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Assassin's Creed III Official Announcement Trailer

noreply@blogger.com (Subham Singh) — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 17:14:00 +0000

Ubisoft officially announced Assassin's Creed III few moments ago. The combat mechanics are clearly visible. The Colonial America setting as well as little bit of 'Animus'y thing.

PRO Focus: Nokia 808 Pureview with 41 Megapixel Camera Sensor Preview

noreply@blogger.com (Subham Singh) — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 12:16:00 +0000

The Nokia 808 Pureview smartphone is garnering a lot of attention. Not for its OS, not for its ergonomics, not for its price but for its camera. Nokia 808 Pureview sports an astonishing ground-breaking 41 Megapixel Camera Sensor which captures the image from 7 adjacent pixels and combine it into one.

Surely, the camera is the highlight of this phone. We, at ProGamist, are also focusing on its other aspects.

Design

The Nokia 808 Pureview sports an average touchscreen phone design with nothing ground-breaking to offer. The phone looks more or less like a typical HTC smartphone.

The dimension of this phone is: 123.9 x 60.2 x 13.9 mm, 95.5 cc
Weight: 169 g

Display

The Nokia 808 pureview has an AMOLED capacitive touchscreen with display supporting upto 16M colors. The display size resolution is 360 x 640 (4.0 inch) with MultiTouch support (which is not typical Nokia!). The screen also sports a Corning Gorilla Glass protection with Nokia ClearBlack Display.

Hardware Features

Processor

Heavyweight games/apps users are going to be disappointed because Nokia 808 Pureview has a 1.3 GHz processor (Single-core) which lags behind this generation's smartphone processors (Dual-core).

Memory

Nokia 808 Pureview has 512 MB of RAM with an internal storage memory of 16 GB and also has a MicroSD card slot extendable upto 32 GB.

Camera

Still Camera

Nokia 808 Pureview has a colossal 41 Megapixel Camera but let us burst the bubble. The Nokia 808 Pureview doesn't literally sport a 41 Megapixel camera. The camera uses the 41 Megapixel sensor to deliver a highly-detailed image of 5 Megapixel resolution with an amazing rate of noise deduction. The sensor's ratio for capturing 2MP, 5MP, 8MP, 34MP images is 16:9 and 3MP, 5MP, 8MP, 38MP is 4:3.

The primary camera is the 41MP (38MP Actually) camera with the highest image resolution consisting of a jaw-dropping 7152 x 5368 pixels. The camera is loaded with Carl Zeiss optics, Xenon flash and autofocus. Geo-tagging, face-detection and ND filter are some of its features too.

Video Recording

The Nokia 808 PureView can record a full High-Definition video upto 1080p @ 30 fps at 4x lossless zoom and 720p HD video @ 30 fps at 6x zoom.

Software

The Nokia 808 PureView smartphone is powered by the Nokia Belle OS. The phone also features JAVA (MIDP 2.1), Browser supporting HTML5 and Adobe Flash Lite. Nokia Maps for navigation with A-GPS support.

Sound

Nokia 808 PureView sports a Rich Recording function which enables the users to record crystal-clear distortion-free sound upto 140 dB. Loudspeaker is present along with a 3.5MM Universal jack.

Connectivity

Nokia 808 PureView has Bluetooth v3.0 (with A2DP). The phone also boasts of an HDMI Port. Class 33 GPRS as well as EDGE support. HSDPA 14.4 Mbps and HSUPA 5.76 Mbps support. NFC and Micro USB v2.0 support. The WLAN is Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, UPnP technology. Talking of network connectivity, 2G Network - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 & 3G Network - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100.

Other features include...

Accelerometer Sensor
Proximity Sensor
Compass
SNS Integration
Music player supporting MP3, WMA, WAV and eAAC+ file types
Video player supporting MP4, H.264, H.263 and WMV file type
Stereo FM Radio with RDS
Voice Command
Photo/Video Editor
Document Viewer

Overall the Nokia 808 PureView smartphone is a pinnacle of camera phones with a whooping 41MP camera which is its unique selling point. We can clearly see this phone dominating not only the camera phones arena but also the stand-alone digital cameras arena. Apart from camera, multimedia features are impressive but the software and processing power is not justifiable.

The Nokia 808 PureView is expected to launch in May 2012 with the estimated price of 450 (Euro), 760 (US Dollars) and 34000 (INR).

BREAKING NEWS: Ubisoft Confirmed Assassin's Creed III Release Date

noreply@blogger.com (Subham Singh) — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:13:00 +0000

Assassin's Creed III Fan-Made Art

The third installment of Ubisoft's flagship series Assassin's Creed III has been announced.

The announcement was made during a conference call with investors in which Assassin's Creed III release date was announced and it will release on October 30 2012.

"We will push the title a lot because it's a fantastic product that the team has been working on for three years. What we have seen is just fabulous."

- Yves Guillemot, CEO, Ubisoft

It was also announced that Assassin's Creed III will feature a new totally different environment (Hinted to be set either during American Revolution or in Egyptian lands) as well as characters. Assassin's Creed III is due to release in October 30 2012 for Xbox 360 and PS3 and it's speculated that the PC version will hit the markets later.

Mass Effect 3 Demo Review: Reapers Are Back!

noreply@blogger.com (Subham Singh) — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:03:00 +0000

So, it's time for the demo of the third installment of the epic RPG Mass Effect series. Mass Effect 3's demo gives us an impression of the game which can be possibly the Game of The Year. With its stunning visuals and smooth gameplay, it provides an experience no less than a blockbuster movie.

Player Initiation

The character creation in Mass Effect 3 demo is quite similar to that of its predecessor Mass Effect 2. Genders can be chosen as you can choose to lay between Male and Female characters. The classes are also similar to the prequel.

Player Experience

This time in Mass Effect 3 demo the story can be experienced according to the player's preference. There are 3 preferences to choose from:

Action

The story can be played as a general third-person shooter with more action/combat and less dialogue sequences or you can say dialogues will be shown as cut-scenes.

Role-Playing

The classic Mass Effect experience with adjustable combat difficulty.

Story

The Story mode is more or less like the classic Mass Effect experience but the difficulty level is fixed and it's higher than the other two preferences.

Storyline

The story starts with Commander Shepard being relieved from the command then Captain David Anderson and the Earth Council summons Shepard because of an imminent threat. As teased before, the Reapers are back to wreak havoc and break Earth's defenses. Soon, the harmony and peace of Earth is broken. Now it's upto our protagonist Shepard to escape the Reapers' invasion and unite all the species to stand against this massive threat.

Gameplay

Just like its prequel, Mass Effect 3 demo is a third-person shooter as well as a role-playing game. Shepard has various types of weapons as well as a new melee ability where he can beat down the enemy's a$$ with his charged melee which is different for each class and all other things are similar to Mass Effect 2. *Spoiler* The enemies include the Husks, the Cannibals, Assault Troopers (in 2nd part of the demo), Combat Engineer (2nd part of the demo) and Turret (also in 2nd part of the demo). The demo ends with a mech boss named Atlas which is a Cerberus which is a badass armored mech which has basically a shield and an armor as its protection. *Spoiler ends*

Environment

The first part of the demo consists of Shepard fighting his way through the Reapers' invasion on Earth with Captain Anderson. As the player progress towards his/her destination, the Reapers are wreaking havoc on the whole environment. Destruction of ships, buildings and other structures can be witnessed as you progress and believe us, it's spectacular. The rippling effect of the destruction of the battleships are great and with its stunning graphics and wonderful physics, the environment of Mass Effect 3 demo is impressive.

The second part of the demo takes us to the Salarian planet which is a jungle planet covered with vegetation and home to the Salarians. The demo takes place in the scientific facility which feels real due to the sterilized setting of the game. Kudos to Raylene Deck (Level Designer, Mass Effect series) for the awesome level designs.

Conclusion

As we said before, the demo of the most anticipated game of 2012 gave us the impression of being a frontrunner for this year's Game of The Year with its spectacular representation and dynamic gameplay. Sure, the Mass Effect fans are going to enjoy when the full game is launched as well as it has the ability to attract new players to the series. One of the thing which I will like to point out that the game tried to emotionally connect with the player by showing a child at the very beginning of the game before the Reapers' attack and post-Reapers' attack, Shepard witnesses the death of the child along with others as the game tries to show the depth of the emotion connected to the ongoing events.

Rating

Gameplay - 9/10
Graphics - 9/10
Storyline - 9/10
Representation - 9.5/10
Lasting Impression - 10/10

Overall Rating - 9.3 (Spectacular!)

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INTERVIEW WITH TARIQ AHMED

noreply@blogger.com (Aman Goyal) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:25:00 +0000

PROGAMIST SUCKS..

ProGamist Game Awards 2011 Results

noreply@blogger.com (Subham Singh) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:49:00 +0000

After a full month of anticipation, the ProGamist Game Awards 2011 #PGGA2011 are finally here. The ProGamist Game Awards are here to recognize and award the most deserving videogames, videogame blogs, videogame forums and videogame bloggers in their respective category.

The jury members are:

Subham Singh, Editor-In-Chief, ProGamist (Blogs/RPG/Third-person)
Aman Goyal, Editor, ProGamist (Console gaming)
Anirban Das, Music & Videogame Admin, ProGamist (Portable Gaming)
Rahul Malhotra, Editor-In-Chief, WikiGaming (Portable Gaming)
Captain Doomz, Admin & Gaming Analyst, Se7ensins/Admin, Captain Doomz Blogspot (Multiplayer/Shooters/Forums)
Ian Duxbury, Admin, GlobalGamers (RPG/Action-Adventure)
Rishav Saraf, ProGamist Galaxy

ProGamist is proud to announce that the inagural ProGamist Game Awards are the first-kind of videogame awards in South-Asia with 36 tech and gaming sites (including forums) from Israel, Germany, UK, Indonesia, Singapore, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, US, Pakistan, Italy and France covering ProGamist Game Awards today. ProGamist Game Awards will also be one of the largest videogame awards with over 60+ categories of awards being given. With that being said, let the ProGamist Game Awards begin:

#63. Best Videogame Forum of The Year

And the ProGamist Game Awards 2011 - Best videogame Forum of the year is

Gamespot. The Gamespot forums cover almost everything related to videogames and their large community makes it possible though.

#62. HOLY S#!% Moment of The Year

2011 was one hell of a crazy year. Videogames show us almost everything which you could haven't ever imagined. From "End of The World" climax to talking with Gods to the landmarks getting destroyed as a result it is really hard to pick the HOLY S#!% Moment of The Year and the ProGamist Game Awards 2011 HOLY S#!% MOMENT OF THE YEAR goes to:

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 for the "Eiffel Tower Collapse" sequence.

#61. Best DLC of the year

With great powers come great responsibilities.. Oops.. I mean with great games come great DLCs and yeah, it's true to context of our next awards the ProGamist Game Awards 2011 - Best DLC of The Year and the winner is:

Mass Effect 2 - Arrival DLC

#60. Best Videogame Trailer of The Year

Trailers do have an important role in deciding the fate of an upcoming game. The trailers which are really eye-catching can really capture a gamer's attention. So, the next award is the ProGamist Game Awards 2011 - Best Videogame Trailer of The Year award and the winner is:

Assassin's Creed Revelations

#59. Best Song Featured In a Videogame Trailer of the Year

It has become a tradition in videogame promotion that the recent videogame trailers have used songs in their trailers to give that trailer the 'oomph' factor. From Gears of Wars' "Mad World" to "New York, New York" of Crysis 2. It has become a trend. So the next award is dedicated to the best song to feature in a videogame trailer in our ProGamist Game Awards 2011 and the winner is:

"Iron" by Woodkid for Assassin's Creed Revelations.

#58. Best Fighting Game of The Year

The fighting games genre dates back to 1976 with the game Heavyweight Champ. Although the Soul series, Tekken series and Street Fighter series of games glorified this genre and made way for the awesome games to come. The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 - Best Fighting Game of the Year award goes to:

WWE'12

#57. Best Sports Game of The Year

Talking of sports, who doesn't want to be a million-dollar incoming footballer or a top-notch MVP in NBA. These games make you one of them. The history of sports games dates back to 1958 and the first game was Tennis For Two. Today Tennis, Cricket, Basketball, UFC, MMA, Football, Rugby etc can be played. ProGamist Game Awards 2011 - Best Sports Game of The Year nominees are:

NCCA Football 12

FIFA 12

NBA 2K12

Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 (PES 2012)

and the winner of the Best Sports Game is:

FIFA 12.

#56. Best Mobile Game of The Year

A mobile phone can be the most used handheld console of all time as mobile gaming's never old as per as the operating systems are progressing day-by-day. A mobile game may not be the heavy-graphics-possessing but it can be addictive as hell. The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 - Best Mobile Game of The Year goes to:

Asphalt 6: Adrenaline by Gameloft (Android)

#55. Best Indie Game of The Year

Indie games or we can say the independent videogames which are developed by small teams or individuals. You think, these games are not good enough? Every once in a while, these indie games jump out from nowhere to become the most successful franchises ever, 2011 was no different. ProGamist Game Awards 2011 - Best Indie Game of The Year goes to:

Angry Birds by Rovio Mobile.

