Hold onto your butts, because I’m not kidding when I say these stats are “insaneâ€. They make Britney Spears look like a member of MENSA . Seriously. Halo: Reach (Bungie’s last “HOO-RAH!†in the Halo universe) has already proven popular; we knew that last week when unit sales for the USA alone were pegged at over three million in the first month …
Ahh, the lure of achievements. Many gamers this generation have been chasing the dangling carrot that is the “buh-plipppp†sound that accompanies earned achievements in Xbox 360 games. Some people though, take it a bit far. I present to you Stallion83, avid gamer and achievement whore hunter who has now amassed an impressive 500 000 gamerscore using Microsoft’s digital penis …
You know it’s a slow news day (or other writers have beaten you to the good stuff) when you have to post a story on the list of achievements for an upcoming game. What? Like you have anything better to report on. At first glance it’s just a list of achievements, but look again and there’s hidden stuff! Cryptic hidden …
Insomniac Games’ Resistance 2 had a 60 player multiplayer; frantic, chaotic and a heck of a lot of fun – but still, according to many, less so than the first game. Still spilling over from the incredible information overload in the latest GameInformer, it looks like the 2nd game’s multiplayer will be ditched in favour of something more streamlined. No …
Sony’s motion control system, Playstation Move launched last month to respectable, but underwhelming figures in the States. Sony had foreseen this; Unlike Microsoft’s marketing campaign with Kinect, Sony hadn’t engaged in a media blitz expecting incredible launch sales. Instead, they believe the system to have long legs – selling by word of mouth. According to Wedbush Morgan analysts Michael Pachter …
Wow, I think Mr. Kottick has issued Blizzard a new set of sharp teeth. That or all of the time spent developing scary looking Zerg units has finally made the developers twitchy and dangerous. Last week it was reported that Blizzard had banned a whole lot of StarCraft II players for using illegal trainers to alter their games. Despite the …
Reviewed by Dev van der Bank Guitar hero, which is now a well known name in the gaming world has blessed us with another one of their masterpieces, well err… kinda. You see they have taken the horse to the water, beat it, stabbed it, revived it and then drowned it… in your money. I got the old instruments out, …
Over the weekend something happened that I didn’t think was ever going to happen, I cleaned my own toilets.. it’s a pretty crappy job and something I don’t recommend trying if you don’t have to. The other thing that happened is that I got some hands on time with Duke Nukem Forever which a few months back also felt like …
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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