I have to admit I didn’t see this one coming at all. In the dead of night (for us) a select group of journalists were secreted into Treyarch’s Los Angeles studio to be shown a yet to be announced feature in the upcoming Black Ops. The feature that caught everyone off guard was that Black Ops will be released in …

God bless Jack Thompson, in a world full of loonies he manages to reign supreme when it comes to the gaming community and no matter how many times he is proven wrong or disbarred he just keeps coming back for more. This time he has decided to keep it short and sweet and has told ripten.com the following when asked …

Alright local, South African gamer: whenever you feel slightly inclined to moan about our government, spare a thought for countries like Australia and Germany, which are governed by overtly sensitive nannies who feel it their duty to protect the populace from the horrors of videogames. At least our government is too busy worrying about lining their own pockets or gagging …

Resident Evil 5 and Street Fighter Iv were excellent performers for Capcom; critically and publically adored – with sales to match. Lost Planet 2, on the other hand; a game the company had pegged to be a flagship, pretty much tanked – both in the hearts of gamers, and at retail. It’s now one of the reasons that Capcom have …

Warning! Cuteness overload! the latest trailer for Kirby’s epic yarn drives home just how goddamned cute everybody’s favourite pink ball of fluff really is. As a long-time Kirby fan, this is easily one of my most anticipated titles right now. Laugh at me all you like, but Kirby rocks, ok? After the jump you’ll find the trailer, which features King …

The 9th Mortal Kombat looks, by all accounts, to be a fine return to form for the formerly faltering fatality-fuelled fighter. I’ll be honest in saying that I’ve pretty much hated almost every iteration since the 2nd; the dial-a-combos introduced in 3 made it a game about who could press buttons quickest – and the weapon-based gameplay introduced afterwards made …

Are you one of the six people on the planet who still haven’t played Grand Theft Auto IV? Perhaps you played GTA IV but neither of the two new chapters? Does your lack of GTA IV experience leave you with feelings of inadequacy and/or a lowered libido? Well friend, help is at hand. Amazon.com has just put up pre-orders for …

There’s apparently an issue with Guitar Hero : Warriors of Rock disc randomly becoming unreadable, making the game sporadically unplayable. According to Destructoid, the issue affects the Xbox 360 version of the game, and only on the new Xbox 360 S. Thankfully, Activision have come to the rescue for those who’ve strangely not yet had their fill of plastic instrument …