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Uncharted Franchise Life depends on its Fans
In a recent interview to the Official PlayStation Magazine, Uncharted 3’s game director Justin Richmond revealed that the Uncharted Franchise will continue as long as the fans wanted it to.

In the interview Richmond emphasized their ongoing commitment to the Uncharted franchise by saying:

There are a ton of Drake adventures out there and we haven’t told all of them yet. As long as fans want the games and as long as we find something that’s interesting and will push the medium forward, we’ll continue to make them. ---------

Anil Singh Saturday, October 29, 2011
New PS3 Firmware Update 3.73 available now
Here is a news for Playstation 3 owners. The PS3 firmware update 3.73 is available now.

You will not be able to see it, when you log in to the PSN next. To get to the update, you will have to manually check for updates. And from there you can download firmware update 3.73.

The indication in this regard was made by Sony, in one of its tweets, which reads:

A new, non-mandatory PS3 firmware update, v3.73, is now available. Stability during use of certain PS3 format software has been improved.

Rumors are that, the new update also adds improved security. ---------

Anil Singh Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Battlefield 3' limited edition with pre-order bonuses unveiled for US and UK Gamers
A Good news for gamers in the US and UK. Electronic Arts has announced a limited-edition version of Battlefield 3 along with retailer-specific pre-order bonuses in the US and UK. Notably, Battlefield 3 is an upcoming game, which will be launched on October 25 in North America(Xbox360, Playstation3, PC) and October 28 in Europe; alongside the linked novel Battlefield 3: The Russian, written by former SAS operator Andy McNab.

How to buy:

Electronics Arts has distributed bonuses to a slew of retailers. All a gamer has to do is, pre-order the Battlefield 3 game from that retailer whose bonus appears most luring to him. Below are the retailers and the bonuses they are offering, along with the Battlefield 3 game:

Gamers in US can Pre-orders for the game through Gamestop; while those in UK can do so at Game and Gamestation. The buyers will receive the Physical Warfare Pack, which includes three exclusive weapons: the type 88 light machine gun with bipod, the SKS sniper rifle flash suppressor and armour-piercing flechette ammo for the DAO-12 semi-automatic shotgun.

Amazon UK and Best Buy will offer the SPECACT Kit, which unlocks eight multiplayer skins for players to customise their appearance.

Play.com and Amazon US will offer an exclusive set of dog tags for multiplayer.

All pre-orders will automatically be upgraded to the limited-edition version of Battlefield 3 which includes the standard game and early accesses to the Back to Karkand DLC map pack.

Watch the trailer for Battlefield 3 below:

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Anil Singh Friday, August 5, 2011
Call of Duty: Black Ops Fourth map pack to arrive on August 23
Activision is going to launch a fourth map pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops (Xbox360, Playstation3,NintendoWii,PC), addressed solely to the game's Zombies mode, on August 23.

According to the Activision social media manager Dan Amrich,

The Rezurrection pack will debut on Xbox Live on August 23, 2011. The pack will be released for PC and PlayStation 3 at a later date. To delight the gamers, the pack includes four remastered Zombies maps from Call of Duty: World at War and a fifth, lunar experience called Moon. The download also features a dashboard theme and official Zombies soundtrack.

Price: $15. Those who have already purchased the Hardened or Prestige editions of Black Ops -- who already have access to the four remastered maps -- will get to download the rest for free. ---------

Anil Singh Thursday, August 4, 2011
'Duke Nukem Forever' game attacked for allowing players to slap scantily-clad women
"Duke Nukem Forever” which hit the stores on Tuesday, after a long wait of 14 years; has rubbed women’s rights groups in a wrong way. Women’s groups are furious that the game allows players to slap scantily-clad women if they don’t cooperate.

Created by Plano-based Gearbox Software, the first-person shooter game’s aim is to rescue women from aliens; the game is rated "mature" and it’s intended for adults, defended Steve Gibson, a Gearbox spokesman; Hence timely slaps here and there can be tolerated. This is how adults behave all the time in real world! Don’t they? The spokesperson seems to suggest.

The fact that the game allows players to slap women from behind, as if they are being steered like cattle, as they’re being rescued from aliens; has made women’s groups extremely rattled.

Although, other games, like the "Grand Theft Auto" series, have been seen resorting to such violent behavior as well; the critics find "Duke Nukem Forever" taking the ill-treatment to a whole new level. They want the game to be banned immediately. Watch the video below:



For now, the game is going to stay; and is up for grabs at $60 for Xbox360 and Playstation 3 and $50 for the PC version. ---------

Anil Singh Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Sly 4 not being developed by Sucker Punch
More or less, it has been confirmed that Sanzaru Games, and not Sucker Punch Studios, is developing the next installment in the Sly Raccoon series. Thankfully the franchise has been passed on to a competent studio. Sanzaru Games, is the same studio behind last year’s Sly Collection; hence this allays the fears that the new team will change the Sly Raccoon series upside down.

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Anil Singh Wednesday, June 8, 2011
US Gaming Console Market in the first ten months of 2010
According to a recent article by LA times,

Nintendo Wii is the most and only the one negatively hit in the console market dominance war among top three players in US.

Since January 2010, things have taken a decided turn, reports LA times. The Wii fell to No. 3 from No. 1 this year, that too in a three player.

The Wii's sales for the first ten months of 2010 were down 24% compared to the first ten months of 2009. Sales for Microsoft's Xbox 360 are up 34% and Sony's PS3 are up 14%.

So once Hot Nintendo Wii since its release in 2006 (From January 2007, just after it launched, until last May, the Wii was the top-selling game console nearly every month in the U.S.) has really slowed down.

On the ‘Games for the device’ front Wii is on a similar downward slope:

Electronic Arts Inc. recently told investors that Wii game sales outside of Japan fell 34% in the recent quarter(Jul-Aug 2010). EA expects it to be "down sharply" for the full year.

Something that has brushed on to people who have bought a Wii already—they have stopped buying new games and let the device gather dust.

Rivals like Sony have made their biggest profits from royalties on games made by other publishers for their device; but Nintendo failed to get the same benefit from this arrangement either; making some experts believe that Nintendo Fad has been fading. One reason, experts believe, the Japanese company recently slashed its revenue forecast for the current fiscal year by 21%.

Bleak times for Nintendo are not for no reason:  Nintendo's last console, the GameCube, launched in June 2006 kept on lingering on at third place, unless Nintendo launched Wii in November 2006. At that time Wii was a novelty for the industry. The Wii, which was less powerful than competing machines but introduced a motion-sensing wand instead of relying upon the traditional pressing-button controller. No surprise it became an immediate hit, selling 74 million units worldwide. Wii launch was definitely a curve jumping move (something which was never envisioned by a gaming enthusiast ); Something that helped Nintendo tame the untamed market. Nintendo created a new market with Wii and then profited from it.

But the problem with the buyers who go for curve jumping products/services/concepts is that they are least loyal; unless constantly fed with curve jumping novelties; they change their loyalties. That is showing in the dropped sales. ---------

Anil Singh Thursday, December 2, 2010