Ubisoft Lirik Game Buatan THQ

Yves Guillemot (ist)

Amerika Serikat - THQ telah menyatakan diri mereka bangkrut. Dalam kondisi ini mereka akan menjual seluruh asetnya kepada penawar tertinggi, Ubisoft pun dikabarkan menjadi salah satu produsen yang tertarik.

Untuk melanjutkan seluruh game yang sudah masuk dalam tahap pembuatan, THQ menggantungkan kondisi keuangan mereka kepada lembaga investasi bernama Clearlake Capital. Tapi tak tertutup kemungkinan jika seluruh aset THQ akan dijual ke penawar tertinggi.

Kondisi produsen asal Amerika Utara yang menyedihkan itu pun mendapat perhatian dari Ubisoft, produsen game kelas kakap asal Perancis yang punya segudang game seru.

"Apa yang terjadi pada THQ adalah sesuatu yang normal. Beberapa bisa sukses melewatinya, tapi ada juga yang mengambil arah berbeda. Hal ini juga pernah terjadi pada Atari dan Midway, inilah industri game," kata orang nomor satu di Ubisoft, Yves Guillemot.

Ubisoft yang terus meraksasa memang punya banyak potensi untuk membeli aset THQ, terutama untuk sejumlah game yang sudah banyak penggemar seperti Saint Row, Company oh Heroes, serta lisensi ekslusifnya terhadap game World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).

"Mereka punya banyak hal yang menarik, dan kami suka sesuatu yang menarik," ucap Guillemot saat wawancara dengan Game Industry dan dikutip detikINET, Sabtu (22/12/2012).

Lalu apakah itu menandakan bahwa Ubisoft siap membeli seluruh aset THQ? "Hal itu sudah pasti menjadi pertimbangan, tapi saya belum bisa menginformasikan lebih lanjut," tutup Guillemot.

Ubisoft memang salah satu penerbit dan pembuat game yang cukup sukses. Dengan nama besar yang dimilikinya, serta koleksi game THQ yang unik, perpaduan keduanya dianggap bisa jadi melahirkan sebuah game yang fenomenal.

Tag : Ubisoft, THQ Bangkrut

Source: http://inet.detik.com/read/2012/12/22/171014/2125354/654/ubisoft-lirik-game-buatan-thq

Online Games - Learn Why This World Is So Addictive

Video games are quite popular among the people of all ages from past 2-3 decades. With the purchase of the personal computers, computer gaming is a common feature that has developed craze among the crowd. Computer gaming includes all kinds of games. We have lots of variety in these games right from the slow games like chess, cards etc. that require careful steps to be followed for continuing the game, to the games that involves the speed like racing games with motorbikes and cars. These are some of the games commonly liked by the people of all age groups.

Unfortunately, most of these games require more than one person. If you have ever played Checkers on your own, you will agree that it can get boring after just a few moves. However, these days, it is tough to always get people to play with you. After all, everybody has their own lives to lead. Everybody has his own share of tensions.

What do you do if you have no one to give you company in playing a game of your choice? You rejoice because you have your computer to play with. Thanks to the rise of video and computer games, we no longer have to sit at home and mope because our football buddies decided they had better things to do. In the worst case, all that one has to do is switch on the computer and turn to a whole host of games.

Everybody loves a good game to get rid of the stresses of the day. After a long day of work, a good game of Scrabble can be a lot of fun, as can a game of Monopoly. If one is not keen to rack one's brains too much, one can also go work up some sweat by playing a game of squash or tennis on the lawn

The latest craze among the crowd is for the online games. These online games allow you to play different kinds of games on the computer. This is an option that allows two people to play the same game simultaneously while sitting at the different computer systems at different places. One can easily enjoy these games by installing these games from the internet. The process of installation is quite easy and even very casual that even a small kid can follow. What we need to do is to follow the guidelines provided in the installation guides attached with the games files.

Among the famous online games we even have the various puzzles and the arcade games; these games are quite popular among the kids. Apart from downloading the games from the internet, we can even go for the installation of the games by the compact discs of various games. Even the various play stations and the retail stores involved in providing the online games lets us download the files to enjoy the online games.

The Internet provides the game lover with access to all kinds of free online games. There are games based on movies and popular cartoon series. There are games that involve speed and violence. And there are games that involve thinking hard and strategizing. There really seems to be something for everybody.

Play That Playstation

Playstation, the obsession of the younger generation in its earlier form was originally conceived back in 1988 when Sony and nintendo had a joint venture project to develop a super disc that was to be marketed as the nintendo game. Parting their ways the disk was never released. Sony later on released a modified version of the disc in 1991 as a part of their new game console The playstation. The playstation was first launched in Japan in 1994 and later on in the United States of America in 1995. Ever since the play station is the most popular video game the world over. In the earlier version of play station besides being able to play the games they could also read audio CDs with computer and Video information. The version released in 1994 played only CDROM based games and there began the success story of the playstation. The brand continues to be the undisputed leader in the market for the past 5 years of course nintendo64 and sega dreamcast are trying to breathe below its neck.

