While it may be tempting to think developing games is possibly one of the best jobs in the world it is worthwhile to remember that virtually all development houses are one bad game away from shutting down. And even more worrisome is that most of these places are completely at the whim of the gamers and even if they create …
Long awaited sequel StarCraft II has gone on to become the fastest selling RTS of all time, but it’s just garnered another accolade – It’s now one of the most pirated games in the multiverse. According to TorrentFreak, which keeps this sort of information, StarCraft II has been downloaded an insane 2.3 million times. While not every single one of …
Peter Molyneux’s RPG-Royalty-Simulator game, Fable III, is about to get a whole lot of DLC to suit numerous budgets. If you’ve shot, zapped and hacked your way through Albion to crown yourself king (or queen!) and you feel the need for something new to expand your royal conquests, then you’re in luck. There are five lots of DLC on the …
Unlike rival megapublisher EA, who’ve implemented Project 10 dollar – a method of creating incentive for gamers to purchase their games brand new, Activision have no plans of muscling in on the used game market. In fact, perpetually vilified Activision overlord Bobby Kotick has criticised the very notion of online passes. In a Call of duty centric interview with …
You must have heard of this game by now; as far as downloadable titles go, Dead Nation is the one that has me most excited. It’s made by Housemarque, the same Finnish team that brought you Super Stardust HD. The game is similar to their previous twin-stick shooter but instead of space ships blowing up everything that moves, you’re a …
PS3ZA Forum user RA1THE had the GT5 signature edition pre-ordered from Kalahari.net. I italicised the “had†bit, because his wife – in a perfect example of misplaced good intentions, cancelled the pre-order with the intention of re-ordering so that the order would be eligible for a competition running on the site. The problem? When trying to re-place the order, she …
Generally a porn star stripping off and playing games wouldn’t get much airtime on gaming websites… yeah who are we kidding this is like a guaranteed bucket of hits for very little effort. G4TV has managed to convince adult movie star Kirsten Price to test out the Kinect in a variety of different outfits and lack thereof and it’s actually …
Back in 1998, the original Diablo hit the PlayStation a few months after the game was released on PC. Since then, the Diablo series has been a PC and MAC exclusive. A new job posting by Blizzard makes it look as if that might be changing. According to the posts (that were spotted by Gamasutra) Blizzard is looking for a …
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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