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ANDREI DUMITRESCU
My name is Andrei Dumitrescu and I have been playing video games since the days of Dune II and pixelated Formula 1 races, although reports from my father mention some earlier mainframe gaming when I was about 5 years old that involved Prince of Persia and stacks of print-outs about potions.
Since then I have played about 2–3 hours a day for most of my life and much more since I joined Softpedia. I tend to prefer strategy and role playing games but I am always open to new genres and experiences, which lately have involved more console gaming and dabbling into the social game space.
Although I tend to spend most of my free time playing games I also read fiction and magazines, watch movies at a rate of about 6 per week and hang out with a solid group of real world friends.
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Nomura Securities, an analysis firm in Japan, says it expects to see video game publisher Konami launch Metal Gear Solid 5 during the fiscal year 2014, which starts on April 1 of 2013. It is not clear whether the firm has actual knowledge from inside Konami or the Kojima development team or whether it is only guessi... |
14 February 2012
15:38 UTC |
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Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, the open-world action title from publisher Electronic Arts and developers at 38 Studios and Big Huge Games, has managed to take the number one position in the United Kingdom video game chart for the week that ended on February 11, ahead of Final Fantasy XIII-2.
The new mix between acti... |
14 February 2012
14:37 UTC |
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is one of the most successful game launches of 2011 and one of the most engaging experiences for role-playing game lovers to engage with. One developer believes that much of its attraction is not about the open-world structure but about the number of mechanics that players need to deal wit... |
14 February 2012
22:41 UTC |
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Entertainment company Lucasfilm and the LEGO Group have renewed their licensing deal linked to the Star Wars intellectual property, which means that toys and video games linked to the well-known franchise will continue to be developed and launched during the coming ten-year period. The two companies have not disclos... |
14 February 2012
13:19 UTC |
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The PlayStation Vita handheld was launched in Japan at the end of 2011, and the new device failed to reach the sales levels that analysts and Sony expected, but the hardware maker is sure that the Western launch will show the real potential of the new gaming platform.
Shuhei Yoshida, the leader of the Sony Worldwide... |
14 February 2012
12:11 UTC |
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Video game publisher SEGA has announced that tomorrow players who are interested in the upcoming squad shooter Binary Domain will be able to see what the game has to offer via demo which will be offered on the Xbox 360 via the Live service and on the PlayStation 3 through the PSN.The demo version of Binary Domain wil... |
14 February 2012
11:22 UTC |
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Shuhei Yoshida, who is the leader of Sony Worldwide Studios, stated, “When you look at each title, not many of them really catered toward the Japanese market. Not something where Japanese gamers would say, ‘I have to have that’.”
He added, “Uncharted, it’s a great title, one of th... |
14 February 2012
18:41 UTC |
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Ever since its merger with Blizzard, video game publisher Activision has been accused of eliminating any attempt to innovate and of relying on the same core franchises, including Call of Duty and World of Warcraft, in order to generate revenue.
But at least one leading executive working at the company believes that ... |
14 February 2012
21:41 UTC |
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Video game developer DICE has announced that it is working on a new patch for Battlefield 3, the first-person shooter that it has published together with Electronic Arts, saying that more details will be offered in the coming weeks.
On the official Battlefield Blog, DICE states that it is working on such issues as &... |
14 February 2012
09:54 UTC |
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Publishers, like Electronic Arts, have already taken some of their biggest franchises, from Dragon Age and Mass Effect to The Sims, to the Facebook social platform but their main rival, Activision, is not yet ready to jump into the genre although it sees its potential.
Speaking to Gamasutra, Eric Hirshberg, the chie... |
14 February 2012
09:19 UTC |
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The developers at EA Sports have offered yet another trailer for the upcoming FIFA Street reboot, showing players some actual action featuring players from two of the best teams in the world, France and Germany.
The two have developed a healthy rivalry over the years and are expected to do well at the upcoming Europ... |
14 February 2012
17:11 UTC |
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Video game developer Double Fine has managed to gather more than 1 million dollars (about 755,000 Euro) in a little over 24 hours for an adventure game project using the Kickstarter crowd funding website and it seems that other developers might be interested in using the same route to finance their own ideas. Speaki... |
14 February 2012
20:11 UTC |
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The developers at Ironclad Games, who is best known for creating the strategy series Sins of a Solar Empire, have put up a website that teases a new project to be published by Infinite Game Publishing, a Canadian company handling digital distribution and currently working on MechWarrior Online as well. The website i... |
14 February 2012
08:01 UTC |
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Developers Ryu ga Gotoku Studio and publisher SEGA have released another trailer for Binary Domain, their third-person shooter with robotic themes, showing players interested in the idea what they can expect from the multiplayer game mode.
