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Cliff Bleszinski working on a new first-person shooter and it’s not Gears of War
Games development legend (and Unreal Tournament designer) Cliff Bleszinski has dropped a few hints that he might be looking to start development on a new fast-paced arena first-person shooter. The fascinating interview, which is well worth a listen, can be listened to on the Pointless podcast. After taking a break from the industry for the past year, Bleszinski confirmed that he has “a slide deck” for a new project. “I have a pitch. I have concept art. I know pretty much what I want to do,” he said. “It will be a PC experience that will hearken back to a certain type of game that we cut our teeth on.” The project in Bleszinski’s head is also a first-person shooter. “It’s in my DNA,” he said. “A lot of these kids playing Call...
Naughty Dog wishes you well for the holiday season
2013 was a rather good year for Naughty Dog and the studio put out this little post card for their good fortune and also to give their best wishes to everyone for the holidays. The card features fan-favorite characters and a creature from the studio’s most recent games, Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception and The Last of Us. From left to right: Chloe Frazer (Uncharted 3), an Infected and then Joel (The Last of Us), Victor “Sully” Sullivan and Nathan Drake (Uncharted 3), Ellie (The Last of Us) and Elena Fisher (Uncharted 3). “Thank you for your comments, critiques, feedback, love and for showing up whenever we dropped games, DLC or news in 2013. Your support keeps our studio going and our aim true. We’re grateful to have some of the best and most passionate fa...
5 awesome gaming characters of 2013
The gaming world has so much to offer to us, apart from the entertainment, there are the super awesome weapons, costumes and moments that you share with friends while playing a game together. The world has seen, especially over the years, the influence of this vast and ever increasing industry. However, all this influence is further magnified through a good protagonist who intensifies the entire experience. It’s these protagonists that help a gamer really get into a game and end up spending hours and hours in the company of their favorite heroes. It goes to a point when they aren’t just treated as mere fictional characters, but are treated as personalities. These protagonists have feelings, good and bad traits, weaknesses, powerful abilities and flaws etc just like any other hu...
NVIDIA launches The GeForce GTX 780 Ti
GeForce GTX reclaims the performance crown with the release of the GeForce GTX 780 Ti, the planet’s best gaming GPU. NVIDIA launched the graphic card at a fun launch event at Xtreme Esports Stadium in New Delhi. The product is for the hardcore gamer who will not compromise on the cost so read on 🙂 A turbocharged, enhanced version of the award-winning GeForce GTX 780, the GeForce GTX 780 Ti is packed with 25% more CUDA Cores and new overclocking features, giving the GTX 780 Ti a 20% lead over the almighty GTX 780, and a phenomenal 50% advantage over the GeForce GTX 680 at stock speeds. With unprecedented, industry-leading performance, the GeForce GTX 780 Ti takes on this Holiday season’s AAA, combat-focused games with ease, giving PC gamers superior experiences at super high resolutions, on...
The most unorthodox GTA V stunt move ever
This gamer has nailed it. That’s one unorthodox GTA V stunt move, but it works! XR33P3E11X has more of these in his excellent montage video. Now do a perfect drop from similar heights into a half pipe while riding a bike. That would look neat. Source: Gergo Vas
Need For Speed Official Trailer
This trailer has been out for a while, but we hadn’t really heard about it until recently. Either way, The NFS trailer is here and we wanted you to check it out. Fresh from prison, a street racer who was framed by a wealthy business associate joins a cross country race with revenge in mind. His ex-partner, learning of the plan, places a massive bounty on his head as the race begins. Don’t know whether this movie has what it takes to be among the ranks of other car-racing movies, especially the most recent “Rush” by Ron Howard, but definitely looks like a good movie to watch with its heart-pounding action, and some fantastic driving scenes make for an enticing combination. Tell us what you think, whether it will be a hit or a flop?