#54. Best EPIC Moment of The Year

In every game, there will be the moments which will make you say "Oh my goodness!" or even more explicit when you see "epicness" being shown out of nowhere in the game which you're playing. ProGamist Game Awards 2011 - Best EPIC Moment of The Year is:

"End of The World" ending sequence from Assassin's Creed Revelations

#53. Best Real-Time Strategy Game of The Year

Real-Time Strategy (RTS) Games - Some like them, some don't but these games can be addictive for even a beginner in this genre as these games require you to deliver the best by making own strategy and that too in realtime. 2011 saw some good RTSes but which one's the best? ProGamist Game Awards 2011 - Best Real-Time Strategy Game of The Year goes to:

Total War: Shogun 2

#52. Best Emerging Gaming Website of The Year

Gaming websites (/blogs) are pretty much part of the videogame industry providing previews, reviews, now-a-days DLC codes. Voila, so moving on to The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 - Best Emerging Gaming Website of The Year and it is:

N4G

#51. Best Promotion of The Year

Now a days, games are pushing extremely hard for marketing themselves, to promote themselves and good promotion can lead to success. In 2011, especially November, saw a great amount of promotion done by the game publishers. The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 - Best Promotion of The Year award goes to:

Activion's promotion of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

#50. Best Engine

The main component of a game is its engine. Existing engines can be modified for a game, new engines can be created for a game. But the thing is best animation, best graphics, best AI etc will be the best engine. The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 - Best Engine Award goes to:

FROSTBITE 2 by D.I.C.E (Battlefield 3)

#49. Best Artwork of The Year

Artwork describes the imagination of how a game is printed on the minds of the creators. The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 - Best Artwork of The Year goes to:

Assassin's Creed Revelations

#48. Best Fan-Art of The Year

There is a difference between fanboys and fans. The fanboys constantly mark out their favourite games like anything but the fans do this. The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 - Best Fan-Art of The Year goes to:

Evolution of Ezio by doubleleaf (Assassin's Creed Series)

#47. Best In-Game Environment of The Year

Now a days, a game's environment can be interactive, destructive, ever-changing etc and this type of evolution in modern gaming makes tough competitors when it comes to award the best. ProGamist Game Awards 2011 - Best In-Game Environment of The Year goes to the game:

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

#46. Best Racing Game (Simulation)

The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 - Best Racing Game (Simulation) is

Forza Motorsport 4

#45. Best Racing Game (Arcade)

The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 - Best Racing Game (Arcade) is:

Need For Speed: The Run

#44. Best Simulation Game of The Year

Simulation is a genre which took up speed by the release of the titles like the EA's The Sims, Microsoft's Flight Simulator X etc. The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 - Best Simulation Game of The Year Award goes to:

The Sims 3: Pets

#43. Best Quote of The Year

Sometimes a character's quote really gets really stuck in a Gamers' mind as it's a memorable one but the memorable one doesn't mean that the quote can only be related to seriousness. The ProGamist Game Awards - Quote of The Year is:

"I used to be an adventurer like you, then I took an arrow in the knee."
- Guard, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

#42. Best Humour/Comedy Game of The Year

One of the hardest things to do is to make someone laugh and making a hardcore gamer laugh.. umm.. is not that possible but yes there are games which have achieved it. From Neighbors from Hell series to Overlord series, these games have beautifully redefined the genre of humour in gaming. The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 - Best Humour/Comedy Game of the Year goes to:

Sam and Max: Beyond Time and Space

#41. Best Emerging Developers of The Year

The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 - Best Emerging Developers of The Year are:

343 Industries (Halo Franchise)

#40. Best Debutant Developer of The Year

The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 - Best Debutant Developer of The Year goes to:

No one. (Empty Award)

#39. Best Announcement

When games are being announced, there might be a game which strike right in the bull's eye if the announcement's being done right. The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 - Best Announcement of The Year goes to:

Grand Theft Auto V (GTA V)

#38. Most Anticipated Game of The Year

The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 - Most Anticipated Game of The Year award goes to:

Resident Evil 6

#37. Best Science-Fiction Game of The Year

Science-fiction genre is not a stranger to Hollywood nor the gaming world too. ProGamist Game Awards 2011 - Best Science-Fiction Game of The Year is:

Deus Ex: Human Revolution

#36. Confusing Moment of The Year

The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 - Confusing Moment of The Year award goes to:

Desmond's Dream Sequences (Assassin's Creed Revelations)

#35. Best Videogame Blog of The Year

The ProGamist Game Awards - Best Videogame Blog of The Year award goes to:

Destructoid

#34. Best Videogame Editor of The Year

The ProGamist Game Awards - Best Videogame Editor of The Year is:

Jim Sterling, Destructoid

#33. Best Xperia Play Game of The Year

The Sony Ericsson Xperia Play happens to be a revolution in mobile/portable gaming. Xperia Play can termed as the spiritual successor to the once-reigning Nokia N-Gage. Presenting you the first ever Xperia Play Videogame award with the ProGamist Game Awards 2011 - Best Xperia Play Game of The Year and the winner is:

Dead Space (Xperia Play)

#32. Gaming Troll of The Year

Trolls as we know are universally-accepted creatures generally found in comment boxes and multiplayers. This time we're dealing with the later. The ProGamist Game Awards - Gaming Troll of The Year award goes to:

GrieferParadise [for excessively frustrating team-killing] (Battlefield 3)

#31. Best Sequel of The Year

The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 - Best Sequel of The Year award goes to:

Batman Arkham City

#30. Best Ending-Sequel of The Year

The ProGamist Game Awards - Best Ending-Sequel of The Year goes to:

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

#29. Breakthrough In Gaming Technology

The technology involving modern gaming is advancing on a daily basis. WII to Xbox 360 Kinect to Playstaion 3 Move to something else. I can't say about anything else but in the gaming field's technology, mankind is reaching towards the level of "alienware". The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 - Breakthrough In Gaming Technology award goes to:

Kinect for Xbox 360

#28. Best Original Score

No matter what juvenile critics say, music is one of the key elements in a game and an original music score really scores high. The ProGamist Game Awards - Best original Score of The Year goes to:

Battlefield 3 OST "Main Theme" composed by Johan Skugge & Jukka Rintamaki

#27. Best Music Composer

The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 - Best Music Composer of The Year goes to:

Jesper Kyd (Assassin's Creed Revelations)

#26. Best Creative Director of The Year

The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 - Best Creative Director of The Year is:

Lars Gustavsson (Battlefield 3)

#25. Best Videogame Character of The Year

The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 - Best Videogame Character of The Year award goes to:

Joker (Batman Arkham City)

#24. Disappointment of The Year

Some games even after months (and some even years) to build-up and finally when these games release they don't stand up to the expectations of the Gamers. The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 - Disappointment of The Year is:

Duke Nukem Forever

#23. Best Ending/Climax of The Year

The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 - Best Ending/Climax of The Year goes to:

Batman Arkham City

#22. Best Antagonist of The Year

And the ProGamist Game Awards 2011 - Best Antagonist/Villain of The Year award goes to:

Vladimir Makarov (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3)

#21. Best Protagonist of The Year

The ProGamist Game of The Year 2011 - Best Protagonist of The Year award goes to:

Ezio Auditore Da Firenze (Assassin's Creed Revelations)

#20. Best Survival-Horror Game of The Year

The ProGamist Game Awards - Best Survival-Horror Game of The Year is:

F.E.A.R 3

#19. Best Action-Adventure Game of The Year

The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 - Best Action-Adventure Game of The Year is:

Batman Arkham City

#18. Best Open-World/Sandbox Game of The Year

The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 - Best Open-World/Sandbox Game of The Year is:

Saints Row: The Third (Saints Row 3)

#17. FAIL of The Year

The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 - FAIL of The Year award goes to:

Mashable on awarding WWE'12 their Game of The Year

#16. Worst Game of The Year

The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 - Worst Game of The Year goes to:

Ra.One The Game (PS3)

#15. Glitchy Game of The Year

Bugs and glitches are part and parcel of a game. The developers won't deny it but sometimes it feels like a game is incomplete and the game testers are nuts. The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 - Glitchy Game of The Year goes to:

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

#14. Best Game Soundtrack of The Year

The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 - Best Game Soundtrack of The Year is:

Battlefield 3 OST "Main Theme" composed by Johan Skugge & Jukka Rintamaki (Battlefield 3)

#13. Best Song Featured In A Game

The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 - Best Song Featured In A Game award goes to:

"God's Gonna Cut You Down" by Johnny Cash (Battlefield 3)

#12. Best Stealth Game of The Year

Stealth games date back to 80s with the early games being Castle Wolfenstein, Metal Gear etc. The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 - Best Stealth Game of The Year award goes to:

Deus Ex: Human Revolution

#11. Best Multiplayer Kill of The Year

Multiplayers are being played by two species: Noobs and Pros. We'll consider giving the award to the later one as Pros can pull off some epic kills out of nowhere. The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 - Best Multiplayer Kill of The Year goes to:

KYR SP33DY (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3)

#10. Best Multiplayer of The Year

The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 - Best Multiplayer of The Year award goes to:

Battlefield 3

#9. Best Storyline of The Year

Now a days, games are fighting with hollywood in almost everything. Action sequences, dialogues and now storylines. Good story-telling can be a major feature of a game and series-wise can push a game's limit to a good extent. The ProGamist Game Awards - Best Storyline of The Year goes to:

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings

#8. Best Publisher of The Year

It's almost every game developers' requirement to get a good publisher which shows belief and trust in their product. The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 - Best Publisher of The Year is:

Activision

#7. Best Role-Playing Game of The Year

Most games in this genre are considered to be epic. Character development, Character customization, nice storylines, immersive gameplay, etc are some of its features or in-short epic. The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 - Best Role-Playing Game of The Year goes to:

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

#6. Best Third-Person Shooter Game of The Year

The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 - Best Third-Person Shooter Game of The Year goes to:

Gears of War 3 (Xbox 360)

#5. Best First-Person Shooter Game of The Year

Statistics show that, maximum number of gamers are into the FPS genre. 2011 saw some 'World War 3' when it came to First-Person Shooters. The nominations for the ProGamist Game Awards - Best First-Person Shooter Game of The Year are:

Battlefield 3 (EA)

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Activision)

Crysis 2 (EA)

and after much consideration among jury members we're concluding on the basis of some key points (out of 10): - BF3 - MW3 - Crysis 2
* Multiplayer - 9 - 8.5 - 7
* Campaign - 8 - 9.5 - 8.5
* Replayability (Multiplayer has taken into account) - 9 - 9 - 7
* Bang-for-the-buck - 10 - 6 - 8
* Innovative - 9 - 7 - 7
* Lots of new features - 8 - 8.5 - 8
* Graphics - 10 - 8 - 9

and the winner by just few points is:

Battlefield 3

#4. Best Xbox 360 Game of The Year

The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 - Best Xbox 360 Game of The Year nominations are:

L.A. Noire (Rockstar Games)

Portal 2 (Valve)

Batman Arkham City (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)

Assassin's Creed Revelations (Ubisoft)

Gears of War 3 (Microsoft Studios)

And the winner is:

Batman Arkham City

#3. Best PS3 Game of The Year

The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 - Best PS3 Game of The Year nominations are:

LittleBigPlanet 2 (Sony Computer Entertainment Europe)

Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (Sony Computer Entertainment)

Assassin's Creed Revelations (Ubisoft)

Killzone 3 (Sony Computer Entertainment)

inFAMOUS 2 (Sony Computer Entertainment)

and the winner is:

Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception

#2. Best PC Game of The Year

The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 - Best PC Game of The Year nominations are:

Battlefield 3 (EA)

Portal 2 (Valve)

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Softworks)

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings (Microsoft Windows/ Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)

and this time again after so much debate, jury members conclude with the fact that the ProGamist Game Awards 2011 - PC Game of The Year has been chosen considering:

New engine whereas rest of games are using modded engines
Bang-for-the-buck/Price Value/Cheap, the rest of games are bit more costly (without offering replayabilty/multiplayer)
DLC offering more materials (Playable materials)
Multiplayer having replay value as well as entertaining than others.
A social network for alike-gamers always adds to the game value.

