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The gaming industry today isn’t in the best of situations, as more and more sequels are being released while publishers are less willing to invest in new games that don’t have any sort of multiplayer or at least an online component.Lots of gamers have complained about these worrying trends, saying that ev... |
11 February 2012
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On January 18 quite a few websites went black in order to protest two bills before the United States Congress and Senate, the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act, and even the mighty Google delivered a strong message against them. The main aim of the bills, backed mostly by the movie and music industry, is... |
11 February 2012
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This week saw the release of not one but two demos for major games, in the form of Twisted Metal and Syndicate, both choosing to highlight the multiplayer components of the upcoming titles.
I tried them out and, while they were quite decent, both trials had some major problems that ended up harming my enthusiasm for... |
4 February 2012
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January is pretty much an empty month when it comes to video game releases and the industry looks to February for a few signs of life, with the “Second Christmas” period set to begin in March and last throughout April and the early parts of May.This is a direct result of the fact that publishers tend to p... |
4 February 2012
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I admit to being the kind of gamer that usually prefers to spend time with Football Manager rather than directly control players in the FIFA series. However, the 2012 installment of the game, which I first played at E3 2011 and then reviewed during the fall, has really managed to grab my imagination and keep me inter... |
28 January 2012
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At the beginning of the week we heard that Mass Effect 3 on the PC would appear on Electronic Arts’ Origin digital distribution service, as well as on a few other third party digital retailers, but not on Steam.
This didn’t surprised anyone, as EA has kept most of its recent products away from Steam, the... |
21 January 2012
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I hate it when video game make me feel inadequate and one of the titles that has lately made me feel very poor is Football Manager 2012, the management simulation created by Sports Interactive and published by SEGA last year.I have been a long term fan of the English club Liverpool (don’t ask for truly rational... |
21 January 2012
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Steam had another impressive Christmas showing, mixing a raft of impressive offers with some sort of meta game that involved further price cuts and special items, and all its big competitors, from Gamersgate to Origin, did something similar in concept although not as wide in terms of scope.On a personal note, the off... |
14 January 2012
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This article by no means represents the reality of the video game industry and is not based on any sort of foreknowledge about what will happen with hardware and software during 2012; this is just a number of wild-eyed dreams that might or might not come true in the coming months.I want to see innovation even in the ... |
7 January 2012
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At the end of each year gamers take a look back at some of the experiences they went through and compare them to previous years. While we were certainly treated with quite a lot of impressive periods in recent times, 2011, at least in my view, managed to outshine them all, seeing a huge amount of great games, both tr... |
31 December 2011
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I have written quite a few reviews this year, a Weekend Reading for every week and news every day and looking back on the whole year I cannot escape the feeling that this was, despite some very good games coming out, somewhat of a lost year for me and for the industry in general.Most publishers overhyped their games ... |
31 December 2011
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Depending on your religious orientation, you’re almost sure to celebrate something in the next few weeks, even if it’s just the New Year. Unfortunately, while this should be a time of peace on Earth and getting together with your family, friends or relatives, it’s quite a difficult time to be a game... |
24 December 2011
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Last year I was pretty sure that, given a little bit of time and enough energy, I could definitely turn my extended family interested in the joys of modern gaming, social, lightweight and on the move, between eating copious amounts of pork and drinking some of the best wine this country has to offer.My relatives were... |
24 December 2011
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Last weekend most of us got to enjoy the 2011 Spike TV Video Game Awards, the industry’s closest version to the Oscars, in terms of a blockbuster celebration of the interactive entertainment genre.Sadly, just like the last few editions, sequels have once again dominated the main stage, with a huge variety of ne... |
17 December 2011
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There’s talk of another generation of consoles, everyone wants to know how much better the graphics will be on the new platforms from Microsoft and Sony, and we already know that the Wii U will offer quite an upgrade over the Nintendo machine currently available.One can safely take a look at any PC gaming machi... |
17 December 2011
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A quick look at the major ratings sites and especially at Metacritic can show anyone that there are more high quality games launched in 2011 than in 2010 and with the increased competition between publishers and better tech available to developers the same will probably be true next year.It's impossible for one ... |
10 December 2011
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December is here and soon the winter holidays, whether it’s Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanzaa or anything in between, will be upon us. While I’m certainly going to spend time with family and run around through shops to get gifts for loved ones, I’m also looking forward to this holiday season because the e... |