Fast & Furious actor Paul Walker dies in car crash
Actor Paul Walker — a self-styled adrenaline junkie best known for his role in “The Fast and the Furious” movies — was killed Saturday in a fiery single-car wreck in Southern California. The 40-year-old Walker was riding in a red Porsche GT about 3:30 p.m. when the sports car flew off the road and slammed into a tree in Santa Clarita, authorities and witnesses said. The car burst into flames. “It was engulfed in flames,” said Antonio Holmes, a friend of Walker’s who raced to the scene after hearing about the crash. “There was nothing. They were trapped.” Holmes said he was among a group of people who showed up at the site with fire extinguishers and tried to rescue Walker and the driver. “We tried. We tried,” he told the Santa Clarita Valley Signal. “Him and his buddy, his brother in arms ...
3 Awesome Moments That Defined Assassin’s Creed
Since 2007 , The Assassin’s Creed franchise has spawned six main installments, three portable spin-offs, six supplementary mobile games, a wealth of graphic novel accompaniments, and even three short films. Ubisoft have made a superb franchise only to be given a brilliant revival in Black Flag. So we’ve compiled 3 Awesome Moments That Defined Assassin’s Creed which will help you decode why it’s become one of the most successful video game franchises of the current generation. Please feel free to jump in with your comments on all aspects of the series. 3. Your First Flawless Assassination I’ll take a wild stab in the dark (with a pun fully intended) and assume that most people ended up getting spotted at the last minute, or otherwise fumbled their approach to kill in the first few ga...
7 Reasons why PC Gamers are the best
With the looming launch of the next generation consoles, and a current generation of PS3 and Xboxes with life still in them, gamers are perhaps forgetting the constant champion – the PC. PC gaming vs console gaming is one subject for the passionate fans who swear by the PC. We take a look at just why PC gaming endures and always wins against the consoles share your opinion in the comments below. 7. Hardcore Fanbase For The PC gamer their ‘gaming rig’ is their passion, and adapting their machine or picking up new tech for it is part of the enjoyment. These hardcore fans are willing to customize & work on making their machines the best, meaning that the producers can in turn offer the best standard of gaming for the PC. Console fans in contrast show little of this passion. The console ge...
4 Reasons To Snub Xbox One & PS4 ;)
It’s a pretty exciting time to be a gamer right now. The last couple of months have seen the battlefield getting all set for the clash of the titans as Sony and Microsoft get ready to take the leap onto the next generation of consoles this Month. With the release of these new consoles comes a new era of graphical abilities that are sure to stun and astound us just as the capabilities of the PS3 and Xbox 360 knocked us for six all those years ago. Exciting times indeed. However, despite all the excitement around for the next-gen bandwagon that is all set to roll out this month at a lot of places across the globe (to be released in India early next year), there are several reasons why the “current gen” consoles are still worth sticking with. 1. Backward Compatibility Neither the Xbox One or ...
Microsoft gets ready to take on Google Glass
Microsoft is desperately working towards giving Google stiff competition in the augmented reality section by collaborating with partners to create“web-connected eyewear” that would serve as a Google Glass competitor. Rumors are going around that Microsoft is testing prototypes and “has asked several component makers in Asia to supply cameras and other key components for eyewear prototypes.” A few months back, Microsoft tried its hand with other “beyond the television” gaming experiences such as Illumiroom, however the technology was too expensive. But for the time being, the Microsoft eyewear remains a rumor. Other companies like Sony said that they would be testing a headset of its own, and other recent competitors include the soon-to-be-4K Oculus Rift and the CastAR system from ex-Valve ...
Call Of Duty: Ghosts to run at 720p on Xbox one?
Microsoft’s Xbox One has had a tough time ever since it was first announced, and now a new theory on Reddit suggests the next-gen console could face some new PR challenges. According to the Reddit thread, game journalists are dropping plenty of hints that suggest the Xbox One may have a potential graphics resolution problem. Now, Reddit user C-Ron has a thread that’s seeing plenty of activity after he claimed Microsoft is trying to delay some potentially damaging news that the Xbox One may not stack up to expectations. According to C-Ron, “From what I’ve read on Twitter, NeoGAF and other sources, basically, the console’s ESRAM is this generation’s Cell CPU. It makes games harder to develop for, which is resulting in a lot of multiplatform games being in lower resol...