With that being said, the ProGamist Game Awards 2011 - Best PC Game of The Year is:

Battlefield 3

#1. Game of The Year

And here we are, the most awaited category, if you check our Facebook Page there is a war going on among Gamers who are marking out for their favourite games like anything. This is the category which breaks every barrier. No consoles, no genres will be taken up into the consideration of the ProGamist Game Awards 2011 - Most coveted title - The Best Game of The Year 2011 and the nominees for the Game of The Year are:

Batman Arkham City (Action-Adventure/Stealth) [Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment]

Battlefield 3 (First-Person Shooter) [Electronic Arts]

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Action-Adventure) [Nintendo]

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Role-Playing Game) [Bethesda Softworks]

Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (Action-Adventure/Platform) [Sony Computer Entertainment]

and unlike Editor's Choice, the readers choice is also taken into account. We got many votes from readers through e-mail, Facebook, Twitter and Google+ and the ProGamist Game Awards 2011 - Game of The Year by a staggering figure of 1,274 votes is:

Batman Arkham City. This has been possible due to the more than 1000 votes being flooded in our mail while the original jury members votes has been given to Battlefield 3 and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim with both becoming our runners-up. Congratulations Batman Arkham City for winning the ProGamist Game Awards 2011 - Best Game of The Year award.

P.S: Next year's ProGamist Game Awards 2012 will be a Gamer Choice Awards that means no jury members, the only jury member will be YOU as your votes will decide the next year's winners. This concludes the biggest videogame awards with over 60+awards being awarded and the first of its kind in South-Asia. Special thanks to Captain Doomz, Ian Duxbury, Plesbo Barr, Rishav Saraf, Aman Goyal, Rahul Malhotra and Anirban Das. TECH THE HECK OUT!!! #ProGamist #PGGA2011

ProGamist Game Awards 2011 Announcement

noreply@blogger.com (Subham Singh) — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 02:39:00 +0000

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On January 20 2012, ProGamist is to going to have its own Game Awards called ProGamist Game Awards 2011 #PGGA2011 and we promise that next year it will be Gamers' Choice Awards i.e. your votes will decide the outcome of the awards. Following is a list of some of the awards for ProGamist Game Awards 2011:

1. Best Game of the Year
2. Best First-Person Shooter of the Year
3. Best Third-Person Shooter of the Year
4. Best Open-World/Sandbox styled game of the Year
5. Best PS3 Game of the year
6. Best Xbox 360 game of the year
7. Worst Game of The Year
8. Best Glitchy Game of the Year
9. FAIL of the Year
10. Best Gaming Troll of The Year
11. Disappointment of The Year
12. Best Storyline of the Year
13. Best Game Designer of the Year
14. Best Game Director of the Year
15. Best Music Composer of the Year
16. Best Game Soundtrack of the Year
17. Best Multiplayer of the Year
18. Best Multiplayer Kill of the Year
19. Best Action-Adventure Game of The Year
20. Best Survival Horror Game of the Year
21. Best Breakthrough in Gaming Technology
22. Best Sequel of The Year
23. Best Ending-Sequel of the Year
24. Best Climax of The Year
25. Best Protagonist/Main Character of the Year
26. Best Antagonist/Villain of the Year
27. Best Confusing Moment of The Year
28. Best PC Game of the Year
29. Best Comic/Humour Game of The Year
30. Best Dialogue of the Year
31. Best Videogame blog of the year
32. Best Videogame blogger of the year
33. Best Emerging Developer of the Year
34. Best Debutant Developer of the Year
35. Best Announcement
36. Best Promotion of the Year
37. Best In-game Environment of the Year
38. Best Artwork of the Year
39. Best Fan-art of the year
40. Best Upcoming Potential Game of the Year
41. Best Xperia Play Game of the Year
42. Best Graphics of the Year
43. Best Engine of the Year
44. Best Role-Playing Game of the Year
45. Best Simulation Game of the Year
46. Best Racing (Arcade) game of the year
47. Best Racing (Simulation) Game of the Year
48. Best Emerging Gaming Website of the Year
49. Best Indie Game of the Year
50. Best Mobile Game of the Year
51. Best Real-Time Strategy Game of the Year Award.
52. Best Videogame Character of The Year
53. Best Sports Game of The Year
54. Best Fighting Game of The Year
55. Best Song Featured In a Game Award
56. Best Song Featured In a Videogame Trailer of the Year
57. Best Videogame Trailer of the Year
58. Best DLC of the year
59. Best EPIC Moment of the Year
60. Best HOLY S#!* Moment of The Year
61. Best Videogame forum of the Year

and much more.

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Don't forget to visit ProGamist on 20 January 2012 for all the results. Till then TECH THE HECK OUT!!!

PRO Focus: The Most Anticipated Videogames of 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Subham Singh) — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:57:00 +0000

So, 2011 is over and we're now in the year which has a movie of its own - 2012. Leave movies, 2012 is going to offer a lot of blockbuster games. Not wasting any more time, here's the list of the most anticipated games of 2012:

Alan Wake (PC)

Alan Wake is a psychological-thriller third-person game, launched exclusively for Xbox 360 back in 2010 and its PC version is going to be released in early 2012. Alan Wake is developed by Remedy Entertainment (of Max Payne fame). The protagonist is a writer uncovering his wife's disappearance.

Alan Wake's American Nightmare (Xbox Live Arcade)

First of all, Alan Wake's American Nightmare is NOT a sequel to Alan Wake. It'll be an action-thriller third-person game developed by Remedy Entertainment. This time Alan will be in search of his doppelganger, Mr. Scratch.

Alan Wake's American Nightmare is slated to release between January-March 2012 for Xbox 360.

Aliens: Colonial Marines (PC, PS3, Xbox360, Nintendo 3DS, WII U)

Aliens: Colonial Marines is an upcoming First-Person Shooter game developed by TimeGate Studios and Gearbox Software and is being published by Sega. The game is based on the movie Aliens and its characters.

Aliens: Colonial Marines is a squad based game in which the player will control a squad consisting of 4 marines (A la GRAW, Desert Storm etc) and the enemies will be (not hard to guess) Aliens particularly from the 1992 movie Alien 3.

Anarchy Reigns (PS3, Xbox360)

Anarchy Reigns is an upcoming online action-combat game developed by Platinum Games. The game will also feature various multiplayer modes including Battle Royale, Tag Team mode etc. Anarchy Reigns will release on July 3 2012 for Playstation 3 and Xbox 360.

Assassin's Creed III (PC, PS3, Xbox360, WII U)

So, after the end of Assassin's Creed Revelations, it's time to look forward to the next installment in the series Assassin's Creed III. Assassin's Creed III will see a whole new assassin, a whole new place, a whole new arsenal of moves and weapons. Developed by Ubisoft Montreal, Assassin's Creed series is an open-world, third-person action-adventure science fiction game and the flagship product of Ubisoft.

There are some rumours surfacing about the future of the series including Assassin's Creed III taking place in Egypt and having a female protagonist, only time will reveal the 'truth'. A movie on the original Assassin's Creed is in pre-production stage by Sony Pictures and Sébastien Puel of Ubisoft stated that, "We could do 35 of these (games)". Oh boy!

Assassin's Creed III is speculated to be released on November - December 2012, on PS3 and Xbox 360 and PC on a later day, which will merge the game's storyline to present day.

Binary Domain (PS3, Xbox 360)

Sega's Binary Domain is an upcoming squad-based third-person shooter game developed by Yakuza Studios. The game is based in Tokyo of 2080.

Binary Domain is scheduled to release on

14 February 2012 (North America)
16 February 2012 (Japan)
17 February 2012 (Europe)

for Playstation 3 and Xbox 360.

BioShock Infinite (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

BioShock Infinite is the third installment in the BioShock series. The game is a Single player First-Person Shooter game being developed by Irrational Games and being published by 2K Games. No, it's not a sequel to previous BioShock games.

The player will take up the role of the protagonist Booker DeWitt and has to save a woman named Elizabeth in the air-city of Columbia. The game's storyline will be based in 1912.

BioShock Infinite is scheduled to release in June 1 2012 for PC, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360.

Borderlands 2 (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

Borderlands 2 is the sequel of the 2009 game Borderlands. Borderlands 2 is an upcoming first-person shooter with some role-playing elements (Skill tree, character customization, character development etc) added.

Borderlands 2 is expected to release in April 2012 (or it can take upto March of 2013)

Brothers In Arms: Furious 4 (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

Brothers In Arms: Furious 4 is a first-person shooter game and will see the original protagonist Staff Sgt. Matt Baker's 'final chapter'. This game however features 4 different protagonists:

Chok, a native American Soldier.
Crocket, a Texas citizen.
Stitch, a mentally-unstable Irishman who shocks his enemies with a taser.
Montana, a chain-gunner large Nazi-slayer lumberjack.

Brothers In Arms: Furious 4 is expected to release in April 2012 for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Counter Strike: Global Offensive (PC, PS3, Xbox 360, Mac OS X)

Counter Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO) is more of a 'reboot' to the popular multiplayer FPS Counter Strike. This game features the "HD Remake" of many classic maps as well as some brand new maps.

You can read my preview of Counter Strike: Global Offensive in WikiGaming by clicking here. The beta and the full version of CS: GO are expected to release in early 2012 for PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and MAC OS X.

Darksiders II (PC, PS3, Xbox 360, WII U)

Darksiders II is an upcoming third-person action-adventure/ hack 'n' slash game developed by Vigil Games and published by THQ. Darksiders II will be the sequel to the 2010 game Darksiders from the same developers and publishers. In Darksiders II, the storyline will focus on Death, the brother of original Darksiders' protagonist Wrath.

You can read our own editor Aman Goyal's preview of Darksiders II by clicking here. Darksiders II is expected to release in June 2012 for PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and WII U.

Diablo III (PC, MAC OS X)

Diablo III is one of the most anticipated (waited) role-playing games of all time since the Diablo II days. Currently being developed by Blizzard, Diablo III is the third installment in the series of popular dungeon crawl-cum-role playing game series Diablo.

You can check our preview of Diablo III in this 2009 article by clicking here. Diablo III is expected (hopefully) to be released between January - March 2012 for PC and MAC OS X.

Dishonored (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

Dishonored is an open-world/sandbox-styled first-person tactical game developed by Arkane Studios and being published by Bethesda Softworks. This game will be based on past and future and will be based on the following places:

Dunwall City
The Desolate Isles
Pandyssian Continent

The player will be put in the shoes of Corvo, a legendary guard of the Empress, seeking revenge against Lord Regent who set him up in the assassination of the Princess. The protagonist also possesses supernatural powers. Dishonored is expected to release between April - June 2012 for PC, PlayStation3 and Xbox 360.

DmC: Devil May Cry (PS3, Xbox 360)

DmC: Devil May Cry is an upcoming action-adventure game developed by Ninja Theory and being published by Capcom. This will be the first game in the Devil May Cry series of games being not developed by Capcom. DmC: Devil May Cry is the fifth installment in the series but it's not a sequel to Devil May Cry 4 and by no means, it's Devil May Cry 5.

The storyline follows a younger Dante (The original protagonist from Devil May Cry, Devil May Cry 2, Devil May Cry 3 and co-protagonist in Devil May Cry 4) and his quest through the fictitious Limbo City. The game is said to be based on a parallel universe.

The "new" Dante has accumulated many negative reviews and a backlash from the fans as expected. DmC: Devil May Cry release date is not announced but is expected to be released in mid - late 2012 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Dota 2 (PC, MAC OS X)

Dota 2 is an upcoming action Real-time Strategy game developed by Valve Corporation. Dota 2 is said to be the spiritual successor to Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos. This game will feature an online session-based multiplayer with the player's primary objective being destroying the opponent's base/fortress.

Dota 2 is expected to release in 2012 with the release date has yet to be announced. It will be out for PC (Windows) and MAC OS X platforms.

Fable: The Journey (Xbox 360)

Fable: The Journey is a first-person shooter-cum-role-playing game being developed by Lionhead Studios and being published by Microsoft Studios. This game is the fourth game in the Fable series but is not related to the main series hence making it a stand-alone title. This game is a Kinect exclusive.

Since the demo has been unveiled in E3 2011, fans of the Fable series have backlashed and criticized it for almost everything shown. The player will have to use kinect in order to use magic and defeat enemies. The game's storyline is based after five years from the events of Fable III and focuses on Theresa.

Fable: The Journey is expected to release in 2012, with the date has to be annouced yet, for Xbox 360 (with Kinect).

Farcry 3 (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

Farcry 3 is an upcoming open-world/sandbox-styled first-person shooter game being developed by Ubisoft Montreal in association with Ubisoft Massive, Ubisoft Shanghai and Ubisoft Reflections and game's publisher being Ubisoft. Farcry 3 is the sequel to the 2008 game Farcry 2 developed by Crytek (of Farcry and Crysis fame).

Farcry 3's story revolves around the protagonist Jason Brody, a tourist trapped on tropical-island groups between Pacific and Indian Oceans. The main objective of the game is to escape the islands and survive the "insane" civilians. It is being said that the map used in Farcry 3 will be ten times larger than Farcry 2.

The gamers will get to know the "definition of insanity" when it releases in mid 2012 for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

FIFA 13 (PC, PS3, Xbox 360, MAC, WII, PS2, PS Vita, Xperia Play, PSP, Nintendo 3DS, iPhone/iOS)

FIFA 13 is an upcoming football sports game being developed by EA Sports and being published by Electronic Arts (EA). The announcement of FIFA 13 has not been made yet but hey it's no doubt that they are going to release it in 2012.

