Urgent Fury and Gaming News
After a year of major game releases, the game industry & gamers from all over the world are set to pick the best of the best for the 2011 Video Game Awards.
Shane Bell (Urgent Fury CIO) & Doc (The Tester (Season 1) & Replay w/ Doc) join Commander Fury to preview a few of the categories & make their 2011 VGA picks.
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Story by: CritiKiLDespite low broadband speeds, many people still using dialup, download caps and limited hard drive space…market research company ‘Newzoo’ has made a rather unusual prediction: Grand Theft Auto V will be released as a digital-only product.
Newzoo’s report states:
There are a lot of reasons why publishers are pushing towards digital distribution of triple-A games. Speaking out loud might harm the relationship with retail partners, but the benefits have become too large to remain silent about the desire to go completely digital.
The ultimate objective being to launch games faster, create continuous revenues on a title and simply to make more money. Will retail disappear from the picture? Of course not. Retail will always remain an important channel to promote and distribute games. Retail has a strong hand to play when it comes to eyeballs and… boxes make a nice gift.
Continuing:
Boxed games will not disappear, but what is in the box will. That is why the boxed GTA V version will contain a collectible piece of merchandise and a download code. No disc.
We will probably find out in less than four hours, when the GTA V trailer officially debuts, but we’d be incredibly shocked if the game, which will be at least 8GB (but likely more) ends up being a download only product.
What do you think? Make your predictions in the comments below.
Welcome to 1947 Los Angeles, the setting for this year’s most revolutionary game. This fully authorized app from BradyGames features a scrollable and zoomable street map of the entire city of Los Angeles, complete with locations of every collectible Golden Film Reel, Landmark and Hidden Vehicle–plus the locations of every Shield from the Badge Pursuit Challenge DLC. Each item is accompanied by descriptive text, screenshots, and an Objective Complete feature that allows you track which ones you’ve located and which ones remain undiscovered.
Features:
* Explorable street map of the entire game
* Locations of all collectibles, including Golden Film Reels, Landmarks and Hidden Cars
* Includes locations of all collectible Shields from the Badge Pursuit Challenge DLC
* Objective Completion tracking
* Screenshots and detailed text for each collectible
* Official Rockstar Twitter feed
* Official music and sound effects
Urgent Fury CIO Shane Bell stops by for a very “loosey goosey” episode of Urgent Frequency.
An episode that features the usual Urgent Fury SITREP, a complete PAX East 2011 Preview, a surprise guest, and Charlie Sheen. WINNING! Duh!
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New York, NY – December 1, 2009 – Rockstar Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), is proud to announce that Red Dead Redemption, the successor to 2004’s hit Red Dead Revolver, will be available on the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system on April 27, 2010 in North America and on April 30, 2010 internationally.
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