As the games of the play station x are CD rom based the size has a restriction of 650 MB which is more than sufficient for any type of game. There is no provision to save the personal information once the power is switched off however the facility is provided by means of flash memory cards. One has to be very careful with game CDs of play station though they are distinct and are very susceptible to scratches that makes the CD unusable like the normal audio CDs. The games available for the play station cover a wide range and the price range from USD10 to USD50.No wonder the play station has emerged as the hot favorite of many who are looking forward for new and exciting games.

With new technology the updated playstation versions possess far more capability for storage capacity, graphics control, and interactive ability. The playstation has evolved to meet its counterpart technology in the up and rising microsoft and Nintendo systems.

Computer Games in the Child's Life

Computer games have a large army of opponents who is never tired of blaming the gaming industry with all the mortal sins. I cannot say that I do support them and their accusations. Surely they are not groundless. But I want to find out: are games the only ones to blame? Do you remember the winter tragedy of 1997 in provincial American town of Paducah? On a bright winter morning of the first of December, a 14 –year-old Michael Carneal's took six guns to school with him. After that he hid in the trees and waited till school prayer ended. When the pupils started going out from the chapel he fired rapidly and killed three schoolchildren and another five were seriously wounded. The journalists informed the whole world of the tragedy without any delay. I consider it to be the first mistake. Why? Some people may think: "Why can't I try such a trick myself and become known all over the world?" Believe me, there are enough people who would think just like that. Media should not provoke their ill imagination with such scandals. It is my personal belief. But we are living in a free society, with a guarantee of freedom of speech and concealing this fact from public would prove quite the opposite.

Unfortunately, my misgivings came true. The tragedy echoed in Colorado in a small town of Littleton after a while. Two youngsters Eric Harris (18) and Dylan Klebold (17) took into account their predecessor's experience and brought to school about forty hands- made radio-controlled mines. Then they started to blow up the mines and in the panic they fired their hunting rifles at their school mates. Twenty innocent people were killed. When the police arrived these two "heroes" shot themselves in the school library. Like in the case with the first teenager the two guys were vehement fans of DOOM and Quake. The trio spent all their time in net battles, had their own web pages devoted to their favourite games and built the levels. Analysing the reasons of the outrageous conduct the specialists were stumped with the question who was at fault? The parents of the killed children knew exactly who was to blame. They sued the entertaining industry with $ 130 million dollars. They brought a charge against three owners of porno sites, a few companies developing the computer games and film company Warner Brothers for their film "Basketball Diaries", where the main character kills his teacher and his school mates. However the main stress was on the cruel games. The prosecution insists that the games produced by these companies "present violence in especially attractive and pleasant manner".

May I ask, why are games the first to blame? Thousands of new games come up every year and thousands of people play them. The contents of the games can not be compared with the abundance of informational dirt in the movies. My personal opinion is that films have no competitors in violence. Films demonstrate really scary things: how the crimes should be prepared and what fun it can be to kill people like you. In this aspect games are underachievers. Besides the movies we also have TV where every criminal report shows the different types of murders with anything available. Don't you worry about it? The court unconditionally acknowledged the negative influence of games on Michael's immature psyche. However, the examination proved him to be quite adequate! After this he was sentenced to a life imprisonment without being eligible for ticket of leave during the first 25 years of his term. Harris and Klebold will be judged by quite the other court.

NEW BREED OF SCAVENGER HUNTS ONLINE

Madison Heights, Michigan, July 17, 2007 – Scavenger hunts are no longer a fully corporeal affair.

One can simply sit down in front of the computer and follow clues to bountiful rewards.

Less than three months out from the launch of eScavenger.com, over $20,000 in prizes have been awarded, ranging from big screen televisions, to Nintendo Wiis, and Apple iPods. With online scavenger hunts currently hosted twice a week, members join free of charge and compete with others across the nation. In addition to grand prizes for the hunts, called "Adventures", users who make it through to the end are awarded Doubloons, which are stored in their account and can be traded in for more coveted treasures.

The response from the public has been extremely positive. "(I) love the site, love the competition, compete whenever I can," a user responded in a recent survey administered by the eScavengers team. In the short time since its release, eScavengers.com has broken down traffic barriers and now boasts over 6.6 million hits and 102,000 unique visitors.

The web site, still in Beta phase, will soon be entering into its highly anticipated version 3.0, to include a batch of upgrades, many of which were suggested by users. "Recently we implemented an automated reminder system and referral bonus system, both of which were requested by users," explains Zac Ball, co-creator of eScavengers. "Although we are deep into the development stages of the new release, we are still accepting feedback from users. Their opinions are very valuable, and we are striving to make everyone happy." The speculative date for the release of version 3.0 is the end of August, 2007.