FIFA 13 will see all the major features from FIFA 12 including online mode. FIFA 13 is expected to release in mid-late 2012 for PC, PlayStation 3. Xbox 360, Mac OS X, WII U, PS Vita, Xperia Play, PSP, Nintendo 3DS and iPhone (iOS).

FIFA Street (PS3, Xbox 360)

FIFA Street (FIFA Street 4) is an upcoming street football sports game being developed by EA Canada and being published by Electronic Arts (EA). This game is the fourth installment in the FIFA Street series of games.

"The first true quality street football experience" as said by Sid Misra, the Line Producer of FIFA Street. This will be the first game in the series to feature "realistic" visuals instead of "the cartoon-like visuals" from the previous installments. The game will feature Street Ball Control, "Attack" dribbling system, one-on-one with 5/6 players per team. Panna and Futsal Street football style modes also included.

FIFA Street is going to be released on 7 March 2012 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Final Fantasy XIII-2 (PS3, Xbox 360)

Final Fantasy XIII-2 is an upcoming role-playing game being developed by Square Enix and tri-Ace and being published by Square Enix. Final Fantasy XIII-2 is the sequel to the 2009 role-playing game Final Fantasy XIII.

The game takes place three years after the events of Final Fantasy XIII. The game will feature two main playable characters:

Serah Farron, Lightning's (Final Fantasy XIII's protagonist's) sister.
Noel Kreiss, A time-traveller possessing dual combinable swords.

The locations include the worlds of Gran Pulse and Cocoon. Bresha Ruins (previously Lake Bresha), New Bodhum (previously City of Bodhum), The Yaschas Massif (now ruined), The changed Sunleth Waterscape, The Archlyte Steppe is a now a home to various hunters, The city of Academia (is now the capital replacing Eden), Serendipity (The floating casino city), Augusta Tower (A maze-like high tech city), Oerba (now is on the verge of being eaten by a blackhole), Vile Peaks (which were trash-ridden, now covered in snow) and Valhalla (also know as "The invisible world") are all playable lands.

Final Fantasy XIII-2 has already been released in Japan on December 15 2012 and is expected to release in North America on January 31 2012, February 2 2012 in Australia and February 3 2012 in Europe for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Ghost Recon: Future Soldier (PS3, Xbox 360)

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier (Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 4) is an upcoming third-person tactical shooter game developed by Ubisoft Paris in association with Ubisoft Red Storm and being published by Ubisoft. This game is the fourth installment in the Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon series of tactical games. A PSP and WII version of this game is also going to be released in the name of Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Predator and will feature different storylines.

The game is based in Asia, Middle East and Norway featuring ghosts fighting Ultra nationalists which take Russia under their control. The player will control a squad consisting of 4 soldiers:

Kozak (Commando)
30k (Reconnaissance Expert)
Pepper (Sniper)
Engineer (Bones)

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier is going to be released in North America on 6 March 2012 and on 30 March 2012 in Europe.

God of War IV (PS3)

God of War IV is an upcoming action-adventure hack 'n' slash game being published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It will be the sequel to the 2010 game God of War III.

An official announcement has to be made yet but sources confirmed that God of War IV will feature an online co-operative mode with the series protagonist Kratos and his dead brother Deimos in their bout to escape afterlife.

No announcement has been made but God of War IV is speculated to be released in 2012 after its announcement for PlayStation 3.

Grand Theft Auto V (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

Grand Theft Auto V (GTA V) is an upcoming open-world/sandbox third-person action-adventure game being developed by Rockstar North and being published by Rockstar Games. GTA V will be the fifth major game in the GTA series of games and the fifteenth one overall.

GTA V is based in the fictional city of Los Santos from the returning state of San Andreas (from GTA San Andreas). You can read our full preview of GTA V by clicking here.

The release date of Grand Theft Auto V has yet to be announced but it is expected to released on 2012 for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Guild Wars 2 (PC)

Guild Wars 2 is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) being developed by ArenaNet and being published by NCsoft. Guild Wars 2 is the direct sequel to the 2005 game Guild Wars.

Guild Wars 2 promises to be a breakthrough in its own genre by featuring a dynamic storyline which will take place according to the player's actions. The dynamic storyline thing has been already being featured in a numerous single player RPGs but it will be the first multiplayer game to implement this. Game is based in the world of Tyria. Player will get to choose a character from five races with eight different professions. Following are the eight professions:

Warrior
Ranger
Elementalist
Guardian
Necromancer
Engineer
Mesmer
Thief

The release date of Guild Wars 2 is yet to be announced but it is expected to be released before 2012 ends for PC.

Halo 4 (Xbox 360)

Halo 4 is an upcoming first-person shooter game being developed by 343 Industries (replacing Bungie Studios) and being published by Microsoft Studios. Halo 4 is said to be the first game in the "Reclaimer Trilogy" and is the sequel to the 2007 game Halo 3.

Halo 4 starts from the final events of Halo 3 and sees the return of the original protagonist Master Chief John-117 (as 2009's Halo 3: ODST and 2010's Halo: Reach saw different protagonists). Cortana (The fictional AI character) will also make her return in this game. Storyline will see Master Chief finding himself in an unknown Forerunners planet and will "confront his own destiny and face an ancient evil".

Halo 4 is slated to release in late 2012 exclusively for Xbox 360.

Hitman: Absolution (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

Hitman: Absolution is an upcoming third-person stealth shooter game being developed by IO Interactive and published by Square Enix. This game is the fifth installment in the Hitman series of games.

Hitman: Absolution will feature the original protagonist Agent 47. You can read our full preview of Hitman: Absolution by clicking here.

Hitman: Absolution release date has not been announced but is expected to release between mid-late 2012 for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Inversion (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

Inversion is an upcoming third-person shooter game developed by Saber Interactive and published by Namco Bandai Games.

The game will feature both singleplayer and multiplayer modes with key features being the player possessing the ability to manipulate gravity. The game will also feature a full destructive as well as interactive environment.

Inversion is going to be released in North America on 7 February 2012 and in Europe on 10 February 2012 for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is an upcoming role-playing game being developed by 38 Studios and Big Huge Games and being published by Electronic Arts (EA).

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is said to be a "marriage between God of War and Oblivion". The game will feature 4 playable races and 5 regions with 3 class trees and 22 abilities per tree. The four playable races are:

Almain
Dokkalfar
Ljosalfar
Varani

The three class-trees are:

Might
Finesse
Sorcery

The game's team boasts of huge names like executive designer Ken Rolston (also the lead designer of The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion), fantasy author R.A. Salvatore who created the game's universe and Todd McFarlane (the creator of Spawn comics) is the brains behind the artwork of the game.

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is a single player RPG, going to be released in North America on 7 February 2012 and in Europe on 10 February 2012 for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Mass Effect 3 (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

Mass Effect 3 is an upcoming third-person action role-playing game being developed by Bioware and published by Electronic Arts (EA). This game is the sequel of Mass Effect 2 (2010) and is the final game of the Mass Effect trilogy of games.

Player will take up the role of the original protagonist Commander Shepard to save the galaxy from the race named Reapers. It is being said that Mass Effect 3 is the final game to feature Shepard as the protagonist of the series. Players will get an option to import their saved games from Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2 to Mass Effect 3. This game will also feature a multiplayer co-op mode along with the campaign.

Mass Effect 3 is slated to release in North America on 6 March 2012, in Australia on 8 March 2012 and in Europe on 9 March 2012 for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Max Payne 3 (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

Max Payne 3 is an upcoming third-person shooter game being developed by Rockstar Vancouver in association with Rockstar New England, Rockstar London and Rockstar Toronto (replacing Remedy Entertainment) and published by Rockstar Games. Max Payne 3 is the sequel to the 2003 game Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne.

Max Payne 3 is based in São Paulo, Brazil, eight years after the events of Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne. The player will take control of Max Payne who is working as a private security officer for a rich local family. All the things change when Max gets double-crossed in this new city. The lead writer of Max Payne 3 is Sam Houser (of GTA series fame) replacing the original series creator Sam Lake. The series' USP Bullet-time is back in this game.

Pre-orders are on for this game in India, US, UK, Australia, Europe and other parts. Max Payne 3 is going to be released in March 2012 for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is an upcoming third-person action game being developed by Platinum Games and published by Konami. Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is not an interquel nor sequel nor prequel to the 2008 game Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of The Patriots instead it's a spin-off and is not related to the Metar Gear Solid series.

The game's events take place years after the events of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of The Patriots. Raiden, the Katana-yielding cyber ninja and the ally to the series protagonist Solid Snake, is the protagonist of this game.

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance release date is not announced yet but it is expected to release on late 2012 for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Metro: Last Light (PC, PS3, Xbox 360, WII U)

Metro: Last Light is an upcoming first-person shooter-cum-survival horror game being developed by 4A Games and published by THQ. Metro: Last Light is the sequel to the 2010 game Metro 2033.

Metro: Last Light is based in the Moscow Metro in the year of 2034. The game continues right from the ending of Metro 2033 and follows the original protagonist Artyom in the quest of finding the mysterious "prisoner" - the said "key to survival".

Metro: Last Light is slated to release in mid 2012 for PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and WII U.

Neverdead (PS3, Xbox 360)

Neverdead is an upcoming third-person action game being developed by Rebellion Developments and published by Konami.

Neverdead follows the story of Bryce Boltzmann, a demon hunter cursed with... immortality! The thing is Bryce will lose his limbs as time goes on and the player has to make Bryce roll over on his limbs to collect them. This limb-detach ability is one of the main features of this game as this ability will be used in combat and for solving puzzle. A female private investigator named Arcadia will be the companion of the protagonist and she's not immortal so you have to be save him.

Neverdead is slated to release in North America on 31 January 2012 and in Europe on 3 February 2012 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Ninja Gaiden 3 (PS3, Xbox 360, WII U)

Ninja Gaiden 3 is an upcoming action-adventure hack 'n' slash game developed by Team Ninja and published by Tecmo Koei. Ninja Gaiden 3 is the sequel to the 2008 game Ninja Gaiden II.

Ryu Hayabusa, the original Ninja Gaiden series protagonist, is also the protagonist of Ninja Gaiden 3.

Ninja Gaiden 3 is slated to release in North America on 20 March 2012 and in Europe on 23 March 2012 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and WII U.

Prey 2 (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

Prey 2 is an open-world/sandbox first-person shooter game being developed by Human Head Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. Prey 2 is the sequel to the 2006 game Prey.

Prey 2 follows the story of US Marshall Killian Samuels (replacing Domasi "Tommy" Tawodi, the protagonist from Prey) who is on a passenger-flight that crashes on the Sphere. Several years after the crash, Samuels is now a bounty hunter on Exodus, an alien planet. Tommy, the protagonist of the previous game is also present in Prey 2 in some capacity.

Prey 2 is slated to release in mid 2012 for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Prototype 2 (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

Prototype 2 is an upcoming open-world/sandbox-styled third-person action-adventure game being developed by Radical Entertainment and published by Activision. Prototype 2 is the sequel to the 2009 game Prototype.

Prototype 2 will feature a new protagonist in Sgt. James Heller replacing the original protagonist Alex Mercer from Prototype. The game takes place 14 months after the events of Prototype and is set in New York City (now NYZ - New York Zero). Just like Alex Mercer, Heller can shapeshift and take up the forms of the consumed victims and acces their memories.

Prototype 2 is slated to be released in North America on 24 April 2012 and in Europe on 27 April 2012 for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City is an upcoming third-person shooter game developed by Slant Six Games and Capcom and published by Capcom. This game is a part of the Resident Evil series of the games.

Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City is set in between the events of Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3: Nemesis and set in the zombie-infested Raccoon City after being hit by the T-Virus pandemic (T-Virus is the biological weapon developed by the Umbrella Corporation). The player can choose to play one of the six playable characters. The six playable characters are:

Spectre (Surveillance, Sharpshooter)
Vector (Recon expert, possesses cloaking ability)
Lupo (Assault, Team Leader)
Bertha (Medic)
Beltway (Explosives)
Four Eyes (Scientist, programs bio-organic weapons)

With the single-player mode, a four-player co-op mode is also available. The game also uses a bleeding mechanism in which the badly-wounded characters will be the main priority target for the infected ones. The game will also allow the player to make major decisions like killing Leon Scott Kennedy, one of the main characters of Resident Evil 2 and also the main protagonist of Resident Evil 4.

Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City is slated to release in North America on 20 March 2012 and in Europe on 23 March 2012 for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Risen 2: Dark Waters (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

Risen 2: Dark Waters is an upcoming role-playing game developed by Piranha Bytes and published by Deep Silver. Risen 2: Dark Waters is the sequel to the 2009 game Risen.

One of the USP of Risen 2: Dark Waters is that the player doesn't choose any character thus the main character is nameless. The game starts in the harbor city of Caldera when Carlos (from Risen) asks the protagonist to help a ship that sank.

