayer experience, creating gameplay both enjoyable and competitive. And Crytek's decision to focus on the multiplayer aspects as well as the singleplayer ones has seemed to prove successful.
According to Crytek, the Crysis 3 multiplayer beta/demo received over 3 million downloads, and top of this, their game received 40% more pre-orders
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February 19, 2013
PS4 Controller
For most of us, February 20th can't come any sooner. It's not too far away yet, but for those that are waiting, here's a small teaser.
Above is a supposed leaked image of the PlayStation 4's controller, shown off by a user at the GameTrailers forums. This is a second, more definitive image of this so called leak, showing a few hardware features that have been rumored to feature on the controller.
It looks as if there is a central touch pad in between the PS Vita-style d-pad and the classic X, O, Triangle, and Square button layout. The sticks are in the same position as previous PlayStation controllers, and the two bumper buttons remain at the back of the controller.
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February 08, 2013
GTA V Next-Gen Release
According to Cowen and Company analyst, Doug Creutz, Grand Theft Auto may make it to next-gen consoles in some form or another. He thinks that GTA 5's delayed September release, along with next gen-console releases expected this year, the game and it's future DLC will be pushed into the next-gen console cycle.
"In and of itself, the delay of the game from FQ1 to FQ2 would not normally mean any significant change to expected FY14 financial results."
"However there is an issue in that we expect the next generation of Xbox and/or PlayStation consoles to launch in the December quarter. We think the closer proximity of GTA V to the next cycle could, at the margin,
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January 19, 2013
Dead Space 3 Demo
If you've registered an Origin account in the past, you may be getting a Dead Space 3 code sent your way if you haven't already, because EA are giving out free codes for the Dead Space 3 demo early for everyone with registered Origin accounts, provided you signed up via the official Dead Space website.
If you haven't received an email yet, or didn't register on the official Dead Space website, you still have a chance of getting early access by following both Dead Space 3's Twitter and Facebook accounts.
If you're not too bothered about getting super early access to the demo, you can still wait till January 22nd for the official public release. The demo
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January 15, 2013
Hitman HD Trilogy
Trilogy releases are usually only seen when a game series reaches an unprecedented level of success, or fans beg and plead for it to be released, so an HD trilogy for the Hitman series is a little unexpected. However, the trilogy will allow new players of the series to understand the story of Hitman and its origins, and old and new players alike can grab themselves a decently packaged copy of the three games.
The three games will be included in one package that will also come with an art book including 22 pieces of artwork representing the game. On top of this, players can submit their own art on a new website at www.whois47.com, recently announced by
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January 09, 2013
Ghost Recon Movie
We all know that Ubisoft has become one of the biggest and most multi-talented successful developers and publisher of this generation, bringing us games like Splinter Cell, Assassins' Creed, and of course Ghost Recon.
The big games company is now planning to move their assets into Hollywood, with plans of producing a Ghost Recon movie. This follows on from the news of a Splinter Cell and Assassins' Creed movie release as well.
LA Times had recently reported that Jean-Julien Baronnet has been creating a pitch for Ghost Recon, hoping to get some attention within the media industry, and pull in a reputable Hollywood production company to help promote the title.
There aren't any details on how real the Ghost Recon movie is, or what the actual plotline for it could be, but judging by the video game franchise, it'll include a lot of action scenes and a lot of highly geared up future soldiers.
Video game movies have never really
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January 05, 2013
Second-hand Games
With the current generation, second hand gaming is a whole market of its own, and being able to play and trade in multiple copies of the game keeps customers happy, and games retailers filled with stock. However, Sony and Microsoft don't seem to agree with this current method.
An understandable reason for this is that with second hand copies available in such abundance, players have become more inclined to pass around copies of games, or buy second hand from a retailer to save costs, in turn generating less profit for the developers. However, being able to trade-in games and use pre-owned material is a commodity that gamers have become all too used to.
SCEJ, (Sony's division located in Japan) recently patented a system that stops games from being able to run on any system other than the first machine or account it was used on. The patented technology will use a special and unique ID tag with each copy of a game. Once played on a machine