Junaid Alam Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

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Capcom to Devs: Don’t Bow Down Before Publishers

According to Capcom, independent developers who crumple in the face of publishers’ demands will not survive. “Don’t bow down and say ‘yes master, ...

By Junaid Alam Legacy AuthorMay 21, 2008

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GTA IV Star Center of Game Actor Pay Debate

The voice talent behind Grand Theft Auto IV’s Niko Bellic is being used to illustrate the pay disparities between the videogame industry and ...

By Junaid Alam Legacy AuthorMay 21, 2008

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Xbox Live Official Muses About XNA’s Future

Xbox Live Arcade pointman David Edery spoke at length in a recent interview about his predictions on the development tool XNA. “Internally, the ...

By Junaid Alam Legacy AuthorMay 20, 2008

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Free Radical Head Balks at IGN Review of Haze

Free Radical’s Rob Yescombe balked at IGN’s harsh review of the studio’s latest product, Haze, in succinct terms: “MEGAowch.” The PlayStation 3 exclusive ...

By Junaid Alam Legacy AuthorMay 20, 2008

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Sony Vows Action Over Unauthorized Air Gun

Sony Computer Entertainment is pursuing legal action against a retailer for marketing air guns with unlicensed images from Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune. The company, ...

By Junaid Alam Legacy AuthorMay 20, 2008

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Ars Technica Acquired by Wired.Com Parent Company

On the verge of its tenth anniversary, computer technology and gaming website Ars Technica has been acquired by the parent company of Wired.com. ...

By Junaid Alam Legacy AuthorMay 20, 2008

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Analyst: 360, PS3 Have Hit Market Saturation

At least one industry analyst believes the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 consoles may have reached market saturation. Jesse Divnich of Entertainment Design ...

By Junaid Alam Legacy AuthorMay 19, 2008

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Acquisitions Not Central to Plans, Ubisoft Official Says

The head of Ubisoft in North America, Laurent Detoc, said acquisitions are not the center of his company’s strategy. Detoc told the San ...

By Junaid Alam Legacy AuthorMay 19, 2008

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Haze Dev Doesn’t Care About ‘True’ HD

Free Radical developer Derek Littlewood confirmed that Haze is not natively rendered at HD resolutions. The studio’s creative lead confirmed that the first-person ...

By Junaid Alam Legacy AuthorMay 19, 2008

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Three Nintendo WiiWare and Virtual Console Offerings This Week

Nintendo’s lineup of downloadable content this week includes two games for its new WiiWare service and one for the Virtual Console. Konami’s Critter ...

By Junaid Alam Legacy AuthorMay 19, 2008

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PlayStation 3 to Get YouTube Integration

Sony Computer Entertainment has said its PlayStation 3 console will start supporting uploads of gameplay onto YouTube. The news was first reported in ...

By Junaid Alam Legacy AuthorMay 19, 2008

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GTA IV Album Coming May 20

GTA IV fans can look forward to an album of tunes culled from and inspired by the game. The DJ Green Lantern release ...

By Junaid Alam Legacy AuthorMay 16, 2008

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