Risen 2: Dark Waters is going to release in North America on 24 April 2012 and in Europe on 27 April 2012 for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Silent Hill: Downpour (PS3, Xbox 360)

Silent Hill: Downpour (Silent Hill 8) is an upcoming third-person survival horror game developed by Vatra Games and published by Konami Digital Entertainment. Silent Hill: Downpour is the eighth game in the Silent Hill series.

The storyline follows Murphy Pendleton, a prisoner trapped in the Silent Hill town after the prison transport vehicle carrying him meets with an accident. This game is by no way related to the previous Silent Hill games.

Silent Hill: Downpour is expected to release between January-March 2012 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 is an upcoming tactical first-person shooter game being developed and published by City Interactive. Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 is the sequel to the 2010 game Sniper: Ghost Warrior and the third overall game in the Sniper series.

In this game, it is speculated that just like its prequel, the player will take up the role of various characters who will be "ghosts" i.e expert snipers and stealth specialists. The game will also utilize the CryEngine 3 from Crytek.

Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 is slated to release in Europe on 16 March 2012 and in North America on 20 March 2012 for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Soulcalibur V (PS3, Xbox 360)

Soulcalibur V is an upcoming fighting game developed by Project Soul and published by Namco Bandai Games. Soulcalibur V is the sixth game in the Soul series of games.

Soulcalibur V is based 17 years after the events of Soulcalibur IV. The game's protagonist is Patroklos, the son of Sophitia. The game will feature a total of 30 characters with Ezio Auditore Da Firenze from the Assassin's Creed series, as one of the guest characters (Ezio's appearance will be based on his Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood look).

Soulcalibur V is set to release in North America on 31 January 2012, in Japan on 2 February 2012 and in Europe on 3 February 2012 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Spec Ops: The Line (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

Spec Ops: The Line is an upcoming tactical third-person shooter game being developed by Yager Development and published by 2K Games. Spec Ops: The Line is the ninth installment in the Spec Ops series.

The player will take up the role of Captain Martin Walker accompanied by his delta squad. The main objective is to find Col. John Konrad who is somewhere in Dubai. The game has a dynamic weather and terrain system (random sandstorms, earthquakes etc). Apart from the singleplayer campaign, the game will also have a multiplayer mode.

Spec Ops: The Line is slated to release in the Spring of 2012 for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 (PC, PS3, Xbox 360/ UNCERTAIN)

S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 is an upcoming post-apocalyptic first-person shooter survival-horror game being developed by GSC Game World. S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 is the sequel to the S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Call of Pripyat and will be the fourth installment in the series of S.T.A.L.K.E.R games.

The problem with S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 is that it is uncertain whether this game will make its way onto our shelves as the studio developing this game is experiencing many hiccups. Anyway, S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 is announced for 2012 for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 and if this game's development is discontinued then it'll be one of the biggest disappointments of this year.

Syndicate (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

Syndicate is an upcoming first person game developed by Starbreeze Studios and published by Electronic Arts (EA). This game is the reboot of the original Syndicate series, completely transforming the series genre from tactical shooter to first-person shooter.

Syndicate is set in the year 2069 and the world is divided into regions being controlled by corporations known as syndicates and a neural chip has been implemented in everyone. The player takes control of Milo Kiles, a prototype agent. Storyline is based on the protagonist's thirst for revenge.

Syndicate is slated to be released in North America on 21 February 2012 and in Europe on 24 February 2012 for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

The Darkness II (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

The Darkness II is an upcoming first-person shooter-cum-survival horror game being developed by Digital Extremes and published by 2K Games. The Darkness II is the sequel to the 2007 game The Darkness.

This game's storyline follows the protagonist Jackie Estacado from the original game. The game is based two years after the events from the first game. Jackie is now the Don of the Franchetti Crime Family using his powers of The Darkness. One of the improvements in the sequel is that Jackie can now use The Darkness and his weapons at the same time.

The Darkness II is going to release in North America on 7 February 2012 and in Europe on 10 February 2012 for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

The Last of Us (PS3)

The Last of Us is an upcoming third-person action-adventure survival horror game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment.

This games features two main characters - Joel, a survivor of the apocalypse and Ellie, a 14-year old girl having no memory of the pre-apocalypse. The game revolves around a "deadly fungus" causing apocalyptic situation in the modern world.

The Last of Us is expected to release in either late 2012 or early 2013 for PlayStation 3.

Transformers: Fall of Cybertron (PS3, Xbox 360)

Transformers: Fall of Cybertron is an upcoming third-person shooter game being developed by High Moon Studios and published by Activision.

The game follows up from the events of Transformers: War for Cybertron in the battle between Autobots and Decepticons for their home planet of Cybertron. This game will show the players the final battle between the Autobots and Decepticons resulting in the fall of Cybertron.

Transformers: Fall of Cybertron is expected to release in the fall of 2012 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

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Troll of The Year 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Subham Singh) — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:18:00 +0000

Troll/trōl/
Noun:
1. A mythical, cave-dwelling being depicted in folklore as either a giant or a dwarf, typically having a very ugly appearance.

2. Everything above in addition they have access to internet.

Trolls - A troll is a rare kind of specimen among human species. One of their main characteristics is that they will be roaming around in the comment section of a certain website. It's hard to believe but one of the universal truths is the existence of trolls. In your neighbourhood, In your school, In your college, In your workplace etc. They can be anywhere. But some trolls raise their bar extremely high. They are the master crafters in the art of trolling. Coming to the point, we are going to award this year's biggest troll which shook the world. First of all, special mentions:

Special mentions

creature_of_the_night
Hailing from: Wrestlezone Comments Section
Better known to: Wrestlezone Readers
Real Name: Unknown
Highlights: Claimed playing badminton with pro wrestlers, Clones emerged after ban.

creature_of_the_night was a commenter in the professional wrestling website WrestleZone. He was... a troll. In his online time, he commented (trolled) in every news article ever published in WrestleZone. After WZ readers, started saying against him he levelled up his trolling skills by claiming that he knows many wrestlers and also claimed playing badminton with wrestling stars and continued to make claims on each and everypost until he was banned by the site administrator. After he got banned, many "clones" of the creature_of_the_night popped up in the site's comments section hence keeping his art of trolling legacy alive. (LOL!)

Athene
Hailing from: YouTube/Social Media/Internet
Better known to: YouTubers/World of WarCraft Gamers
Real Name: Chiren Boumaaza
Highlights: Athene's Theory of Everything

Chiren Boumaaza aka Athene, is an internet celebrity and professional gamer. Athene is best known for crashing game servers with the aid of his followers. In recent time, he suddenly disappeared and no updates from him but he came back and explained that he was actually working on this:

The "Athene's Theory of Everything". According to this theory, it challenges modern scientific beliefs and can change the human perception of universe. His theory can be right. It can change the foundation of Physics but the thing is, this theory is coming from a professional gamer being notoriously popular in the art of trolling. Who knows.

GrieferParadise
Hailing from: YouTube
Better known to: Battlefield 3 Multiplayer Gamers
Real Name: ?
Highlights: Team Killing/Trolling in Battlefield 3

Like I said before, the sacred art of trolling is not limited to the comments and videos. It can be executed in games too. Suppose, you are playing Battlefield 3 Multiplayer and after a very long time of wandering the map, you find a jet. You go inside the jet and take off and after 2-3 seconds of flying... *BOOM!!!* your teammate did plant a C4 on your jet. What the !@#$% Watch the below video -

Now you might have known not to ride a jet or a chopper when there is a player named GrieferParadise is present on your team.

Another Gamer is birgirpall and he's a master of 'C4ing' and he's famous for Operation Douchebag.

Troll of the Year 2011

Now it's time to reveal the ProGamist Troll of the year 2011 and he is...

Mark Zuckerberg
Hailing from: Israel
Better to known to: Social Marketers
Birth name: Rotem Guez
Highlights: His name (of course)

Mark Zuckerberg.. hey wait! He's not what you're thinking he is. This Mark (Birth name - Rotem Guez) is an Israeli entrepeuneur who recently changed his name to "Mark Zuckerberg" officially on 7th December 2011. He is the founder of LikeStore, a social marketing-based company which provides "Google +1s", "Facebook likes" etc to its customers. In September, representative of Facebook law firm Perkins Coie threatened to file a lawsuit against Mark and sent a notice to shut down his website as it doesn't abide by Facebook's terms and conditions by the sales of "likes". Now Mr. Mark does something which can be termed as a masterpiece in the art of trolling. When Facebook again threatened to sue him, he officially changed his name to Facebook's founder name "Mark Zuckerberg" and posted a video on his website with the title "WILL FACEBOOK SUE MARK ZUCKERBERG?" In the video below, you can see that he officially changed his name:

Rotem Guez.. oops.. Mark Zuckerberg is ProGamist's Troll of The Year 2011. TECH THE HECK OUT!!!

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ProGamist 3.0

noreply@blogger.com (Aman Goyal) — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:59:00 +0000

...EVERY THING BEGINS FROM WHERE IT ENDED...

Yo ProGamist Galaxy! I'm Aman Goyal back with a new article. By the way, a very warm welcome to the new ProGamist. I'm sure that you all liked it (Thanks to Mr. Subham Singh & Rahul Malhotra).

I am also feeling very much obliged that my previous atricle on GTA V was the last article on PROGAMIST 2.0 and I also got the pleasure to write the first article on the new PROGAMIST 3.0! (BU HU HA HA HA HA)

This article of mine is dedicated to all the Progamist members. (Rahul Malhotra, Anirban Das and Subham Singh)

This time my article will be on "PROGAMIST" itself..

Yesterday was one of the most memorable day in the history of ProGamist as it was Progamist's third Birthday. PROGAMIST 3.0 also released its second custom-made trailer yesterday which is put below...

WE ARE RELOADED

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Yesterday was the day when Subham Singh founded Progamist, 3 years before.

The first article in the history of Progamist was:

Resident Evil 5 Is Coming to Haunt Once Again

Progamist 1.0

Then followed various hit articles which made Progamist more Famous and also kept on improving the alexa rank of it.

Today the Alexa Rank of Progamist is 1,015,802 which is a great achivement. Even though it did reach 800,000 but ProGamist paused for a short period of time for maintenance, design and some external issues. But now we're back :D

There was a time when ProGamist was getting 20 pageviews per week now it's between 15,000 - 20,000 per month. Our articles were mentioned in various wikis and tutorial sites. ProGamist is also nominated for Bloggers' Choice Awards in Categories:

Best Geek Blog
Best Blog About Stuff
The 'Blogitzer'
Best Educational Blog

ProGamist 2.0

We're not backed up by any huge corporate networks but still we're trying to make a mark on the videogame blogosphere as well as technology's. We do what we believe in. We awarded Technology Bloggers because they deserve that and we promoted the band Downstait because we like them and they deserve it and we'll continue to show support to the ones who DESERVE. With the continual discontinuation of videogame blogs in India, we are still live and will be functioning. We are no Kotaku but in 5 years, we'll try to reach that level.

In 26 August 2011, a new writer named Aman Goyal (Me) debuted for the first time in the history of ProGamist with his first article:

PRO Focus: Darksiders 2 Preview

This article made Aman Goyal (Me) the youngest technology and videogame editor of India.

Since then I have written almost 5 articles which have been a boom to Progamist Galaxy with 4 articles getting more than 100 shares/like/recommendations.

I'm Proud of it.

Our next target in Progamist is to achieve 500,000 rank in Alexa by the next Bithday of Progamist or better than that.

That's all for my this article. I hope you all enjoyed it. Thank you. TECH THE HECK OUT!
(Edited and written jointly by Aman Goyal & Subham Singh)

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Pro Buzz: GTA V PREVIEW (TRAILER ANALYSIS)

noreply@blogger.com (Aman Goyal) — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 05:22:00 +0000

Hey Progamist Galaxy, I am back with a new article on GTA V. Firstly, I will like to thank God that I am alive after reading Mr. Senior ProGamist's (Subham Singh) article on Internet's Most Scariest Articles..!! (It was really very scary and I could not sleep that night.)
Now, before I really go crazy, I will like to move towards my article and before starting my article, I will like to thank ProGamist Galaxy for making my previous article a second big hit! (I really think that my previous article on BADA OS boomed your minds)

INTRODUCTION

Developed by series creator Rockstar North, Grand Theft Auto V heads to the city of Los Santos and surrounding hills, countryside and beaches in the largest and most ambitious game Rockstar has yet created. (After seeing the trailer, I don't really think so)

GTA V is a game that we all were waiting from centuries (I mean from the time GTA IV was launched). GTA V is set to be released in 24 May 2012 (I got a hint from the trailer)Rockstar games released its first official trailer of GTA V on 2:11:11. If you missed out the trailer, you can view it below:

CRITICISM (In my style)

Ahh! The trailer really sucks! (I felt it) The game's graphics are not in par with the previous version of GTA i.e. GTA IV. You’ll find a lot of vehicles in GTA V, In the above trailer, I noticed there were around more than 40 different types of vehicles. I have also studied the trailer very carefully and after analyzing it, I listed below the folowing information that can be included in GTA V.

