Brink latest trailer introduces its HUD

Posted by Khurram Imtiaz on May 4, 2011 in Slider, Trailers, Video Games | View Comments

Brink is the upcoming FPS from Splash Damage. It is like a mash up of Team Fortress with a mix of Parkour Style movement. There are two factions “Resistance” and “Security” in Brink. Players will be able to control about 4 classes, “Soldier”, “Medic”, “Engineer” and “Operative”.

It has a lot of similarity to Team Fortress 2 with it’s focus on multiplayer and the classes of it’s characters. This latest trailer introduces the player to the ingame HUD. It will be released on PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 on May 10 2011.

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Chrono Trigger coming soon to your nearest PSP and PS3

Posted by Khurram Imtiaz on Apr 23, 2011 in PS3, PSP, Video Games | View Comments

There was a time when Square Enix were the master of RPG genre. Sadly their quality has seriously diminished with time. When Square Enix(Soft) were at their peak, they released Chrono Trigger for the SNES. This game was heralded as the best RPG ever right next to Final Fantasy VII and is remembered as a Legend.

For all the guys who were waiting to get their hands on it, they should be happy that ESRB has rated Chrono Trigger for the PS3 and PSP. It means that it will be announced soon, so stay tuned. This is most likely based on the PS1 version rather then the DS(Which had bonus dungeon). This is a most welcome news as this game is very hard to find these days(Expect if you are a pirate!). There is no set release date but it shouldn’t take much time.

Source: Joystiq

Chrono Trigger coming soon to your nearest PSP and PS3, 10.0 out of 10 based on 1 rating

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Dead Rising 2 – Off the Record is the latest remake from Capcom

Posted by Khurram Imtiaz on Apr 14, 2011 in PC Gaming, PS3, Video Games, Xbox 360 | View Comments

Continuing their trend of milking their franchise, Capcom recently announced Dead Rising 2 – Off the Record for the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. No release date was given for it. This game is most likely the same as Dead Rising 2 except this time there is no Chuck Greene, we got Frank West in his place(He has covered wars, you know!). There are no more details provided expect that there will be a Co-Op mode and a slightly altered storyline, since there is no Chuck Greene the events will be different although the location is the same. We hope that there is enough difference to justify this separate game.

Dead Rising 2 – Off the Record is the latest remake from Capcom, 10.0 out of 10 based on 1 rating

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Feast your eyes with this latest L.A Noire Trailer

Posted by Khurram Imtiaz on Apr 7, 2011 in PS3, Video Games, Xbox 360 | View Comments

Rockstar games recently released this trailer for L.A Noire. Being a huge fan of 90′s mafia and gang movies, i cannot wait any longer for this game. This game looks absolutely fantastic, with it’s use of digital technology to implement real facial expressions on character models. L.A Noire is scheduled to release on may 17th for both Xbox 360 and PS3.

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Microsoft seeking staff for next-gen Xbox

Posted by Khurram Imtiaz on Mar 8, 2011 in Featured, Microsoft, Xbox 360 | View Comments

Microsoft is ramping up development of its next generation Xbox console according to job positions being advertised on business networking site LinkedIn, brought to light on the Beyond 3D Forum.

The first position advertised is for a Graphics Hardware Architect, working with the team that is “responsible for defining and delivering next-generation console architectures from conception through implementation”.

The second position has Microsoft hunting for a new Senior Architect and Performance Engineer for the Xbox Console Architecture Group.

The final position sees Microsoft seeking a Senior Hardware Design Verification Engineer, responsible for elements of development in both Xbox 360 and its next-gen successor.

Conceptual Next Generation Xbox

So, what does this recruitment drive actually tell us? Are there any clues as to the make-up of the next console? Right now, not much, but it does appear to be the first official confirmation that development of the new machine is underway.

However, the most intriguing element of the story is just how early on in production we appear to be – far earlier than many had suspected. Unless Microsoft is actually planning pre-production of the next next-gen console, the evidence seems to suggest that the system is so early in development that the graphics hardware at the very least hasn’t been locked down.

Source: Digital Foundry

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The State Of Console Gaming In 3rd World Countries: The Xbox 360

Posted by Rahim Amir on Mar 26, 2011 in PS3, Video Games, Wii, Xbox 360 | View Comments

It is no secret that many people in 3^rd world countries buy consoles based less on their actual preferences and more on the cheapest option available. Piracy is the top of the icing when such things are considered and it is not much of a surprise that many well-known forums in Pakistan, China and Philippine openly allow discussion of disc drive modifications to play ‘back-up’ games. In fact, the roots of the hacking group, Team Xecuter are also spread all over Asia, in a mix of various countries.

