You ever watch the hilarious celebrity roasts from Comedy Central? They’re a somewhat more modern version of the secret celebrity roasts held by the New york Friars club from the early 1920’s. If you have, you’d know that they’re incredibly funny – and more often than not, incredibly crude. Here now, is your chance to watch everyone’s favourite rotund Italian …
Right now, Kinect is an Xbox only thing. There’s no doubt that some time in the future, Microsoft will open it up for use on other platforms, most notable the PC. It’s the beginning of the shift away from graphical user interfaces (click click!) towards a more natural user interface (I’m afraid I can’t let you do that Dave). A …
This post is a double-whammy of controversy as there are two separate stories dealing with people who are unhappy with Activision and their “doubly perverse†military shooter. What would a Call of Duty release be without a healthy dose of hysteria? In Cuba, a state-owned website is accusing Treyarch’s game of being perverse. In Canada, a Vietnam War veteran is …
To celebrate the US DVD and Blu-Ray release of Edgar Wright’s audiovisual take on the Scott Pilgrim series of graphic novels, Microsoft have discounted the film’s rather excellent retro game tie-in. While we in South Africa are still patiently waiting for the god-damned cinematic release, we can make that wait easier by playing the game; a retro beat‘em up in …
Please please please please please be true! A new rumour casually strolling through the internet hints at the possibility of a sequel to SEGA’S delicious House of the Dead : Overkill – even though the original didn’t fare all too well at retail. Like all games in the House of the Dead franchise, it’s an arcade-style rail shooter – but …
Remember upcoming Game of the Year Tokyo Jungle? It’s that overwhelmingly awesome game that lets you pit a T-Rex against a Toy Pomeranian in the post-apocalyptic wasteland of Tokyo. It’s guaranteed to be a hit and will satiate that yet untapped, niche market of gamers all clamouring for a wildlife-grudge-match simulator. But Electronic Arts, never content to sit idly by …
One of our wonderful readers, Sameer, sent in a tip this morning after he saw the above banner on the BTGames homepage. This banner wasn’t there a few days ago when I wandered past and seems to confirm what is quickly becoming a well known fact, that GT5 is ready for deployment and will be landing locally on the 26th …
There’s a nice story about Kinect doing the rounds this morning, what really surprised me though is that I found it via a tweet from Major Nelson and the first line of the article states “There’s almost nothing I’ve seen before I picked up Kinect that really interested me. Many of the games looked OK, and the ones I played …
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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