The Protagonist

• The main character is alluded to be a career criminal of sorts, choosing to retire from a life of crime to reform himself.

• The ethnicity of the main character is unknown exactly, but he appears to be a male of some Hispanic background.

Location

• The time period is apparently present-day.

• It has been confirmed that the game takes place in Los Santos, as well as the surrounding countryside and mountains. The cities of San Fierro and Las Venturas will not be featured.

Places

• Confirmed areas in Los Santos include the Del Perro Freeway, Downtown district, East Los Santos, Little Seoul, the Los Puerta Freeway, Los Santos Bay, Muscle Sands, Pleasure Pier, Vespucci Beach, and Vinewood.

• Los Santos Golf Course

• Liquor Ace Grocery

• Mile High Club skyscraper/building complex

• Mount Chiliad

• Oil refinery

• Wind farm

Businesses

• 24/7

• Bugstar Pest Control (Putting the FU in fumigate)

• Daily Globe News

• E-Cola

• FLEECA

• Pisswasser

• Pizza This

• Postal (We Aim Not To Lose It)

• STD Contractors

• Up-N-Atom Burgers (Once it pings, eat like Kings)

Confirmed Vehicles

• Bicycles

• Blimp, it is unknown whether they are interactively piloted.

• Buffalo

• Caddy

• Cognoscenti

• Convertibles. They may be interactive now.

• Crop Duster airplane.

• Emperor (White car infront of Landstalker and black Premier)

• Futo

• Huntley

• Jet skis (Speedophile 2000).

• Landstalker

• Habanero

• Hydra(?) Fighter jet

• Mesa

• Phantom

• Phoenix

• Pinnacle

• Police Maverick

• Pony

• Seaplane

• Semi-trailers

• Serrano

• Shamal jet plane

• Surf board, unknown whether maneuverable or not.

• Rancher

• Rebla

• Tornado

• Unique license plates

• Vader

• Vapid police cruiser

Features

• Animals, including dogs and tangible birds.

• Bank/jewellery store is shown being robbed, possibly meaning a heist mission or activity.

• Character enhancement (working out [Affects Stamina, Fat, Muscle etc]) maybe be back as a feature, as we spotted exercise equipments.

Weapons

• AK47 rifle equipped with a silencer. Gun customization is a strong possibility

....more to come as the day progresses.

Myths/Urban Legends

Bigfoot of GTA San Andreas fame (Rumour)
UFOs (Confirmed)
Ratman (of GTA IV's Subway fame)
End of the world a la 2012 (2nd half of the game) , World War 3, New World Order

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PRO Buzz: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Breaking Sales Records

noreply@blogger.com (Subham Singh) — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 06:59:00 +0000

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Activision's latest installment of the popular FPS franchise Call of Duty, once again broke sales records. Outperforming franchise's predecessor Call of Duty: Black Ops ($360 Million) and its competitor Battlefield 3 ($60 Million) by a huge margin, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 raked up the staggering figures of $400 Million in its opening day in the first 24 hours and that too in UK and US alone. It is also being reported that in other countries like India, Singapore, Bangladesh and other Asian countries, the sales are doing significantly well.

Bobby Kotick, Chief Executive - Activision Blizzard, said

"We believe the launch of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is the biggest entertainment launch of all time in any medium, and we achieved this record with sales from only two territories."

According to Telegraph UK, the total sales of the whole Call of Duty series overtook Lord of The Rings and Star Wars total box office collection with the launch of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.

For more videogame news, previews, editorials stay tuned to ProGamist.

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PRO Buzz: MTV EMA 2011 Results!

noreply@blogger.com (Subham Singh) — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 01:20:00 +0000

So, this year's MTV Europe Music Awards (Commonly referred as MTV EMA Awards) just got over at Belfast, Northern Ireland with a bang and this year has been ruled by Lady gaga bagging 4 awards out of 6 nominations. The MTV EMA 2011 kickstarted with live performances from Coldplay and Katy Perry and the show was hosted by Selena Gomez. So here's the complete results.

Best LIVE - Katy Perry

Biggest FANS - Lady Gaga

Best ALTERNATIVE - 30 Seconds To Mars

Best MALE - Justin Bieber

Best FEMALE - Lady Gaga

WORLDWIDE ACT - BIGBANG

Best NEW - Bruno Mars

Best PUSH - Bruno Mars

Best POP - Justin Bieber

Best WORLD STAGE - 30 Seconds To Mars

Best ROCK - Linkin Park

Best HIPHOP - Eminem

Best VIDEO - Lady Gaga's "Born This Way"

Best SONG - Lady Gaga's "Born This Way"

Photos

MTV EMA 2011 - BIGBANG winning Worldwide Act

MTV EMA 2011 - Pink Carpet!

MTV EMA 2011 - Selena Gomez

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Internet's Most Scariest Articles

noreply@blogger.com (Subham Singh) — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 13:46:00 +0000

DO YOU LIKE?

Imagine yourself in your empty room in your empty house all alone and it is late night but the thing is you are not feeling drowsy, you are awake and bored. So you take out your smartphone/tab or jump out of your bed and start your PC and start surfing the world wide web to kill your boredom and suddenly, you are stumbled upon something like this:

Presenting you the Top 5 Internet's most scariest articles (and no it's not copied from Cracked):

#5. Jingles Bell Reversed

"Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way". Aah! That Christmas song! But what happens when you hear it reversed. Any secret message. Click the link to know it: http://haydnspage.tripod.com/ (Note: This flash file is a prank and it is NOT recommended to be listened by little kids and sensitive women as well as men. TIP: Don't listen it carefully. You are warned.)

#4. "Hands Resist Him" - The Haunted Ebay Painting

"Hands Resist Him" by Bill Stoneham is a painting of a little girl and a little boy standing infront of a door. Inside the door are several hands. According to the painter, "the boy in the picture being himself, the hands being other lives, the windows/door being a thin veil between waking and dreaming with the small doll like girl being the guide."

But the thing is someone sold it on ebay and claimed the painting's haunted. The original gallery owner who displayed this painting and a Los Angeles Times critic who reviewed this painting died within one year of the painting being displayed.

THE ORIGINAL EBAY DESCRIPTION OF THE PAINTING:

WHEN WE RECEIVED THIS PAINTING, WE THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY GOOD ART. A " PICKER " HAD FOUND IT ABANDONED BEHIND AN OLD BREWERY. AT THE TIME WE WONDERED A LITTLE WHY A SEEMINGLY PERFECTLY FINE PAINTING WOULD BE DISCARDED LIKE THAT. ( TODAY WE DON'T !!! ) ONE MORNING OUR 4 AND 1/2 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER CLAIMED, THAT THE CHILDREN IN THE PICTURE WERE FIGHTING, AND COMING INTO THE ROOM DURING THE NIGHT. NOW, I DON'T BELIEVE IN UFOS OR ELVIS BEING ALIVE, BUT MY HUSBAND WAS ALARMED. TO MY AMUSEMENT HE SET UP A MOTION TRIGGERED CAMERA FOR THE NIGHTS. AFTER THREE NIGHTS THERE WERE PICTURES.THE LAST TWO PICTURES SHOWN ARE FROM THAT 'STAKEOUT'. AFTER SEEING THE BOY SEEMINGLY EXITING THE PAINTING UNDER THREAT, WE DECIDED, THE PAINTING HAS TO GO.PLEASE JUDGE FOR YOURSELF. --- BEFORE YOU DO, PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING WARNING AND DISCLAIMER. ----WARNING: DO NOT BID ON THIS PAINTING IF YOU ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO STRESS RELATED DISEASE, FAINT OF HEART OR ARE UNFAMILIAR WITH SUPERNATURAL EVENTS. BY BIDDING ON THIS PAINTING, YOU AGREE TO RELEASE THE OWNERS OF ALL LIABILITY IN RELATION TO THE SALE OR ANY EVENTS HAPPENING AFTER THE SALE, THAT MIGHT BE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS PAINTING. THIS PAINTING MAY OR MAY NOT POSESS SUPERNATURAL POWERS, THAT COULD IMPACT OR CHANGE YOUR LIFE. HOWEVER, BY BIDDING YOU AGREE TO EXCLUSIVELY BID ON THE VALUE OF THE ARTWORK, WITH DISREGARD TO THE LAST TWO PHOTOS FEATURED IN THIS AUCTION, AND HOLD THE OWNERS HARMLESS IN REGARD TO THEM AND THEIR IMPACT, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED.------------ NOW THAT WE GOT THIS OUT OF THE WAY, ONE QUESTION TO YOU EBAYERS. WE WANT OUR HOUSE TO BE BLESSED AFTER THE PAINTING IS GONE, DOES ANYBODY KNOW, WHO IS QUALIFIED TO DO THAT? THE SIZE OF THE PAINTING IS 24 BY 36 INCHES, SO IT IS RATHER LARGE. AS I HAVE HAD SEVERAL QUESTIONS, HERE THE FOLLOWING ANSWERS. THERE WAS NO ODOR LEFT BEHIND IN THE ROOM. THERE WERE NO VOICES, OR THE SMELL OF GUNPOWDER, NO FOODPRINTS OR STRANGE FLUIDS ON THE WALL. TO DETER QUESTIONS IN THIS DIRECTION, THERE ARE NO GHOSTS IN THIS WORLD , NO SUPERNATURAL POWERS, THIS IS JUST A PAINTING, AND MOST THESE THINGS HAVE AN EXPLANATION, IN THIS CASE PROBABLY A FLUKE LIGHT EFFECT. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO BID ON THE ARTWORK, AND CONSIDER THE LAST TWO PHOTOGRAPHS AS PURE ENTERTAINMENT, AND PLEASE DO NOT TAKE THEM INTO CONSIDERATION, WHEN BIDDING. AS WE THINK IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO BLESS ANY HOUSE, WE STILL WELCOME INPUT INTO THAT PROCEDURE.

This auction is nearing the end. I want to thank the more than 13000 people that took the time to look at this image on Ebay. I appreciate the more than 30 suggestions, that I received regarding blessing the house, exorcising and cleansing. 7 e-mails reported strange or irregular events taking place, when viewing this image. And I will relay two suggestions made by the senders. First not to use this image as the background on the screen, and second not to display this image around juveniles or children. Last not least, thanks for appreciating the art as well.

People have been reported of feeling uncomfortable looking at the painting and children crying looking at the painting. Anyway this painting was sold for $1,025.

Article's link and images: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hands_Resist_Him

#3. The Caver

It is an online journal of a caver named Ted. In his journal, he has described his experiences about discovering a "Mystery Cave" and the strange incidents happening in it. The journal is also full of the expedition's photos. The journal was last updated in 19th May 2001. You have to read it completely to know why I am referring the date.

Article's link: http://www.angelfire.com/trek/caver/

#2. Smile.jpg

Smile.jpg, as the name suggests, is a jpg file believed to be first posted on the /x/ board on 4chan. According to the legend, smile.jpg was found in 1992 by a college student searching for the content required for his assignment. He stumbled upon a woman's story who was in trauma for that smile.jpg and somehow that image led her to kill herself. In your dream, the dog in the image tells you to "spread the word" then only it would leave you. The college student ends his article by attaching the "Smile.jpg" thus spreading the word.

Oh and one thing, that above pic you have seen at the beginning of this article is smile.jpg. :) Don't worry, the above pic is a fake one. Also mentioned in the legend is that the original image is lost and the internet ones are fake. (Photoshop can do wonders while scaring the shit out of us)

ORIGINAL Article's link and (Most Probably) ORIGINAL image: http://images.encyclopediadramatica.ch/images/d/dc/Smile.jpg_Story.jpg

#1. Red Room

Red Room is actually an Adobe flash animation file in Japanese. According to the flash video, two friends discuss about an internet rumour about a pop-up ad displaying "Do you like?". If a person closes the pop-up ad, he dies. The skeptical friend goes on to search for this pop-up but he doesn't find anything. So he stops his search and just opens his usual websites when suddenly a pop-up appears and asks him, "Do you like?". Even after he closes the ad, it keeps popping up, "Do you like?". Then after sometimes, the voice becomes distorted and asks "Do you like red?" then the voice becomes normal it asks again "Do you like the red room?" (which is a Japanese urban legend). The next day, there is a gossip at the school about two students who committed suicide, painting their rooms red with their own blood.

And now the thing is, after the video ends, if you have not disabled pop-ups, a pop-up will appear on your screen asking,

"Do you like?"