Where does the Xbox 360 fit in here exactly? It was THE console for all those as there was no hack for the other console in the market (PS3) assuming, of-course that the Nintendo Wii is not considered a competitor in the hardcore gaming segment at all. 6 months after the ps3 has been completely exploited by the scene hackers, the Xbox 360 now has a completely different situation. The king of easy to pirate games has become much tougher on security as people rush to various forums to find out what AP2.5 means etc. It is also important to note than a console with a history of being easily cracked via the DVD drive has yet to have a solid modification for the ‘S’ or the slim version. It was August 2010 when the hack was first publically displayed via a You-tube video. Since then, the hacker behind the original Xbox 360 hacks, C4Eva has kept mum about any release date, offering bits of information every now and then about the hack, but nothing concrete. We now know that the Xbox 360 slims have had more than just a cosmetic up-lift, with security becoming almost impossible to crack due to real time firmware and ram hash checks on the new motherboard. To the end user, this means that cracking the Xbox just got taken up to a new level altogether. Gone are the days of 1 or 2 week crack releases on the console. Gone are the days of putting in a game and playing it. Now you should make sure you have the latest offering (LT+), a correctly burnt disc (Security Sector v2) and data patched onto the disc to deal with dynamic challenges (AP 2.5). Failure to stay up to date means that you run a large chance of getting your console flagged and altogether banned from Xbox live after some time. Staying up to date costs money and research every time there is a new update on the online gaming network for 360s , Xbox Live.

It is primarily due to the above observations that gamers are now moving away from the Xbox 360 to the now fully bared PS3 and the hacking paradise called PC. In fact, as I am writing this, I can relate to personal experience the fact that many people are selling Xbox 360 Slim models after waiting months for the hack to come out. It is a small group who chose to wait now on hacking groups to deliver a true hack for the Xbox 360, the rest of them have resigned themselves to play originals, trade in their console, or rely on a PS3, or PC as an alternative platform as the now redundant Xbox 360 ‘Phat’ model (the model that is truly hacked) increases in price in all such countries by the day and more and more Xbox 360 slims continue to be put up for sale at dirt cheap prices where demand for used PS3s eclipses the demand for new ones, the result being, used models being only 5-10% cheaper than the new ones.

Thus, It cannot be denied that the future for the Xbox 360 as a console in 3^rd world countries is bleak as-is and any further delay in the hacking progress will result in it being abandoned as a platform altogether.

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Microsoft seeking staff for next-gen Xbox

Posted by Khurram Imtiaz on Mar 8, 2011 in Featured, Microsoft, Xbox 360 | View Comments

Microsoft is ramping up development of its next generation Xbox console according to job positions being advertised on business networking site LinkedIn, brought to light on the Beyond 3D Forum.

The first position advertised is for a Graphics Hardware Architect, working with the team that is “responsible for defining and delivering next-generation console architectures from conception through implementation”.

The second position has Microsoft hunting for a new Senior Architect and Performance Engineer for the Xbox Console Architecture Group.

The final position sees Microsoft seeking a Senior Hardware Design Verification Engineer, responsible for elements of development in both Xbox 360 and its next-gen successor.

Conceptual Next Generation Xbox

So, what does this recruitment drive actually tell us? Are there any clues as to the make-up of the next console? Right now, not much, but it does appear to be the first official confirmation that development of the new machine is underway.

However, the most intriguing element of the story is just how early on in production we appear to be – far earlier than many had suspected. Unless Microsoft is actually planning pre-production of the next next-gen console, the evidence seems to suggest that the system is so early in development that the graphics hardware at the very least hasn’t been locked down.

Source: Digital Foundry

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Want 4G On Your iPhone 4? No Worries The WiMAX Sleeve Has You Covered

Posted by Danial Arshad Khan on May 9, 2011 in Gadgets, iPhone, Technology | View Comments

There has been a lot of weird stuff coming out of Korea lately but this might be the useful one yet, Korean Telecom has developed a new egg sleeve which allows your iPhone 4 to use WiMAX like some of it’s Android buddies (Nexus S 4G to be precise). The Sleeve also has an inbuilt battery which gives you over 5 hours of 4G surfing. The WiMAX sleeve weighs in around 2.4 ounces (68g) and would make your iPhone 4 a third of an inch thicker (8mm). The ₩129,800 ($120) sleeve is currently South Korea only with no plan for an international release.

Source: Korean Telecom [Korean]

Want 4G On Your iPhone 4? No Worries The WiMAX Sleeve Has You Covered, 8.0 out of 10 based on 1 rating

Alan Wake 2 Rumour, is it Real?

Posted by Khurram Imtiaz on May 9, 2011 in Featured, Slider, Video Games, Xbox 360 | View Comments

Althea Suarez Gata is a CG character animator who worked at Halon Entertainment for a period of about 1 month. In her recent projects, there is a video game project titled “Alan Wake 2″. Gata’s duties are listed in the project as “In-Game Cinematic”. This doesn’t really provide a lot of details related to the project but it sure gives a faint hope of Alan Wake Sequel.

