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Written below are the gaming news worth reading for the week of 5 - 11th of March, 2012.
Battlefield 3 coming up with 3 new DLC's this year
Three DLC's have been officially anounced by DICE for their game which was released this past October. All the Three DLC's will be centrally themed, and the first of the three will be called Closed Quarters and it'll be launched in June (May for PS3).
The second pack's name is Armoured Kill and it'll be focused on tanks. Dice have also said that it'll also contain the largest battlefield map to date.
Also the third DLC will be End Game, but sadly it's details are a secret and we can't know anything about it rather than do pure speculation.
Price of these DLC's haven't yet been fixed, but Back to Karkand was released on PC for Rs 599, and these will probably be similarly priced too.
Source : http://www.pcgamer.c...efield-history/
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Next Xbox To Have No Disc Drive
According to MCV (http://www.mcvuk.com...ext-xbox/092534, the next xbox will not have an optical disc drive.
It also says that though it might not have an optical disc drive, it will have some sort of interchangeable card storage, though there's no way to know yet to know if those will be proprietory cards like Sony's Vita system or an old school forat like SD cards.
Previous speculations have all said that the next xbox might have a tablet controller, will not run used games, or cost as much as $500.
By the way, It seems like i have a new rumour about the next xbox in my article every week now!
Source : http://xbox360.ign.c..._source=twitter
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Quantic Dream, the Heavy Rain devs debut a new Tech Demo
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0KTUysrwgQ[/media]
A new Tech demo released to EuroGamer, which can be viewed above was released by Quantic Dream.
The very impressive Tech Demo by the Heavy rain developers shows how well the engine is performing even on the PS3 now, which is 5 years old now.
Cage said "We had thought we had done a pretty decent job on Heavy Rain, and we just realized we didn't do anything with the hardware. We could do much more than that, and this is what we intend to do in the near future. There's still a lot to do with the PlayStation 3 I'm telling you."
When asking about their relationship with Sony, he said "We are exclusive to Sony right now, We're open to all options [such as becoming a first-party studio], but again, we're not a studio driven by money. It's an important element, of course, but it's not like 'Tell me how much money you give me and I'm going to do whatever you want."
Source : http://asia.gamespot...ch-demo-6365059
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Portal 2, Skyrim major winners at Game Developers Choice
Portal 2 won the most number of trophies at the Game Developers Conference. The witty sci-fi puzzle game in which you mess around with portals was Developed by Valve Corporation won three awards past Wednesday.
But it was Bethesda's The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim which was awarded the Game of the Year. Other winners were DICE's Battlefield 3 for best technology, Uncharted 3 for best visual arts and Best Debut to the awesome game, Bastion.
The Game Developers Choice Awards honour the best games of the past year.
Source : http://asia.gamespot...-awards-6365130
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Valve estimated worth at $3bn, Gabe Newell $1.5bn
Forbes has rated Valve co-founder, Gabe Newell the 854th richest billionaire out of the 1226 known. Though this is just a pure estimation from Forbes.
Newell owns more than 50% of Valve, which means he's worth atleast $1.5 Billion if Steam is worth $3 Billion. Steam is known to have 40 million users. The estimate of $3 Billion is is also conservative as Valve keep their finances private.
According to me if anyone is worthy of being on this list, it is surely one of the members who is making PC gaming being revived.
Source : http://www.pcgamer.c...o-be-worth-3bn/
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Dark Souls Dev's say PC Version is Namco's Call
Masanori Takeuchi, From Software’s head of Research & Development , has said the studio knows the demand there is for a PC version of a game which is consodered one of the toughest games out there, but they have said that ultimately it is Namco's decision.
This quote from the developer's has arrived after a petition which has been roaming around and it has nearly 89,199 signatures as of the writing of this article. You can find the petition here - http://petitionburea.../DarkSoulsForPC
Masanori Takeuchi said, "That's going to be a decision left up to the publisher, Namco Bandai, but yes, we have seen the comments and we do know of the desire for a PC version."
We can only keep our fingers crossed now and hope for the best.
Source : http://pc.gamespy.co.../1220505p1.html
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Medal of Honor: Warfighter shipping out this October
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXBH6TC-Ojs[/media]
A teaser trailer which came out this past week has confirmed that the game will indeed launch in October.
The video has been embedded above, it shows quite a few things, but all in all it's very similar to Battlefield trailers *ahem*
The game is being developed by Danger Close and is being made on the Frostbite 2 engine, the very same engine on which Battlefield 3 was made. It will ship on the 23rd of October.
Source : http://www.pcgamer.c...r-release-date/
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Mass Effect 3 launch successful, biggest game so far of 2012
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2W3mif0z-Q[/media]
Many would have predicted that Mass Effect 3 will be one of the biggest games of this quarter easily, and probably the year too, but the game has been doing much better than even EA predicted.
Mass effect 3 has so far sold more more in the first week than SSX, Uncharted: Golden Abyss, UFC Undisputed 3 and Kingdoms Of Amalur: Reckoning combined to date, a feat which is not small in any form.
The Game is currently holding an incredible Metacritic rating of 92 on the PC and the PS3, with a 94 rating for the Xbox 360.
Most gamers are currently saving the earth, are you?