Article Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Room_(animation)
Flash Video Link (Japanese): http://www.geocities.co.jp/SiliconValley/4358/red_room1.html

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PRO Focus: BADA OS

noreply@blogger.com (Aman Goyal) — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 03:57:00 +0000

Hey ProGamist Galaxy, Wassup? This time I will be writing a review on BADA OS... and as usual, it has totally been reviewed in my style and I hope you all will surely like it just like my previous article on Windows 8. This time I have again decided to write on an OS because of the success of my previous article on windows 8 OS. It was my first article on ProGamist to get 100+ likes/shares! Thanks ProGamist Galaxy!

INTRODUCTION

Bada is an operating system for mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers. It is developed by Samsung. It ranges from low-end feature phones to high-end smartphones.

To help grow the Bada OS, Samsung might make it open-source in 2012 including the use of Bada OS in smart TVs. (Making it an open-source as to save it from sinking in the market or water!)

Samsung also sent an open invitation to Symbian developers to join the Bada bandwagon. The letter encourages them to start developing for the Bada operating system.

The exact words are:

"If you are a Symbian developer unhappy about Nokia’s recent announcements, and are hence looking for a new platform to showcase your talents, we say “Hello!” and “Welcome to bada!” If you’re new to the bada development, or are moving your app from Symbian, we’d like to welcome you with the ‘Quick guide to Bada development’. In about 15 minutes, you can learn how to build your first bada app!” (Oh! What a mess. If I would have been there on NOKIA’s side then I would have sued Samsung.)

HISTORY

The first Bada-based phone was the Samsung Wave S8500, released on June 1 2010, which sold one million handsets in its first 4 weeks on the market (Wow! Didn't expect so!). After the launch, companies such as Twitter, EA, Capcom, Gameloft and Blockbuster showed their support for the Bada platform (as expected but still the OS became a big flop in the market).

In May 2010, Samsung released a beta of their Bada software development kit (SDK) to attract developers. Samsung also began the Bada Developer Challenge with a total prize of $ 2,700,000 USD. (Oh! I wish that I could have got that much amount.) In August 2010, Samsung released version 1.0 of the SDK.

In August 2011, Samsung released version 2.0 of the SDK. This new version provides many enhancements over its predecessors. (The SDK version 2.0 was very similar to version 1.0 with very minor changes.)

CRITICISM

PHONE REVIEWED: SAMSUNG STAR DUOS (My Dad’s)

I only got a short amount of time playing with Bada OS (Dad was very busy at that time), but I truly liked what I saw (I mean it). It has some features which I have seen on other operating systems, like a integrated contacts from all of your social networks, and a synchronized calendar. It also has a notifications system that was quite similar of WebOS. It is not anything revolutionary, (This shows that BADA is having a tough time keeping up with the competition in terms of features with other OS.)

From an apps perspective, Bada has some potential: It is an open platform, the UI supports Flash and Samsung already has an app store. Samsung really seems to be reaching out to developers (Ah! But the apps really suck!).

It is hard to predict how Bada is competing with the legions of Android phones taking over the mobile world, but phones as nicely designed.

That was all from my side. I hope this article gives a load of knowledge and I hope you had fun while reading this article (In my style).

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PRO Buzz: Ezio Auditore Is Officially In Soul Calibur V, Battlefield 3 Launch Trailer

noreply@blogger.com (Subham Singh) — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:35:00 +0000

In the upcoming fighting game by Namco, Soul Calibur V, Ezio Auditore da Firenze, the protagonist of Assassin's Creed II, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood and the upcoming Assassin's Creed Revelations, will be featured as one of the playable guest characters as a Master Assassin confirmed by both Namco and Ubisoft. Ezio will appear in Soul Calibur V as he appeared in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (The 'Master Assassin' gimmick).

Soul Calibur V will release on 31 Jan 2011 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Ezio Auditore in Soul Calibur V Video

In other news, EA and Dice just launched the Battlefield 3 Launch trailer. You can view it below:

New battlefield 3 Launch Trailer Video

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PRO Buzz: Sony Likely To Make A Deal On Assassin's Creed Movie

noreply@blogger.com (Subham Singh) — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 05:09:00 +0000

According to reports,

Sony Pictures is in negotiation on signing a deal with Ubisoft to make a movie series on the popular videogame franchise Assassin's Creed.

According to Variety, Sony is in its final stage of negotiation to confirm the deal with Ubisoft. If everything goes fine, the action-adventure hictorical science-fiction game will soon be in a theatre near you. Hollywood Studios including Universal were also trying hard to grab the Assassin's Creed movie oppurtunity. Few months ago in E3 2011, Legendary filmmaker Steven Speilburg had praised the episodic storyline involving science-fiction and historical events of Assassin's Creed.

Sony is also working on a movie based on its own videogame franchise InFamous.

A spokesperson of Ubisoft said:

"As we've stated before, Ubisoft is actively looking for film opportunities for our top brands. There is high interest from top Hollywood studios to collaborate on these brands."

We, from ProGamist, are equally excited about the movie. Hope that they don't screw the storyline. What about you? Share what you think about the Assassin's Creed movie on our comment box below.

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PRO Focus: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Preview

noreply@blogger.com (Subham Singh) — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 09:59:00 +0000

May 2011 - YouTube was stormed by four trailers namely -

which were actually the teasers of the upcoming game of the most successful FPS franchise - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.

History of the franchise's record breaking sales

November 2009, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 released and it smashed the one day sales records of any entertainment related product (in 2009). It collected 310 million USD in the regions of US and UK in just 24 hours after its launch. More than a hollywood movie, more than any entertainment property. It also broke the one-day sales record of Rockstar Games' GTA IV set in 2008.

Come November 2010, Call of Duty: Black Ops was released and it destroyed, tormented, broke, smashed, wretched, squashed, every-synonym-you-wanna-use-you-can, thrashed one day sales records. It laughed on Hollywood as Black Ops collected a whooping 360 million dollars and that too in the regions of North America and UK in just 24 hours after its release. Holy mackerel!

Activision, the publishers of Call of Duty series are keen on making huge profits on their upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.

Development

The developers of the past Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare were Infinity Ward (Treyarch for Wii platform) while the developers of the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 are Sledgehammer Games in association with Raven Software. The folks from Infinity Ward got into a legal dispute with Activision and as you can see bye-bye Infinity Ward.

Sledgehammer Games made an announcement that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will have a in-built assist mode for colour-blind gamers and that's really a nice thing.

Singleplayer/Storyline

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will take place right after the events that concluded Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, where the invasion of Russian forces continue to attack United States and parts of Europe. The single player campaign will be pretty much same as compared to the Modern Warfare series.

Characters

It is being known from the sources that from the original Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Captain John Price, Captain Soap MacTavish, Nikolai and Wallcroft are going to make a return in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.

Speaking of other characters we have Master Sergeant Sandman and the antagonist who carried out the killings in one of the most controversial sequences in the history videogames, the Zakhaev International Airport massacre, Vladimir Makarov will be in MW3.

Captain John Price (Courtesy: Captain Doomz)

Master Sergeant Sandman (Courtesy: Captain Doomz)

Vladimir Makarov (Courtesy: Captain Doomz)

Multiplayer

In September 2011, the folks from Activision organized an event in Los Angeles, California, the Call of Duty XP. At that event, gamers got a chance to put their hands on an exclusive preview of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 multiplayer. For example, if you kill your opponent, you need to collect dog tags to gain additional points. In the other hand, you can prevent your opponents to collect dog tags of your fallen mates to collect points.

Talking of co-op gameplay, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is going to introduce Strike Packages. Streaks are now going to depend upon Assault, Specialist or Support. Perks are now specific to a class.

Assault Strike Package (Courtesy: Captain Doomz)

Speciality Strike Package (Courtesy: Captain Doomz)

Dome Map (Courtesy: Captain Doomz)

Village Map (Courtesy: Captain Doomz)

Weapons

In Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, weapons can be upgraded to their full potential. This addition is really a nice touch as it will be helpful for the Gamers. The upgrades include:

Steadiness (for snipers)
Longer range
Reduction of a gun's recoil

etc.

CM901 (Coutesy: Captain Doomz)

Possible PC System Requirements for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

Minimum System Requirements

OS: Windows XP SP3, Vista or Windows 7

Processor: Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / Athlon 64 X2 4400+

RAM: 2 GB+

HDD: 12 GB free disk space

Graphics: Geforece 8800+ / Radeon X1800 Series

Graphics Card Memory: 512 MB

DirectX: Version 9.0c

ProGamist Final take on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is really a promising FPS game to look forward to. No doubt, it will be a blockbuster. It will come in direct competition with Battlefield 3 when it'll be released igniting a World War '3'. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will be releasing on November 8, 2011 for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. (*The following rating is an overall potential of this game.)

ProGamist's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Rating - 9.5/10*

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Reveal Trailer

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Redemption Single Player Trailer

More Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Screenshots

Call of Duty: MW3 Screenshot - Aerial! (Courtesy: Captain Doomz)

Call of Duty: MW3 Screenshot - Aerial again! (Courtesy: Captain Doomz)

Call of Duty: MW3 Screenshot - Trouble in flight! (Courtesy: Captain Doomz)

Call of Duty: MW3 Screenshot - So we were saying that.. (Courtesy: Captain Doomz)

Call of Duty: MW3 Screenshot - So what're we saying? (Courtesy: Captain Doomz)

Call of Duty: MW3 Screenshot - Not Spiderman's its MW3's Sandman

Call of Duty: MW3 Screenshot - Mayday! Mayday! (Courtesy: Captain Doomz)

This preview was possible due to the help received from Captain Doomz. Special thanks to Captain Doomz from ProGamist. TECH THE HECK OUT!!!

PRO Focus: Windows 8 Developer Preview (Reviewed)

noreply@blogger.com (Aman Goyal) — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 08:46:00 +0000

Hye Progamist Galaxy! Before I start my article, I want to express my deepest condolences on the passing of Steve Jobs, one of my greatest idols. He gave us a big example of how a normal man could change the whole structure of tech industries. He's the founder of a big tech pioneer company namely APPLE. The company value of Apple is around 57 Billion USD.(More value than the U.S. Government!) He started his company from scratch in his fathers garage. My heart goes out to his family, everyone at Apple and everyone who has been touched by his work. I heartily hope and pray to God that his soul rests in peace. I will remember him through out my life. Now Before I get sentimental, I will like move towards the article.

Few days ago Microsoft released the first preview release of Windows 8, and I spent the whole night testing it out and diving into how it all works (Combined Windows 8 Developer release with Virtual Box). Here’s my personal review, and it has totally been reviewed my style.

WHAT IS NEW OR SHOULD I SAY WHAT'S DIFFERENT???

Totally New User Interface – A totally new concept, the new default interface in Windows 8 will definately change the world of OS! Especially for touch devices like tablet PC's, etc. And this is called the Metro UI which will also be implemented as the Xbox 360 UI in the near future.

Faster Boot Times – Windows 8 will boot much faster than any other OS in this planet!!! On my NEW TOSHIBA laptop, it completely boots in fraction of seconds ( I mean 5-7 seconds )......

Windows Store - It will let you purchase Windows apps all in a single place just like Android Market and Nokia OVI store!!!

New Task Manager - It is completely different, (Just the Mac style) including a way to disable startup applications, track application resource usage over time, and even easily restart Windows Explorer. It is completely equiped with much better tools, including a way to disable startup applications, track application resource usage over time, and even easily restart Windows Explorer.

Now you all must be wondering about the configuration, aren't you? You will definitely be having a better experience on a faster machine. But, here’s the minimum specifications:

1) 1 Gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) Processor
2) 1 Gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
3) 16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
4) DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver

Taking advantage of touch input, you will require a screen that supports multi-touch (not a big deal ) (This proves that Microsoft is mainly concentrating on tablet PCs)

The key thing to note is that you don’t need a touch device to install Windows 8. Keyboard and mouse will work just fine.

Will buying a windows 8 bring me to the road ( I mean will it cost much in my pocket that it will just make me a beggar?)

Hmmm... I don't think so. Apple recently released its New Next generation OS (MAC OS X LION)... Apple claims it to be the most Advanced OS on the planet (Wow! It means that it is more powerful and advanced then windows 7). You all must be knowing or will be very much shoked to know that it has a price tag of only $30 (1500 INR)! So, It will definitely be affecting the price of Windows 8. So, from my point of view the next generation Windows (Windows 8) must not be costing more than $100 (7500 INR).

Thanks a lot! I really enjoyed writing this article and I hope the same from your side! ;)

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A TRiBUTE TO THE PiONEER... STEVE JOBS

noreply@blogger.com (Subham Singh) — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:27:00 +0000

"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."

- Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs by Tsebis

The founder of Apple, the man who changed how technology was and how technology now is. Steven Paul Jobs, the man who's popularly known as just Steve Jobs passed away at the age of 56 on 5th of October 2011, battling Pancreatic Cancer.

It was yesterday when my friend asked me to name some pioneers of modern technology - living legends. I replied him Bill Gates, Linus Torvalds, Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page and Steve Jobs. It was yesterday that I mentioned him as a living legend today he's no more. For me, today he was immortalized. His soul might have left his body but his doings, his work, his dedication for making this world technologically a better place, can still be seen.

