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ANDREI DUMITRESCU
Andrei is one of Softpedia's gaming news and reviews editors. He has been into games from the young age of 6, when his father showed him the classic Prince of Persia running on an office mainframe, and hasn't stopped since. He favors strategy games, being equally attraced to turn based, real time or grand strategies. Although he used to be a decided PC gamer, the last few years have seen him shift interest towards consoles such as the Xbox360 and Playstation 3 (not much love for the Nintento Wii though).
When he's not playing games, Andrei tries to keep up with local and international politics, putting his political science diploma to good use. He also enjoys reading, mostly fantasy and science fiction.
Personal motto: "Per aspera ad astra"
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A lot of people have focused on the overall story of Dragon Age: Origins and have pointed out how it managed to still adhere to the tropes of the computer role playing game and the BioWare way of creating it while making a world that feels vastly different from the one of Dungeons & Dragons. But one of the aspects of... |
20 November 2009
18:01 GMT |
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Modern Warfare 2 does not live up to the hype that surrounded it before the release date and to the standard set by its predecessor, which was released in late 2007. It ticks all the points on the list: there are better graphics, there's a bigger “What the Hell?” moment, there are tougher characters,... |
20 November 2009
08:00 GMT |
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TOCA Race Driver 2 is a videogame developed and published by the Codemasters Software Company Limited. It was released for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, the original Xbox from Microsoft, the PlayStation Portable handheld and the PC platform on April 13, 2004. The title can be classed as a racing simulation fea... |
20 November 2009
06:23 GMT |
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Modern Warfare 2 might have set yet another record when it came out as it determined no less than 2 million Xbox Live users to get on the service at the same time, probably in order to enter multiplayer matches as soon as the game is released.But it seems that the huge launch, probably coupled with the decision by Mi... |
20 November 2009
15:01 GMT |
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Wii Music, which was released last year, has not been one of the biggest hits for Nintendo. Titles like Mario Kart Wii and Wii Fit are still selling well, while the music simulator for the Wii seems to have faded into obscurity and slid out of sales charts. But its creator might not yet be prepared to let go of the i... |
20 November 2009
13:21 GMT |
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Electronic Arts and BioWare have announced that they plan to release a new piece of downloadable content for Dragon Age: Origins, which was received in early November, in time for Christmas. The fresh content will be called Return to Ostagar and will allow players to go back to the area where the climactic battle nea... |
20 November 2009
04:43 GMT |
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Driver: Parallel Lines is a videogame developed by Reflections Interactive Limited and published by Atari. Inc. The game was released for the PlayStation 2 home console from Sony, the original Xbox from Microsoft, the Nintendo Wii and the PC in March 2006. It is classed as a racing title played from a third person pe... |
20 November 2009
04:22 GMT |
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Sony has released the 6.20 firmware update for the PlayStation Portable handheld, introducing quite a few new features to a platform that has been usually beaten in sales by the Nintendo made DS and DSi and could use some unique capabilities.Users will be able to upgrade as soon as they turn on their consoles and Son... |
20 November 2009
03:41 GMT |
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Activision has recently announced that Modern Warfare 2 managed to bring in 550 million dollars for the company in just five days, becoming the biggest entertainment release in history, beating not just Grand Theft Auto IV but also The Dark Knight. And Booby Kotick, the Chief Executive Officer of Activision, has take... |
20 November 2009
02:55 GMT |
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The Dukes of Hazard: Return of the General Lee is a videogame developed by Ratbag Pty. Ltd. and published by Ubisoft. The game was released for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony and the original Xbox from Microsoft in September 2004. It is classed as an action adventure title featuring driving elements and is based... |
20 November 2009
02:30 GMT |
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DRIV3R, also known as Driver 3, is a videogame created by Reflections Interactive and published by Atari. It was released for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, the original Xbox from Microsoft, the Game Boy, the PC (a GameCube version was also in production but got canceled). The game was also later ported to mobi... |
20 November 2009
02:10 GMT |
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Dragon Age: Origins is a great single player role playing experience. I can see myself replaying the game a lot of times, trying out the various origins and exploring the choices I can make as a character. But mainly because I think the game has legs and because of the fact that BioWare will surely release further co... |
19 November 2009
17:41 GMT |
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Torchlight has been one of the surprise hits of 2009. The game offers an experience pretty similar to that delivered by the initial Diablo, but with a few very interesting twists, like allowing players to recruit pets that can cast spells and sell loot. It was created by a team of dedicated role playing game veterans... |
19 November 2009
16:31 GMT |
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Grand Theft Auto IV recently received the second piece of downloadable content, The Ballad of Gay Tony, and all the content for the game launched on Xbox Live is now available on a disk in the form of Episodes from Liberty City. And with the manual for the latest release suggesting the Liberty City will not be gettin... |
19 November 2009
07:44 GMT |