3 December 2011
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I think I might be an addict, not in the traditional sense of the word where my neurons are linked to a pleasurable chemical, but I have no other good term to define the relationship that I have developed with The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.This game launched on November 1 of this year and I started my playthrough at ab... |
3 December 2011
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has the biggest launch for every entertainment product in history this fall and is on track on beating every record conceivable before the end of the year, with more than 1 billion dollars projected as generated revenue.The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim also had a good launch day, with sales ... |
26 November 2011
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After going through a rough patch of games, Electronic Arts' Need for Speed series has been brought back to life with a few recent titles that put gameplay first and didn't bother tacking on convoluted stories.As such, with the likes of Shift 2 or Hot Pursuit, the racing series has once again become a serio... |
19 November 2011
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The biggest first person shooters of the fall are now out and gamers can now pick up both Battlefield 3, from Swedish studio DICE and publisher Electronic Arts, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, from Infinity Ward, Sledgehammer Games and Raven with publishing handled by Activision, and measure the quality for thems... |
19 November 2011
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Drive, directed by Nicolas Winding Refn and starring Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan, might be the best movie that I have seen this year and one of the most well directed, acted and constructed that I have watched in my life (and I must confess I average about 5 movies during one weekend when I have nothing else to d... |
12 November 2011
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Grand Theft Auto V, probably one of the biggest gaming reveals of the year, has finally seen its first trailer be released earlier this week. Since then, Rockstar Games, its developer and publisher, has published a few more details, but there are still a huge amount of questions left unanswered.Luckily, in true Rocks... |
5 November 2011
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A lot happened at Blizzcon this year and most of the talk has been focused around the Mists of Pandaria expansion for World of Warcraft, mostly the pretty radical ways in which it will change the MMO, and around Starcraft II, mostly the new units and how the mod oriented Marketplace will work.But the one piece of new... |
5 November 2011
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Grand Theft Auto V is coming, but we already knew that for quite some time. Now, however, it's official, with Rockstar counting down the days, hours, minutes and seconds before it unleashes the first trailer and details about its new game.Until this week, when the logo for the game was presented, there were quit... |
29 October 2011
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I write a lot about video games and, often, I end an article by telling potential players about the platforms on which the titles will appear and about the day when the product will be available on store shelves.I almost always write down two launch dates, one for North America and the other one for Europe and, almos... |
29 October 2011
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The iPad and its successor are dominating the tablet market at the moment and many other developers, including the mighty HP, seem to have given up on assaulting that entrenched position but with the announcement of the Kindle Fire, which took place a few weeks ago, Amazon seems to be ready to take up this challenge ... |
22 October 2011
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I reviewed FIFA 12 for Softpedia a few weeks earlier and have given it close to perfect scores, admitting that the football simulation might just be the most polished installment in a yearly series to launch during 2011.The game is not without faults and there are numerous small improvements that can be done on the m... |
15 October 2011
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After a very long wait, which included rumors about further delays, the developers at the Austin studio of BioWare and the executives at publisher Electronic Arts have announced that Star Wars: The Old Republic will be launched this year, on December 20 in the United States and two days later in Europe.This is good n... |
8 October 2011
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One piece of news that recently popped up on a few sites talked about how researchers at the University of Washington were helped in crucial research linked to the development of better medicine to fight AIDS by gamers who used the Foldit online video game.The mechanics of the game are pretty simple and allow any pla... |
1 October 2011
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The gaming industry is the latest and probably the fastest growing one in the whole entertainment genre, but, sadly, this increase of importance also means that publishers and developers are investing heavily in new games and don't really want to take risks when tens of millions of dollars are at stake.That'... |
24 September 2011
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At the Tokyo Games Show, an event that can be considered home ground for Nintendo, the company doubled down on its 3DS bet and made a number of announcements that show the support for the platform and show how committed Nintendo is to make the device is success in the long term.First off Nintendo sought to make clear... |
24 September 2011
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Microsoft has taken a big step towards its next PC operating system, Windows 8, by deploying a Developer Preview version earlier this week, showcasing to everyone interested just what are the biggest features in the new OS.
