It seems that the analysts can’t agree on whether or not Microsoft has blown it’s initial lead over the PS3 or whether the current trend is just the marker recorrecting after a terrible start to the generation by Sony. DFC Intelligence’s David Cole believes that Microsoft is blowing it by not having a diverse enough range of titles and mainly …
It’s a little later than planned but I still managed to get this in before the end of Friday… by a couple of minutes at least. All the entries, 455 valid ones in total, have been put through our magical randomiser and the lucky reader who everyone can now begin to hate is Last Updated: November 12, 2010
Yesterday we told you about the availability of PC drivers for Microsoft’s Xbox Motion-sensing peripheral, Kinect – and how those drivers would help usher in a natural user interface for general computing. Today we bring you the first video of that evolution. An industrious developer has taken those drivers and enabled a Minority Report styled method of interacting with his …
As Gamers we’ve all seen videogame-to-film adaptations that have broken our spirits, and soured our memories of beloved games. Zoopy’s Movie review crew took a look at what they consider to be the best celluloid re-imaginings of our favourite games. Being film buffs as opposed to dyed-in-the-wool gamers, they’ve of course gotten it horribly, horribly wrong. I mean…Max Payne makes …
Tim Schafer, the funny fellow who brought you Costume Quest, Brutal Legend – and was behind classic gems like Full Throttle, Monkey Island and Day of the Tentacle has started talking about a possible sequel to one of his other famed classics – Psychonauts. For those of you who haven’t played it – it was a wildly imaginative, silly, hilarious …
Could this be the best game ever made? I think so. Watch the video after the jump, to see a game where the sole objective is to shoot people in the face, close range! Finally, a game where I’ll actually be able to hit something! It even has multiplayer! It is of course, being courtesy of the Onion News Network, …
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 …
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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