This one slipped by me.
For a few years now, Team 17 have been updating and re-releasing Worms on various downloadable game services. They have always been the more successful 2D offering. The one title that really got me hooked though was there third 3D Worms game – Worms 4: Mayhem. An absolute blast in multiplayer it is an unusual but thoroughly entertaining night in with a few friends. How does Worms Ultimate Mayhem on Xbox 360 stack up? Continue reading »
So the sale is finally live. You can pick up Arrival, Lair of the Shadow Broker and Kasumi – Stolen Memory all for half price. It’s a shame that Overlord and the other auxiliary packs weren’t on offer too – but I’ll be picking up all three anyway.
Last week on Xbox Live, we were given the chance to vote for our favourite game to receive a 50% discount for it’s Downloadable Content. Mass Effect 2 won – just knocking out Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (which won a similar vote last year). I haven’t purchased any of the DLC for Mass Effect 2 … Continue reading »
So, two months in and I’ve already forgotten to keep up to date with the Reward Scheme! I’ve just signed in again to complete my June survey, so another 20MSP should be on its way to my account. If I had checked in June, I would be sitting on 80MSP in a few days – … Continue reading »
Sony’s biggest announcement, and the most exciting announcement of E3 so far is the official unveiling of Sony’s Playstation VITA, a handheld successor to the PSP, and formally known as the Next Generation Portable. Despite the terrible impact of the recent earthquakes in Japan, Sony insist that the PSV will be ready for launch in … Continue reading »
Still playing a video game console? Pfft. That was so last decade. Things have moved on since then. If you take just one thing away from Microsoft’s announcements at this year’s E3, it’s that they want you to be doing a lot more with your “video games console” than just playing games. Some of us … Continue reading »
Well, it sounds like we’re late jumping on this bandwagon already. In its five days since announcement, the beta testing for COD:Elite (Activision’s new online multiplayer service be be released with Modern Warfare 3 on November 8th 2011) has already surpassed over 1 million registrants. That’s a whole thousand thousand Call of Duty:Black Ops gamers … Continue reading »
So, Microsoft’s long-awaited E3 dog and pony show is now finished and the results are in. As expected Microsoft is looking to solidify their position as the leading console provider of this generation by bringing in more…… just more. YouTube for Xbox, Bing Live Search, UFC live fights and back catalogues, additional live TV services, … Continue reading »
So after all this hype is it any cop? Or is its mere existence a crime? Ed stops his punning right now and gets down to some serious work. From the Director of The Getaway and a new studio from Australia (Team Bondi), L.A. Noire is a gritty detective story that loves film noir so … Continue reading »
Jeff Rubenstein, Social Media Manager at Sony Computer Entertainment America, has announced on the official Playstation America blog that the Playstation Store and all further Playstation Network Services will be up and running by the end of the month. Unfortunately, there is nothing more definite than that, with Sony effectively saying it could be any … Continue reading »
Eurogamer are quoting unnamed sources who suggest that the Xbox 360 is set to follow in the PS3′s footsteps and offer full Stereoscopic 3D support on compatible televisions after a firmware update. The sources even suggest that the Xbox 360 is even more capable than Sony’s counterpart at handling the complexities of producing a true … Continue reading »
Earlier this morning Sony Computer Entertainment Japan issued a press release announcing a new type of game to be released on the PS3 that ties in more than ever before with it’s handheld counterpart: the PSP. The games will be part of the “Remaster” series and will essentially be HD remakes of PSP titles, much … Continue reading »
Nick Caplin is fast becoming a household name amongst European PS3 users. Sony Computer Entertainment Europe’s Head of Communications has now released details of the complimentary Identity Protection programme which he had previously announced. As Caplin points out, the legislation for Identity Protection is different in each country, and Sony are working hard to accommodate their vast … Continue reading »
So, with the PSN online multiplayer backup, Sony have revealed what they have in store for those loyal band of supporters who didn’t run to the nearest Gamestation and swap their little black box for a Microsoft equivalent.