Source : http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/gaming/news/a370621/mass-effect-3-leads-all-formats-chart-biggest-release-of-2012.html
Click here to view the article
Battlefield 3 coming up with 3 new DLC's this year
Three DLC's have been officially anounced by DICE for their game which was released this past October. All the Three DLC's will be centrally themed, and the first of the three will be called Closed Quarters and it'll be launched in June (May for PS3).
The second pack's name is Armoured Kill and it'll be focused on tanks. Dice have also said that it'll also contain the largest battlefield map to date.
Also the third DLC will be End Game, but sadly it's details are a secret and we can't know anything about it rather than do pure speculation.
Price of these DLC's haven't yet been fixed, but Back to Karkand was released on PC for Rs 599, and these will probably be similarly priced too.
Source : http://www.pcgamer.c...efield-history/
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Next Xbox To Have No Disc Drive
According to MCV (http://www.mcvuk.com...ext-xbox/092534, the next xbox will not have an optical disc drive.
It also says that though it might not have an optical disc drive, it will have some sort of interchangeable card storage, though there's no way to know yet to know if those will be proprietory cards like Sony's Vita system or an old school forat like SD cards.
Previous speculations have all said that the next xbox might have a tablet controller, will not run used games, or cost as much as $500.
By the way, It seems like i have a new rumour about the next xbox in my article every week now!
Source : http://xbox360.ign.c..._source=twitter
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Quantic Dream, the Heavy Rain devs debut a new Tech Demo
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0KTUysrwgQ[/media]
A new Tech demo released to EuroGamer, which can be viewed above was released by Quantic Dream.
The very impressive Tech Demo by the Heavy rain developers shows how well the engine is performing even on the PS3 now, which is 5 years old now.
Cage said "We had thought we had done a pretty decent job on Heavy Rain, and we just realized we didn't do anything with the hardware. We could do much more than that, and this is what we intend to do in the near future. There's still a lot to do with the PlayStation 3 I'm telling you."
When asking about their relationship with Sony, he said "We are exclusive to Sony right now, We're open to all options [such as becoming a first-party studio], but again, we're not a studio driven by money. It's an important element, of course, but it's not like 'Tell me how much money you give me and I'm going to do whatever you want."
Source : http://asia.gamespot...ch-demo-6365059
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Portal 2, Skyrim major winners at Game Developers Choice
Portal 2 won the most number of trophies at the Game Developers Conference. The witty sci-fi puzzle game in which you mess around with portals was Developed by Valve Corporation won three awards past Wednesday.
But it was Bethesda's The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim which was awarded the Game of the Year. Other winners were DICE's Battlefield 3 for best technology, Uncharted 3 for best visual arts and Best Debut to the awesome game, Bastion.
The Game Developers Choice Awards honour the best games of the past year.
Source : http://asia.gamespot...-awards-6365130
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Valve estimated worth at $3bn, Gabe Newell $1.5bn
Forbes has rated Valve co-founder, Gabe Newell the 854th richest billionaire out of the 1226 known. Though this is just a pure estimation from Forbes.
Newell owns more than 50% of Valve, which means he's worth atleast $1.5 Billion if Steam is worth $3 Billion. Steam is known to have 40 million users. The estimate of $3 Billion is is also conservative as Valve keep their finances private.
According to me if anyone is worthy of being on this list, it is surely one of the members who is making PC gaming being revived.
Source : http://www.pcgamer.c...o-be-worth-3bn/
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Dark Souls Dev's say PC Version is Namco's Call
Masanori Takeuchi, From Software’s head of Research & Development , has said the studio knows the demand there is for a PC version of a game which is consodered one of the toughest games out there, but they have said that ultimately it is Namco's decision.
This quote from the developer's has arrived after a petition which has been roaming around and it has nearly 89,199 signatures as of the writing of this article. You can find the petition here - http://petitionburea.../DarkSoulsForPC
Masanori Takeuchi said, "That's going to be a decision left up to the publisher, Namco Bandai, but yes, we have seen the comments and we do know of the desire for a PC version."
We can only keep our fingers crossed now and hope for the best.
Source : http://pc.gamespy.co.../1220505p1.html
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Medal of Honor: Warfighter shipping out this October
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXBH6TC-Ojs[/media]
A teaser trailer which came out this past week has confirmed that the game will indeed launch in October.
The video has been embedded above, it shows quite a few things, but all in all it's very similar to Battlefield trailers *ahem*
The game is being developed by Danger Close and is being made on the Frostbite 2 engine, the very same engine on which Battlefield 3 was made. It will ship on the 23rd of October.
Source : http://www.pcgamer.c...r-release-date/
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Mass Effect 3 launch successful, biggest game so far of 2012
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2W3mif0z-Q[/media]
Many would have predicted that Mass Effect 3 will be one of the biggest games of this quarter easily, and probably the year too, but the game has been doing much better than even EA predicted.
Mass effect 3 has so far sold more more in the first week than SSX, Uncharted: Golden Abyss, UFC Undisputed 3 and Kingdoms Of Amalur: Reckoning combined to date, a feat which is not small in any form.
The Game is currently holding an incredible Metacritic rating of 92 on the PC and the PS3, with a 94 rating for the Xbox 360.
Most gamers are currently saving the earth, are you?
Source : http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/gaming/news/a370621/mass-effect-3-leads-all-formats-chart-biggest-release-of-2012.html
Click here to view the article
