I learnt this time. After playing this demo for about an hour or so – I stopped. I was thoroughly enjoying it but realised I would have to play through this bonkers, story-dense section again when I got the final game. A fair few hours of Final Fantasy XIII was soured for me in the … Continue reading »
Batman: Arkham Asylum didn’t exactly set a fire under fans during pre-production, but it was Rocksteady Studios and Warner Bros. who had the last laugh as their now groundbreaking title went on to win several Game of the Year awards, and our highest possible praises. This time things are different: the eyes of industry are … Continue reading »
The multimedia juggernaut that is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and its nemesis Battlefield 3 may be several weeks away, but the war has well and truly begun. Employees from each title’s publisher have been attributed to some interesting comments, the latest of being EA CEO John Riccitiello’s prediction that Modern Warfare 3‘s fan-base … Continue reading »
At this years E3 there were plenty of chances to get a more hands on impression of the first installment to Resi franchise on the 3DS, below are the three gameplay clips released and played back to back, enjoy!
Amongst all the announcements and teasers at E3 this year, I must admit that I completely missed the latest teaser trailer for what appears to be a Devil May Cry reboot. Having been a huge fan of the series up till the last installment, it would be good to see this franchise get a fresh … Continue reading »
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has been arguably the most hotly anticipated game at this year’s E3 show in Los Angeles, and exactly as expected, long-standing franchise developers Infinity Ward and newcomers Sledgehammer Games were keen to show off all the action and carnage in what’s expected to be the final title in the series’ … 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 »
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 »
June is just around the corner, and although there is a huge amount of buzz around what may or may not be shown-off at E3, let’s not overlook the fact that the June release line-up is looking stacked, with fans of action games in particular being utterly spoiled for choice. On 7th June in the … Continue reading »
War has been declared as Electronic Arts and Activision get set to unleash the latest in their massively popular first-person shooter series Battlefield 3 and Modern Warfare 3 this fall. The stakes? Literally a billion dollars, and a hell of a lot of bragging rights. But what sets them apart? Which title are you looking … Continue reading »
They’ve announced a release date of 8th November and the game appears to be racking up pre-sales, but so far we have had very little official information on what to expect from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. All that is set to change tomorrow when Infinity Ward unveil the first gameplay trailer of their … Continue reading »
Check out our update and our poll Infinity Ward’s mega-franchise Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is set to return this November in its third instalment. Already perhaps the worst kept secret in videogaming, it now appears that the story-line has been leaked to the internet. Although these details haven’t been officially confirmed (big surprise), they are … Continue reading »
My esteemed colleague Richy summed up his feelings regarding Gears of War 3 rather well in his coverage of the beta: pre-order now. It appears that you did. One million of you, in fact. Gears of War will be released on 20th September, but it’s already a record breaker. According to developers Epic Games and publishers … Continue reading »
An eagle-eyed gamer from the U.S has spotted the following ad in a ‘Best Buy’ circular, revealing the previously un-announced DLC option for Rockstars detective thriller. L.A Noire which will be released tomorrow US and over here on the 20th May 2011, have not previously alluded to any such release but clearly someone knows something … Continue reading »
Today Ubisoft Paris announced the fourth instalment to the critically acclaimed Assassin’s Creed series will launch this November. Still developed and led by the guys over in Montreal, Assassin’s Creed Revelations will bring to an end the 3 part relationship with our favourite assassin Ezio.
It’s that time of year again, when the sun comes up and all the teenagers in the country wash down their grandparent’s old Ford Orions and Vauxhall Novas, desperately saving every last penny to spend on their latest prized possession, an almost new Citroen Saxo with 80,000 miles on the clock, some phat bass amps … Continue reading »
Right about the time I finally stopped laughing at the “revelation” that Nintendo’s next foray into the console world would be officially dubbed the Stream (like the truly puerile person that I am), Nintendo themselves finally confirmed what most of the developed world already knew: that they would be unveiling the Wii’s successor at E3. And … Continue reading »
The next Vs. game from Capcom and their second in partnership with Namco, Street Fighter X Tekken looks set to blend the tag-team elements of Tekken Tag Tournament with the controls and gameplay of Street Fighter IV. This is definitely a Tekken visits Street Fighter affair due to it being developed by Capcom. A Namco … Continue reading »
Another year, another Street Fighter IV version for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. This new release is based on the gameplay updates and new characters included with the Japanese Arcade version released late in 2010. There was originally never going to be an updated arcade version but seemingly due to the success of SSFIV … Continue reading »
Who said new IP was dead….? Following another successful showing, Captivate, did just that this year for the masses of Miami. All the stars from Capcom’s backroom staff and developers were present to show off their latest brain farts that we are undoubtedly going to wait with anticipation for over the coming months. The key titles discussed … Continue reading »
“Give us more Arkham!” You demanded. And Rocksteady listened. But it wasn’t only you. For those of you who actually bothered to read my review of Arkham Asylum will have noticed we are just a little bit excited about the sequel to the multiple Game of the Year award-winning original. So much so that the … Continue reading »
After a bit of tinkering with the developer build of OS X 10.7 LION, here are my initial thoughts: New features are as follows: Facetime, Launchpad, Airdrop, Fullscreen Apps., iPad style Mail and a new look and feel to the Finder. That appears to be it. Facetime is self-explanatory. Internet video calls from your mac to … Continue reading »
L.A. Noire is due to be released on 20th May 2011 here in the UK (America will get it a little sooner on the 17th) and puts in you control of Cole Phelps in a detective story set in the 1940s. Blending third-person action, a focused open world with a linear story and involving detective … Continue reading »
The final trailer from the Battlefield 3 teaser trilogy is here. Moving away from the sniper orientated focus of the last two, this time we pick up quick time events and mowing down the bad guys using an LMG with infinite ammo. This still appears to be running on a PC built by Ninja’s, but … Continue reading »
Minecraft has taken the independent game scene by storm. First available to the public on 17th May 2009 as what would later be called “Classic” mode – Minecraft provided a sandbox environment and unlimited building blocks to create anything the player desired. However, this was not all Notch (Markus Persson the creator) wanted from his … Continue reading »
So all 10 additional characters are final announced. They are all varied and each either bring a twist to an existing character type or bring something completely fresh to the Street Fighter IV series. Read on further down the page to find out what you can expect from this fairly hefty update to SF4, my … Continue reading »
Ah, Street Fighter IV – probably my favourite game at the moment. I’m waiting to get an Arcade stick – and so haven’t played for a few weeks - as I think I’ve reached my limit on a controller. I can’t press the different buttons quickly enough with only my thumb. ;) Having only just … Continue reading »
Bayonetta is the latest retail game to have a demo available from Xbox Live. I’m not sure if this is available yet to Silver members but if it isn’t, it should be within the week. I’ve not heard that much about this one but when I saw that it was developed by Hideki Kamiya – … Continue reading »
