Posts by Mike Ferro on GAMER.BLORGE
January 24, 2012
According to the latest rumor doing the rounds, Microsoft may be looking to can its arbitrary Xbox currency system. Apparently, the company is planning to switch over to using real world currency.
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Posted in Industry, Marketing, Microsoft, Rumors, Xbox 360 | 88 Comments » Posted by: Mike Ferro
January 21, 2012
The latest dashboard update for the Xbox 360 is doing some funky things with the video playback on the console. Previously it was revealed by Digital Foundry that all non-Zune 1080p movies are being downscaled to 720p. It seems like some other video playback issues have started cropping up as well.
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Posted in Games, Hardware, Microsoft, Xbox 360 | 72 Comments » Posted by: Mike Ferro
January 21, 2012
One of the criticisms levied against Microsoft by gamers have been around the lack of exclusive first party titles. Its no secret that the company has been focusing on the Kinect device for some time now.
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Posted in Games, Industry, Microsoft, Xbox 360 | 92 Comments » Posted by: Mike Ferro
January 20, 2012
The big news out today is around the official reveal of Resident Evil 6, the next iteration in the cannon. Capcom dropped an action packed trailer that reveals much about this “dramatic horror” game.
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Posted in Games, Industry, Marketing, PC, PlayStation 3, PS3, Xbox 360 | 109 Comments » Posted by: Mike Ferro
January 19, 2012
Andrew House, president and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment sat down with Jeff Rubenstein at CES to discuss some of the things going on behind the scenes with the Vita and the PlayStation Suite.
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Posted in Games, Industry, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Phone, PS Vita, PS3, Sony | 78 Comments » Posted by: Mike Ferro
January 18, 2012
Max Payne 3 was originally set to release in March, but Rockstar has now revealed that the game will be delayed. This is big news for the developer, as the company will now report a net loss for 2012 as the game is outside the current fiscal year.
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Posted in Games, Industry, PlayStation 3, PS3, Xbox 360 | 76 Comments » Posted by: Mike Ferro
January 16, 2012
Just Add Water recently released the successful remake of Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath on the PlayStation Network. The remake of the popular Xbox game was well received by various media outlets. It appears that the studio is already hard at work on another remake from the franchise.
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Posted in Games, PlayStation 3, PS Vita, PS3 | 46 Comments » Posted by: Mike Ferro
January 16, 2012
Yesterday, rumors of THQ possibly shelving its entire 2014 game lineup hit the Web followed by speculation that the publisher may be shutting down. Apparently, THQ may also be looking to shop around for a buyer for the company.
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Posted in Games, Industry, Rumors | 20 Comments » Posted by: Mike Ferro
January 13, 2012
2K Marin’s announcement of a reimaged FPS XCOM game caused quite a stir amongst hardcore fans of the classic franchise. This prompted the studio to delay the release of the game as XCOM has been redesigned to be a bit more strategic in nature. Another studio recently revealed that another XCOM game was currently in development that may cater towards the hardcore fans.
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Posted in Games, Industry, PC, PlayStation 3, PS3, Xbox 360 | 55 Comments » Posted by: Mike Ferro
January 13, 2012
Last year Microsoft made a huge deal about its new IPTV service that would be coming to the Xbox 360. The initiative came from the big man himself, Steve Ballmer. However, it looks like Microsoft may have gotten ahead of itself on this deal.
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Posted in Industry, Media, Microsoft, Xbox 360 | 5 Comments » Posted by: Mike Ferro