As you probably saw in our special article about gaming on Windows 8, it's pretty much... |
17 September 2011
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I am one of the latecomers to Facebook, one of the people that was reluctant to sign up for the service fearing that it would take up too much of my time, that I would need to talk to too many people I barely know and that I would be overwhelmed by the information offered by friends.I finally signed up in order to pl... |
10 September 2011
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I can remember writing the news story about The Lord of the Rings Online going free-to-play and wondering how long it will take before the Turbine made MMO is closed down and the business model again retreats to the peculiar games of the Far East.I also remember writing news about how well The Lord of the Rings Onlin... |
3 September 2011
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The last week has been dominated by an ongoing debate over an excerpt in the EULA (End User License Agreement) of Electronic Arts' new Origin digital distribution service, which will be mandatory for PC gamers who want to play all the upcoming titles from the company, like Battlefield 3 or Need for Speed: The Ru... |
27 August 2011
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Nintendo took the unprecedented step of cutting the price of the 3DS handheld, launched just this year, by between 30 and 40 percent depending on the territory in order to revive falling sales.
Sony seems to be starting a tradition by announcing yet another price cut for the PlayStation 3 home console at the Games... |
27 August 2011
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Nintendo has cut the price of the Nintendo 3DS handheld by a third on all the markets to 169.99 dollars and, considering that the platform is available starting with the middle of March, this is the fastest after launch price cut in the history of video game hardware.Nintendo also gave out 20 video games to those who... |
20 August 2011
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This week those who were excited about the new Legacy DLC for Dragon Age II and wanted to log into Steam in order to buy both the original game and the additional content must have been a little upset and surprised to see that the game was no longer there.As a result they needed to use another service to get both Dra... |
13 August 2011
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Fans of Diablo III and of PC gaming, which developer Blizzard has long been a champion of, might have been prepared for an announcement that the game requires a continuous connection to the Internet, considering that it was already a requirement for Starcraft II, and for the fact that real money could be used to buy ... |
5 August 2011
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For the first time in the Mass Effect series, the developer, BioWare, has decided to officially promote and market to the world a female version of the protagonist, Commander Shepard, alongside the already famous male version.
As you can imagine, given the wide customization options the studio gave to players, the... |
31 July 2011
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Nintendo launched the 3DS handheld console in February for the Japanese market and in March for the North American and European ones, setting a pretty steep $250 price tag. Now, as we saw earlier this week, the Japanese company has slashed over a third of that price, making the portable device available for $169.99.
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30 July 2011
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I was always a strategy gamer first and one of the biggest complaints I have when looking at the current gaming landscape is that there are less and less big strategy titles coming out as the years pass me by.
And, if the statements of one studio executive are to go by, the situation might become even worse in the... |
30 July 2011
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I have been playing quite a bit of Pro Cycling Manager 2011 and I love the way he game managed to mix pure simulation of the role of a team manager in cycling, with finances, sponsors, training schedules and race management all on the table, with the actual handling of the actual races, with decisions about attacking... |
23 July 2011
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Summer is not good for gaming and from late June to late August the big publishers avoid launching any significant title, with the more hardcore of console gamers having to subside on a thin gruel of summer blockbuster tie-ins and indie games launched on Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network.
But it seems to me th... |
16 July 2011
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How many save games does a player use? It certainly depends on the type of video game he is playing and on the difficulty, on the device he is playing on (there are certain PC titles that can be described as crash happy) and on how worried he is that he will have to redo a part of the game if and when he screws up.
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9 July 2011
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Electronic Arts has put together a new digital distribution service, called Origin, and the interests of the publisher are now on a clear collision course with those of Steam, the Valve-created dominant force on the PC market, with the results probably bad for gaming, bad for the PC space and for most of the players.... |
2 July 2011
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One of the main criticism that has been hurled at video gaming since the early '90's is that they only serve as time wasters, especially for young players, and that they do not impart any skills in return and do not teach them anything.Time wasted on video games is often pitted against the time that could b... |
25 June 2011
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After the end of the E3 2011 conference and the flood of news that appeared from the expo, gamers found a new reason to get angry this week, as Electronic Arts and DICE decided to offer a special Physical Warfare pack to those who pre-order Battlefield 3, besides the already-known Back to Karkand downloadable map pac... |
18 June 2011
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I went to the 2011 edition of the E3 trade show and I came away impressed by a lot of the games that I saw but, after a few days of thinking about the expo and about what's to come in terms of video games, I really think that this is a video game industry that is headed for a big crisis soon.And it's mainly... |
18 June 2011
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