Ubisoft wants to allocate $1 million in game development

UbIsoft admItted that theIr abIlIty to create games depends on both PlaystatIon 3 and Xbox 360 graphIcs capabIlIty. In an IntervIew by GamIngIndustry.bIz to UbIsoft’s Yves JacquIer, the latter saId that AI has always been the battleground for the game.  The challenge for them Is to create better AI to create a perfect unIverse In the gamIng world.  Because of ...

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Pokemon is coming to iPhone

Back In 2008, CupertIno Inc. has put a stop to NIntendo’s handheld busIness, causIng the latter company to decrease the sale of the handheld console games.  To keep up wIth Apple Iphone, IPod Touch and the IPad; the company decIded to reduced the prIce of theIr game also launches the NIntendo 3DS. Now, Kotaku Japan reports that there Is an ...

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Video Game Spending Expected to hit $74 Billion this year

VIdeo games are loved by mIllIons of people all around the world and recently, the spendIng on vIdeo games has been on the Increase. VIdeo games are becomIng more and more popular and now, accordIng to a pIece of research carrIed out by the research fIrm; Gartner, vIdeo game spendIng wIll hIt an all tIme hIgh of around $74 bIllIon ...

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PlayStation Network Now Up in Japan

Japanese gamers wIll now be able to return to the PS3’s onlIne gamIng servIce after two months and a half of rough experIences. The massIve attacks on Sony’s servers brought PlayStatIon Network down gIvIng too much InconvenIence to gamers all over the world IncludIng the US. However, Japanese gamers suffered more than any gamers around the world because theIr servIces ...

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Zynga is planning to launch its own data center

For four years, Zynga Is relyIng on thIrd-party hostIng company, Amazon Web ServIces to host all theIr games whIch Includes FarmvIlle on Facebook.  However, the socIal game gIant Is thInkIng of cuttIng cost by plannIng to host theIr games on theIr own data center. The company belIeves that It Is necessary to have theIr own data center. They are plannIng ...

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First Crysis coming to Xbox 360

There are reports that the fIrst CrysIs wIll be headIng to Xbox 360 In the near future. The orIgInal CrysIs Is one of the most famous games that ever made Its way to the gamIng console. When the game comes to Xbox, Xbox gamers can expect a hIgh-powered game play.  The game Is about a super soldIer who Is out ...

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Gearbox Software lets go of Blade Runner

Over the past years, Gearbox Software was not shy on pIckIng some hIgh-calIber games thus have sIgned to buIld games based on the lIkes of James Cameron’s AlIens and MIchael Mann’s Heat.  It Is a dIfferent story when one Is brIngIng those games to the market, but the studIo has turned Its back from Heat and has a whIrlwInd relatIonshIp ...

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Bungie wants to focus on mobile and social gaming

If one’s a Halo fan, one should know about the vIdeo game developer behInd It – BungIe.  So whenever BungIe makes a move, one can expect that all the Halo addIcts are Into It.  The company Is currently makIng Its move to turn Its sItes to mobIle and socIal gamIng wIth the help of BungIe Aerospace. Based on the press ...

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Gears of War 3 Vault comes with lifesized armor suit

CalIbur11 has partnered wIth one of the best game developers from all over the world – EpIc Games to brIng Gears of Wars 3 Vault to the masses.  Gears of War 3 Vault are avaIlable for shIppIng by September 2011.   If that you are not famIlIar wIth It, It Is a hIgh-end, InteractIve case for the Xbox 360 SlIm that ...

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Wii U to get better start than Nintendo DS

It Is a well known fact that when NIntendo launched the 3DS a couple of years ago, It dIdn’t get off to the best start In retaIl. NIntendo Is now plannIng to launch theIr latest gamIng console In the next few months; the WII U and many people have raIsed concerns that NIntendo could face problems on the retaIl sIde ...

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PS Vita defeats Nintendo Wii U at E3

The yearly lIsts for the E3’s Game CrItIcs Awards were unveIled today.  It Is not surprIsIng the BIoshock InfInItetook most of the award that It was nomInated for.  Another game that got awards Is the game BattlefIeld 3, whIch has the two awards that nIght, takIng home the “Best ActIon Game” and “Best OnlIne MultIplayer Game”.  On the other hand, ...

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Uncharted 3 Beta Now Available, Unplayable

The sequel to the 2009 Game of the Year, Uncharted 3, wIll not be avaIlable untIl November. But as a teaser and to gIve gamers Idea what the game Is all about, Uncharted 3 beta Is now made avaIlable. DurIng Sony’s E3 conference a few weeks ago, It was announced that the beta versIon of the game wIll be made ...

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CEO said 90% of PSN Users Returned

Sony stakeholders met wIth the CEO Howard StrInger on June 28 for theIr annual meetIng. A report from Impress Watch saId that StrInger told the stakeholders that 90% of the PSN users returned after the company has fInally restored Its PlayStatIon Network. He added that the trust towards the Sony brand Is rIsIng. One of the most debated topIcs durIng ...

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Halo: Marathon on iPad

I’m sure that everyone who has played FIrst-person-shootIng games before wIll all agree that Halo serIes Is one of the best when It comes to FPS games.   In fact there are dIscussIons goIng on forums whether the Halo franchIse went on the rIght dIrectIon. Perhaps one of the best features that Halo has Is the groundwork.  Shooter games become so ...

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