31 Oct

Is Sony better with franchises than Microsoft?

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by Ravi Sinha LittleBigPlanet 2 is already on the production belt, joining both a cartoon show and a comic book, aimed at fully expanding the LBP franchise. With PSM3 awarding it a 97%, their highest rating ever (yes, even more than MGS4) and the whole world just plain spell-bound over the new Sackboy on the [...]

31 Oct

What will a Beatles game from Harmonix look like?

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The verdict is in and following this morning’s announcement, the Beatles are all set to grace the world of music based games. Rock Band has stepped up to the plate, and with developer Harmonix, batting, with the support of Apple Corps, this one might just fly out of the park. In a good way of [...]

31 Oct

Who controls the controls?

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If you can have a guitar for all that rocking music and if the said guitar lets you create, rather, recreate your favourite tunes, then why can’t we have a sword? Not for the music bit, but for those battles which make you wish it was more than just the familiar console nestled between your [...]

31 Oct

Mirror’s Edge Demo for PSN, Xbox Live on Oct. 31st

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On October 31st, Playstation Store customers and Xbox Live users (even non-Gold members) will be able to experience what most game journos have been raving about for months now: A demo of Mirror’s Edge, developed by EA DICE, will be available for download. The demo will feature the prologue to the game, a tutorial and [...]

30 Oct

Gamer Culture… An introspection.

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James Post is a gamer. And he is not embarrassed by it. James Post seems like an honest person. One day James Post went to buy Fable 2 for the Xbox 360. James Post had to wait in line. Which turned James Post, the honest man, into James Post, the honestly introspective man. We wanted [...]

30 Oct

Beatle-mania – How much is too much?

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Just one of those rumours, which have been around for quite some time now. Long enough to ensure that a few wrinkly ears perked up, while nostalgic smiles crept across withered faces. Maybe the younger lot has been feeling the same way. The rumour? RB and GH have been in talks for some time now [...]

30 Oct

WoW Dethroned, Runescape Now King

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World of Warcraft changed, influenced and ruined more human lives than humanly conceivable. It’s addictive gameplay, “Life Starts After Level 60″ philosophy and dedicated user-base has never been more evident than in the status, that it’s developer Blizzard Entertainment, enjoys today. However, in the past eight years, Cambridge-based Andrew Gower created a free-to-play MMORPG decked [...]

30 Oct

A Gamer as Nobel Peace Laureate? What Next?

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According to Jane McGonigal on the Sci-Fi Channel’s HowYouCanSaveTheWorld blog, yes – and that too by the easily attainable year of 2032 (dogs will be extinct and the world should begin capsizing by then). McGonigal, both a game developer and PhD holder stated that, “a game developer or a community of online gamers will be [...]

30 Oct

Sega Publishing the Conduit?

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When The Conduit was first revealed at E3 2008, it surprised many a Wii gamer (along with a few jaded PS3 and 360 fans) and netted several show awards from portals like IGN. Why? Well, here was an FPS running on the Wii, whose graphical capability and physics matched the more powerful consoles’ products. Equally [...]

30 Oct

Jack Thompson Finally Disbarred

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This was intended to be a lengthy column, detailing the various measures famous Florida-based crusader and all-star pain-in-the-ass Jack Thompson could take, to mark his return to law, after being disbarred nearly a month ago. Given the red-bow on this current turn of events, that’s unnecessary. It’s now official: Jack Thompson has been disbarred from [...]