Junaid Alam Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

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LA Times Piece On Wii Skepticism

The Los Angeles Times ran an article in its business section Monday titled, “Can Wii Prolong Winning Streak?” The lead-in suggested no: “As ...

By Junaid Alam Legacy AuthorMay 29, 2007

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After Fiasco, Ubisoft Says Silent Hunter 4 Patch Is A Go

After a controversial announcement last week that Silent Hunter 4 may not receive a critical patch, Ubisoft has officially announced that it will ...

By Junaid Alam Legacy AuthorMay 29, 2007

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DirectX 10 Not Drastically Different from Predecessor, Developers Say

On the PC front, there has been much excitement, and now finally competition, with DirectX 10 hardware as release dates for big gaming ...

By Junaid Alam Legacy AuthorMay 23, 2007

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Sony Releases PS3 Firmware Update with 1080p Upscaling and More

A major firmware update for the PS3 was announced today that should raise its esteem among those who own 1080p HDTVs, previous iterations ...

By Junaid Alam Legacy AuthorMay 23, 2007

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Valve: Downloadable Content Will Remain Free

Against the backdrop of a rising trend to charge for value-added downloadable content, like custom maps, several Valve employees firmly told Gamesindustry.biz their ...

By Junaid Alam Legacy AuthorMay 23, 2007

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Ubisoft to Silent Hunter Community: Do Legwork for Patch, or Else

Ubisoft’s debacle with Silent Hunter 4 has taken the industry’s game-patching propensities to a new level. Gamers – PC gamers, in particular – ...

By Junaid Alam Legacy AuthorMay 23, 2007

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Another Big RTS to Hit Consoles?

Real-time strategy – or, at least, a cavalcade of concurrent pretty explosions – could continue finding its way onto next-gen consoles beyond C&C ...

By Junaid Alam Legacy AuthorMay 21, 2007

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April NPD Numbers: Nintendo Hot – Sony’s PS3, Not So Much

Unit sales figures for the Big Three in April are in. The NPD Group sales figures for the month of April, as outlined ...

By Junaid Alam Legacy AuthorMay 18, 2007

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Riddick to Return on PS3, 360

Console users can expect an updated blast from the past by the end of this year. An excellent first-person shooter based on a ...

By Junaid Alam Legacy AuthorMay 18, 2007

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Details on Apparently Cute, Creative PS3 Game Littlebigplanet

It’s cute. It’s interactive. It’s stylized in a cartoon-esque way. And it’s not coming to the Wii, but the PS3. The British gaming ...

By Junaid Alam Legacy AuthorMay 18, 2007

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Blizzard Announcement to be StarCraft-Centric?

A bit of internet sleuthing by a major gaming website indicates – though not decisively – that Blizzard’s big weekend announcement may be ...

By Junaid Alam Legacy AuthorMay 16, 2007

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Sony Outlines PS3 Multimedia Plans

At a recent conference Sony sought to project the multiplicity of options open to developers on the PS3 platform. Sony official Michael Shorrock ...

By Junaid Alam Legacy AuthorMay 16, 2007

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