Steve Jobs along with Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne co-founded what's now called Apple Inc in a garage when he was 20 years of age. Not only did he was the brains behind Apple but also behind the Disney Pixar animation studies. He shaped today's technology to a greater extent.

Steve Jobs' death news was a huge shock.

"Steve, thank you for being a mentor and a friend. Thanks for showing that what you build can change the world. I will miss you."
- Mark Zuckerberg

"R.I.P. to Steve Jobs - one of the greatest innovators and visionaries, ever."
- Papa Roach

"Steve was among the greatest of American innovators — brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world, and talented enough to do it. By building one of the planet’s most successful companies from his garage, he exemplified the spirit of American ingenuity. By making computers personal and putting the internet in our pockets, he made the information revolution not only accessible, but intuitive and fun. And by turning his talents to storytelling, he has brought joy to millions of children and grownups alike. Steve was fond of saying that he lived every day like it was his last. Because he did, he transformed our lives, redefined entire industries, and achieved one of the rarest feats in human history: he changed the way each of us sees the world."- Barack Obama

Steve is now not with us but his thoughts and ideas will always lead humanity to a better future. He was the inspiration for the past generation and is the inspiration for present generation and will be the inspiration for many generations to come. R.I.P Steve Jobs.

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New Social Networking Site For Gamers - Gamorphine

noreply@blogger.com (Subham Singh) — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 11:23:00 +0000

Gamorphine

"Socialize" is the term of this decade. If you don't have an SNS profile, we doubt that you are even reading this. So, it is an announcement of ProGamist's joint project - Gamorphine - A Social Networking Site for Gamers. 2 days ago, 01.10.2011, the Gamorphine project kickstarted.

Although, gamorphine.com is in its initial stage of development, it is still open for anyone to access it for testing purposes. You can log in to gamorphine.com and sign up. It is also available in mobile version. So you can easily sign up through mobile too. Heavy construction is going on before making Gamorphine public and we're improving everyday.

The concept of the Gaming social networking site Gamorphine is by Dibya Ranjan, the founder and administrator of Gamorphine (as well as creative site TheWackyHeads)

PRO Buzz: Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange Nominated For Nobel Peace Price

noreply@blogger.com (Subham Singh) — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:54:00 +0000

Founder and editor-in-chief of controversial worldwide non-profit whistleblower organization WikiLeaks Julian Assange has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Bradley Manning, Wael Ghonim (Egyptian Internet Activist), Israa Abdel Fattah (Egypt Youth Movement/ Also known as Facebook girl) and Lina Ben Mhenni (Tunisia Blogger) are also nominated with Assange for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Julian Assange already has many awards to his name:

Amnesty International UK Media Award (New Media) [2009]

Sam Adams Award [2010]

Sydney Peace Foundation Gold Medal [2011]

Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism [2011]

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PRO Focus: Top 10 Songs Ever Featured In Videogame Trailers

noreply@blogger.com (Subham Singh) — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:40:00 +0000

From monophonic Pac-Man to Need For Speed: Underground 2's jukebox, from Space Invaders' soundloops to Hans Zimmer's music for Crysis 2, the evolution of music in videogames is an everlasting trend but still it belongs to one of the most overlooked parts of a game. Music is now an essential part of a game, both for its content and marketing, and as a result, in the E3 and Comic-Con season many videogame trailers are launched and often launched with a song which describes the whole game in its melody, harmony, rhythm, timbre, structure, and dynamics. The rankings are based on the featured songs which are the most appropriate for the trailers and match perfectly with the theme of the trailer. Here is ProGamist's list of the top 10 songs ever featured in videogame trailers:

#10. "Edge of The Earth" by 30 Seconds To Mars (Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit 2010)

"Edge of The Earth," the name of the song itself suits a game of racing genre. The adrenaline-rushing intro of the song itself is one of the best for a fast-paced racing game. Performed by the band 30 Seconds To Mars, this song is featured in the Need For Speed Hot Pursuit E3 2010 trailer. "Edge of the earth"

#9. "Mad World" by Gary Jules [Tears For Fears Cover] (Gears of War)

"Mad World" by Gary Jules [Cover of Tears for Fears] is featured in the Gears of War trailer. The song's appreciated by many people and the game has sold very well.

#8. "Won't Back Down" by Eminem ft. P!NK (Call of Duty: Black Ops)

"Won't Back Down" by Eminem ft. P!NK is featured in the Call of Duty: Black Ops trailer. This song is also in the in-game credits. Here are the excerpts from the lyrics of this song: "You can sound the alarm/You can call out your guards/You can fence in your yard/You can pull all the cards/But I won't back down/Oh no I wont back down..."

#7. "Breathe Me" by Sia Furler (Dead Island)

"Breathe Me" by Sia Furler from the album Colour The Small One is in the trailer of Techland's zombie-survival FPS-Sanbox game Dead Island.

#6. "The Catalyst" by Linkin Park (Medal of Honor)

"The Catalyst" by Linkin Park is one of the songs off their recent album A Thousand Suns. "The Catalyst" is featured in the trailer of EA's Medal of Honor (2010). Here are some of the excerpts from the lyrics -- "God bless us everyone/We're a broken people living under loaded gun/And it can't be outfought/It can't be outdone..."

#5. "A Call To Arms" by Jason Hayes (Warcraft 3)

"A Call To Arms" by Jason Hayes is in World of Warcraft (WoW) trailer. The trailer has received good responses and the game is one of the most-played MMORPGs of all times.

#4. "Power" by Kanye West (Saints Row: The Third)

"Power" by Kanye West is in the trailer of Saints Row: The Third as well as in the trailer of Forza Motorsport 4. Saints Row: The Third is going to release in November 2011.

#3. "Till I Collapse" by Eminem ft. Nate Dogg (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2)

"Till I Collapse" by Eminem is in the trailer for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and the game is one of the best selling FPS games of all time. Here are the excerpts from the lyrics of "Till I Collapse:" "Cause sometimes you feel tired/ feel weak, and when you feel weak, you feel like you wanna just give up./But you gotta search within you, you gotta find that inner strength/and just pull that shit out of you and get that motivation to not give up/and not be a quitter, no matter how bad you wanna just fall flat on your face and collapse."

#2. "New York, New York" by B.o.B (Crysis 2)

"New York, New York" by B.o.B has been featured in the trailer of Crysis 2. The song itself fits well with the game as Crysis 2 is based on New York City.

#1. "Iron" by Woodkid (Assassin's Creed Revelations)

For years, videogame trailers have attracted a lot of attention from gamers and videogame journalists, but one thing is sure — the Assassin's Creed Revelations E3 trailer is a trailer that has been crafted so beautifully that the lyrics of Woodkid's Iron and Ezio's (main character's) movements completely match with each other. The folks at Ubisoft deserve a standing ovation for choosing the most appropriate song for this trailer. Even the tune fits well with the Assassin's Creed series of games. Hats off to Woodkid and Ubisoft.

PRO Buzz: DID APPLE EVER EVER GO THROUGH ROTTEN TIMES? (PART I)

noreply@blogger.com (Aman Goyal) — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 12:55:00 +0000

Hye ProGamist Readers (PGR)! I'm Back! This time I will be just experimenting with my article! Under past few days many tech events took place! But I won't be discussing any of them! And try to take you back to an interesting journey of apple! I really enjoyed writing this article and hope the same from your side!!!

Every big Pioneer started itself with starch. Apple is one big example of it. Every big pioneer made big mistakes and is still doing so. Apple is one big example of it. So what all mistakes did Apple make? Is it still striking your mind? Dont worry! I will be saying you all the mistakes made by the pioneer during the journey of this article.

I'm sure you've already heard that Steve Jobs has resigned as CEO of Apple. The man has ended his 14-years reign at the tech company he founded in his garage. In case you're wondering, this is what the garage looked like:

Steve Jobs' garage aka Apple Inc!

Ten years after starting one of the most innovative computer companies in the world, Jobs was fired by the board. Yes he got fired from the multi-billion dollar company that he started in his own garage!

His thoughts on being fired from his own company:

"I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life."- Steve Jobs

Jobs brought us the Apple I and Apple II computers which sold in the mere hundreds of complete failures. Apple II became a successful product once floppy disks were introduced and sufficient RAM added.

In the early 1980s, Jobs introduced the Lisa computer. It cost tens of millions of dollars to develop and was an epic failure. (That's why you don't even remember it.) Thanks to the Lisa fiasco, Jobs was out of a job at Apple.
In 2008, Apple launched MobileMe, its own advanced email system. It flopped big time. It costed $100 a year and had syncing issues, and emails were being lost. He gathered together his MobileMe team and asked them what it was supposed to do. When someone answered, Jobs responded by saying: "So why the f**k doesn't it do that?" He then told the team that they tarnished Apple's reputation and added: "You should hate each other for having let each other down."

In 2010, while giving a demo on the last version of the iPhone, Jobs encountered a bit of a failure with his wireless connection of his demo. Talk about egg on the iPhone interface!

HAHAHA!! WHAT A MESS?? There are few more mistakes (Or rather hell lot of mistakes) made be the pioneer! I don't want to make the article booooooring for you all! So, I will divide the article into two parts namely- PRO Buzz: DID APPLE EVER EVER GO THROUGH ROTTEN TIMES? (PART I) and PRO Buzz: DID APPLE EVER EVER GO THROUGH ROTTEN TIMES? (PART II). So, just wait for my next article in which I will say you the rest of the mistakes and the minor mistakes made by Apple.

DISCLAIMER: That was from my side! I hope you really enjoyed it! This article is just written for educational purpose! I must not be held due responsible if the information in this article is misused. My Intention is not to harm the sentiments of any apple fan because I, myself, am a big fan of it! Over-and-out!

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PRO Live: The Live Coverage of The Linkin Park A Thousand Suns Asia Tour - 21st Sep Jakarta Live Concert

noreply@blogger.com (Subham Singh) — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 06:08:00 +0000

This is the live coverage of The Linkin Park A Thousand Suns Asia Tour - 21st September 2011 Live Concert, Stadion Gelora Bungkarno, Jakarta. This coverage is totally brought to you by the ProGamist Galaxy Members i.e. the readers of ProGamist themselves. 20 of our readers are currently in the place of the live event. Although the show will start at 8pm and the doors will open from 6:30 pm, fans are already flocking into queue since early morning. It is also being reported that everything which are being sold there has a high amount of price tag attached to it like

"A bottle of water costs Rp. 10.000 meanwhile they cost Rp. 1.600 in supermarket" (Thanks to Ellen Kurniawan for sending this in.)

List of tracks Linkin Park is going to play

1. The Requiem
2. Wretches and Kings
3. Papercut
4. Given Up
5. New Divide
6. Faint
7. Empty Spaces
8. When They Come for Me
9. No More Sorrow
10. Jornada del Muerto
11. Waiting for the End
12. Wisdom, Justice, and Love
13. Iridescent
14. Numb
15. The Radiance
16. Breaking the Habit
17. Shadow of the Day
18. Crawling
19. One Step Closer

(source: setlist.fm) [Thanks to Dibya for sharing the playlist with us.]

Live Photos

Linkin Park Poster, Stadion Gelora Bungkarno, Jakarta

The Stage

The stage (upper view)

Near-stage view (Image credit: Kiswasono JD)

LP on stage [Bird Eye view] (Image Credit: Tito Solagratia )

This is what we call an LP concert (Image Credit: Widyasena Sumadio)

Burning In The Skies! (Image Credit: Rian Hamzah)

Chester on stage on-screen (Image Credit: Mell)

Stage upper view (Image Credit: Dhika Andril)

Linkin Park Rocked Jakarta! (Image Credit: Rock 'n' Roll boy)

More Photos (Courtesy of CBN)

Chester Bennington

Chester singing!

Chester Bennington with Joe Hahn in Background

Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda

LP on stage and Chester on screen!

Brad Delson and Mike Shinoda (with guitars)

Mike Shinoda

Chester Bennington, Mike Shinoda with Brad Delson in background

Joe Hahn

Dave "Phoenix" Farrell playing his guitar

Chester playing to the Jakarta crowd!

The Jakarta crowd in LP's concert

Linkin Park on stage

Linkin Park on stage with Chester on screen

Chester along with Joe Hahn in background

Linkin Park on stage rocking Jakarta

Mike Shinoda with guitar

LP on stage and Chester screaming!

Chester with Mike Shinoda in background

Chester Bennington

Live Videos

Keep refreshing this page. We will update this page all day long with more photos/pictures and videos as we are able to get it from ProGamist Galaxy Members present at Stadion Gelora Bungkarno, Jakarta right now. Are you also attending this concert, share your pics, videos and experience with us and show your support towards our Linkin Park A Thousand Tours Asia Tour coverage. Share your pictures/experience/videos through our Facebook page - www.facebook.com/progamist or you can mail us your photos, videos and experiences at admin@progamist.com

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