Rumours are coming in this morning that Activision has had enough of flogging Guitar Hero every second week and has decided to change it’s strategy. Unfortunately the new strategy is pretty much an full annihilation of the series and anything linked to it. According to the rumours the Guitar Hero series is no more and so is DJ Hero. Last …
Rockstar have released a new L.A. Noire video entitled Orientation, it effectively explains exactly what sort of game L.A. Noire is going to be and how the story mode is going to work. For those who were worried it was simply going to be a crime drama there is some good news as you are going to be getting into …
Major Nelson’s given up full details of Xbox Live’s up-coming House Party promotion. Like Summer of Arcade, House Party is a collection of big profile games coming at you week after week. Some pretty good games coming to XBL, but one in particular is calling out my name. Ubisoft’s HD re-release of Beyond Good and Evil, priced at a reasonable …
It was bound to happen sooner or later, so why not now? A sneaky Game Stop employee has uploaded a photo of a store inventory update, which shows the supposed price and release date for Sony’s new powerhouse handheld, the NGP. The price, if it is true, is very appealing. The date, however, is highly unlikely leading many to think …
Update: We are receiving conflicting reports saying that the discs will remain tradable. We are looking into it and will update as soon as we can. After a discussion that started in the comments thread of our DC Universe Online review, we did some chatting and googling and came to a slightly startling discovery that we realise is not known …
You know how it goes, one day you are being asked to type in the third word from paragraph 4 of the 22nd page of a manual, and the next you are dealing with genetically engineered company representatives. It’s the way DRM is going, this seems to be the only logical solution. Oh and thanks again GeoHot, you toss-jockey. Awesome …
The first Darkness game, based on the popular Top Cow comics from the mid to late 90’s , was great. It wasn’t revolutionary, or mind-blowing or particularly exceptional, save for the phenomenal writing. Despite its issues; middling gameplay elements, unpopulated open world areas and under utilised darkness powers, I loved the game. It had an unparalleled level of immersion and …
Ten bucks says that Epic Games is behind this Fox News report; it would fit with their already barmy publicity campaigns for upcoming FPS Bulletstorm. The thing is, the report on Bulletstorm prompted Fox to invite some “professionals†in for an opinion. One such “professional†said that videogames are to blame for the rise of rape cases in the USA. …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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