Aside from being ridiculously expensive, the proprietary memory cards that are required for the PS Vita serve another purpose, to fight piracy. Not merely a mechanism to save your game files to, the proprietary design of the cards are said to ensure that all Vita players have the same "stable" experience, said Muneki Shimada of Sony.
Battlefield 3 players on the PlayStation 3 have had a rough time in the communications department. With the PlayStation 3 hardware being the likely cause for voice chat issues in the recently released shooter.
Halo 4 is the game that Halo fans have been waiting for ever since Master Chief was set adrift at the conclusion of Halo 3. Following the the E3 2011 reveal of Halo 4, we all knew that Master Chief would make his return, but how the story will play out has been a mystery.
Hang around any forum that discusses console exclusives for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 and you'd be led to believe that Alan Wake was a commercial failure of epic proportions. Early sales figures for the game were dismal, but as time went on the game gained traction for the Xbox 360, even being named Time Magazine's Game of the Year in 2010.
With the Nintendo Wii U planned for a 2012 release, you can let the speculation about the final specifications for the device begin. A recent rumor has surfaced that claims an "unnamed Japanese developer" has outed the specs for the console.
Xenoblade Chronicles is heading to North America after a long and arduous letter writing campaign to Nintendo by Operation Rainfall, expressing their desire to see the game head to the region. Nintendo confirmed the news through their Facebook page that an April 2012 release date is the target date for the Xenoblade Chronicles release in North America.
Markus "Notch" Persson is stepping away from Minecraft to "rest for a while". The indie developer who pushed Minecraft sales into the stratosphere in collaboration with fellow developers at Mojang Specifications, is handing the "Lead Developer" title to Jens Bergensten.
There has been some speculation regarding the PS Vita and the possibility of being able to play all PlayStation 3 titles remotely on the device. The company demonstrated the functionality with Killzone 3, to show the possibilities that the device contained.
Assassin's Creed is one of the most popular franchises in gaming, and over the past three years has seen a yearly release chronicling the adventures of Ezio Auditore. With Assassin's Creed: Revelations wrapping up the storyline of Ezio, and Ubisoft heading in a new direction, the franchise is anything but over.