Alan Wake was a critically successful game and an exclusive to the Xbox 360. It was a failure at launch selling a meager 160k copies in it’s first week. It received a lot of positive criticism though because of it’s clever story and writing style. It became a cult classic afterwards and to date has managed to sell about 1 million copies world wide. This doesn’t make it much of a failure but despite that there was no mention of any sequel.

Considering this recent rumor is a first when it comes to any news of Alan Wake 2. Let’s hope that it actually turns out to be true and we are able to see a sequel to this awesome game soon.

Source: Joystiq

Gabe Newell Sends Out Emails, Might Be Hinting Half Life 2: Episode 3

Posted by Danial Arshad Khan on Apr 8, 2011 in Video Games | View Comments

Recently Gabe Newell the managing director at Valve has been sending many video game journalists images with weird number patterns. ValveARG has taken the liberty to crack this code and their attempt is as following:

The Original:

+——————–+—————–+———————+
|150 223 141 154 147 | 154 203 140 154 | 15* |
|150 156 148 223 206 | 139 216 223 158 | 15* |
|144 153 223 140 156 | 151 154 155 138 | 14* |
|151 158 139 223 136 | 158 140 223 158 | 223 |
|209 223 146 134 223 | 198 144 158 147 | 20* |
|205 223 154 146 158 | 145 156 150 143 | 1** |
|207 146 154 139 151 | 206 145 152 223 | 15* |
|154 158 141 147 134 | 209 223 157 138 | 13* |
|134 216 141 154 223 | 144 145 223 139 | 144 223 146 154 245 | <- or 144 223 146 194 245 (It’s 245 (LF) – used Topaz Detail to find out)
+——————–+—————–+———————+
|223 139 151 154 223 | 140 134 140 139 | 154 146 223 206 140 |
|160 223 150 145 223 | 147 144 156 148 | 155 144 136 145 209 |
|223 150 223 140 209 | 150 147 147 223 | 151 138 137 154 223 |
|158 156 156 154 140 | 140 223 139 144 | 223 139 151 150 141 |
|139 154 154 145 223 | 144 153 153 210 | 140 150 139 154 223 |
|156 151 158 146 157 | 154 141 140 223 | 158 145 155 223 190 |
|178 194 223 150 145 | 140 139 203 147 | 147 150 145 152 208 |
|223 159 223 139 154 | 140 139 223 206 | 145 223 154 158 156 |
|151 223 144 145 154 | 209 223 150 223 | 158 146 223 152 144 |
+——————–+—————–+———————+
|150 145 152 223 139 | 144 223 145 154 | 154 155 223 158 223 |
|147 144 139 223 146 | 144 141 154 223 | 139 154 140 139 223 |
|202 138 157 149 154 | 156 139 140 208 | 223 205 223 146 207 |
|137 154 223 153 144 | 141 136 158 141 | 155 209 223 136 158 |
|206 139 206 160 145 | 198 223 158 145 | 155 223 190 178 223 |
|154 135 143 154 156 | 139 150 145 152 | 223 150 146 146 154 |
|155 150 158 139 154 | 223 156 144 146 | 143 147 150 158 145 |
|156 154 209 | | |
+——————–+—————–+———————+

translated:

XORing each number with 0xFF (or, equivalently, subtracting the number from 255) gives us ASCII character codes which seem to spell out a message:

+——-+——+——-+
| i rel | e4se | | // i released ***
| ick 1 | t’ a | | // ick it’ ahead
| of sc | hedu | | // of schedule,
| hat w | as a | | // that was a ****. (joke?)
| . my | 9oal | | // my goal***** (was?)
| 2 ema | ncip | | // to emancipate
| 0meth | 1ng | | // something ****
| early | . bu | | // early. but
| y’re | on t | o me? | // they’re on to me.
+——-+——+——-+
| the | syst | am 1s | // the system is
| _ in | lock | down. | // in lockdown.
| i s. | ill | have | // i still have
| acces | s to | thir | // access to thirteen
| teen | off- | site | // off-site
| chamb | ers | and A | // chambers and
| M= in | st4l | lling | // am installing
| a te | st 1 | n eac | // a test in each
| h one | . i | am go | // one. I am
+——-+——+——-+
| ing t | o ne | ed a | // going to need a
| lot m | ore | test | // lot more test
| 5ubje | cts/ | 2 m0 | // subjects to move
| ve fo | rwar | d. wa | // forward. Waiting
| 1t1_n | 9 an | d AM | // and am
| expec | ting | imme | // expecting
| diate | com | plian | // immediate compliance.
| ce. | | |
| | | |
+——-+——+——-+

 

With classics such as Duke Nukem and Deus Ex getting ressurected from their shallowy video game graves then why not a sequel  game which is considered to be THE best by many and yes I’m talking about Half Life 2.

Source: ValveARG