Month: June 2012

Saints Row 4 TBA…

Saints Row 4 is in the works! Heres a deciption found on IGN.com

It’s wild on the streets of Stilwater in this fourth game in the open-city action franchise.
Saints Row 4 promises a massive open world and a wild gaming experience, including the complete Enter the Dominatrix game chapter — the leader of the Third Street Saints has been abducted by an alien warlord named Zinyak and is locked in a virtual reality simulation known as the Dominatrix. There he can use super powers to do good or evil … it’s up to you to decide which he will use.

Sounds sick right? I know! I’m a fan of the series and can’t wait for this game to be released. Its still TBA and the rating is pending. So just chill until the Franchise is ready to reveal it to the world.

Crytek: CryEngine 3 on Wii U

There are concerns over Wii U’s power that have led many industry observers to question whether Nintendo’s new system is even as powerful as the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.  In an interview with CVG, Yerli said Wii U is “minimum on par with the current generation.”

The executive went on to comment that the CryEngine 3 does  more than function on Wii U. “It actually runs beautifully,” said Yerli. He went on and said that while Crytek didn’t have a business plan that justified development on Wii U, there is “a game in development from a respected developer that we will be announcing. I’ve seen the game running and it looks really great.”

Got any thoughts about this? Do you really think that the CryEngine runs “Beautifully” on the Wii U? Leave your comments below.

Microsoft’s new Surface tablet will not threaten iPad’s dominance

The title of this post surprises you right? It surprised me being that once I got a look at Microsoft’s Tablet I was stunned and didn’t believe that Apple had a chance to compete with its ipad, but I was wrong.

Analyst say that Microsoft’s new tablet computers are no threat to Apple’s iPad, given the lack of enthusiasm among developers to create applications that run on the new Windows operating system.

As you all know Microsoft introduced its own line of tablets on Monday, taking on Apple’s iPad  as well as its own hardware partners including Samsung and Hewlett-Packard. This will be a hot battle between these companies but analyst believe ipad will still be on top.

“The most important factor in the success of a tablet is its ecosystem. Based on our discussions with developers, we find the lack of enthusiasm concerning,” Jefferies analyst Peter Misek said.

Misek predicts Windows 8 tablets to struggle to compete with the iPad, which offers more than 225,000 apps, and to a lesser extent with tablets based on Google’s Android operating system, such as the Galaxy Tab.

With 2 versions of the Surface tablet, Windows RT and the Windows 8,  selling two versions of the tablet in the same retail channels will confuse consumers, said analysts at Jefferies, Forrester Research and ThinkEquity.

“Choice is a key tenet of Windows, but too much choice is overwhelming for consumers,” Forrester Research said. “Apple gets this, and limits iPad options to connectivity, storage, and black … or white.”

By the looks of it, the Surface tablet is just doing way too much to provide the customers variety which is only causing confusing. Microsoft should re-think what their whole marketing plan and step their game up a little to show that this products is what people really want.