A while back, we sent EA a few questions we’d been wanting to ask the Danger Close team at EA Los Angeles about their upcoming franchise reboot of Medal of Honor. The game’s executive producer Greg Goodrich was nice enough to answer the questions for us, shedding some light on various topics, ranging from multiplayer beta feedback and single-player campaign details to the differences between the console and PC versions and whether or not the game will ship with a co-op mode.
Earlier this month, we brought you an interview with PlayStation India boss Atindriya Bose. Today, IVG caught up with Jaspreet Bindra, Country Manager of Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices division, which also includes the Xbox 360 business, to tell us about Microsoft’s plans for the rest of 2010. Read on to find out about the new Xbox 360 “shorty”, Kinect, Xbox LIVE, Xbox 360 Classics, post-warranty support, and why he thinks 2010 is the biggest year for Xbox.
We last spoke to Atindriya Bose (country manager for Sony Computer Entertainment India) just a few months ago, but there’s been a lot to talk about since then, especially after an eventful E3 last month. We caught up with the PlayStation India boss to get some important updates on India’s PSN Store, collector’s editions, PlayStation Move, and his views on the prospects of 3D in India, the competition, and lots more.
E3 2010 is done and dusted. Games were revealed and new hardware was introduced as the gaming industry came together in Los Angeles between June 14 and 17. Unfortunately, IVG wasn’t officially present at E3, but IVG member montylee did make it to the expo, and was kind enough to share a bunch of pics from the show floor on the IVG forums. For those who missed them, here are some of them. You can see all the pics here. Enjoy.
You can also read montylee’s brief impressions of E3 2010 here.
The first FIFA World Cup to take place in Africa is still over a month away, but the official game of the 2010 FIFA World Cup is just around the corner. Initial previews and early reviews suggest that it’s a significant improvement over FIFA 10, so in the lead-up to the game’s release, we bring you the IVG Contest for 2010 FIFA World Cup.
We’ve received more entries for our God of War III contest than any other contest we’ve held before. With well over 3,000 entries in 11 days, and just one winner to pick, it’s sheer luck that will win one IVG member a 120 GB PlayStation 3 console and a copy of God of War III. The winner has been decided by lucky draw, but before we announce who that is, here’s the answer to the easy contest question.
2009 was a great year for the PlayStation 3 worldwide. But here in India, the success of the PS2 made the year twice as nice for Sony. So we felt it was just the right time to get in touch with Sony Computer Entertainment India country manager Atindriya Bose for some reflection on the year gone by and his thoughts on the year ahead. This is our fourth sit down with the PlayStation India boss (read the first three here, here, and here) and this one comes almost two years after the last one, so we have lots to catch up on. So let’s get straight to it.
Despite Splinter Cell Conviction being pushed back (again) from it’s February release date, there are still plenty of great games this month to make things harder on the wallet. First up is Bioshock 2, the sequel to one of the best games of 2007. Indian release date for Bioshock 2 is February 9 and it will be available on Xbox 360, PS3, and PC. Sharing the same release date is one of the most anticipated games of the month – Dante’s Inferno.
Dante’s Inferno will be available in two versions on the PS3, with only the collector’s edition (Death Edition) available for Xbox 360. The Divine Edition (PS3 only), in addition to the game, includes a digital artbook, the game’s soundtrack, and a complete Longfellow translation of Dante Alighieri’s Inferno, the poem the game is based on. The Death Edition is available on PS3 and Xbox 360 (check image below for contents) and it comes with special packaging and a host of collectibles and unlockables.
“Games are hobbies, not a profession,” mother yelled theatrically on hearing my ‘audacious’ plan of enrolling in a game design school as part of my education. This should have surprised me, but surprisingly, it didn’t. What actually astonished me was how little time it took to convince her that making games is a real business; a multi-billion dollar industry flourishing in all its glory.
As to what made my mother change her mind, your guess is as good as mine. Maybe it was my innocent face pleading with her or maybe she likes her son being different from others. If I had to choose, I’d say that the times we are living in proved to be the biggest contributor to her decision. The global nature of today’s society ensures that everyone’s on the same page, albeit not literally. My mother must have researched on the internet or called up a student counsellor, which resulted in her realising that my audacious plan was not so audacious after all.
In case you haven’t noticed, we recently announced the IVG Game of the Year 2009 (click here to be read all about it), and now it’s time to name the three winners of the Game of the Year Lucky Draw. Three winners were picked from all those who voted in the IVG Game of the Year. Winners were picked at random, irrespective of which games they voted for, so it really was a lucky draw. And here are the three lucky IVG members:
You can also read montylee’s brief impressions of E3 2010 here.
