Recent race-related xenophobic shootings in Malmo, Sweden, in which an obviously disturbed 38-year old man killed one person and tried to do the same with a further 15 have inexplicably been linked to video games. Perpetual scapegoat Counter-Strike, specifically. That’s according to video-game hating British Labour VP Keith Vaz, anyway. Despite the killings obviously being fuelled by hatred, the killer …
Over the last week or so, the price of Sony’s redesign of the PSP, the PSPgo, has been reduced in various regions across the globe. The download-only handheld hasn’t exactly received massive sales since its launch, and that could be attributed to a number of things. Obviously, price was the major turn-off when the device launched. Locally, the redesigned PSP …
Sony has announced that the PSN will be down for scheduled maintenance later today. you’ll be unable to use the service from 18:05 on Thursday 18 November 2010 until 03:00 on Friday 19 November 2010. The following services will be unavailable : PlayStation Store on PS3 and PSP. PlayStation Network Account Management. PlayStation Network Account Registration. Furthermore, you won’t …
Yesterday Dev posted up his review of the Shaun White Skateboarding title and while it had some great ideas it didn’t seem to pull them off correctly and ended up being a little flat. After the review went live we were contacted by a company that claims to be responsible for the online promotion of some Shaun White Skateboarding video’s, …
VG247 are claiming to have true life spy shots of the upcoming PSP2 that have been leaked to them by a friendly developer. The shots are incredibly grainy and in reality we really can’t see much here but the most important thing is the dual analogue sticks, dual cameras and rear touch pad. Last Updated: November 18, 2010
Yesterday night Bioware unveiled a quick teaser of an upcoming title that they are working on. The short video clip (seen after the jump) has everyone scratching their heads trying to figure out what it is. The header image shows some soldier person up high above a planet which seems to be Earth. Some have speculated that the gun looks …
If you do not know who Ken Block is, or what his Gymkhana videos are about then firstly, go and slap yourself with something heavy. Once you are done with that, head over to the links below and watch them RIGHT NOW. Dirt 3 is coming in 2011 and its looking pretty damn fine. Along with all of the new …
Spike TV’s annual Video Game awards are coming around again and they have now revealed all of their nominees. The winners will be announced on December 11 and they will unfortunately not be presented with tiaras and flowers. While I seem to agree with most of the nominees, I found a few of the nominees to be a little out …
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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