Tag: Avalanche Studios

Gaming News Wrap [16 May 2013]

Good morning breakfast.  And good morning to you all too.  The gaming news wrap awaits… Sony has trademarked the rumoured PS4 slogan “Greatness Awaits”.  We shall just see about that later this year shall we? [via Siliconera] According to sources (the Verge’s) Microsoft will be scrapping their Points system and switching to real world currency.  The announcement may happen next…

Gaming News Wrap [9 May 2013]

Good morning all you wonderful, wonderful people.  Yes, we’re trying to better you up.  Happy brains are tasty brains. A report by LazyGamer – citing “numerous industry sources” – suggests that the South African branch of EA will be shut down.  While this may be directly related to EA’s decision internationally to cut its workforce by 10% to “to ‘reduce operating…

Just Cause 3 dev believes there will be fewer AAA titles in the future

Speaking to Gamasutra [as cited by MCV], Just Cause 3 creative director Stefan Ljungqvist says he believes that there will be fewer triple-A game releases in the future. “I don’t think big-budget games are going away,” he claimed. “There’s going to be less of them. But that’s a good thing, because maybe we don’t need forty first-person shooters. I don’t want to play them all…

Just Cause dev believes Playstation 4 “will out-power most PC’s for years to come”

Avalanche’s CTO, Linus Blomberg has boldly claimed that the Playstation  4 will out-power “most” pc’s for years to come. Speaking with Gaming Bolt [via CVG], Blomberg says the Just Cause studio is confident that it will be able to bring open-world gaming “to a whole new level” because of the Playstation 4’s processing power. “I’m glad Sony decided to go with 8gb RAM because…

Morning News Wrap (15 Feb 2013)

Ever wondered what you would do with yourself if you didn’t have the weekend to live for?  You’d be a zombie that’s for sure – going about the same business day in and out – and then we’d be out of a job.  And we do so love bringing you the news every day. Let’s follow Valentine’s Day with this…

Morning News Wrap (7 Feb 2013)

You can do it.  Tomorrow’s Friday.  Stay strong.  Read the news, be informed and be on a high for the rest of the day. The PlayStation Store has had its weekly update.  And it is jam packed with goodies and discounts and stuff.  Too much to list here, so rather go here for the full list. Beyond Good & Evil…

Alan Wake Sales Milestone Suggests Franchise Has Become ‘Cult Classic’ With a Future

Alan Wake was warmly received by Xbox 360 gamers and critics alike in 2010 despite not flying off the shelves. The PC version was recently launched and boosted sales and help Remedy surpass the 2 million sales milestone. Oskari Häkkinen told CVG that the success of the franchise could mean that the franchise has become a “cult classic.” “We’ve moved over…

Renegade Ops | New IP from SEGA

SEGA have announced Renegade Ops, a new digitally downloadable military co-op shooter.  The game is being created by Swedish developer Avalanche Studios – of Just Cause 1 and 2 fame – and will “unleash unprecedented mayhem and exhilarating destruction” via Xbox LIVE Arcade, the PlayStation Network and PC Digital Download in 2011.