According to an MCV article, Steam is a hot topic in the UK at the moment. Two unnamed gaming retail franchises are threatening to stop selling all games that have obligatory Steam requirements. According to MCV, these stores are the biggest franchises throughout the United Kingdom. This attack on the leading digital downloads provider comes as a result of one …
Call of Duty : Black Ops was released this week – and it’s done exceptionally well, eclipsing the previous Call of Duty to become the highest grossing entertainment launch ever. It’s actually pretty damned good, but let’s face it though – it’s not very original, is it? Yet another first person shooter and the 7th in the series – but …
Some people have way, way too much time. This is evidenced to perfection in the following video. You’ll get to see the fruits of Halo Forge engineer “ACarnage 51’s†month of labour. A ridiculously impressive videogame Rube Goldberg Machine – a deliberately over-engineered machine that performs a very simple task in an overly-complex manner - made using the Xbox 360’s …
Prior to the launch of Kinect, Microsoft said that they would be making a profit on each camera sold. Some snoopy people over at UBM Tech Insights have decided to put that claim to the test. They got hold of a Kinect unit and ripped it to pieces. By analysing and tracing each component of the Kinect camera, Tech Insights …
The music genre is declining – rapidly. With the recent release Rock Band 3, MTV and Viacom (owners of Harmonix) are now looking to offload the development studio. Rock Band 3 received very good reviews, but the sales have not reflected this at all. According to the Wall Street Journal, Viacom has just announced a 59% drop in profits and …
Last year when Modern Warfare 2 broke all records by selling a mind-blowing 4.7 million copies worth $310,000,000 US Dollars we all thought that the record would stay unbeaten for quite a long time. Well, it didn’t. According to Activisions day 1 sales estimates, Call of Duty: Black Ops opened on its first day with a ludicrous 5.6 Million units …
Okay yes this is possibly not the weirdest PR stunt ever pulled, that may still belong to God of War and the dead goat routine. But this one ranks up in there in the crazy stakes. O-Games, which is unbelievably not a porn game company but rather a family, social and sporting game publisher, has announced that if you download …
If you haven’t entered yet, or haven’t entered using multiple email addresses, then today is your last chance to enter to win a copy of Call of Duty: Black Ops Prestige Edition for Xbox 360. That’s the edition that comes with the remote control car with onboard video camera.. you know that edition that can help you get beers from …
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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