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Muhammad Qasim Hassan
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Industry shifting away from blockbuster to aaa model, believes Splinter Cell: Blacklist director

Splinter Cell: Blacklist director believes that the gaming industry will be moving away from blockbuster titles to games with more systemic depth in the not-so-distant future. Gamesindustry.biz reported that while attending the Gamercamp festival in Toronto, Patrick Redding stated that he sees the era of AAA titles to coming to an end and expects it […]

Console version of DMC: Devil May Cry to run at 30fps

The console version of the highly-anticipated DMC: Devil May Cry will run at 30 frames per second (fps) instead of 60fps that have become a norm in recent years, though the feel would just be the same. The game’s director Hideaki Itsuno conceded during an interview with Eurogamer that keeping various factors in mind, the […]

Kickstarter starts rendering its services to UK developers

After meeting a lot of success in America, Kickstarter has already begun to show-off very positive signs in United Kingdom. The popular crowd-funding website has already gone live in Europe, offering a much-needed solution to a very taxing problem that stands in the way of creative minds from unleashing themselves and reaching their true potential. […]

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD DLC gets delayed until December

The fans of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD will have to wait a while longer to get their hands on the game’s first downloadable content (DLC) as Activision revealed that it has been delayed to the first week of December, 2012. Released during Microsoft’s Summer of Arcade promotion earlier this year, the game was originally […]

Confirmation of Kinect-free Halo 4 experience allows fans to relax

Fans of the Halo franchise can breathe a sigh of relief as developer 343 Industries has confirmed that the upcoming title in the series will not offer any support for Kinect. The possibility of finding the motion sensing input device shoe-horned in the gameplay of the sci-fi shooter had a lot of fans worried as […]

Activision needs to inject creativity in its Call of Duty franchise

When Activision first introduced the Call of Duty franchise, the gamers could have hardly asked for anything more. Getting an opportunity to play with guns is something that surely did not want to miss. The game turned out to be exactly what they wanted and offered exactly what they desired. As years went by, the […]

Super Slim PlayStation 3 a wise strategic decision by Sony

The industry analysts are convinced that the next-generation consoles are long overdue and that the extended life cycle of existing hardware is taking its toll on the gaming industry. Sony, however, is not bothered about what the gurus have to say and instead remain committed to the PlayStation 3 console. It is obvious that the […]

No need for a new PlayStation in the market just yet – Part 2

The smartphones are indeed causing a bit of complication for Sony, with many analysts asserting that a new console is becoming a necessity for the gaming giant to survive in the changing environment. However, Sony is convinced that there is absolutely no need to rush its new hardware before it is really due. A senior […]

No need for a new PlayStation in the market just yet – Part 1

The life-cycle of a console is considered to be crucial to its success, a belief that is shared by majority of the analysts in the gaming industry. The uproar over the extended life of Sony’s and Microsoft’s current-generation consoles also acts as an indication of the challenging times that await the two gaming giants because […]

Kelly Slater downs Joel Parkinson in the semi-finals to earn shot at Quiksilver Pro France title

America’s Kelly Slater was able to claim a victory over Australia’s Joel Parkinson in the second semi-final of Quiksilver Pro France, the seventh of ten stops on the 2012 Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Championship Tour, which went down at La Graviere in Hossegor, France, on Friday, October 5, 2012. The reigning 11-time ASP […]

Dane Reynolds overcome John John Florence in nail-biting Quiksilver Pro France semi-final

America’s Dane Reynolds got the better of Hawaii’s John John Florence in the first semi-final of Quiksilver Pro France, the seventh of ten stops on the 2012 Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Championship Tour, which went down at La Graviere in Hossegor, France, on Friday, October 5. The battle turned out to be a […]

Joel Parkinson and Kelly Slater qualify for the semi-finals at Quiksilver Pro France

There were hardly any upsets during the quarter-final stage of Quiksilver Pro France as Australia’s Joel Parkinson and America’s Kelly Slater successfully secured top honours in their respective heats that went down at La Graviere in Hossegor, France, on Thursday, October 4, 2012. Parkinson got the better of Brazil’s Gabriel Medina in the third quarter-final […]

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