Fans of first-person shooters are absolutely spoilt for choice this year, but with so many games now competing for your hard-earned time and money, developers are trying desperately to cram in new features, bells and whistles to make the old formula feel new again and release the next “big thing”.
Scan Logs Show That Sony Servers Were Running Extremely Dated Programs and Web Services – Vulnerabilities of Obsolete Software Known for Years on the Internet
Thanks for all your submissions but we have a decided winner! Congraulations to ‘Harps’ for his witty Black Ops commentary. You’re now the proud owner of a £20 PSN Network card. Well done you. As of this early hour in the morning the PSN is showing signs of life once more. Having been down for … Continue reading »
The website industrygamers.com is reporting that they have received an official letter from Sony sent to developers which outlines not only what happened, but the steps being taken to fix the situation, which includes bringing in the FBI to apprehend those responsible. Although the contents of the letter have yet to be confirmed, it does … Continue reading »
So the PSN debacle is now getting very real for Playstation. And when i say very real i mean the very real that financiers, creditors and people like THE BANK care about.
Forget the conjecture and the hearsay; the official word from Sony as of today is that the network is staying down “for at least a few more days”. This is not encouraging, and not just because I have a Brink review to do. As previously reported, this persistent delay is hitting developers as hard as … Continue reading »
Whilst for many the outage of the PSN has meant our copies of Portal 2 have yet to experience co-op with our PC chums, or our road to Prestige in CoD has been halted for the past two weeks, many businesses and users have come to rely on the availability of the PSN for their livelihoods.
That’s right, Big Bill and the crew have invested the best part of $10bn for one of the worlds largest video conferencing providers. A kick in the nuts for the developers of the MSN video and voice platforms it may be, but Xbox 360, and in particular Kinect owners, may now be getting an application that … Continue reading »
Crysis 2 is about to get its first piece of downloadable content, in the form of four new multiplayer maps under the ‘Crysis 2: Retaliation’ moniker . It’ll be out on May 17 on PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 (PSN service dependent) And the teaser video can be found here to do some whetting of the proverbial … Continue reading »
Patrick Seybold has stated on the Playstation Blog that the reinstating of the announced services, which were due this week, has been delayed. Another date has not yet been provided so we will have to wait and see for now. “When we held the press conference in Japan last week, based on what we knew, … Continue reading »
Oh Treasure I love you. Guardian Heroes – the reason I fell in love with my Saturn – is soon headed to the Xbox Live Arcade Marketplace under the guiding hands of Sega and Treasure. One of the most requested games to receive either a HD re-release or sequel this will surely strike a chord … Continue reading »
Following Sony’s open letter to congress earlier this week, Anonymous has responded to this, again stating that they had nothing to do with the current troubles over at Sony. Although unsure, we are certain that a group such as Anonymous would not have hacked and stolen such a large volume of data, strenuously denied taking … Continue reading »
In an open letter to the PSN community, Sony President Howard Stringer wrote the following letter, apologising for the first time, and re-stating it will all be alright soon enough! However fresh reports are circulating on many sites, suggesting the group responsible for the recent attacks is planning to strike again this weekend, further delaying … Continue reading »
Fallout: New Vegas publisher Bethesda is promising gamers on their official forums that they are working hard to address the range of crippling bugs and issues reported, and especially their 1.3 patch that rendered Xbox 360 copies of the game almost unplayable. The flawed patch in question caused severe problems with loading existing save games, something that … Continue reading »
As the PSN debacle appears to be nearing its conclusion, what are the consequences for Sony and the industry as a whole? Microsoft have known for a long time now just what a minefield internet security can be, and you can be sure that a lot has been going on behind the scenes to ensure … Continue reading »
In a press conference held by Kaz Hirai, Sony at last came to the public to disclose the facts as they understand them, and begin the apologies to their loyal consumers. PSN will be live by next week. Following the hack into the PSN servers users can expect to see the return of most functionality … Continue reading »