The footage shows squads from the resistance movement and the government faci... |
14 February 2012
07:29 UTC |
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Speaking at the DICE 2012 event, TJ Galda, a senior developer at Electronic Arts, suggested that video games should take television as their model and actually sell players chapters of story in order to keep them engaged with a story in the long term. The developers stated, “Call of Duty literally earned a bil... |
13 February 2012
15:38 UTC |
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The developers at Rocksteady seem to have seriously considered adding a multiplayer mode to last year’s Batman: Arkham City, but found out early on that the resources needed to create it might actually make the single-player story less compelling. Speaking to the Official PlayStation Magazine in the United Kin... |
13 February 2012
15:21 UTC |
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Video game developer BioWare has announced that Mass Effect 3 has gone Gold, meaning that actual game disk are now being printed, and the company has also allowed a lot more video of the game to be released.
The above video is 40-minute long and shows quite a few chunks of gameplay, enough for any fan of the series ... |
13 February 2012
14:46 UTC |
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Demon’s Souls has managed to garner a hardcore following since it was launched in 2009 and one of the leading executives at Sony has admitted that the publisher has missed a great opportunity by not launching the game in North America and in Europe.
Shuhei Yoshida, who is the leader of the Sony Worldwide Studi... |
14 February 2012
02:21 UTC |
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Spec Ops: The Line, the new shooter from developer Yager Software and publisher 2K Games, has been given an M for Mature rating by the main ratings body in the United States, which might mean lower than expected sales for the game that seeks to revive the fortunes of the series.
The description from the Entertainmen... |
13 February 2012
22:41 UTC |
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Video game publisher and hardware maker Sony has confirmed that it is currently working on a new Little Big Planet spin-off called Karting after a retailer in the United States revealed that the title was being in development.
Future Shop first showed the game log and the silhouette of the well-known Sackboy figurin... |
13 February 2012
13:49 UTC |
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Speaking at the DICE 2012 conference, Eric Hirshberg, the chief executive officer at Activision Publishing, has said that video game publishers should make better use of creative people, rather than limiting their involvement to the development side.
The executive stated, “I've always believed that creati... |
13 February 2012
18:21 UTC |
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One of the leading developers working on FIFA Street, the reboot of the street-based football simulation to arrive this spring, says that the team working on the core FIFA series might be inspired to port over some of its features. Speaking to Eurogamer, Gary Paterson, who is the creative director working on FIFA St... |
14 February 2012
01:01 UTC |
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Casey Hudson, who is an executive producer working on Mass Effect 3, has confirmed that the upcoming mix between role-playing and action from BioWare has reached Gold status ahead of its March launch date.
The Twitter message from the developer reads, “After an awesome effort by our team, I’m proud to an... |
13 February 2012
12:39 UTC |
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When I was a younger man, I was fascinated by any classification system that could tell something about a situation by using two axis and carefully chosen data points, and I suspect that some of that fascination is seeping in and makes me love the character alignment system in King Arthur II more than I should.
On t... |
13 February 2012
23:31 UTC |
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The Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology in South Korea has announced that it plans to introduce a new set of limitations to the gaming time of minors via new bill.
The underlying concept is called the “Cooling Off System” and will mean that those under the age of 18 would be logged out of any ... |
13 February 2012
10:32 UTC |
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The developers at CD Projekt RED have boasted that the upcoming Xbox 360 version of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings has the most complex story that has ever been launched on the Microsoft home console.
The team is emphasizing the choice and consequences system in the action role-playing game, saying that the Xbox ... |
13 February 2012
17:11 UTC |
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Salem is one of the most eccentric takes on the MMO genre set to launch during this year, and the development team at developer Seatribe is adding permanent death for the characters in the game in order to persuade players to engage in deeper role playing.
Björn Johannessen, who is the creative director working... |
13 February 2012
21:31 UTC |
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Video game publisher SEGA and the development team at its AM2 studio have offered some more information on the upcoming second revision for Virtua Fighter 5, telling players that one of their main aims is to make the player feel what the virtual characters are feeling during the battle.
Daichi Katagiri, who is the g... |
13 February 2012
09:18 UTC |
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The big news is that fans of the MMA world will have the chance to get their hands on the THQ published UFC Undisputed 3, which promises players a range of improvements over their previous ring experiences, including better close up combat and more freedom.
Other notable releases include the remake of Jagged Allianc... |
13 February 2012
08:24 UTC |
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The developers at Sony are still working on The Last Guardian but the particular way that former leading developer Fumito Ueda shaped the project is making progress difficult and might lead to delays for the much-expected PlayStation 3 exclusive.
Speaking to 1UP, Shuhei Yoshida, who is the president of Sony Worldwid... |
13 February 2012
20:11 UTC |
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