In what can only be described as a PR disaster in the making the BBC website is reporting that the massively successful Kinect is causing older Xbox 360 models to Red Ring. Microsoft has been very quick to deny any link between the Kinect and the latest spate of RROD’s but you will recall they used to deny the RROD …
And it’s for the PC, so any of you PC-gamers who are dying to get your motion-sensing gaming on but are loathed to buy a console, then Asus has your back. I mean, you could always get Kinect and download those open-source PC drivers, but that requires some tinkering and patience, but who has any of that stuff? Right this …
Major Nelson has tweeted this morning that Microsoft has now sold over 8 million Kinect units in their first 60 days. While he isn’t specifying whether that is shipped to retail or customers it is impossible to ignore huge figures like that and the doom mongers who scoffed at the original 3 million figure brandished by Microsoft must now be …
Fight Night Round 3 is the boxing game that always comes to mind as soon as the conversation moves to fighting games. I thoroughly enjoyed every moment of that game and still go back to it on the odd occasion when I feel the need for a bit of fun fighting. The mechanics just felt perfectly natural and the graphics …
Yeah this is now over 2 years old but it resurfaced on Twitter today and made my morning immensely enjoyable so I had to share it. Newgrounds, one of the best sites to waste time on, has a Cole Train Soundboard that is made up entirely of sounds that have been ripped from the Gears titles and are now available …
Halo’s Forge is a pretty incredible level designer that has been used for by millions to create an unbelievable amount of levels. However the one thing that I can say for sure that I didn’t think I would ever see would be a Halo inspired Putt Putt level. I have to admit that it is pretty impressive but really who …
Yesterday I posted up the pictures of the new Nintendo 3DS that someone stole from a factory in China and today it’s the upcoming PlayStation Phone’s turn. I don’t even know if Sony has even confirmed this phone yet to be honest but either way we know it’s coming and this is what it is going to look like. I …
You’ll remember a while back Crystal Dynamics, the developers behind the Tomb Raider reboot, came out and stated that they didn’t want the new Lara Croft to be thought off as a sex object. This is a valid point and something I fully support but I was a little worried they would mess around to much and take away the …
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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