Author Archives: Patrick Garratt
Mon, Jan 14, 2013 | 13:48 GMT
PS4, 720: CES yields tech details, launch predictions
Baird analyst Colin Sebastian, fresh from his round of CES meetings, has detailed features coming in the next console generation, and has regulated Nintendo to “niche” status for the coming round.
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Posted in: Microsoft, PS4, Sony
Tags: Colin Sebastian
Fri, Jan 11, 2013 | 00:23 GMT
Car crash: Far Cry 3 and the dedication to oddity
Artistic success may require multiple products and bravery from both publisher and creative, says Patrick Garratt, with Far Cry 3 proving how valuable risk-taking can be.
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Posted in: Development, THQ, Ubisoft
Tags: far cry 3, jg ballard, saints row 3
Wed, Jan 09, 2013 | 20:24 GMT
This changes everything: Valve enters console race
Gabe Newell has confirmed Bigfoot, a Valve-made, Linux-based, console-like Steam box. Pay attention, says Patrick Garratt: the TV games market is about to be shaken to its “core”.
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Posted in: Valve
Tags: Bigfoot, gabe newell, Steambox
Mon, Jan 07, 2013 | 21:47 GMT
2013 – the year PC gaming disrupts the console business
The console market is begging to be broken, says Patrick Garratt, and Valve is more than aware of the opportunity. This is the year that could change video gaming for good.
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Posted in: Valve
Tags: Project Shield, steam, Steambox
Sat, Jan 05, 2013 | 08:48 GMT
2012 in news: December sees THQ sold, Phantom Pain
December wrapped up last year with THQ’s sale, the VGAs and a ton of Wii U dates. Head below for the twelfth and final part of our round-up of last year’s news.
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Posted in: News Wrap, VG247
Tags: 2012 news retrospective
Thu, Jan 03, 2013 | 10:59 GMT
2012 in news: November gets Wii U launch, big hitters
Wii U, Halo 4, Black Ops 2 and Far Cry 3 releases dominated November, after which the core industry started dropping news on GTA 5 and Mass Effect 4. Get the eleventh part of our 2012 news retrospective below.
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Posted in: News Wrap, VG247
Tags: 2012 news retrospective
Thu, Jan 03, 2013 | 08:16 GMT
2012 in news: October hosts Dishonored and Doritos
October marked the proper start of 2012′s release season, while Wii U and Halo 4 geared for launch. And there was something about Doritos. Get the tenth part of our retrospective of last year’s news below.
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Posted in: News Wrap, VG247
Tags: 2012 news retrospective
Tue, Jan 01, 2013 | 16:53 GMT
2012 in news: Wii U’s launch detailed in September
September saw Nintendo enter the final stages of Wii U’s launch, TGS appear and vanish with barely a whimper and doctors Ray and Greg quit BioWare. Head below for the ninth part of our 2012 news retrospective.
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Posted in: News Wrap, VG247
Tags: 2012 news retrospective
Tue, Jan 01, 2013 | 22:33 GMT
2012 in news: Sony’s gamescom lights up August
Gamescom led August’s headlines, but highs (Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes) and lows (the closure of Studio Liverpool) vied for attention. Head below for the eighth part of our 2012 news retrospective.
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Posted in: News Wrap, VG247
Tags: 2012 news retrospective
Tue, Jan 01, 2013 | 21:48 GMT
2012 in news: July and the great Gaikai sale
Sony bought Gaikai for $380 million in July, as everyone tried to ignore their E3 hangovers and look forward to gamescom. Head down for the seventh part of our 2012 news retrospective.
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Posted in: News Wrap, VG247
Tags: 2012 news retrospective
Tue, Jan 01, 2013 | 21:30 GMT
2012 in news: June gets E3 and the Lara rape debacle
E3 2012 would prove to be solid and depressing, with Crystal Dynamics dropping itself into the year’s greatest PR disaster with some grandiose misinformationing related to Tomb Raider.
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Posted in: News Wrap, VG247
Tags: 2012 news retrospective
Mon, Dec 31, 2012 | 11:58 GMT
2012 in news: May sees Diablo III release, E3 hype
May was all about Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, E3, Diablo III, Max Payne 3, 38 Studios going bust and Danny Bilson leaving THQ. Get the fifth part of our 2012 news retrospective right here.
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Posted in: News Wrap, VG247
Tags: 2012 news retrospective
Sun, Dec 30, 2012 | 09:30 GMT
2012 in news: April sees E3 mentions, Walking Dead
April 2012 was a slow month marked by the first mentions of E3 press conferences, Sony’s continuing struggle, the ramping up of Diablo III and the virtually unnoticed release of the first episode of Telltales’ The Walking Dead.
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Posted in: News Wrap, VG247
Tags: 2012 news retrospective
Sat, Dec 29, 2012 | 09:00 GMT
2012 in news: March and the great GAME disaster
March saw GAME reach the end of everyone’s tether, Mass Effect 3 launch and Geohot get busted for pot. Get the third part of our month-by-month 2012 games news retrospective below.
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Posted in: News Wrap, VG247
Tags: 2012 news retrospective
Sat, Dec 29, 2012 | 09:01 GMT
2012 in news: February sees Vita launch, GAME collapse
February 2012 saw the launch of Vita in the US and Europe, the true extent of GAME’s disastrous situation in the UK and Double Fine’s game-changing Kickstarter. Head below for the second part of our look at 2012′s news.
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Posted in: News Wrap, VG247
Tags: 2012 news retrospective
Sat, Dec 29, 2012 | 09:02 GMT
2012 in news: January ruled by SWTOR, next-gen
This year started off with Star Wars: The Old Republic’s lurching to life, some feverish next-gen rumouring and Sony prepping Vita’s western launch. Get the first of our monthly retrospectives for 2012 below.
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Posted in: News Wrap, VG247
Tags: 2012 news retrospective
Fri, Dec 21, 2012 | 16:17 GMT
The news stops when we say it stops: right now
And that was 2012. We’re stopping rolling news updates from now until January 2, 2013.
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Posted in: VG247
Tags: stop everything
Wed, Dec 19, 2012 | 12:30 GMT
LEGO prices cut on XBLM
Microsoft’s dropped the prices of a bunch of LEGO games on XBLM today, finally creating the perfect LEGO Harry Potter cheapness storm you’ve been masturbating about for months. Get the deals below. Thanks, OXM.
Wed, Dec 19, 2012 | 12:01 GMT
Gas Powered Games launches ProjectW countdown
Supreme Commander developer Gas Powered Games has launched a countdown timer for its next project.
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Posted in: PC, Strategy
Tags: chris taylor, Gas Powered Games
Wed, Dec 19, 2012 | 11:54 GMT
Godus multiplayer seen in latest video, Kickstarter close to funding
22 Cans has released a video of Peter Molyneux and friend having a bash at Godus multiplayer. Check it below. The god game’s Kickstarter is nearing completion, standing at £423,880 with two days to do.
Xbox One 24 hour check-in, used policies, more dropped