When thinking back to my week with Gran Turismo 5, I can’t help but think of the classic rock song from Golden Earring titled Radar Love. The song kicks off with the lyrics, “I’ve been driving all night my hands wet on the wheel” which then leads into the rest of the first verse, and its final line iconic line …
While the New York Times isn’t the pre-eminent gaming media outlet that we generally follow it is highly respected and for the casual gamer this latest article will be a big deal. According to Seth Schiesel at the NYT there really isn’t much reason to buy a Nintendo Wii anymore and while Sony are offering a compelling alternative with the …
Strauss Zelnick, President of Take Two has said that the publisher won’t be rushing out annual releases of its big name titles the way other publishers *coughEAandActivisioncough* do. Breathe a sight of relief, because you won’t be seeing a new Grand theft Auto or Red Dead Redemption every year, the way you do with titles like Call of Duty, Guitar …
Bioware’s MMORPG set in the Star Wars galaxy, The Old Republic, has been given a release window. This is the first official guesstimate from Electronic Arts, who has taken over as the publisher alongside Lucasarts. According to them, we can expect to Force choke people across the galaxy in EA’s  financial year 2012. Don’t panic; that isn’t as far off …
You’d expect, with Xbox Live being such a great service, and in fact the cornerstone of the Xbox experience, that just about everybody hooked up to it would cough up the annual $60 fee to get its premium features…like online multiplayer. But no, that’s not the case. Of the 25 million subscribers, only about half pay for the privilege of …
While the Tony Hawk Pro Skater series brought skateboarding games to the forefront, they’ve been usurped by EA’s Skate, which places a greater emphasis on realism and tight, intuitive controls. Skate has undoubtedly become the benchmark against which other skating games are measured. Fans of the series expecting a fourth game might be in for an unpleasant surprise though. EA …
EA’s CEO, John Riccitello, has been chatting at a business leaders conference and while he may have said his words were “no threat against Tiger†The implication is pretty clear. EA were happy to stick with Tiger through his sex scandal and are fully committed to the golfer but only while he is winning. Last Updated: December 2, 2010
PETA can do some pretty crazy things at time, but this is both crazy and kind of cool. I have to admit, when I played Super Meat Boy I thought to myself that hippy vegetarians and the likes would probably play the game with their stomachs churning. Then I stumbled upon a pretty hilarious interview with Team Meat, one half …
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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