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TOCA Race Driver 2 is a videogame developed and published by the Codemasters Software Company Limited. It was released for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, the original Xbox from Microsoft, the PlayStation Portable handheld and the PC platform on April 13, 2004. The title can be classed as a racing simulation fea... |
19 November 2009
06:54 GMT |
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Recently, Square Enix confirmed the release date for Final Fantasy XIII, its upcoming Japanese role playing game blockbuster, for the markets in North America and Europe. The title is set to arrive on March 9, 2010 for those who live outside Japan, while the lucky gamers who live in the island nation will be able to ... |
19 November 2009
14:11 GMT |
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As expected, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 from Infinity Ward and Activision has taken the top spot in the United Kingdom videogame chart and it will probably hang around for some time as players get to experience the content offered by the sequel and as millions of multiplayer matches are played. The biggest upcomi... |
19 November 2009
13:31 GMT |
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Duel Masters: Limited Edition is a videogame developed by High Voltage Software, Inc. and published by Atari Inc. The game was released exclusively on the PlayStation 2 console from Sony on November 5, 2004. It is classed as a strategy card title played from a third person perspective.Duel Masters is a trading card g... |
19 November 2009
05:13 GMT |
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Activision is reporting that Modern Warfare 2 is estimated to have brought in no less than 550 million dollars in revenue in the first five days on sale. Microsoft statistics also show that the title has been played for more than 5.2 million hours in the multiplayer modes and that 11 million Xbox 360 Achievements wer... |
19 November 2009
04:25 GMT |
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Randy Pitchford, the president of developer Gearbox, which has just put out Borderlands, is saying that companies like id Software and Crytek are actually hurting themselves and videogaming by creating experiences designed for the next generation of console hardware rather than for the current one.Pitchford has told ... |
19 November 2009
03:43 GMT |
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A study conducted by the NPD Group shows that 14% of American households have a monthly subscription to a MMO, more than ever before. This is happening just as more and more people are renouncing subscriptions to magazines and daily newspapers, showing that digital entertainment is replacing traditional media as the ... |
19 November 2009
03:04 GMT |
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Driver: Parallel Lines is a videogame developed by Reflections Interactive Limited and published by Atari. Inc. The game was released for the PlayStation 2 home console from Sony, the original Xbox from Microsoft, the Nintendo Wii and the PC in March 2006. It is classed as a racing title played from a third person pe... |
19 November 2009
02:34 GMT |
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DRIV3R, also known as Driver 3, is a videogame created by Reflections Interactive and published by Atari. It was released for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, the original Xbox from Microsoft, the Game Boy, the PC (a GameCube version was also in production but got canceled). The game was also later ported to mobi... |
19 November 2009
02:08 GMT |
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With Project Natal confirmed as being real and coming in late 2010 and with Sony officially stating that it intends to release the motion tracking add on for the PlayStation 3 at some point during the spring of next year, the biggest hardware-related rumor in the videogames industry is that Nintendo is secretly worki... |
18 November 2009
16:31 GMT |
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There are four discreet areas the player needs to get through in Dragon Age: Origins in order to get the support of allies in their fight against the Darkspawn and their Archdemon. One of them is the aptly named Mage Circle, a structure filled to the rim with magic practitioners supervised by the Chantry sponsored Te... |
18 November 2009
17:51 GMT |
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In a major move, Activision has announced that Glen Schofield and Michael Condry, best known for leading the development team that delivered last year's Dead Space, are now part of the newly formed Sledgehammer Games team, based in Foster, California. The two were previously part of the Visceral Games team, whic... |
18 November 2009
14:21 GMT |
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With Borderlands, the so-called role playing shooter created by Gearbox, now out and performing well in the charts, the next big release for publisher Take Two is BioShock 2, the first person shooter that is being developed by 2K Marin and is a follow up to the award-winning adventure which surprised everyone when it... |
18 November 2009
07:49 GMT |
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TOCA Race Driver 2 is a videogame developed and published by the Codemasters Software Company Limited. It was released for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, the original Xbox from Microsoft, the PlayStation Portable handheld and the PC platform on April 13, 2004. The title can be classed as a racing simulation fea... |
18 November 2009
06:51 GMT |
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A survey conducted by the Entertainment Software Association is showing that 42% of American adults are interested in giving or in receiving a videogame or more as presents for Christmas, which is good news for an industry that has seen sales fall this year over the same period in 2008 and hope that the shopping spre... |
18 November 2009
13:11 GMT |
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Duel Masters: Limited Edition is a videogame developed by High Voltage Software, Inc. and published by Atari Inc. The game was released exclusively on the PlayStation 2 console from Sony on November 5, 2004. It is classed as a strategy card title played from a third person perspective.Duel Masters is a trading card g... |
18 November 2009
05:36 GMT |
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